APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CONSUMER RESEARCH AND METHODS FOR USING SAME

Patent №

US 9,754,340

Granted

2017-09-05

Filed 2014

Owner

NESTEC S.A.

Lab

AI components

2

vision · speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14381353

Apparatuses for performing consumer testing and methods for using same are provided. Methods for administering consumer research are also provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides apparatuses having a rotatable platform with at least one divider separating the platform into at least two sections, where each of the at least two sections includes a life-like scenario configured for use by a consumer participant during a consumer research test. Such apparatuses provide flexibility and efficiency of time, space and cost for performing consumer research since the research may be performed in a timely fashion, in a number of different life-like scenarios, in a limited amount of space, and may be directly observed from one location or using one set of audio/visual equipment.

VisionSpeechG06Q 90/00A63J 1/00E04H 3/26G06Q 30/02G06Q 30/0201G06Q 30/0202G06Q 30/0204G06Q 30/0205+1 more

AI classification

Speech1.00
Vision0.83
AI hardware0.02
Knowledge representation0.01
Planning0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Natural language0.00

Ownership

NESTEC S.A.

assignment · 346610405

Assignors

MOORE, LINDA GRACE

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