Patents by Inventor Simon Gallo

Simon Gallo 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).

  • METHOD TO ACCELERATE SLEEP ONSET AND/OR TO IMPROVE SLEEP QUALITY IN A SUBJECT
    Publication number: 20230302251
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems to accelerate sleep onset and/or to improve sleep quality in a subject are herein disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Giulio ROGNINI, Simon GALLO, Olaf BLANKE
  • Method and system for creating an out-of-body experience
    Patent number: 11425351
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for inducing an Out of Body Experience (OBE) in a user through an augmented/virtual reality (ARNR) system, the OBE including an exit state and a disembodiment state, the method comprising the steps of (a) changing the user viewpoint from body-centered viewpoint to distanced viewpoints, thereby inducing an OBE exit state, and (b) showing to the user his/her own body from the distanced viewpoints, thereby inducing an OBE disembodiment state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Olaf Blanke, Giulio Rognini, Simone Gallo, Florian Lance, Bruno Herbelin
  • Method and System for Creating an Out-of-Body Experience
    Publication number: 20210400248
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for inducing an Out of Body Experience (OBE) in a user through an augmented/virtual reality (ARNR) system, the OBE including an exit state and a disembodiment state, the method comprising the steps of (a) changing the user viewpoint from body -centered viewpoint to distanced viewpoints, thereby inducing an OBE exit state, and (b) showing to the user his/her own body from the distanced viewpoints, thereby inducing an OBE disembodiment state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Olaf Blanke, Giulio Rognini, Simone Gallo, Florian Lance, Bruno Herbelin
  • Multimodal haptic device including a thermal and tactile display unit, system, and method of using the same
    Patent number: 9703381
    Abstract: A multimodal haptic device operating as a closed-loop system, the device including a pipeline configured to allow a closed-loop flow of a fluid medium, a manifold operatively connected to the pipeline, the manifold having a pump and a valve to control and regulate a flow of the fluid medium along the pipeline, and a display unit operatively connected to the pipeline, the display unit having a tactile display and a valve operatively connected to the tactile display for regulating an efflux of the fluid medium from the tactile display into the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Simon Gallo, Giulio Rognini, Tobias Lukas Bützer
  • Multimodal Haptic Device, System, and Method of Using the Same
    Publication number: 20160238040
    Abstract: A multimodal haptic device operating as a closed-loop system, the device including a pipeline configured to allow a closed-loop flow of a fluid medium, a manifold operatively connected to the pipeline, the manifold having a pump and a valve to control and regulate a flow of the fluid medium along the pipeline, and a display unit operatively connected to the pipeline, the display unit having a tactile display and a valve operatively connected to the tactile display for regulating an efflux of the fluid medium from the tactile display into the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Gallo, Giulio Rognini, Tobias Lukas Bützer