Appeal No. 1999-2784
Application No. 08/608,440
plurality of substantially exact but different frequencies,
each of said frequencies being associated with a predetermined
base emotion, permitting said at least one subject to view
said presentation and recording the absolute values of said
brain wave intensity characteristic at a plurality of
intervals during said duration when said subject is viewing
said presentation, thereby subdividing said duration into a
plurality of individual time segments, thereafter determining
the intensity characteristic changes and intensity
characteristic change rates of said plurality of brain wave
frequencies, using the changes of said intensity
characteristic of each point relative to a preceding point to
establish marginal values for each of said time segments,
creating at least one two-axis graph, said graph having axes
corresponding to two of said base emotions and including a
plurality of coordinate points each representing a pair of the
marginal values taken from a selected emotion scale,
thereafter graphically determining the composite emotional
state of the test subject at each segment of the presentation,
and comparing the achieved emotional response of the test
subject to the response intended to be achieved to determine
whether changes in the content of the presentation are
indicated so as to increase the likelihood that the audience
intended to view the presentation will display the intended
emotional response.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Raviv et al. (Raviv) 4,744,029 May 10, 1988
Trivedi et al. (Trivedi) 4,862,359 Aug. 29, 1989
Duffy Re. 34,015 Aug. 04, 1992
Claims 1-22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over either one of Trivedi, Duffy or Raviv.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
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