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Method and system for creating and scanning a customized survey form

US4937439A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1988
Grant dateJun 26, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K17/0032
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A desktop survey system for creating and scanning a survey form to be completed by a survey respondent, the survey form being printed on a scannable form having a preprinted timing track that can be scanned by an optical mark scanner is comprised of a processor for entering, editing, and formatting customized questions and corresponding response areas and for adjusting and aligning the locations of the questions and response areas to be printed on the scannable form, a printer for printing the customized questions and the corresponding response areas on the scannable form to create a customized survey form, and an optical mark scanner and attached processing means for defining the fields to be scanned, scanning the survey forms and tabulating and analyzing the results.

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