Patents by Inventor Mary M. Hayhoe

Mary M. Hayhoe 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 improving visual discrimination
    Patent number: 7549743
    Abstract: A system and method for retraining the visual system of a subject with damage to the striate and/or extrastriate visual cortex includes displaying a visual stimulus within a first location of an impaired visual field of the subject; and detecting the subject's perception of an attribute of the visual stimulus. The system and method are believed to effectively recruit undamaged higher level structures in the visual system to assume the functions of the damaged structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Krystel R. Huxlin, Mary M. Hayhoe, Jeff B. Pelz
  • Systems and methods For Improving Visual Discrimination
    Publication number: 20080278682
    Abstract: A system and method for retraining the visual system of a subject with damage to the striate and/or extrastriate visual cortex includes displaying a visual stimulus within a first location of an impaired visual field of the subject; and detecting the subject's perception of an attribute of the visual stimulus. The system and method are believed to effectively recruit undamaged higher level structures in the visual system to assume the functions of the damaged structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    Inventors: Krystel R. Huxlin, Mary M. Hayhoe, Jeff B. Pelz