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Game apparatus and method for monitoring psycho-physiological responses to questions

Patent 5860935 Issued on January 19, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject October 29, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 741420 filed on 10/29/1996

US Classes:

600/547, Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion273/460Electric

Examiners

Primary: Manuel, George

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • WO 93/02622 WO. 02/13/1993

International Class

A63F 009/24

Abstract

An electronic party game, comprising display cards for displaying questions to be asked to a player, and a response monitor for monitoring the player's psycho-physiological responses to the questions. The response monitor comprises a housing dimensioned to be fit into the palm of the player answering the questions, the housing having an outside top surface shaped to receive two extended fingers of the player, and a pair of electrodes extending through the top surface, each of the electrodes being positioned to contact one of the extended fingers near the tip thereof, bias means operatively coupled to an outside portion of the housing for selectively biasing the player's fingers against the electrodes, an electronic circuit located within the housing which generates an electric current from one electrode to the other through the player's fingers and a voltage signal correlatable with the change in resistance resulting from the player's response to the questions, and an indicator which generates a signal indicative of the changes in resistance. The subject monitor is capable of monitoring a user's psycho-physiological responses to hearing a pair of questions and determining whether the user's response to the first question is greater than the user's response to the second question.

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