Method and apparatus for defining fields in standardized test imaging
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- converting at least one page of a standardized exam into a raster image;
automatically identifying a location of at least one bubble response field on the raster image, thereby providing an identified location of the at least one bubble response field, wherein user input defines a number of bubbles in the identified location, and wherein at least a portion of the at least one bubble response field is demarcated using a graphical user interface;
storing the identified location in a database;
automatically detecting one or more bubbles within the at least one bubble response field; and
verifying whether the number of bubbles detected is equal to the number of bubbles defined by the user input.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein, among other things, are method and apparatus for defining fields in a standardized test imaging system. In various embodiments, at least one page of a standardized exam is converted into a raster image. One or more bubble response fields are automatically identified on the raster image and a location of one or more bubble response fields is stored in a database. According to various embodiments, a portion of the raster image is defined that includes one or more bubble response fields. A size of the bubbles of the one or more bubble response fields is selected, and one or more bubbles of the size selected are automatically detected. A position of each bubble detected is determined and stored, according to various embodiments.
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16 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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converting at least one page of a standardized exam into a raster image; automatically identifying a location of at least one bubble response field on the raster image, thereby providing an identified location of the at least one bubble response field, wherein user input defines a number of bubbles in the identified location, and wherein at least a portion of the at least one bubble response field is demarcated using a graphical user interface; storing the identified location in a database; automatically detecting one or more bubbles within the at least one bubble response field; and verifying whether the number of bubbles detected is equal to the number of bubbles defined by the user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16)
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8. A method, comprising:
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converting a scanned image from a first format to a second format; automatically searching the image for at least one bubble response field on the image; identifying a position of the at least one bubble response field, thereby providing an identified position in the at least one bubble response field, wherein user input defines a number of bubbles within the bubble response field, and wherein at least a portion of the at least one bubble response field is demarcated using a graphical user interface; storing the position of each bubble in a database; automatically detecting one or more bubbles within the bubble response field; and
verifying whether the number of bubbles detected is equal to the number of bubbles defined. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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