Patent ID: 7491063
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A meter for charting levels of human activity and behavior, comprising: a base having a front face; a multiplicity of benchmarks having mood-indicating facial expression indicia thereon and arranged seriatim, as an array on said front face of said base, said facial-expression indicia incrementally indicting moods ranging from happy to sad, at least one of said benchmarks having a neutral mood-indicating facial-expression indicium thereon and being disposed at a central, neutral location of said base, a first plurality at least three of said benchmarks having positive mood-indicating facial-expression indicia thereon and extending in one direction from said neutral location of said base, and a second plurality of at least three of said benchmarks having negative mood-indicating facial-expression indicia thereon and extending from said neutral location in a direction opposite to said one direction, the mood-indicating expressions values of said indicia on said first plurality of benchmarks becoming progressively more happy as the distance of their positions from said neutral location increases, and the mood-indicating expressions of said indicia on said second plurality of benchmarks becoming progressively more sad as the distance of their positions from said neutral location increases, said indicia being designed to cumulatively and inherently induce improved behavior by a human subject; and an indicator mounted on said base for movement to selectively designate each of said benchmarks.