Patents by Inventor Diane Lynn Prickel

Diane Lynn Prickel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for measuring acute stress
    Patent number: 7918780
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to quantify psychological and physiological components to measure acute stress in humans, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves multiple stress/relaxation intervals while physiological measurements are taken and “measured,” and involves questionnaires that are answered after each of the intervals to “measure” the test subject's psychological state. A computerized testing apparatus acquires the physiological measurements, and also is used by the test subject in answering the questionnaires. The “stimulus” can be a fragrance, flavor, product, or task, and a “blank stimulus” is normally used during one of the stress intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Lee Hilton, Kevin Lee Doyle, Daniel Raymond Schaiper, Abel Saud, Diane Lynn Prickel
  • Method and apparatus for measuring acute stress
    Patent number: 7213600
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to quantify psychological and physiological components to measure acute stress in humans, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves multiple stress/relaxation intervals while physiological measurements are taken and “measured,” and involves questionnaires that are answered after each of the intervals to “measure” the test subject's psychological state. A computerized testing apparatus acquires the physiological measurements, and also is used by the test subject in answering the questionnaires. The “stimulus” can be a fragrance, flavor, product, or task, and a “blank stimulus” is normally used during one of the stress intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Lee Hilton, Kevin Lee Doyle, Daniel Raymond Schaiper, Abel Saud, Diane Lynn Prickel
  • Method and apparatus for measuring acute stress
    Publication number: 20030236451
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided to quantify psychological and physiological components to measure acute stress in humans, in which a stimulus can be applied to the test subject's environment during the test. The method involves multiple stress/relaxation intervals while physiological measurements are taken and “measured,” and involves questionnaires that are answered after each of the intervals to “measure” the test subject's psychological state. A computerized testing apparatus acquires the physiological measurements, and also is used by the test subject in answering the questionnaires. The “stimulus” can be a fragrance, flavor, product, or task, and a “blank stimulus” is normally used during one of the stress intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Magda El-Nokaly, Michael Lee Hilton, Kevin Lee Doyle, Daniel Raymond Schaiper, Abel Saud, Diane Lynn Prickel