Patents by Inventor Kirtley E. Thornton

Kirtley E. Thornton 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).

  • Patent number: 6309361
    Abstract: Mental abilities are labeled with terms such as memory, problem solving, spelling, etc. and can be measured by psychological measures such as recall score, etc. The physical correlates of brain functioning employ such measures as blood flow, electrophysiological events, etc. The relationship between these different scientific domains is called the mind-body problem. The submitted patent addresses the empirically obtained correlative relationships between a number of cognitive capabilities and the Quantitative EFG (QEEG) measures (coherence, phase, magnitude, etc.) during cognitive activation conditions. The QEEG measures reflect the electrophysiology of the gray matter of the brain underlying the scalp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Kirtley E. Thornton
  • Patent number: 5564433
    Abstract: An actuarial method for statistically determining the probable truth or falsity of a statement concerning a human subject and whether responses or statements made by the subject precede either a knowing representation by the subject of a truth or a lie. The method enables the correlation of a video image of a human subject, including mannerisms of the human subject, a selected plurality of eclectroencephalographic signals gathered from a plurality of electrodes located at specific points on the head of the subject, and a simultaneous detection or display of the subject's responses from a single video monitor combined with a computer analysis of the electroencephalographs to determine the subject's knowledge regarding a fact, a personal experience, and/or the truth or falsity of a particular statement by using a set of regression equations which establish before-truth, before-lie, during-truth, and during-lie base actuarial profiles for correlation and comparative analysis via computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: Kirtley E. Thornton