Apparatus and method for automatically analysing a filled in questionnaire
First Claim
1. A computerized method for automatically analyzing a filled-in questionnaire, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a questionnaire having plural answer locations;
(b) scanning with a device having a processing unit at least two copies of the questionnaire with the plural answer locations filled-in differently and complementarily in a predetermined way to define a set of answer locations, and to produce a first scan of the defined set of answer locations and a second scan of the defined set of answer locations;
(c) automatically determining with the device having the processing unit the answer locations by comparing the first scan and the second scan;
(d) providing another copy of the questionnaire having certain answers filled-in;
(e) scanning with the device having the processing unit the provided another copy of the questionnaire having certain answers filled-in as a third scan; and
(f) automatically judging with the device having the processing unit the certain answers at the determined answer locations.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer software for automatically analysing a filled in questionnaire, are provided. The method includes automatically analysing a filled in questionnaire, the method comprising the steps of: providing a questionnaire having answer locations; scanning at least two copies of the questionnaire with the answer locations filled in differently and complementarily in a predetermined way, to produce a first scan and a second scan; automatically determining answer locations by comparing the first and second scans; providing a filled in questionnaire having certain answers; scanning the provided filled in questionnaire as a third scan; and automatically judging the certain answers with the determined answer locations.
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1. A computerized method for automatically analyzing a filled-in questionnaire, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a questionnaire having plural answer locations; (b) scanning with a device having a processing unit at least two copies of the questionnaire with the plural answer locations filled-in differently and complementarily in a predetermined way to define a set of answer locations, and to produce a first scan of the defined set of answer locations and a second scan of the defined set of answer locations; (c) automatically determining with the device having the processing unit the answer locations by comparing the first scan and the second scan; (d) providing another copy of the questionnaire having certain answers filled-in; (e) scanning with the device having the processing unit the provided another copy of the questionnaire having certain answers filled-in as a third scan; and (f) automatically judging with the device having the processing unit the certain answers at the determined answer locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 24)
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15. An apparatus for automatically analyzing a filled-in questionnaire, the apparatus comprising a processing unit configured to:
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(a) obtain first and second scanned images of at least two copies, respectively, of a questionnaire having answer locations, with the answer locations filled-in on one copy of the test questionnaire correctly and on another copy of the test questionnaire incorrectly such that the at least two copies of the test questionnaire are filled-in differently and complementarily in a predetermined way to define a set of answer locations; (b) automatically determine the answer locations by comparing the first scan and the second scan; (c) obtain a third scanned image of the test questionnaire having certain answers filled-in; and (d) automatically judge the correctness of the certain answers at the determined answer locations with respect to the first scan and the second scan. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23)
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