Patents by Inventor Michael Mathias Merzenich

Michael Mathias Merzenich 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: 6413092
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6413096
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in-the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6413093
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6413098
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6413095
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6413094
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6413097
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6409685
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a training regimen which addresses motor control problems accompanied by sensory degradation. Accordingly, the training regimen is applicable to motor control disorders associated with a variety of different causes, including traumatic injury, disease, aging and gradual “occupational” type injury. For example, in an individual suffering from repetitive strain injury (RSI), the disabling motor control problems are often accompanied by sensory problems. These sensory problems appear to be caused over time by harmful attended rapid repetitive movements resulting in undesirable changes in the somatosensory, proprioceptive and/or kinesthetic ability of the affected regions of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Scientific Learning Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Mathias Merzenich, Nancy N. Byl, William M. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 6302697
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventors: Paula Anne Tallal, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Steven Lamont Miller, Christoph E. Schreiner
  • Patent number: 6267733
    Abstract: The present invention describes computer-implemented methods and apparatus for treating motor control and somatosensory perception deficits. The motor control and somatosensory perception deficits may have their genesis in a wide variety of issues ranging from injury, disease, or a gradual degradation of motor control over time due to repetitive strain, for example. By administering a computer-implemented training regime directed to improve sensory feedback and motor control, abnormal motor control and somatosensory perception may be substantially improved. The computer-implemented training regime includes somatosensory perception and motor control exercises which may be flexibly administered. Several training apparatus are described for implementing the somatosensory perception and motor control exercises. The training apparatus described herein are capable of driving improvements in temporal, spatial and intensity resolution of somatosensory feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignees: Scientific Learning Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bret E. Peterson, Barbara M. Calhoun, Michael Mathias Merzenich, William M. Jenkins, Nancy Byl, Srikantan Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 5971943
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a training regimen which addresses motor control problems accompanied by sensory degradation. Accordingly, the training regimen is applicable to motor control disorders associated with a variety of different causes, including traumatic injury, disease, aging and gradual "occupational" type injury. For example, in an individual suffering from repetitive strain injury (RSI), the disabling motor control problems are often accompanied by sensory problems. These sensory problems appear to be caused over time by harmful attended rapid repetitive movements resulting in undesirable changes in the somatosensory, proprioceptive and/or kinesthetic ability of the affected regions of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Scientific Learning Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Mathias Merzenich, Nancy N. Byl
  • Patent number: 5813862
    Abstract: A method and a system is disclosed that provide means to enable individuals with speech, language and reading based communication disabilities, due to a temporal processing problem, to improve their temporal processing abilities as well as their communication abilities. The method and system include provisions to elongate portions of phonemes that have brief and/or rapidly changing acoustic spectra, such as occur in the stop consonants b and d in the phonemes /ba/ and /da/, as well as reduce the duration of the steady state portion of the syllable. In addition, some emphasis is added to the rapidly changing segments of these phonemes. Additionally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to modify fluent speech to make the modified speech better recognizable by communicatively impaired individuals. Finally, the disclosure includes method for and computer software to train temporal processing abilities, specifically speed and precision of temporal integration, sequencing and serial memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Michael Mathias Merzenich, William Michael Jenkins, Christoph E. Schreiner, Paula Anne Tallal, Steven Lamont Miller