Patents by Inventor Michael Hersh

Michael Hersh 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).

  • Publication number: 20070254270
    Abstract: A multi-media method and system performs psychological assessment of an individual for personal assessment, self discovery and developmental feedback, whereby the individual is shown and provided with discrete visual and auditory stimuli on a multi-media computer screen, so that the individual's responses can be monitored in conjunction with or without optional physiological responses received by convenient wrist-worn biofeedback sensors or those used on personal exercise treadmill machines. The computer tallies the test subject's recorded responses. Virtual environments are optionally displayed, to enable the tested individual to simulate a real personal environment. Unlike other self discovery evaluation systems, the system evaluates a person's ability to maintain task focus under pressure while being exposed to visual and/or auditory stimuli. It directly measures performance under pressure, rather than only inferring potential performance based upon selective input from written questionnaire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventor: Michael Hersh
  • Publication number: 20070105080
    Abstract: A multi-media method and system performs psychological assessment of an individual for suitability for particular jobs, whereby the individual is shown and provided with discrete visual and auditory stimuli on a multi-media computer screen, so that the individual's responses can be monitored in conjunction with physiological responses received by biofeedback sensors. The computer tallies the test subject's recorded responses. Virtual work environments are optionally displayed, to enable the tested individual to simulate a real work environment. Unlike other job evaluation systems, the system evaluates a job candidate's ability to maintain task focus under pressure. It directly measures performance under pressure, rather than only inferring potential performance based upon selective input from a job candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventor: Michael Hersh
  • Patent number: 7207804
    Abstract: A multi-media method and system performs psychological assessment of an individual for suitability for particular jobs, whereby the individual is shown and provided with discrete visual and auditory stimuli on a multi-media computer screen, so that the individual's responses can be monitored in conjunction with physiological responses received by biofeedback sensors. The computer tallies the test subject's recorded responses. Virtual work environments are optionally displayed, to enable the tested individual to simulate a real work environment. Unlike other job evaluation systems, the system evaluates a job candidate's ability to maintain task focus under pressure. It directly measures performance under pressure, rather than only inferring potential performance based upon selective input from a job candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Michael Hersh
  • Patent number: 6491525
    Abstract: Multi-media technology is applied to the testing of children, brain damaged adults and the general population using standard psychological and educational assessment tools. To avoid the inherent bias occurring when a tester speaks in a language or dialect not fully comprehended by the student or other human subject, the multi-media computer has a linguistic adaptation means, such as a sound card and data associated therewith, which can produce sounds, such as test instructions, in the most appropriate language and dialect of the test taker, such as a student, so that the human tester can provide the human subject with instructions for responding to the psychological evaluation. The human subject is exposed to computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluative probing, so that the human subject can respond to the computer-generated psychological evaluative probing. The computer tallies and records the student's responses and analyzes the human subject's recorded responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Techmicro, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Hersh
  • Publication number: 20020106617
    Abstract: A multi-media method and system performs psychological assessment of an individual for suitability for particular jobs, whereby the individual is shown and provided with discrete visual and auditory stimuli on a multi-media computer screen, so that the individual's responses can be monitored in conjunction with physiological responses received by biofeedback sensors. The computer tallies the test subject's recorded responses. Virtual work environments are optionally displayed, to enable the tested individual to simulate a real work environment. Unlike other job evaluation systems, the system evaluates a job candidate's ability to maintain task focus under pressure. It directly measures performance under pressure, rather than only inferring potential performance based upon selective input from a job candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: Techmicro, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Hersh
  • Patent number: 6030226
    Abstract: Multi-media technology is applied to the testing of children, brain damaged adults and the general population using standard psychological and educational assessment tools. To avoid the inherent bias occurring when a tester speaks in a language or dialect not fully comprehended by the student or other human subject, the multi-media computer has a linguistic adaptation means, such as a sound card and data associated therewith, which can produce sounds, such as test instructions, in the most appropriate language and dialect of the test taker, such as a student, so that the human tester can provide the human subject with instructions for responding to the psychological evaluation. The human subject is exposed to computer-generated multi-media psychological evaluative probing, so that the human subject can respond to the computer-generated psychological evaluative probing. The computer tallies and records the student's responses and analyzes the human subject's recorded responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventor: Michael Hersh