Patent ID: 6065972
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A combination hand held quiz computer and educational device and a set of preprinted game cards, each of said cards containing text material and a coded area containing an array of question and correct answer coded indicia to be scanned by said device which comprises:a rectangular housing,microprocessor means in said housing,a keypad on said housing having a plurality of distinctive indicia to correspond with the indicia on said cards, and connected to said microprocessormeans to input responses thereto from a user,said coded indicia being in bar code form,alpha-numeric display means on said housing connected to saidmicroprocessor means to provide readouts as directed by saidmicroprocessor means,battery means connected to said microprocessor means to provide electricpower thereto,an optical detector on said housing connected to said microprocessor means to scan said array of question and correct answer coded indicia on one of said cards in a single swipe of said optical detector across said coded area, and input data therefrom to said microprocessor means. andwherein said microprocessor means stores the inputted array of question and correct answer coded indicia from said single swipe of the card and compares the data to the user's inputs from said keypad to determine the correctness of the user's inputs and provides signals to said display means, whereby the knowledge and perception of a user can be tested and/or expanded.