Method and apparatus of enhancing learning capacity
First Claim
1. A method of enhancing a user'"'"'s learning capacity, comprising:
- generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals;
providing a trigger and receiving from a user a manipulation of said trigger;
determining a temporal relationship between user manipulation of said trigger and an occurrence of said reference signal;
generating a guidance signal that is a function of said temporal relationship and at least occasionally presenting said guidanoe signal to the user; and
providing a visual display and displaying a visual image with said visual display, said visual image adaptively varying in appearance as a function of user manipulation of said trigger thereby improving timing accuracy of the user beyond that achieved by user manipulation of said trigger in response to said reference signal alone.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for enhancing a user'"'"'s learning capacity includes generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals and receiving from a user a manipulation of a trigger. A temporal relationship is determined between user manipulation of the trigger and occurrence of the reference signal. A guidance signal is generated that is a function of the temporal relationship and is, at least occasionally, presented to the user. A visual image may be displayed that is varying in appearance as a function of user manipulation of the trigger. The guide signal may be withheld for user manipulations of the trigger that are within a particular range that encompasses an occurrence of the reference signal. A direction signal may be generated that indicates a desired user manipulation of the trigger relative to the reference signal. The trigger may be adapted to be manipulated by a young child user.
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82 Claims
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1. A method of enhancing a user'"'"'s learning capacity, comprising:
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generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals;
providing a trigger and receiving from a user a manipulation of said trigger;
determining a temporal relationship between user manipulation of said trigger and an occurrence of said reference signal;
generating a guidance signal that is a function of said temporal relationship and at least occasionally presenting said guidanoe signal to the user; and
providing a visual display and displaying a visual image with said visual display, said visual image adaptively varying in appearance as a function of user manipulation of said trigger thereby improving timing accuracy of the user beyond that achieved by user manipulation of said trigger in response to said reference signal alone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a user operable trigger that receives user manipulation of said trigger;
a control generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals, said control determining a temporal relationship between user manipulation of said trigger and occurrences of said reference signal, said control further at least occasionally providing a guidance signal to the user that is a function of said temporal relationship;
wherein said guidance signal is withheld from the user for user manipulations of said trigger that are within a particular range, said particular range encompassing an occurrence of said reference signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus, comprising:
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a user operable trigger which receives a user manipulation of said trigger; and
a control generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals, said control determining a temporal relationship between user manipulation of said trigger and occurrences of said reference signal;
wherein said control at least occasionally provides to the user a guidance signal that is a function of said temporal relationship; and
wherein said control generates a direction signal, said direction signal indicating a desired user manipulation of said trigger relative to said reference signal. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method of enhancing a user'"'"'s learning capacity, comprising:
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generating a reference signal, comprising occurrences separated by time intervals;
providing a trigger and receiving from the user a manipulation of said trigger;
determining a temporal relationship between manipulation of the trigger by the user and occurrence of the reference signal;
generating a guidance signal that is a function of said temporal relationship and at least occasionally presenting said guidance signal to the user concurrently with the user'"'"'s response; and
generating a direction signal, said direction signal indicating a desired user manipulation of the trigger relative to said reference signal. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. An apparatus comprising:
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a trigger;
an output which provides a signal to the user; and
a control for generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals and for determining a temporal relationship between user manipulation of said trigger and occurrences of said reference signal, said control causing said output to at least occasionally provide a guidance signal to the user that is a function of said temporal relationship;
wherein said trigger is at least one chosen from a body having a handle that is shaped to fit a child'"'"'s hand and a member adapted to be suspended above a child'"'"'s play area or sleep area. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A computer-readable medium containing program code embodying an application for a processor system having a user operable trigger and a visual display, the application performing a method of enhancing a user'"'"'s learning capacity, said method comprising:
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generating a reference signal having occurrences separated by time intervals;
receiving from a user a manipulation of a trigger, determining a temporal relationship between user manipulation of said trigger and occurrence of said reference signal;
generating a guidance signal that is a function of said temporal relationship, at least occasionally presenting said guidance signal to the user; and
generating a visual image with the visual display, said visual image adaptively varying in appearance as a function of user manipulation of the trigger thereby improving timing accuracy of the user beyond that achieved by user manipulation of said trigger in response to said reference signal alone.
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82. A computer-readable medium containing program code embodying an application for a processor system having a user operable trigger, the application performing a method comprising:
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generating a reference signal comprising occurrences separated by time intervals;
receiving from the user a manipulation of a trigger;
determining a temporal relationship between manipulation of the trigger by the user and occurrence of the reference signal;
generating a guidance signal that is a function of said temporal relationship and at least occasionally presenting said guidance signal to the user concurrently with the user'"'"'s response; and
generating a direction signal, said direction signal indicating a desired user manipulation of the trigger relative to said reference signal.
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Specification