Patents by Inventor Robin ZERAFA
Robin ZERAFA 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).
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Publication number: 20240295924Abstract: A system and method relating to a brain-computer interface in which a visual stimulus overlaying one or more objects is provided, the visual stimulus having a characteristic modulation. The brain computer interface measures neural response to objects viewed by a user. The neural response to the visual stimulus is correlated to the modulation. The method allows the interface to discriminate between merely viewing of a display object and deliberate selection of that display object (for example, as a trigger to a further action).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Sid Kouider, Robin Zerafa, Nelson Steinmetz, Nicolas Barascud
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Publication number: 20240288941Abstract: A human interface system comprising a physical controller configured to receive input from a user and a brain-computer interface in which visual stimuli are presented such that the intention of the user can be validated. The input data from the physical controller is combined with input data from the brain-computer interface to provide hybrid input which may be used to control one or more external real or computer-generated objects. Method of operating said human interface device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Nelson Steinmetz, Sid Kouider, Robin Zerafa
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Patent number: 11995236Abstract: A system and method relating to a brain-computer interface in which a visual stimulus overlaying one or more objects is provided, the visual stimulus having a characteristic modulation. The brain computer interface measures neural response to objects viewed by a user. The neural response to the visual stimulus is correlated to the modulation. The method allows the interface to discriminate between merely viewing of a display object and deliberate selection of that display object (for example, as a trigger to a further action).Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Sid Kouider, Robin Zerafa, Nelson Steinmetz, Nicolas Barascud
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Patent number: 11995235Abstract: A human interface system comprising a physical controller configured to receive input from a user and a brain-computer interface in which visual stimuli are presented such that the intention of the user can be validated. The input data from the physical controller is combined with input data from the brain-computer interface to provide hybrid input which may be used to control one or more external real or computer-generated objects. Method of operating said human interface device.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Nelson Steinmetz, Sid Kouider, Robin Zerafa
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Publication number: 20230359275Abstract: A system and method relating to a brain-computer interface in which a visual stimulus overlaying one or more objects is provided, at least a portion of the visual stimulus having a characteristic modulation. The brain computer interface measures neural response to objects viewed by a user. The neural response to the visual stimulus is correlated to the modulation, the correlation being stronger when attention is concentrated upon the visual stimulus. The visual stimulus includes a feedback element that varies according to a measure of attention on the or each overlaid object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Nicolas Barascud, Nelson Steinmetz, Robin Zerafa, Sid Kouider
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Publication number: 20230284949Abstract: A method for determining the focus of the visual attention of an individual from electroencephalographic signals. At least one visual stimulus to be displayed is generated from at least one graphical object, a visual stimulus being an animated graphical object obtained by applying to a graphical object a temporal succession of elementary transformations that is temporally parameterized by a corresponding modulation signal. From a plurality of electroencephalographic signals produced by the individual focusing his visual attention to one of the visual stimuli, a modulation signal is reconstructed. A visual stimulus corresponding to the modulation signal for which the degree of statistical dependence with the reconstructed modulation signal is higher than a first threshold is identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Sid Kouider, Jean-Maurice Leonetti, Nicolas Barascud, Robin Zerafa
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Patent number: 11717204Abstract: A method for determining the focus of the visual attention of an individual from electroencephalographic signals. At least one visual stimulus to be displayed is generated from at least one graphical object, a visual stimulus being an animated graphical object obtained by applying to a graphical object a temporal succession of elementary transformations that is temporally parameterized by a corresponding modulation signal. From a plurality of electroencephalographic signals produced by the individual focusing his visual attention to one of the visual stimuli, a modulation signal is reconstructed. A visual stimulus corresponding to the modulation signal for which the degree of statistical dependence with the reconstructed modulation signal is higher than a first threshold is identified.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NextMind SASInventors: Sid Kouider, Jean-Maurice Leonetti, Nicolas Barascud, Robin Zerafa
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Patent number: 11684300Abstract: A method for determining the focus of the visual attention of an individual from electroencephalographic signals. At least one visual stimulus to be displayed is generated from at least one graphical object, a visual stimulus being an animated graphical object obtained by applying to a graphical object a temporal succession of elementary transformations that is temporally parameterized by a corresponding modulation signal. From a plurality of electroencephalographic signals produced by the individual focusing his visual attention to one of the visual stimuli, a modulation signal is reconstructed. A visual stimulus corresponding to the modulation signal for which the degree of statistical dependence with the reconstructed modulation signal is higher than a first threshold is identified.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: NextMind SASInventors: Sid Kouider, Jean-Maurice Leonetti, Nicolas Barascud, Robin Zerafa
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Publication number: 20230032492Abstract: A system and method relating to a brain-computer interface in which a visual stimulus overlaying one or more objects is provided, the visual stimulus having a characteristic modulation. The brain computer interface measures neural response to objects viewed by a user. The neural response to the visual stimulus is correlated to the modulation. The method allows the interface to discriminate between merely viewing of a display object and deliberate selection of that display object (for example, as a trigger to a further action).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Sid Kouider, Robin Zerafa, Nelson Steinmetz, Nicolas Barascud
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Publication number: 20230022442Abstract: A human interface system comprising a physical controller configured to receive input from a user and a brain-computer interface in which visual stimuli are presented such that the intention of the user can be validated. The input data from the physical controller is combined with input data from the brain-computer interface to provide hybrid input which may be used to control one or more external real or computer-generated objects. Method of operating said human interface device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Nelson Steinmetz, Sid Kouider, Robin Zerafa
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Publication number: 20230026513Abstract: A human interface device comprising an eye tracking unit configured to determine the direction of gaze of a user and a brain-computer interface in which visual stimuli are presented such that the intention of the user can be validated, offering an improved and intuitive user experience. Method of operating said human interface device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Sid Kouider, Nelson Steinmetz, Robin Zerafa
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Publication number: 20220409094Abstract: A method and system for tracking visual attention are disclosed. By generating at least one visual stimulus with a characteristic modulation, the characteristic modulation being applied to high spatial frequency, HSF, components of the visual stimulus and displaying the or each visual stimulus via a graphical user interface, GUI, of a display, a neural response may be induced in the user's brain. By receiving neural signals of a user from a neural signal capture device, such as an EEG device, a point of focus of the user (when the user views the visual stimulus) may be determined based on the neural signals, since the neural signals include information associated with the characteristic modulation of a visual stimulus to which the user's visual attention is directed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Sid Kouider, Nelson Steinmetz, Robin Zerafa, Guillaume Ployart
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Publication number: 20220413611Abstract: A system and method relating to a brain-computer interface in which visual stimuli are presented in direct association with real world objects such that the intention of the user with respect to objects in the real world can be inferred without the interposition of a screen or other display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Sid Kouider, Nelson Steinmetz, Robin Zerafa, Adrien Jollet, Bastien Rechke, Guillaume Ployart, Hao Zhang
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Publication number: 20200297263Abstract: A method for determining the focus of the visual attention of an individual from electroencephalographic signals. At least one visual stimulus to be displayed is generated from at least one graphical object, a visual stimulus being an animated graphical object obtained by applying to a graphical object a temporal succession of elementary transformations that is temporally parameterized by a corresponding modulation signal. From a plurality of electroencephalographic signals produced by the individual focusing his visual attention to one of the visual stimuli, a modulation signal is reconstructed. A visual stimulus corresponding to the modulation signal for which the degree of statistical dependence with the reconstructed modulation signal is higher than a first threshold is identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE PARIS, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences SocialesInventors: Sid KOUIDER, Jean-Maurice LEONETTI, Nicolas BARASCUD, Robin ZERAFA