Patents by Inventor Francis Robert Willett

Francis Robert Willett 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).

  • Systems and Methods for Decoding Intended Symbols from Neural Activity
    Publication number: 20230409116
    Abstract: Systems and methods for decoding intended symbols from neural activity in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a symbol decoding system for brain-computer interfacing, including a neural signal recorder implanted into a brain of a user, and a symbol decoder, the symbol decoder including a processor, and a memory, where the memory includes a symbol decoding application capable of directing the processor to obtain neural signal data from the neural signal recorder, estimate a symbol from the neural signal data using a symbol model, and perform a command associated with the symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Krishna Vaughn Shenoy, Jaimie M. Henderson, Francis Robert Willett
  • Systems and methods decoding intended symbols from neural activity
    Patent number: 11640204
    Abstract: Systems and methods for decoding intended symbols from neural activity in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a symbol decoding system for brain-computer interfacing, including a neural signal recorder implanted into a brain of a user, and a symbol decoder, the symbol decoder including a processor, and a memory, where the memory includes a symbol decoding application capable of directing the processor to obtain neural signal data from the neural signal recorder, estimate a symbol from the neural signal data using a symbol model, and perform a command associated with the symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Krishna V. Shenoy, Jaimie M. Henderson, Francis Robert Willett