Patents by Inventor David Embick

David Embick 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).

  • Device for enhancement of language processing in autism spectrum disorders through modifying the auditory stream including an acoustic stimulus to reduce an acoustic detail characteristic while preserving a lexicality of the acoustics stimulus
    Patent number: 10825353
    Abstract: Methods and devices can enhance language processing in an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) individual through auditory manipulation of an auditory stream. The auditory stream is received and includes an acoustic stimulus perceptually representing an object. An acoustic manipulation parameter for a predetermined acoustic detail characteristic is selected. The predetermined acoustic detail characteristic is associated with the ASD individual and is based on a measured language processing capability of the ASD individual. The auditory stream is modified based on the selected parameter, to reduce the predetermined acoustic detail characteristic while preserving a lexicality of the stimulus, such that the reduced acoustic detail characteristic enhances perception of the object by the ASD individual even when the stimulus includes two or more acoustically distinct stimuli each perceptually representing the object. The modified auditory stream is output to the ASD individual via at least one loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Timothy Roberts, David Embick
  • DEVICE FOR LANGUAGE PROCESSING ENHANCEMENT IN AUTISM
    Publication number: 20160210872
    Abstract: Methods and devices can enhance language processing in an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) individual through auditory manipulation of an auditory stream. The auditory stream is received and includes an acoustic stimulus perceptually representing an object. An acoustic manipulation parameter for a predetermined acoustic detail characteristic is selected. The predetermined acoustic detail characteristic is associated with the ASD individual and is based on a measured language processing capability of the ASD individual. The auditory stream is modified based on the selected parameter, to reduce the predetermined acoustic detail characteristic while preserving a lexicality of the stimulus, such that the reduced acoustic detail characteristic enhances perception of the object by the ASD individual even when the stimulus includes two or more acoustically distinct stimuli each perceptually representing the object. The modified auditory stream is output to the ASD individual via at least one loudspeaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Roberts, David Embick