Progressions in HiFi assessments
    1.
    发明申请
    Progressions in HiFi assessments 审中-公开
    HiFi评估进展

    公开(公告)号:US20070134631A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-14

    申请号:US11465303

    申请日:2006-08-17

    IPC分类号: G09B19/00

    CPC分类号: G09B7/02

    摘要: Computer-implemented method for assessing an aging adult's ability to classify formant transition and segment duration information in making phonetic categorizations. A representative subset of multiple confusable pairs of phonemes is selected. A representative subset of multiple stimulus levels for the phonemes is selected for use with the phoneme subset. For each pair of phonemes of the phoneme subset, at each stimulus level of the stimulus level subset: icons for each phoneme are graphically presented, and a computer-generated phoneme from the pair is aurally presenting at the stimulus level. The adult is required to select one of the icons corresponding to the aurally presented phoneme, and the selection's correctness or incorrectness recorded as a response result. A success rate is determined based on the response results, the success rate comprising an estimate of the adult's success rate with respect to the multiple confusable pairs of phonemes at the multiple stimulus levels.

    摘要翻译: 计算机实现的方法,用于评估老年成年人在拼音分类中对共振峰过渡和段持续时间信息进行分类的能力。 选择多个可混淆的音素对的代表性子集。 选择用于音素的多个刺激水平的代表性子集用于音素子集。 对于音素子集的每对音素,在刺激水平子集的每个刺激水平:图形地呈现每个音素的图标,并且来自该对的计算机生成的音素在刺激水平上被耳道呈现。 成人需要选择与听觉呈现的音素相对应的图标之一,并将选择的正确性或不正确性记录为响应结果。 成功率是根据响应结果确定的,成功率包括对于在多个刺激水平上的多个可混淆的音素对,成人的成功率的估计。

    METHOD FOR MODULATING LISTENER ATTENTION TOWARD SYNTHETIC FORMANT TRANSITION CUES IN SPEECH STIMULI FOR TRAINING
    2.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR MODULATING LISTENER ATTENTION TOWARD SYNTHETIC FORMANT TRANSITION CUES IN SPEECH STIMULI FOR TRAINING 有权
    用于调制听觉注意力的方法用于训练的语音刺激中的合成形式的转换CU

    公开(公告)号:US20070054249A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-08

    申请号:US11464590

    申请日:2006-08-15

    IPC分类号: G09B19/00

    CPC分类号: G09B5/06

    摘要: A method on a computing device for enhancing the memory and cognitive ability of an older adult by requiring the adult to differentiate between rapidly presented stimuli. The method utilizes a sequence of phonemes from a confusable pair which are systematically manipulated to make discrimination between the phonemes less difficult or more difficult based on the success of the adult, such as processing the consonant and vowel portions of the phonemes by emphasizing the portions, stretching the portions, and/or separating the consonant and vowel portions by time intervals. As the adult improves in auditory processing, the discriminations are made progressively more difficult by reducing the amount of processing to that of normal speech. Introductory phonemes may each include a blend of a formant-synthesized phoneme and an acoustically naturalistic phoneme that substantially replicates the spectro-temporal aspects of a naturally produced phoneme, with the blends progressing from substantially natural-sounding to substantially formant-synthesized.

    摘要翻译: 一种计算设备上的方法,用于通过要求成人区分快速呈现的刺激来增强老年人的记忆和认知能力。 该方法利用系统地操纵的可混淆对的一系列音素,以便基于成人的成功使得音素之间的歧视更难或更难,例如通过强调部分来处理音素的辅音和元音部分, 拉伸部分,和/或按时间间隔分开辅音和元音部分。 随着成人在听觉处理方面的改善,通过减少对正常语音的处理量,歧视性逐渐变得更加困难。 引入性音素可以各自包括共振峰合成的音素和声学自然主义音素的混合物,其基本上复制天然产生的音素的频谱方面,其中共混物从基本上自然发现到基本上共聚体合成。

    METHOD FOR MODULATING LISTENER ATTENTION TOWARD SYNTHETIC FORMANT TRANSITION CUES IN SPEECH STIMULI FOR TRAINING

    公开(公告)号:US20070111173A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-17

    申请号:US11557151

    申请日:2006-11-07

    IPC分类号: G09B19/00

    CPC分类号: G09B5/00 G09B7/00 G09B19/04

    摘要: A method on a computing device for enhancing the memory and cognitive ability of an older adult by requiring the adult to differentiate between rapidly presented stimuli. The method utilizes a sequence of phonemes from a confusable pair which are systematically manipulated to make discrimination between the phonemes less difficult or more difficult based on the success of the adult, such as processing the consonant and vowel portions of the phonemes by emphasizing the portions, stretching the portions, and/or separating the consonant and vowel portions by time intervals. As the adult improves in auditory processing, the discriminations are made progressively more difficult by reducing the amount of processing to that of normal speech. Introductory phonemes may each include a blend of a formant-synthesized phoneme and an acoustically naturalistic phoneme that substantially replicates the spectro-temporal aspects of a naturally produced phoneme, with the blends progressing from substantially natural-sounding to substantially formant-synthesized.

    COGNITIVE TRAINING USING FORMANT FREQUENCY SWEEPS
    4.
    发明申请
    COGNITIVE TRAINING USING FORMANT FREQUENCY SWEEPS 审中-公开
    使用强制性扫描的认知训练

    公开(公告)号:US20070134635A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-14

    申请号:US11610432

    申请日:2006-12-13

    IPC分类号: G09B19/00

    CPC分类号: G09B5/04

    摘要: A method on a computing device for enhancing the memory and cognitive ability of a participant by requiring the participant to differentiate between rapidly presented aural stimuli. The method trains the time order judgment of the participant by iteratively presenting sequences of upward and downward formant frequency sweeps, in random order, separated by an inter-stimulus interval (ISI). The upward and downward formant frequency sweeps utilize frequencies common in formants, i.e., the characteristic frequency components common in human speech. Icons are associated with the upward and downward formant frequency sweeps to allow the participant to indicate an order in which the sweeps are presented (i.e., UP-UP, UP-DOWN, DOWN-UP, and DOWN-DOWN). Correct/incorrect selection of an order causes the ISI and/or the duration of the frequency sweeps to be adaptively shortened/lengthened. A maximum likelihood procedure may be used to dynamically modify the stimulus presentation, and/or, to assess the participant's performance in the exercise.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通过要求参与者区分快速呈现的听觉刺激来增强参与者的记忆和认知能力的计算设备上的方法。 该方法通过以随机顺序迭代地呈现由刺激间间隔(ISI)间隔的向上和向下共振峰频率扫描的序列来训练参与者的时间顺序判断。 向上和向下的共振峰频率扫描利用共振峰中常见的频率,即人类语音中常见的特征频率分量。 图标与向上和向下的共振峰频率扫描相关联,以允许参与者指示呈现扫描的顺序(即,UP-UP,UP-DOWN,DOWN-UP和DOWN-DOWN)。 订单的正确/不正确的选择导致ISI和/或频率扫描的持续时间被自适应地缩短/延长。 可以使用最大似然程序来动态地修改刺激呈现,和/或评估参与者在演习中的表现。

    CATCHER'S CHAIR
    7.
    发明申请
    CATCHER'S CHAIR 审中-公开
    渔船主席

    公开(公告)号:US20160345742A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US14724395

    申请日:2015-05-28

    申请人: Travis Wade

    发明人: Travis Wade

    IPC分类号: A47C9/10 A47C5/00

    CPC分类号: A47C9/10 A47C15/004

    摘要: The present invention relates to a catcher's chair useful for a person to assist a baseball or softball pitcher practicing throwing a ball to a catcher. The catcher's chair is at a height which allows the user to sit at the catcher's normal catching position, reducing strain on knees and legs. The catcher's chair comprises a horizontally placed seat, a front panel functioning as a leg to place the catcher's chair at a distance above the ground and also extending above the level of the seat to protect the groin of the catcher when straddling the catcher's chair and facing toward the front panel. A rear panel attached to the opposite end of the seat forms the second leg of the catcher's chair. Optionally a support panel may be attached to the front and back panels under the catcher's chair to provide stability. A kit may be provided containing unassembled parts which can then be assembled to form the catcher's chair.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种可用于帮助棒球或垒球投手练习向捕手施放球的捕手椅。 捕手的椅子处于高度,使用户能够坐在捕手正常的捕捉位置,减轻膝盖和腿部的压力。 捕手椅包括一个水平放置的座椅,前面板用作腿部,以将捕手的椅子放置在地面上方一段距离处,并且还延伸到座椅的高度之上,以在跨越捕手的椅子和面对时保护捕手的腹股沟 朝向前面板。 连接到座椅的另一端的后面板形成捕手椅的第二条腿。 可选地,支撑面板可以附接到捕手椅下面的前面板和后面板以提供稳定性。 可以提供包含未组装的部件的套件,然后可以组装以形成捕手椅。