Abstract: A non-invasive system and method are provided. Brain activity of a user is detected using a non-invasive brain interface when the user is exposed to an external stimulus. The user is determined to be negatively primed by the external stimulus based on the detected brain activity. An alert that the user is being negatively primed by the external stimulus is automatically provided. A tagged training session may be automatically provided to the user in response determining that the user has a negative mental state, thereby promoting a positive mental state of the user. A training session list containing the tagged training session may be automatically modified based on the determined mental state of the user.
Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement system may include a wearable assembly comprising a plurality of modules each configured to fit within a different slot of the wearable assembly. The plurality of modules may include a module that comprises first and second light sources each configured to emit light directed at a target and a set of detectors configured to detect arrival times for photons of the light emitted by the first and second light sources. A ratio of a total number of the detectors to a total number of the light sources is at least two to one.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 23, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Ryan Field, Husam Katnani, Katherine Perdue
Abstract: A system comprises memory configured for storing an emotional response engine configured for predicting an emotional state set in response to an input of a real-life scenario that may occur in the context of a range of use of an AI control system. The system further comprises user interfaces (UIs) configured for presenting the real-life scenario to human subjects. The system further comprises at least one non-invasive brain interface assembly configured for detecting brain activity of the human subjects in response to presenting the real-life scenario to each of the human subjects. The system further comprises a processor configured for determining a plurality of emotional state sets respectively for the human subjects based on the detected brain activity of the respective human subject, and updating the emotional response engine based on the predicted emotional state set and the determined emotional state sets.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 11, 2021
Publication date:
May 11, 2023
Applicant:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Jamu Alford, Patrick House, Gabriel Lerner, Ethan Pratt
Abstract: An exemplary system includes a photodetector configured to generate a photodetector output pulse when the photodetector detects a photon from a light pulse having a light pulse time period, a TDC configured to monitor for the occurrence of the photodetector output pulse during a measurement time window that is within and shorter in duration than the light pulse time period, a PLL circuit for the TDC, and a precision timing circuit connected to the PLL circuit and configured to adjust, based on at least one signal generated within the PLL circuit, a temporal position of the measurement time window within the light pulse time period.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
May 9, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Ryan Field, Jacob Dahle, Rong Jin, Bruno Do Valle, Sebastian Sorgenfrei
Abstract: An optical measurement system includes a wearable device including a support assembly configured to be worn on a body of a user and a wearable assembly supported by the support assembly. The wearable assembly includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit a plurality of light pulses toward a target within the body of the user and a plurality of detectors each configured to receive a set of photons included in a light pulse included in the plurality of light pulses after the set of photons is scattered by the target. A position of the wearable assembly on the support assembly is adjustable.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Scott Jeremy Seidman, Jennifer Rines, Ryan Field, Isai Olvera, Zachary Phillip Sheldon, Katherine Perdue
Abstract: An illustrative system includes a brain interface system configured to be worn by a user and to output brain activity data representative of brain activity of the user while the user concurrently plays an electronic game and a computing device configured to obtain the brain activity data and modify, based on the brain activity data, an attribute of the electronic game.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Bryan Johnson, Ryan Field, Katherine Perdue
Abstract: An exemplary system includes a photodetector configured to generate a plurality of photodetector output pulses over time as a plurality of light pulses are applied to and scattered by a target, a TPSF generation circuit configured to generate, based on the photodetector output pulses, a TPSF representative of a light pulse response of the target, and a control circuit configured to direct the TPSF generation circuit to selectively operate in different resolution modes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 21, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Bruno Do Valle, Ryan Field, Rong Jin, Jacob Dahle
Abstract: An active shield magnetometry system comprises at least one magnetic field actuator configured for generating an actuated magnetic field that at least partially cancels an outside magnetic field, thereby yielding a total residual magnetic field. The active shield magnetometry system further comprises a plurality of magnetometers respectively configured for measuring the total residual magnetic field and outputting a plurality of total residual magnetic field measurements. The active shield magnetometry system further comprises at least one feedback control loop comprising at least one optimal linear controller configured for controlling the actuated magnetic field at least partially based on at least one of the plurality of total residual magnetic field measurements respectively output by at least one of the plurality of magnetometers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 14, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Benjamin Shapiro, Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Julian Kates-Harbeck
Abstract: A magnetic field measurement system includes a magnetometer having at least one vapor cell, at least one light source to direct at least two light beams through the vapor cell(s), and at least one detector; at least one magnetic field generator to modify an external magnetic field experienced by the vapor cell(s); and at least one processor configured for: applying a first modulation pattern, bmod(t), to the magnetic field generator(s) to modulate a magnetic field at the vapor cell(s), where bmod(t)=[cx cos(?t)+sx sin(?t), cy cos(?t)+sy sin(?t), cz cos(?t)+sz sin(?t)], where cx, sx, cy, sy, cz, and sz are amplitudes and ? is a frequency; directing the light source(s) to direct the light beams through the vapor cell(s); receiving signals from the detector(s); and determining three orthogonal components of the external magnetic field using the received signals. Multi-frequency modulation patterns can alternatively be used.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 14, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Micah Ledbetter, Benjamin Shapiro, Ethan Pratt, Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Argyrios Dellis, Kayla Wright-Freeman, Geoffrey Iwata, Michael Romalis
Abstract: A mental impairment detection system and non-invasive method of detecting mental impairment of a user are provided. A test (e.g., an inhibitory reflex test or a sustained attention test) is administered to the user, brain activity in a frontal lobe of the user is non-invasively detected while the test is administered to the user, and a level of mental impairment of the user is determined based on the brain activity detected in the frontal lobe of the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 14, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Husam Katnani, Daniel Sobek, Antonio H. Lara
Abstract: A system for training a neurome that emulates a brain of a user comprises a non-invasive brain interface assembly configured for detecting neural activity of the user in response to analog instances of a plurality of stimuli peripherally input into the brain of the user from at least one source of content, memory configured for storing a neurome configured for outputting a plurality of determined brain states of an avatar in response to inputs of the digital instances of the plurality of stimuli, and a neurome training processor configured for determining a plurality of brain states of the user based on the detected neural activity of the user, and modifying the neurome based on the plurality of determined brain states of the user and the plurality of determined brain states of the avatar.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 20, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 28, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Bryan Johnson, Ethan Pratt, Jamu Alford, Husam Katnani, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Ryan Field, Gabriel Lerner, Antonio H. Lara
Abstract: An exemplary system includes a PLL circuit and a precision timing circuit connected to the PLL circuit. The PLL circuit has a PLL feedback period defined by a reference clock and includes a voltage controlled oscillator configured to lock to the reference clock and having a plurality of stages configured to output a plurality of fine phase signals each having a different phase, and a feedback divider configured to be clocked by a single fine phase signal included in the plurality of fine phase signals and have a plurality of feedback divider states during the PLL feedback period. The precision timing circuit is configured to generate a timing pulse and set, based on a first combination of one of the fine phase signals and one of the feedback divider states, a temporal position of the timing pulse within the PLL feedback period.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 7, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Jacob Dahle, Bruno Do Valle, Rong Jin, Ryan Field, Sebastian Sorgenfrei
Abstract: The source light having a range of optical wavelengths is split into sample light and reference light. The sample light is delivered into a sample, such that the sample light is scattered by the sample, resulting in signal light that exits the sample. The signal light and the reference light are combined into an interference light pattern having optical modes having oscillation frequency components respectively corresponding to optical pathlengths extending through the sample. Different sets of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are respectively detected, and high-bandwidth analog signals representative of the optical modes of the interference light pattern are output. The high-bandwidth analog signals are parallel processed, and mid-bandwidth digital signals are output. The mid-bandwidth digital signals are processed over an i number of iterations, and a plurality of low-bandwidth digital signals are output on the ith iteration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Hooman Mohseni, Haowen Ruan, Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Ryan Field
Abstract: An optical source sweeps a source light over an optical wavelength range. An interferometer splits the source light into sample light and reference light, delivers the sample light into an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, and combines the signal light and the reference light into an interference light pattern having an array of spatial components and a plurality of oscillation frequency components. An optical detector array detects intensity values of the array of spatial components.
Abstract: An illustrative system includes a brain interface system configured to be worn by a user and to output brain measurement data representative of brain activity of the user while the user is engaged in an electronic messaging session provided by an electronic messaging platform and a computing device configured to obtain the brain measurement data, determine, based on the brain measurement data, a graphical emotion symbol representative of a mental state of the user while the user is engaged in the electronic messaging session, and provide the graphical emotion symbol for use during the electronic messaging session.
Abstract: An exemplary wearable brain interface system includes a head-mountable component and a control system. The head-mountable component includes an array of photodetectors that includes a photodetector comprising a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) and a fast-gating circuit configured to arm and disarm the SPAD. The control system is for controlling a current drawn by the array of photodetectors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 27, 2022
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Bruno Do Valle, Ryan Field, Jacob Dahle, Rong Jin, Sebastian Sorgenfrei
Abstract: An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit that includes a magnetometer and a twisted pair cable interface assembly electrically connected to the magnetometer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 26, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 13, 2022
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Stephen Garber, Jamu Alford, Michael Henninger, Jeffery Kang Gormley, Dakota Blue Decker, Scott Michael Homan, Teague Lasser, Micah Ledbetter, Jerry Leung, Hooman Mohseni, Ethan Pratt, Scott Jeremy Seidman, Benjamin Siepser
Abstract: An illustrative research support computing system maintains subject data representative of attributes for research subjects included in a potential subject pool for potential research studies. The system receives, from a client device, an input dataset representative of: 1) a set of parameters defining a research study to be conducted with respect to a research subject group, and 2) a set of criteria for research subjects that are to be included in the research subject group. The system designates a research subject included in the potential subject pool for inclusion in the research subject group based on the set of criteria, and receives research data detected for the research subject in accordance with the set of parameters. The system also provides an output dataset generated based on the research data detected for the research subject in accordance with the set of parameters. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 29, 2022
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Husam Katnani, Antonio H. Lara, Alejandro Ojeda, Julien Dubois, Viktoria Rojkova, Bryan Johnson, Gabriel Lerner
Abstract: A magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable device having a plurality of wearable sensor units. Each wearable sensor unit includes a plurality of magnetometers and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the plurality magnetometers from ambient background magnetic fields. A strength of a fringe magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator of each of the wearable sensor units is less than a predetermined value at the plurality of magnetometers of each wearable sensor unit included in the plurality of wearable sensor units.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 22, 2022
Assignee:
HI LLC
Inventors:
Jamu Alford, Michael Henninger, Stephen Garber, Jeffery Kang Gormley, Dakota Blue Decker, Scott Michael Homan, Teague Lasser, Micah Ledbetter, Jerry Leung, Hooman Mohseni, Ethan Pratt, Scott Jeremy Seidman, Benjamin Siepser
Abstract: A non-invasive optical measurement system comprises a two-dimensional array of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) mechanically coupled to each other. Each PIC is configured for emitting sample light into an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure. Each PIC is further configured for detecting the signal light. The non-invasive optical measurement system further comprises processing circuitry configured for analyzing the detected signal light from each of the PICs, and based on this analysis, determining an occurrence and a three-dimensional spatial location of the physiological event in the anatomical structure.