Computer-Based Relational Modality Assessment System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current computerized personality assessment tools lack reliable and consistent self-assessment methods that provide insights into internal conflicts, relying heavily on external symptoms rather than personal emotions, and do not offer projective testing options, which are time-consuming and require professional oversight.

Innovation Solution

A computer-based system for relational modality assessment that combines projective testing with a relational inventory, allowing users to generate artwork and responses, which are analyzed to produce a self-diagnostic report, reducing the need for professional assistance and providing insights into conflict resolution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If projective testing is used to provide insights into internal conflicts and personal emotions, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and need for professional oversight increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinsight into internal conflictsVSAvoidprofessional oversight requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to self-diagnose their psychological state by automatically analyzing their artwork and questionnaire responses. The computer-based platform processes projective test data without requiring professional psychologists to interpret results, allowing users to generate their own psychological assessments and insights into internal conflicts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the manual clinical judgment process with an automated computer-based analysis system. The system uses software algorithms to analyze artwork assignments and questionnaire responses, substituting the mechanical process of professional interpretation with an automated digital system that provides consistent, standardized assessments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If projective testing is administered to assess personal emotions and internal conflicts, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveassessment of internal conflictsVSAvoidtesting duration

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system presents multiple artwork assignments and questionnaire items in advance, allowing users to complete comprehensive assessments systematically. The structured format with predetermined categories and guided responses enables thorough evaluation of internal conflicts while maintaining efficient workflow, reducing the time required compared to unstructured clinical interviews.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The computer-based system allows users to complete the assessment continuously without interruptions or delays associated with scheduling professional appointments. The automated platform processes responses in real-time and generates immediate results, eliminating waiting periods and enabling continuous engagement with the assessment process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Ease of operation

If objective psychometric assessment tools are used, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision of internal conflicts deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveself-administration capabilityVSAvoidinsight into internal conflicts

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the ease of self-administration from objective tests with the depth of projective testing. Users complete the assessment independently through a user-friendly computer interface, while the combined analysis of artwork and structured questionnaire responses provides comprehensive insights into internal conflicts, personality structure, and psychopathology that neither method could achieve alone.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The assessment combines multiple test components (artwork analysis, questionnaire responses, relational inventory) into a composite evaluation system. This composite approach integrates the quantitative structure of objective tests with the qualitative depth of projective methods, creating a comprehensive assessment tool that maintains ease of operation while achieving high measurement precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentUS10395548B1Computer-based system for relational modality assessment with projective testing

Publication Date: 2019.08.27 LEVIS ALBERT J

AI summary

A computer-based system for relational modality assessment with projective testing is disclosed herein. The system includes a computer operably associated with a local input device located proximate to the computer, a visual display device, and memory storing executable instructions. The computer is specially programmed to generate a relational inventory test comprising a plurality of questions pertaining to a plurality of diagnostic categories, and a projective sequence test comprising a plurality of artwork assignments and corresponding questionnaires pertaining to a plurality of role states. The computer is further specially programmed to generate a quantitative assessment from the testee's responses to the relational inventory test, and to generate a structured output report using the testee's artwork and responses to the questionnaires of the projective sequence test so that the testee is capable of self-diagnosing his or her psychological state.