Patents by Inventor Teri A. Lawton

Teri A. Lawton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8979263
    Abstract: Cognitive deficits involving attention, sequential processing, reading, speed of processing, and navigation may be diagnosed and remediated in a subject by respectively measuring and improving contrast sensitivity for motion discrimination of the subject. A background may be displayed with a contrast and temporal frequency and either single, or multiple, higher spatial frequencies that may repeat over a wider area than the individual frequency components. A test window may be superimposed over the background, and includes a test pattern with a contrast and a spatial frequency and a temporal frequency. The subject may provide a signal indicative of the direction the subject believes the test pattern moved. In response to this signal, the contrast of the test pattern, the spatial frequency of the background, the spatial frequency of the test pattern, or the temporal frequency may be modified, either by increasing or decreasing its respective value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Teri A. Lawton
  • Publication number: 20100253905
    Abstract: Cognitive deficits involving attention, sequential processing, reading, speed of processing, and navigation may be diagnosed and remediated in a subject by respectively measuring and improving contrast sensitivity for motion discrimination of the subject. A background may be displayed with a contrast and temporal frequency and either single, or multiple, higher spatial frequencies that may repeat over a wider area than the individual frequency components. A test window may be superimposed over the background, and includes a test pattern with a contrast and a spatial frequency and a temporal frequency The subject may provide a signal indicative of the direction the subject believes the test pattern moved. In response to this signal, the contrast of the test pattern, the spatial frequency of the background, the spatial frequency of the test pattern, or the temporal frequency may be modified, either by increasing or decreasing its respective value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Teri A. Lawton
  • Patent number: 6213956
    Abstract: Reading disorders are diagnosed and remediated in a subject by respectively measuring and improving contrast sensitivity for motion discrimination of the subject. A background is displayed on a monitor with a contrast and a spatial frequency. A test window is superimposed over the background and includes a test pattern with a contrast and a spatial frequency. The contrasts and the spatial frequencies are within respective ranges which stimulate the visual cortical movement system of the subject. The test pattern is then moved within the test window. The subject provides a signal indicative of the direction the subject believes the test pattern moved. In response to this signal, the contrast of the test pattern, the spatial frequency of the background, or the spatial frequency of the test pattern is modified, either by increasing or decreasing its respective value. This process is then repeated a number of times, cycling through predetermined combinations of test patterns and backgrounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Perception Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Teri A. Lawton
  • Patent number: 6045515
    Abstract: Reading disorders are diagnosed and remediated in a subject by respectively measuring and improving contrast sensitivity for motion discrimination of the subject. A background is displayed on a monitor with a contrast and a spatial frequency. A test window is superimposed over the background and includes a test pattern with a contrast and a spatial frequency. The contrasts and the spatial frequencies are within respective ranges which stimulate the visual cortical movement system of the subject. The test pattern is then moved within the test window. The subject provides a signal indicative of the direction the subject believes the test pattern moved. In response to this signal, the contrast of the test pattern, the spatial frequency of the background, or the spatial frequency of the test pattern is modified, either by increasing or decreasing its respective value. This process is then repeated a number of times, cycling through predetermined combinations of test patterns and backgrounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Inventor: Teri A. Lawton