Inventors:
Susan E. Palsbo - Eugene OR, US
Arthur R. Palsbo - Eugene OR, US
Sidney Johnson - Reston VA, US
Naomi Lynn Gerber - Bethesda MD, US
Younhee Kim - Centreville VA, US
Zoran Duric - Fairfax CA, US
Walter Norblad - Eugene OR, US
Matthew Hopkins - Scio OR, US
International Classification:
G09G 5/00
Abstract:
An individual's fine-motor skills can be assessed using a force-feedback haptic unit that includes an end-effecter and programmable settings. To assess these skills, a tangible computer readable medium initializes the programmable settings with a set of initial settings. It then presents a 3-D representation of a character or characters to a user. The user in turn is prompted to mimic the character(s) on a work space. While the user is attempting to mimic the character(s) using the end-effecter on the work space, timed stroke data are collected from the force-feedback haptic unit. Using the timed stroke data, an analysis is then generated to determine the user's precision and accuracy of mimicking the character.