Patents by Inventor Beverly A. Wright

Beverly A. Wright 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).

  • Method and apparatus for diagnosing and remediating language-based learning impairments
    Patent number: 6457362
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for the identification and treatment of language perception problems in specific language impaired (SLI) individuals. The invention provides a method and apparatus for screening individuals for SLI and training individuals who suffer from SLI to remediate the effects of the impairment by using the spectral content of interfering sound stimuli and the temporal ordering or direction of the interference between the stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Scientific Learning Corporation
    Inventors: Beverly A. Wright, Michael M. Merzenich, Srikantan Nagarajan, Athanassios Protopapas
  • Methods and apparatus for assessing and improving processing of temporal information in human
    Patent number: 6422869
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for improving temporal processing of a first type of information in human is disclosed. The first type of information pertains to one of touch, auditory, and visual. The computer-implemented method includes providing a computer, and providing a stimuli generator coupled to the computer. The stimuli generator providing, responsive to control signals from the computer, first stimuli, the first stimuli being a different one of the touch, auditory, and visual. The computer-implemented method further includes applying the first stimuli from the stimuli generator to the human. The first stimuli are produced around a plurality of time scales to facilitate improvement in the temporal processing of the first type of information around the plurality of time scales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Srikantan Nagarajan, Michael M. Merzenich, David T. Blake, Beverly A. Wright
  • Method and apparatus for diagnosing and remediating language-based learning impairments
    Publication number: 20020078750
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for the identification and treatment of language perception problems in specific language impaired (SLI) individuals. The invention provides a method and apparatus for screening individuals for SLI and training individuals who suffer from SLI to remediate the effects of the impairment by using the spectral content of interfering sound stimuli and the temporal ordering or direction of the interference between the stimuli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Beverly A. Wright, Michael M. Merzenich, Srikantan Nagarajan, Athanassios Protopapas
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING AND IMPROVING PROCESSING OF TEMPORAL INFORMATION IN HUMAN
    Publication number: 20020061498
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for improving temporal processing of a first type of information in human is disclosed. The first type of information pertains to one of touch, auditory, and visual. The computer-implemented method includes providing a computer, and providing a stimuli generator coupled to the computer. The stimuli generator providing, responsive to control signals from the computer, first stimuli, the first stimuli being a different one of the touch, auditory, and visual. The computer-implemented method further includes applying the first stimuli from the stimuli generator to the human. The first stimuli are produced around a plurality of time scales to facilitate improvement in the temporal processing of the first type of information around the plurality of time scales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: SRIKANTAN NAGARAJAN, MICHAEL MERZENICH, DAVID T. BLAKE, BEVERLY A. WRIGHT
  • Method and apparatus for diagnosing and remediating language-based learning impairments
    Patent number: 6349598
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for the identification and treatment of language perception problems in specific language impaired (SLI) individuals. The invention provides a method and apparatus for screening individuals for SLI and training individuals who suffer from SLI to remediate the effects of the impairment by using the spectral content of interfering sound stimuli and the temporal ordering or direction of the interference between the stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Scientific Learning Corporation
    Inventors: Beverly A. Wright, Michael M. Merzenich, Srikantan Nagarajan, Athanassios Protopapas
  • Method and apparatus for diagnosing and remediating language-based learning impairments
    Patent number: 6109107
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for the identification and treatment of language perception problems in specific language impaired (SLI) individuals. The invention provides a method and apparatus for screening individuals for SLI and training individuals who suffer from SLI to remediate the effects of the impairment by using the spectral content of interfering sound stimuli and the temporal ordering or direction of the interference between the stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Scientific Learning Corporation
    Inventors: Beverly A. Wright, Michael M. Merzenich, Srikantan Nagarajan, Athanassios Protopapas