Method for generating a graphical questionnaire, and method for filling in the graphical questionnaire

• US 9,489,362 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Chang, Polun, Chen, Sheng-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Titcomb, William
• Application Number:
  US14/225,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20150278183A1
• Time in Patent Office: 959 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls

Abstract

In a questionnaire generating method for generating a graphical questionnaire, an electronic device provides a graphical element on a display, an editing interface that enables user input of graphical element information related to the graphical element, and an editing interface that enables user input of question information related to the question. Subsequently, the electronic device forms a schematic diagram that represents an object of interest using the graphical element and the graphical element information on the display, and generates the graphical questionnaire using the schematic diagram and the question information.

Claims

1. A questionnaire generating method for generating a graphical questionnaire containing a schematic diagram to represent an object of interest and further containing a question associated with the object of interest, said questionnaire generating method to be implemented using an electronic device coupled to a display, and comprising the following steps of:

(a) providing, by the electronic device, a graphical element on the display;

(b) providing, by the electronic device, an editing interface that enables user input of graphical element information related to the graphical element;

(c) providing, by the electronic device, an editing interface that enables user input of question information related to the question associated with the object of interest; and

(d) forming, by the electronic device, the schematic diagram using the graphical element and the graphical element information on the display, and generating the graphical questionnaire using the schematic diagram and the question information;

wherein the object of interest corresponds to a real-life object relevant to the graphical questionnaire to be generated; and

the method further comprising, before step (a), a step of providing, by the electronic device, an outline plot of the object of interest on the display;

wherein in step (d), the graphical element is placed on a part of the outline plot, and the schematic diagram is formed according to the outline plot.

2. The questionnaire generating method of claim 1, wherein steps (a) and (b) are repeated for providing a plurality of graphical elements each associated with respective graphical element information and a part of the question information, and in step (d), the electronic device is programmed to form the schematic diagram using the graphical elements.

3. The questionnaire generating method of claim 1, the electronic device including a database that stores image blocks therein, wherein, in step (a), the electronic device provides one of the image blocks stored in the database to show in the display as the graphical element.

4. The questionnaire generating method of claim 1, further comprising, after step (a), at least one of the following steps of:

providing, by the electronic device, a scaling function to adjust a size of the graphical element; and

providing, by the electronic device, an orientating function to orientate of the graphical element.

5. The questionnaire generating method of claim 1, wherein, in step (b), the graphical element information includes at least one of a serial number and a name of the graphical element.

6. The questionnaire generating method of claim 1, wherein the question information includes at least one of a type of the question, a body of the question, a plurality of possible selections, and a remark about the question.

7. A questionnaire survey method for filling a graphical questionnaire generated using a graphical questionnaire generating method of claim 1, said questionnaire survey method to be implemented using an electronic device coupled to a display, and comprising the following steps of:

displaying, by the electronic device, the graphical questionnaire on the display;

upon receipt of an activation command that is directed to a selected one of the graphical elements, displaying, by the electronic device, question information of a question associated with the selected one of the graphical elements on the display; and

receiving, by the electronic device, user input of an answer to the question.

8. The questionnaire survey method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting, by the electronic device, the answer to a server.