Real time data collection system

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1992-09-02

1994-11-01

Envall, Jr., Roy N.

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3644192, 34082554, 395800, G06F 300, G06F 1500, G06K 710

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053612000

ABSTRACT:
A data collection system is disclosed for use with a panel of human respondents who answer a series of questions, and their answers are analyzed and displayed on video monitors in real time. The respondents use "smart" keypads to enter their answers using a numerical value from zero (0) through ten (10), inclusive. The numerical values from up to twenty (20) of the keypads are communicated to an intelligent junction box, at which time the numerical values are temporarily stored in memory, retaining the identity of the keypad from which each answer was derived. Up to ten (10) intelligent junction boxes can be connected to a central computer, which is a standard DOS-based personal computer, thereby allowing up to two hundred (200) keypads to be in use in a single data collection system. The numerical values from the junction boxes are communicated to the central computer and analyzed, using statistical techniques. The results of each question are displayed on a video monitor before the next question is asked of the panel. Each smart keypad can be programmed by the central computer to have any one of the appropriate keypad addresses without regard to the keypad's physical or wiring positions within the data collection system. The smart keypads also contain a liquid crystal display which gives the respondents information helpful to answering the questions. The smart keypads can also be used to give numeric results up to five (5) digits in length, in the range from zero (0) to 99,999, inclusive.

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