Patent ID: 6675133
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
In a computerized test processing workflow system configured for analyzing electronic images of test question responses provided by a test taker, the system comprising a server subsystem having at least one server computer, a client subsystem having at least one client computer, and at least one of a plurality of types of optical imaging devices for electronically capturing the test question responses, wherein each particular client computer system has a user interface, a method for applying at least one of a plurality of pre-data-collection software applications depending upon the imaging device type, the method comprising:a. generating an optical-imaging-device-type command at any particular client computer for indicating to the coupled server subsystem the particular type of optical imaging device being used to capture the test question responses as electronic images; b. generating a pre-data-collection software command at the particular client computer system for indicating to the server subsystem which one or more of the plurality of pre-data-collection software applications to apply to the electronic images; c. receiving a plurality of electronic images from the particular client computer system and corresponding optical imaging device; d. based upon the optical-imaging-device-type command and the pre-data-collection software command, electronically selecting which one or more of the plurality of pre-data-collection software applications to apply to the plurality of received electronic images; and e. applying at the particular client computer system the selected one or more pre-data collection software applications to the plurality of received electronic images; whereby distributed optical imaging devices of various types coupled to client computers may be effectively employed for data imaging while permitting effective data collection after selected pre-data-collection software applications have been applied according to the type of optical imaging device used at any particular imaging site.