57 results about "Mental activity" patented technology

The disclosed invention primarily relates to methods for assisting and motivating persons with respect to various exercise and rehabilitation regimens they might undertake, mentally as well as physically. The invention also has potential application to for diagnosis and / or treatment of certain mental and physical disorders, and in other situations where a form of companionship may be provided the user. In addition the invention herein provides an enjoyable means of social interaction with others providing further motivation for physical and mental activity represented.

The disclosed invention primarily relates to methods for assisting and motivating persons with respect to various exercise and rehabilitation regimens they might undertake, mentally as well as physically. The invention also has potential application to for diagnosis and / or treatment of certain mental and physical disorders, and in other situations where a form of companionship may be provided the user. In addition the invention herein provides an enjoyable means of social interaction with others providing further motivation for physical and mental activity represented.

A method of measuring human brain activity includes the steps of simultaneously measuring pulses at two locations on a human subject that each receives blood from a different carotid artery that feeds a respective one of left and right hemispheres of the brain of the human subject, determining pulse characteristics from the measured pulses, and evaluating relative left and right hemisphere activity of the brain of the human subject based on the determined pulse characteristics. The method may use dual photoplethysmograhic blood pulse sensors that measure left and right hemisphere activity by determining pulse amplitude difference and time or phase differences between the earlobes while the subject carries out various mental functions. The data from the sensors are processed to provide a measure of brain function and the mental activity of the subject.

A mental activity for an exerciser exercising on an exercise apparatus connected to a communication link is provided by contacting a computer connected to the communication link and providing a display of mental activity data such as sports scores, stock prices or a weather report received from the contacted computer on a display device of the exercise apparatus while the exerciser exercises.

The embodiments described herein are directed to systems and methods for communicating with a computer. The system includes a capture device having sensors to capture a particular brain activity pattern indicative of the mental activity generated in the user by a particular subject, a data storage device operable for storing a plurality of stored brain activity patterns each of which being associated with at least one computer readable indicia indicative of a subject that generated that brain activity pattern. The system also has a processor operable to receive the captured brain activity pattern, search for matching stored brain activity patterns, and if there is at least one matching stored brain activity pattern, retrieve the at least one indicia associated with the at least one matching stored brain activity pattern. The capture device may be an EEG capture device and the captured and stored brain activity patterns are EEG profiles.

An age assessment apparatus capable of assessing a substantial age of an examinee from various active degrees is provided. The age assessment apparatus scores detailed test items Z1jk with respect to kinesthetic activity of an examinee in accordance with kinesthetic performance scoring criteria and calculates kinesthetic age difference value Δy1j which expresses a degree of age divergence from an actual age, scores detailed test items Z2jk with respect to mental activity in accordance with mental state scoring criteria and calculates mental age difference value Δy2j, scores detailed test items Z3jk with respect to physical activity in accordance with physical information scoring criteria and calculates physical age difference value Δy3j, then calculates a substantial age FF of the examinee by subtracting a sum obtained by multiplying each of the age difference values and each of weight coefficients pi which constitute an eigenvector which is a solution of an eigenvalue problem in analytic hierarchy process together from the actual age “a” of the examinee.

The invention relates to a formulation for curing apoplexy which can distinguish eight clinical primary symptoms and two root symptoms. The formulation comprises the traditional Chinese medicine formulation of the eight clinical primary symptoms: (1) phlegm syndrome due to wind, static blood, blocking venation; (2) extreme hyperactivity of the liver-yang, wind fire pathogen; (3) phlegm-heat accumulation, wind-phlegm pathogen; (4) wind formation from yin deficiency; (5) phlegm-heat inner closed sense organs of the head; (6) qi asthenia causing blood stasis; (7) phlegm dampness blocking mind mood; (8) primordial qi loosing, mental activity distraction; and the traditional Chinese medicine of the two root symptoms (heat of excess and cold of insufficiency). Firstly, the apoplexy is dialectically divided into eight clinical primary symptoms and is respectively treated with the formulation of the traditional Chinese medicine. After the disease is stable and takes a turn for the better, the eight clinical primary symptoms are classified as the heat of excess and cold of insufficiency which are treated with the traditional Chinese medicine as the root symptoms. The formulation for curing apoplexy can carry out more exact and more effective treatment on different types of apoplexy while the formulation medicine of different types of apoplexy is clearly distinguished.

The visual and / or visualization skills of a subject may be tested and / or trained using systems and methods in accordance with the present invention. Visual stimuli may be presented to a test subject. Measurements relating to the performance of the subject, such as stability information, eye movement data, physiological information, or other information, may be made both with and without visual stimuli being provided to a subject. Similar measurements may be made while the subject visualizes the visual stimuli, and the collected data may be compared to evaluate the subject's ability to visualize visual stimuli. Secondary stimuli may also be provided to subject as part of this process, or mental activities may be required by subject as well.

Device and method for occupying a human subject with physical and mental activities. Includes (a) human mountable and movable object (12) having total volume in a range of between about 0.5 and 5 cubic meters and being sufficiently strong to bear weight of a human subject (5) when mounted thereupon; (b) object motion control assembly (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) operatively connected to object (12), for controlling motion of object (12) when human subject (5) is mounted upon object (12); and (c) base assembly (30, 32) operatively connected to the object motion control assembly, for anchoring the object motion control assembly when human subject (5) is mounted upon object (5) and moving upon object (12) within a field of space determined by characteristics, configuration, and dimensions, of object (12), the object motion control assembly, base assembly (30), and behavior of human subject (5).

A method of measuring human brain activity includes the steps of simultaneously measuring pulses at two locations on a human subject that each receives blood from a different carotid artery that feeds a respective one of left and right hemispheres of the brain of the human subject, determining pulse characteristics from the measured pulses, and evaluating relative left and right hemisphere activity of the brain of the human subject based on the determined pulse characteristics. The method may use dual photoplethysmograhic blood pulse sensors that measure left and right hemisphere activity by determining pulse amplitude difference and time or phase differences between the earlobes while the subject carries out various mental functions. The data from the sensors are processed to provide a measure of brain function and the mental activity of the subject.

A process and system for monitoring the ability to work under pressure or receptiveness and effectiveness of a vehicle operator. The EEG-patterns of the mental activity are continuously recorded in various frequency ranges and evaluated according to various criteria. The occurrence of signals shapes or changes which indicate a impairment of operating ability are thus detected and lead, depending upon the detected status, to triggering of stepwise gradually increasing responses, from warning signals up to direct intervention and the control of the vehicle.

The embodiments described herein are directed to systems and methods for communicating with a computer. The system includes a capture device having sensors to capture a particular brain activity pattern indicative of the mental activity generated in the user by a particular subject, a data storage device operable for storing a plurality of stored brain activity patterns each of which being associated with at least one computer readable indicia indicative of a subject that generated that brain activity pattern. The system also has a processor operable to receive the captured brain activity pattern, search for matching stored brain activity patterns, and if there is at least one matching stored brain activity pattern, retrieve the at least one indicia associated with the at least one matching stored brain activity pattern. The capture device may be an EEG capture device and the captured and stored brain activity patterns are EEG profiles.

An exercise apparatus includes an input device, a communication circuit connected to a communication link, and a display device. A control circuit controls the communication circuit to contact a computer connected to the communication link in response to exerciser input to the input device and controls the display device to display mental activity data such as sports scores, stock prices, or a weather report received from the contacted computer while the exerciser exercises to thereby provide a mental activity for the exerciser.

A user-specific, electroencephalogram data-based secure encryption generator maps artificial neural network neuron elements to electroencephalogram data signals generated from scanning neural activity of a user while the user executes a mental activity. Weighting factors are trained to transform the electroencephalogram data signals into a first set of weighted signals that are different from weighted signals generated from scanning neural activity of the user while the user executes another, different activity, and from weighted signals generated from scanning neural activity of another user while executing a similar mental activity. The trained weighting factors are associated with the first set of electroencephalogram data signals and the current mental activity. Thus, a reproducible electroencephalogram encryption key is defined that is unique to the user as a function of one or both of the trained weighting factors and the first weighted set of electroencephalogram data signals.

The invention relates to kudzuvine flower health tea as restoring tea of She nationality, which is prepared from kudzuvine flowers, kudzu roots, hovenia dulcis thunb, fiveleaf gynostemma herb, ginseng leaves and fresh tea leaves. The kudzuvine flower health tea is similar to a tea in the characters, a storage mode and a drinking method, can be drunk once being brewed with water, is convenient to drink when a person drinks wines and after the person drinks the wines, has the effects of preventing drunkenness and helping dispeling the effects of alcohol after drunkenness, also has various health effects of preventing and auxiliarily treating hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, arteriosclerosis, thrombopoiesis, cardiovascular diseases, migraine, inflammation, gastrointestinal ulcer,tumors, cancers, the toxic or side effects of hormone medicines and the like, can calm nerves, nourish the nature, defer senility, improve mental activities, enhance the cerebral functions, activate human normal cells, inhibit fatness, strengthen the spleen and the stomach, relieve the fatigue, fulfill the functions of calming, hypnosis and stress resistance, strengthen the immune function of a human body, moisten the intestines to have remarkable effects on constipation, and also has certain actions of blacking hairs and beautifying. The kudzuvine flower health tea has the advantages of simple and complete compositions, moderate actions, no toxic or side effects and various health effects; the characters of the selected raw materials accord with the conventional acknowledgement of peopleto tea; and the kudzuvine flower health tea tastes fragrant after being brewed with water.

To alleviate stall boredom, cribbing and other deleterious behaviors of many farm animals kept in stalls and pens, this invention provides entertainment and stimulates mental activity as well as food occupation. These key aspects of equine enrichment applies to any animal in limited living quarters that can benefit from such entertainment. Additionally, the ability for the owner to utilize any treat or food object of their choosing, as well as controlling the amount given, said animals' dietary needs and requirements will not be negatively affected by use of this invention and even improved.

A multifunctional desk allowing English learning can effectively solve the problem the function of the conventional learning desks is single. The multifunctional desk can achieve English word learning on the basis of an original desk, and can achieve switching of a plurality of modes in a learning process, can spell words, call allow a user to understand the words all round, and can deepen the impression of word spelling; and the multifunctional desk can allow the user to copy words, can regulate the writing format of the user, can correct wrong fonts and the style of writing, can perform other recreational and sports activities, can enrich the mental activities of the users, and can be used as a common desk.

The visual and / or visualization skills of a subject may be tested and / or trained using systems and methods in accordance with the present invention. Visual stimuli may be presented to a test subject. Measurements relating to the performance of the subject, such as stability information, eye movement data, physiological information, or other information, may be made both with and without visual stimuli being provided to a subject. Similar measurements may be made while the subject visualizes the visual stimuli, and the collected data may be compared to evaluate the subject's ability to visualize visual stimuli. Secondary stimuli may also be provided to subject as part of this process, or mental activities may be required by subject as well.

A therapeutic reclining chair includes a base unit and a reclining chair unit pivotally connected to the base unit, with a motor drive unit for smoothly moving the chair unit between an upright and a reclining position; and further includes three independent audio sources which provide signals to two sets of speakers or transducer units for generating acoustic and tactile output to a user's body through the structure of the chair unit, and one set of speakers, preferably but not necessarily limited to headphones, for providing sounds to a user's ears. A user of the therapeutic chair experiences a combination of partial sensory deprivation in a floating-like orientation, two distinct, but coordinated tactile / auditory sensations, and a third, also coordinated, auditory sensation through the headphones, all cooperating to induce a state of deep relaxation in which conscious mental activity is discouraged and subconscious mental activity and receptivity is enhanced.

Device and method for occupying a human subject with physical and mental activities. Includes (a) human mountable and movable object (12) having total volume in a range of between about 0.5 and 5 cubic meters and being sufficiently strong to bear weight of a human subject (5) when mounted thereupon; (b) object motion control assembly (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) operatively connected to object (12), for controlling motion of object (12) when human subject (5) is mounted upon object (12); and (c) base assembly (30, 32) operatively connected to the object motion control assembly, for anchoring the object motion control assembly when human subject (5) is mounted upon object (5) and moving upon object (12) within a field of space determined by characteristics, configuration, and dimensions, of object (12), the object motion control assembly, base assembly (30), and behavior of human subject (5).

A user-specific, electroencephalogram data-based secure encryption generator maps artificial neural network neuron elements to electroencephalogram data signals generated from scanning neural activity of a user while the user executes a mental activity. Weighting factors are trained to transform the electroencephalogram data signals into a first set of weighted signals that are different from weighted signals generated from scanning neural activity of the user while the user executes another, different activity, and from weighted signals generated from scanning neural activity of another user while executing a similar mental activity. The trained weighting factors are associated with the first set of electroencephalogram data signals and the current mental activity. Thus, a reproducible electroencephalogram encryption key is defined that is unique to the user as a function of one or both of the trained weighting factors and the first weighted set of electroencephalogram data signals.

The natural Chinese herbal medicine beverage for resisting fatigue is produced with gynostemma pentaphylla, schisandra, melissa powder, astragalus root, ophiopogon root, fragrant solomonseal rhizome and dendrobium stem, and through the steps of decoction, concentration, blending, seasoning with white sugar, disinfection and bottling. The beverage has the functions of invigorating vital energy, lifting Yang, promoting the secretion of saliva to quench thirst, eliminating swelling, etc. and it can replenish essential water and nutritive components, strengthen and balance excitation of central nerve and flexible nervous procedure, resist fatigue, resist senility, improve mental activity, strengthen body's immunity and disease resistance, and raise body's sports level and work efficiency.

Feline diet compositions comprising a sulfur-containing antioxidant are disclosed. The composition improves at least one behavioral attribute indicative of preventing or decreasing age-related deterioration of the mental capacity. Also disclosed are methods of preventing such deterioration by feeding the diet composition to a feline.

The invention relates to a formulation for curing apoplexy which can distinguish eight clinical primary symptoms and two root symptoms. The formulation comprises the traditional Chinese medicine formulation of the eight clinical primary symptoms: (1) phlegm syndrome due to wind, static blood, blocking venation; (2) extreme hyperactivity of the liver-yang, wind fire pathogen; (3) phlegm-heat accumulation, wind-phlegm pathogen; (4) wind formation from yin deficiency; (5) phlegm-heat inner closed sense organs of the head; (6) qi asthenia causing blood stasis; (7) phlegm dampness blocking mind mood; (8) primordial qi loosing, mental activity distraction; and the traditional Chinese medicine of the two root symptoms (heat of excess and cold of insufficiency). Firstly, the apoplexy is dialectically divided into eight clinical primary symptoms and is respectively treated with the formulation of the traditional Chinese medicine. After the disease is stable and takes a turn for the better, the eight clinical primary symptoms are classified as the heat of excess and cold of insufficiency which are treated with the traditional Chinese medicine as the root symptoms. The formulation for curing apoplexy can carry out more exact and more effective treatment on different types of apoplexy while the formulation medicine of different types of apoplexy is clearly distinguished.

The invention belongs to the technical field of nerve cell activation products, and particularly discloses an activation device with a nanowire fiber array applied to a nerve cell local ion channel, which comprises a nano fiber array substrate, a nano fiber array placed on the nano fiber substrate and an illumination light source illuminating the back surface of the nano fiber substrate. Due to the activation device, illumination on cell bodies or axons of the nerve cells can be realized locally, activation or structure change is carried out on the ion channel on the surface of the cell bodies or the axons of the nerve cells, the activation of the ion channel can be adjusted significantly, abnormal mental activities are improved effectively, and mental illnesses are treated.

The invention provides a method and system for evaluating the effect of breathing exercise on regulating the mental state by using visual event related electric potentials. According to the method andsystem, an emotion stimulating picture is applied to inducing the event related electric potentials of a breathing exerciser, and the change of the mental state of the breathing exerciser is evaluated by collecting and comparing the amplitude change of the late positive electric potentials of the breathing exerciser. By means of the method and system, a mental assessment scale with low subjectivecredibility is replaced with objective and quantifiable electrophysiological data, and therefore a more realistic and accurate evaluation result of the effect of exercise on regulating the mental activities can be obtained; moreover, the adopted method is easy to operate, and in the case of professional instruments, a general operator can also carry out operation.

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic atrophic gastritis. The pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic atrophic gastritis is prepared from active components and medicinal auxiliary materials, wherein the active components are prepared from the following traditional Chinese medicinal materials in parts by weight: 12-25 parts of dangshen, 12-25 parts of raw bighead atractylodes rhizome, 10-20 parts of white poria, 10-20 parts of burdock fruit, 5-15 parts of dried orange peel, 10-20 parts of red sage root, 5-15 parts of prepared pinellia tuber, 10-20 parts of dandelion, 20-40 parts of raw coix seed and 20-40 parts of concha arcae. The pharmaceutical composition disclosed by the invention is safe and reliable, has notable effects on preventing and treating chronic atrophic gastritis and can improve the state of mental activities and gastric mucosal lesion of a model rat with chronic atrophic gastritis.