Measurement Of Length Or Volume Patents (Class 434/187)
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Publication number: 20140193784Abstract: A wireless sensor probe is used for performing experiments in an interactive laboratory. The probe may include a plurality of sensors for collecting experimental data during an experiment and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the collected data to a receiver module. The receiver module is adapted for transferring the data to a computer where a software component may process the data for presentation of the resultant processed data on a display substantially in real-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: BEDFORD, FREEMAN & WORTH PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC.Inventors: Mats A. SELEN, Timothy J. STELZER
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Patent number: 8684746Abstract: An exemplary proficiency examination system includes a collaborative system allowing multiple administrators across multiple educational institutions to add questions to a bank of questions from which an administrator at a single educational institution may select for a proficiency examination. The questions may be used in a placement examination for placing students into a class of an appropriate skill level.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Saint Louis UniversityInventor: Daniel Nickolai
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Patent number: 8491311Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods are disclosed that analyze student performance and provide feedback regarding the student performance, for example, to an instructor, other school official, parent or directly to the student. In certain embodiments, the methods and systems communicate in real time with the educational program, for example, math or science games, lessons, quizzes or tests, to provide contemporaneous feedback or recommendations to the instructor regarding student performance. In addition, embodiments of the systems and methods evaluate and provide feedback of the effectiveness of the educational program itself, and track progress at different levels, for example, a student, class, school or district level, over a multitude of different durations and time periods. Still further, embodiments of the systems and methods perform comprehensive data analysis and statistical computations.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Mind Research InstituteInventors: Mark Bodner, Gordon L. Shaw, Matthew R. Peterson
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Patent number: 8070493Abstract: A measurement system apparatus is provided, which includes an elongated bar and a plurality of discrete measurement unit pieces received along the bar. The elongated bar is metered in accordance with a measurement system. Each measurement unit piece represents an incremental unit of the measurement system. A method is also provided for instructing a student as to a measurement system which generally includes the steps of providing an elongated bar, with the bar being metered along its length to reflect incremental units of a measurement system, providing a plurality of measurement unit pieces corresponding to the metered incremental units of the measurement system, and placing selected measurement unit pieces along the elongated bar.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Inventor: Perry Wilson
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Patent number: 8021158Abstract: A multi-scaled instructional apparatus is provided in which a plurality of measurement scales are disposed on a base medium. Each of the measurements scales are longitudinally aligned such that equal units of measure are commonly aligned among all of the measurement scales. A first measurement scale is provided in which a plurality of uniquely color-coded base units of measurement are periodically disposed on the base medium. A second measurement scale, uniformly aligned and adjacent to the first measurement scale includes a plurality of color-coded subunits of measurement periodically disposed on the base medium. Each set of subunits equaling one half of each base unit and color-coded in a color shade corresponding to the color of the base unit. An elongated element is provided to receive the base medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Inventors: Laura Eras, Charles Eras
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Publication number: 20100297590Abstract: A teaching aid is disclosed herein that includes at least one gallon container, two half-gallon containers, four quart containers, two pint containers, and two half-pint containers. Each equivalent measurement may be attached to one another thus showing and teaching students equivalencies of each measurement in volume and capacity. A method for teaching students is also disclosed herein, using the teaching aid in conjunction with associated lesson plans and study guides.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventor: Lora A. Owens
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Patent number: 7632099Abstract: A measurement system apparatus is provided, which includes an elongated bar and a plurality of discrete measurement unit pieces received along the bar. The elongated bar is metered in accordance with a measurement system. Each measurement unit piece represents an incremental unit of the measurement system. A method is also provided for instructing a student as to a measurement system which generally includes the steps of providing an elongated bar, with the bar being metered along its length to reflect incremental units of a measurement system, providing a plurality of measurement unit pieces corresponding to the metered incremental units of the measurement system, and placing selected measurement unit pieces along the elongated bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Inventor: Perry Wilson
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Publication number: 20090298022Abstract: Three puzzles including a 10 cm square with contrasting colors on the top and on the bottom cut diagonally at 3 cm and 10 cm, respectively, from each corner to form 4 puzzle pieces, a five layer 12 inch square cut into different sized pieces to represent the liquid measurement units including gallon, quart, pint, cup, fluid ounce, tablespoon, and teaspoon, and a ten layer puzzle with the digits 0-9 where each layer has a separate puzzle and each puzzle contains the number of pieces that the symbol represents.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventor: Mary Kay Bacallao Fanning
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Publication number: 20080261184Abstract: A multi-scaled instructional apparatus is provided in which a plurality of measurement scales are disposed on a base medium. Each of the measurements scales are longitudinally aligned such that equal units of measure are commonly aligned among all of the measurement scales. A first measurement scale is provided in which a plurality of uniquely color-coded base units of measurement are periodically disposed on the base medium. A second measurement scale, uniformly aligned and adjacent to the first measurement scale includes a plurality of color-coded subunits of measurement periodically disposed on the base medium. Each set of subunits equaling one half of each base unit and color-coded in a color shade corresponding to the color of the base unit. An elongated element is provided to receive the base medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Laura Eras, Charles Eras
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Publication number: 20040029086Abstract: A method for presenting media on an electronic device. A landmark is identified based on a landmark sensor of the electronic device. Media is selected based on the landmark. The media is presented on the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Bernard Burg, Craig Sayers
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Patent number: 6033282Abstract: Different types of measuring devices detachably built up with different elements are provided. The elements for forming the built-up measuring devices include suitable numbers of connecting rule elements, corner elements, swing elements, fixing bars, and fixing sleeves. The measuring devices that may be built up with the elements include but not limit to ruler, square, three-dimensional square, and arithmetic balance. These measuring devices integrate functions of many commercially available intellectual aids and can be used to take linear, area and cubic measures, practice four fundamental operations, and learn concepts about coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1999Date of Patent: March 7, 2000Assignee: Youth Toy Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fu-chi Lin
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Patent number: 5366378Abstract: A visual teaching aid adapted for the versatile teaching of various mathematical relationships, incremental scales, and other sequential and educational concepts. The teaching aid includes an elongated board, a plurality of elongated insert cards each being interchangeably mountable on the board and having numerical indicia on a face thereof, and at least two pointers that are supported for movement along the board for pointing selected indicia on the insert card and for movement relative to each other. The insert cards are removably mountable on the board without removal and replacement of auxiliary fastening means and can be used in conjunction with relatively small sized base or whole number insert cards to assist in drills of mathematical relationships.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1993Date of Patent: November 22, 1994Assignee: NEK Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth L. Johannsen, Raymond Avischious
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Patent number: 4971560Abstract: A teaching aid for increasing the memorization of a large number of equations comprising a front cover having a vertical column of horizontally disposed completed equations visible thereon and which front cover forms a cut out portion adjacent the vertical column and a writing sheet which is removable and positionable under the cut out portion of said front cover for providing a replaceable writing area accessible through said cut out portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1989Date of Patent: November 20, 1990Inventor: Jivan Patel
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Patent number: 4842521Abstract: A visual teaching aid adapted for teaching groups of students in a classroom environment how to read rules and understand dimensional relationships. The teaching aid includes a relatively large sized elongated board adapted for horizontal wall mounting. The board has a scale along the length thereof depicting known units of length proportionally larger than the actual units and a selectively positionable pointer carried in depending fashion from a slide track mounted along the top of the board. A draw cord arrangement, which is operable from either end of the board, is adapted for moving the slide in the track to selectively position the pointer at desired locations along the scale.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1988Date of Patent: June 27, 1989Inventor: Kenneth L. Johansen
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Patent number: 4838794Abstract: A metric block toy comprising ten blocks of varying colors, each block being a one tenth of a meter cube, and having indicia designating ten centimeter increments along one edge of each block, together with other legends designating the length of the edge invarying metric terms. The blocks, when placed in aligned relation, indicate the total length of one meter.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1988Date of Patent: June 13, 1989Inventor: Lyman Coddington
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Patent number: 4778390Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for teaching fractions to school age children. The invention provides an instrument having a base with at least two aligned scales of corresponding numerical indicia subdivided into different fractional units, as for example halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, and eighths. The base defines a space or gap between the different fractional scales so that a writing media, such as a piece of paper, may be inserted between the scales and moved either horizontally or vertically relative to one or more of the scales. The instrument provides an easy manner for a student to compare fractional units of the same integer and also to add and subtract both fractions and mixed numbers. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the base of the instrument may be transparent so that all fractional scales are visible to the student simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1986Date of Patent: October 18, 1988Inventor: Barbara Marans
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Patent number: 4721467Abstract: The invention comprises a deck of playing cards for teaching and learning basic metric system words and prefix values in an enjoyable manner. The deck comprises a plurality of suits of cards; each suit includes a plurality of cards with each card within a suit having a back side and a front side. On the front side, a relative metric prefix value indicates the value of each card. The deck comprises four suits of thirteen cards in each suit thereby facilitating use of the cards in playing traditional card games. According to one embodiment, the front of each card includes a list of the values of all cards within the suit in order and, the value of that particular card is distinguished in the list of values. The invention also includes a plurality of decks of cards which are dividable into decks having different levels of difficulty.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1985Date of Patent: January 26, 1988Inventor: Mark A. Havens
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Patent number: D430565Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Silicon Bandwidth, Inc.Inventors: Stanford W. Crane, Jr., Kevin J. Link, Daniel J. Michalski, Moises Behar