Patents by Inventor Jeremiah D. Mitzelfelt

Jeremiah D. Mitzelfelt 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).

  • System and method for brain machine interface (BMI) control using reinforcement learning
    Patent number: 9050200
    Abstract: A Brain Machine Interface (BMI) agent (110) is provided, that when operatively coupled to a subject during a mental task by the subject to control a prosthetic device (130), monitors one or more states (125) of neural activity of the subject, receives feedback associated with a behavior of the prosthetic device responsive to the control, learns a functional mapping between the mental task and the behavior in view of the feedback, and applies at least one control action (115) to the prosthetic device in accordance with the learning to control the prosthetic device for a targeted behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Digiovanna, Babak Mahmoudi, Jeremiah D. Mitzelfelt, Justin C. Sanchez, Jose C. Principe
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE (BMI) CONTROL USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
    Publication number: 20100137734
    Abstract: A Brain Machine Interface (BMI) agent (110) is provided, that when operatively coupled to a subject during a mental task by the subject to control a prosthetic device (130), monitors one or more states (125) of neural activity of the subject, receives feedback associated with a behavior of the prosthetic device responsive to the control, learns a functional mapping between the mental task and the behavior in view of the feedback, and applies at least one control action (115) to the prosthetic device in accordance with the learning to control the prosthetic device for a targeted behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: John F. Digiovanna, Babak Mahmoudi, Jeremiah D. Mitzelfelt, Justin C. Sanchez, Jose C. Principe