Patent AT-E401611-T1: [Translated] METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUALLY RECORDING DIFFERENT EVENTS OR CONDITIONS

The method involves dividing the events/states into several classes; associating each event/state with a class; representing a two-dimensional object of any shape, preferably for each class, on a flat template (4) arranged with respect to the flat input field (2) of a data acquisition device so that by manual operation of an object a signal is generated that stores the entry position in a data set representing the entry field; and evaluating the data set after the manual entry and associating each event/state with a class. An Independent claim is also included for data acquisition device for implementing the method.