52 results about "Sensation" patented technology

A portable sensory intervention system for a patient in need thereof is provided, which comprises:(a) a soft device to be held by the patient comprising one or more stimulation units which are: (i) a speaker inside the device coupled to means for generating a sound; (ii) a light source visible outside the device for generating a soothing color; or (iii) an aroma generator, wherein the one or more of the stimulation units are coupled to a controller which is operably coupled to a wireless receiver means; and (b) a sensing unit adapted to be mounted on the patient and which detects patient agitation by electrically measuring physiological signals and wherein the sensing unit communicates with the soft device to provide instructions to the soft device to operate the one or more stimulation units in the soft device.

The invention discloses a loudspeaker abnormal sound detection method and system and mainly aims at solving the problem that a result obtained by use of a traditional loudspeaker abnormal sound detection method is inconsistent with the judgment result of the subjective sensation of human eyes. The invention relates to a loudspeaker abnormal sound detection method and system based on a psychoacoustic sharpness parameter; according to the method and the system, the abnormal sound of the loudspeaker is detected by calculating the high-order sharpness distortion of the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker abnormal sound judgment result obtained by use of a high-order sharpness distortion algorithm in the detection method is more consistent with the subjective sensation of the human eyes, and therefore, the misjudgment ratio can be reduced and the correctness of the judgment result can be improved.

Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting sensory data over a bi-directional data link to reproduce an audiovisual environment for a physically displaced operator. The apparatus includes a stationary or mobile surveillance platform equipped with transducers for capturing local sensory information including audio, visual, haptic, thermal, and other metrics associated with human perception. The sensory data is processed, transmitted over the data link, and displayed to the operator to simulate a virtual presence. The system further includes ergonomic sensors for detecting head, body, limb, and / or eye related operator motion to allow the operator to remotely manipulate the sensory transducers to selectively configure the field of perception within the measured environment.

The present invention relates to sensory feedback for non-contact electrical switching systems. Such systems may be used in conventional electrical circuits or in traditionally non-electrical switching systems, such as faucets. The non-contact electrical switching mechanism includes a motion sensor to detect motion for the purpose of changing between an on and an off state. The sensory feedback system is physically disposed on the non-contact electrical switching mechanism in proximity to the motion sensor and is configured to transmit sensory data corresponding to the current state of the non-contact switching mechanism. Sensory data is data which is received by one or more of the five human senses. The sensory data may include continuous, responsive, and / or synchronized sensory feedback. It will be appreciated that teachings of the present invention may be applied to other forms of human interface non-contact switching mechanisms such as those responding and / or detecting human generated sound, thoughts, etc.

A method and a system for monitoring and training attention real-time attentional bias by applying at least one sensory stimulus over a human subject, using at least one stimulation device, where the sensory stimuli is associated with at least one attentional bias; calculating at least one real-time attention bias score of the subject by measuring response of the subject to the respective applied sensory stimulus; and outputting attentional feedback in real-time indicative of the calculated real-time attentional bias score. The feedback is outputted in real-time or near real-time, using one or more output devices for outputting the attention feedback such as visual or auditory output devices.

This invention relates generally to an auditory and sensory augmentation and protection system, device and method to monitor and identify sound and sensory situations, generate data related audio information upon sensing of the sound and sensory situation to provide additional data streams through transmission systems and applications, wristbands, mobile applications and other interfaces, in the form of auditory and sensory augmentation to an individual requesting such augmentation while simultaneously providing protection to the user's hearing in both the sensed sound situation and the auditory augmentation signal.

A method and system for reducing stress in a working environment. In a conditioning phase a positive association of a sensory stimulus, such as a scent, image and / or sound with a relaxed feeling is created. Following the creation of this positive association the “relaxing” stimulus will be used as a de-stressor in the usage phase. That is, when it is detected that the user is stressed (80,90), the “relaxing” stimulus is released (100) to reduce stress.

The present invention provides an active sensory floor that provides sensations to non-auditory senses of persons at an event via one or both of movement and vibrations of the sensory floor. Sensory output of the floor may be controlled via a mixer or other controller during a performance, pre-recorded or provided based upon an input, such as music playing. Additional sensory stimulation, such as, for example, visual stimulation may also be synchronized with non-auditory stimulation.

To improve the aural sensation from an input signal of an audio reproduction system a bandwidth extension device can be used. The bandwidth extension device includes a first and a second signal path and an analyzer for selecting the created signal which fits most for the current input signal.

Apparatus for providing sensory stimulation to a subject, the apparatus including an input that acquires input signals indicative of a stimulatory input, a signal generator, a coil system including atleast one coil and an electronic controller operating in accordance with software instructions. In use, the controller receives the input signals from the input, performs analysis of the input signals and, uses results of the analysis to cause the signal generator to generate stimulation signals, the stimulation signals being applied to the coil system to thereby generate a stimulatory electromagnetic field in a target region of the subject, the stimulatory electromagnetic field being configured to selectively activate sensory neurons to thereby stimulate the subject in accordance with the stimulatory input.

A feeling estimation device includes: a first acquirer configured to acquire sound data of an utterance of a user; a second acquirer configured to acquire text data obtained by converting the sound data acquired by the first acquirer into text; a first estimator configured to merge an index value based on the sound data acquired by the first acquirer and an index value based on the text data acquired by the second acquirer via first fusion and estimate a feeling of the user on the basis of the merged index value; and a second estimator configured to merge an index value indicating a result of the estimation performed by the first estimator and the index value based on the text data acquired by the second acquirer via second fusion and estimate a feeling of the user on the basis of the merged index value.

The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 400, 500, 600) comprising an activity measurement system (106) configured for measuring brain activity data (138) from a subject (102). The medical instrument further comprises a stimulus presentation system (108) configured for providing sensory stimulus to the subject. The medical instrument further comprises a memory (130) for storing machine executable instructions (132) and for storing a stimulus reinforcer database (134). The stimulus reinforcer database comprises entries. Each entry comprises commands configured for controlling the stimulus presentation system to provide the sensory stimulus to the subject. The medical instrument further comprises a processor (120) for controlling the medical instrument. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: control (200) the stimulus presentation system with a set of entries (136) selected from the stimulus reinforcer database to repeatedly provide sensory stimulus to the subject; control (202) the activity measurement system for performing the measurement of the brain activity data during each sensor stimulus; select (204) a chosen entry (140) from the set of entries using the brain activity data; and store (206) the chosen entry in the memory.

The invention relates to a system and method for measuring the biomechanical state of a subject using various sensors simultaneously with providing the subject with visual exercises for rehabilitation and assessment of disequilibrium, balance and motion disorders. The biomechanical state of a subject is measured during the subject's performance of a predetermined task. Such measurements are useful for the assessment of disequilibrium, balance and motion disorders and are also useful for the determination of therapeutic application of vibrotactile, auditory, or visual feedback to a subject during the subject's attempt to perform a predetermined task. An intelligent controller compares the subject's biomechanical state to a predetermined parameter to determine a variance. If the variance exceeds a threshold, feedback in the form of visual feedback, vibrotactile feedback or auditory feedback may be provided to the subject as a therapeutic means for enabling the subject to compensate for disorder effects.

Provided is a system for communicating the intensity of a sensation on a sensation intensity scale, characterized by: (a) a receiving module for obtaining at least two values of at least two different measurable parameters affecting said sensation; (b) a processing module for factorizing these two values into a scale-mark on the sensation intensity scale which is comprised of two or more scale-marks; (c) a GUI for presenting the sensation intensity scale and scale-mark; and (d) a communication module for sharing the scale-mark on the intensity scale.

Described herein are wearable sensory stimulation and monitoring devices that can be worn around the back of the neck along and in contact with the spine. Apparatuses described herein stimulate one or more senses including auditory, tactile or olfactory. Apparatuses are also described that allow for sensing and monitoring of physiologic parameters such as heart rate, blood pressure and movement. The device also has features that allow for easy attachment or integration to articles worn on the head.

A mental illness determination device includes a face change information acquisition unit and a mental illness determination unit. The face change information acquisition unit is configured to acquire face change information indicating a time-series change in face data of a subject when emotional stimulation information for stimulating any sense or any combination of senses among an auditory sense, an olfactory sense, a gustatory sense, a tactile sense, and a somatic sensation of the subject to change emotion, and is divided into positive information for increasing comfort and negative information for decreasing comfort is provided to the subject. The mental illness determination unit is configured to determine a state of mental illness of the subject on the basis of the face change information.

A feeling estimation device includes: a first acquirer configured to acquire sound data of an utterance of a user; a second acquirer configured to acquire text data obtained by converting the sound data acquired by the first acquirer into text; a first estimator configured to merge an index value based on the sound data acquired by the first acquirer and an index value based on the text data acquired by the second acquirer via first fusion and estimate a feeling of the user on the basis of the merged index value; and a second estimator configured to merge an index value indicating a result of the estimation performed by the first estimator and the index value based on the text data acquired by the second acquirer via second fusion and estimate a feeling of the user on the basis of the merged index value.

A versatile translational and rotational motion simulator comprising a first apparatus to translate a user in a first linear direction; a second apparatus to translate the user in a second linear direction; a third apparatus to translate the user in a third linear direction; a fourth apparatus disposed on the third apparatus to support the user throughout the first, second, and third linear translations; a gimbal assembly disposed on the fourth apparatus and including a positional tracking sensor and / or reference device to track the position of a user's head; a virtual reality device to createa virtual reality scene within the mind of the user; a sound system to create an auditory sensation within the mind of the user; microelectronics; and a programmable controller, the simulator being operable to translate the user forward and backward in the first, second, and third linear directions and the first, second, and third rotational directions simultaneously.

One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for delivering audio output and generates haptic sensations on or proximate to objects in an environment via which a user can perceive haptic sensations. The device includes transducer arrays that operate in various modalities, including generating audio output, generating haptic output, and sensing objects in the environment. When generating audio output, the transducer arrays produce ultrasonic waves that demodulate to produce audio output. When generating haptic output, the transducer arrays output directional haptic output to various locations to the environment using constructive and / or destructive interference. When sensing objects in the environment, the transducer arrays generate pings and detect ping echoes reflected off of objects in the environment.

Alert device, system and method for alerting hearing-impaired persons through a sensory of a sound and the location of such sound. The device extends to the tracking of an object within a predefined perimeter, outside of which an alert is triggerable. The device includes a wearable unit having a plurality of differently colored LEDs and a plurality of differently colored sound-detecting units, with each of the differently colored sound-detecting units corresponding to the same colored LED's on the wearable unit thereby to color code the wearable unit to the sound-detecting units. When a sound is detected by one or more of the sound-detecting units being higher than a predetermined threshold sound, a sound event signal is triggered on the wearable unit activating a vibration and blinking of the LED's corresponding with the respective sound detecting unit, consequentially alerting a user of the location where the sound-detecting unit was previously positioned.

A device is described, having a first (2) and a second (4) sound-generating means and an input for a stereo signal (S) comprising left (L) and right (R) sound signals. The device has an interconnected first (1) and second (3) part comprising a first (2) and a second (4) sound-generating means, respectively. The first part (1) is formed so as to couple soundwaves generated by the first sound-generating means (2) into a surface (6) when placed upon said surface (6), and the device has means (5) for sending a first signal (S1), which is a composite of the left (L) and right (R) sound signals, to the first sound-generating means (2) of the first part (1), and a second signal (S2), which is a different composite of the left (L) and right (R) sound signals, to the second sound generating means (4) of the second part (3).

A device compensating limits of humans senses, includes a receiver receiving information in a first sense, a converter converting the received information into information in a second sense and a presenter that presents the converted information. In an embodiment, the first sense is the vision and the receiver receives visual information comprising texts, wherein the second sense is auditory sense or tactile sensation, and the receiver comprises an ingestion layer that ingests information from a target object. In another embodiment, the receiver ingests the full audio or visual sensory stimuli, and takes the portion that is blocked for the sensory deprivation of the user, and the converter extracts environmental cues contained therein by applying machine intelligence logic and makes trans-sensory conversion to their synthetic representation.

A sensory evaluation system performs sensory evaluation on a plurality of sensory indexes corresponding to respective feelings of an occupant according to traveling of a moving body, and includes: a data adjustment unit that generates evaluation data to be used for the sensory evaluation based on information acquired according to the traveling of the moving body; an evaluation index determination unit that selects at least any one sensory index as an evaluation index from among the plurality of sensory indexes based on the information; an evaluation unit that calculates an evaluation value for the evaluation index from the evaluation data using an evaluation circuit corresponding to the evaluation index; and an aggregation unit that aggregates the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation unit.

A system and method for enhancing sensory function of an individual are disclosed. The system comprises a generalized brain-skin interface (GBSI), configured to enable the individual to experience senses. The system further comprises a sensor, a processor, and an epidermal neuro-oscillating patch (ENOP). The sensor is configured to receive environmental data surrounding the individual. The processor in communication with the sensor is configured to receive environmental data from the sensor and convert it into an analog vibration pattern. The epidermal neuro-oscillating patch (ENOP) is removably fastened to the skin of the individual, configured to produce a sequence of vibrations based on the analog vibration pattern received from the processor and directly transmit it to the skin for stimulating the nerves of the individual, thereby effectively training the brain of the individual to learn and equate the sequence of vibrations for experiencing senses of the physical environment of the individual.

Apparatus and methods for creating a sensation in which a sound driver emits sound waves according to incoming information, and one or more light emitters emit light waves with varying patterns according to amplitude and frequency changes in the incoming information. Preferably, only low frequency signals (below 50 Hz) are used to produce the pattern of the light waves, which are directed directly towards the tympanic membrane without any artificial barrier. Emitted light preferably reaches the inner ear region substantially simultaneously with emitted sound waves. A second light emitter can be used to emit light waves that are complementary to, and preferably between 175 and 185 degrees out of phase with, the light waves from the first light emitter, to produce scalar waves.

Systems and methods for evaluating neurologic function of a subject are described. An odorant, auditory and / or somatosensory generator is configured to deliver a sensory stimulation to the subject, a plurality of electrodes are configured to be attached to the subject, and a handheld EEG control unit is configured to control the odorant, auditory and / or somatosensory generator, process the neural signals from the plurality of electrodes and generate an assessment of neurologic function of the subject.

The present disclosure pertains to a system and method for automatically detecting rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and delivering sensory stimulation to prolong REM duration, without disturbing sleep. The sensory stimulation may be auditory or other stimulation. The system and method ensure timely delivery of the stimulation and automatically adjust the amount, intensity, and / or timing of stimulation as necessary. REM sleep is detected based on brain activity, cardiac activity and / or other information. REM sleep may be detected and / or predicted by a trained neural network. The amount, timing, and / or intensity of the sensory stimulation may be determined and / or modulated to enhance REM sleep in a subject based on one or more values of one or more intermediate layers of the neural network and one or more brain activity and / or cardiac activity parameters.

Method for calibrating a nerve stimulation device comprising (a) providing the user with an initial stimulus at a sub-sensory level and obtaining feedback regarding whether the stimulus is felt; (b) if it is not felt, increasing the stimulation level by a first level variation and again obtaining feedback; (c) repeating the previous step until feeling the stimulus is reported; (d) reducing stimulus by the initial level variation; (e) repeating the process from the previously established level while using a second level variation is used which is smaller than the first level variation; (f) once stimulus feeling is reported, the level is again reduced by the second level variation; (g) this level, achieved after the second “crossing” of the threshold, can be used as the sensory threshold value; (h) additional calibration rounds can be conducted using ever-lower level variations for each subsequent round to more accurately the sensory threshold is determined.