Sensory (e.g., Visual, Audio, Tactile, Etc.) Patents (Class 600/27)
  • Patent number: 12148207
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a method for intelligent identification of rice growth potential based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitoring, the method including the following steps: obtaining rice plot images, labeling the images, establishing a deep convolutional neural network detection model, using the labeled rice plot images to optimize and train the model, inputting the rice plot images to be measured into the trained model, and detecting a location of a rice plot target frame in each image; selecting a target frame with the largest area in each rice plot image, and pre-processing a rice plot image in the target frame; and calculating a vegetation coverage rate of the pre-processed rice plot image, and determining a level of rice growth potential according to the vegetation coverage rate. Also provided in the present invention is a system for intelligent identification of rice growth potential based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG LAB
    Inventors: Fen Xu, Yinxing Ma, Xiaogang Xu, Xinghua Wei, Jun Wang, Yaolong Yang, Mengchen Zhang, Yue Feng
  • Patent number: 12138066
    Abstract: A system for delivering sensory stimulation a sensor; a sensory stimulator configured to deliver sensory stimulation to a patient during a sleep session, the sensory stimulation having varying stimulation intensity levels; and a computer system. One or more physical processors being programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed cause the computer system to: determine sleep stage information of the patient based on brain activity information of the patient during the sleep session from the sensor; provide input to the sensory stimulator based on the determined sleep stage information of the patient, the provided input causing the sensory stimulator to deliver the sensory stimulation to the patient; obtain stimulation response information from the patient, the stimulation response information including patient brain response to the delivered sensory stimulation; and determine a range of the stimulation intensity levels within which the patient brain response reaches a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Tsvetomira Kirova Tsoneva, Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Stefan Pfundtner, Sander Theodoor Pastoor
  • Patent number: 12115106
    Abstract: The aerosol box for protection during aerosol-generating procedures is an enclosure for a patient's head and neck. The aerosol box includes a floor formed from at least one flexible sheet. The aerosol box further includes a top defining a central viewing window and a body sealed to the top and the floor. The body is configured as the frustum of a right, regular polygonal enclosure having a plurality of wall panels made of flexible resilient material and may be at least partially transparent. The wall panels are sealed to the top and floor, and one of the wall panels defines a patient entryway for introducing the patient's head and neck into the sealed enclosure. The wall panels include sleeve-and-glove assemblies extending into the enclosure for use by a primary health care worker and a plurality of assistants. The aerosol box is made of material impermeable to contaminants borne by aerosols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Rakan M. Alqahtani
  • Patent number: 12109364
    Abstract: A method for promoting continuous sleep of a subject by eliminating and/or preventing sleep associations includes: (a) providing an apparatus including at least one sensor and at least one output device; (b) monitoring a state of the subject using the apparatus; (c) determining the subject is in an awake state using the at least one sensor; (d) in response to determining the subject is in the awake state, initiating and maintaining an output using the at least one output device; (e) determining the subject is in a sleep state using the at least one sensor; (f) halting the output in response to determining that the subject is in the sleep state such that the apparatus does not produce any output; (g) repeating at least step (b) during a sleep session. The method further includes modifying an intensity of the output over time until the intensity reaches zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventor: Sujay M. Kansagra
  • Patent number: 12108892
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes, when a first determiner determines the amount of food or beverage in a platter being decreased, a second determiner to determine whether food or beverage on the platter was consumed by one person of multiple people, or the food or beverage was moved onto one small plate of small plates, a consumption information generator to generate, when the food or beverage on the platter was consumed by the one person, consumption information in which an amount of food or beverage consumed by the one person, the one person, and the type of the food or beverage are associated with each other, and an estimator to increase, when the food or beverage was moved to one small plate, the amount of food or beverage on the one small plate by an amount of decrease in the food or beverage in the platter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kensuke Ueda, Nobutaka Matsushima
  • Patent number: 12106390
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment, method and apparatus are provided to determine the impact of environmental conditions in an indoor space on human wellness, including automatically obtaining a plurality of scientific measurements of respective environmental conditions in an indoor space, and automatically referencing an electronic data repository containing human wellness information specifying a correlation between a magnitude of a scientific measurement of an environmental condition and human wellness, wherein the correlation specifies a range of magnitudes that are favorable to human wellness, and a range of magnitudes that are not favorable to human wellness. Human readable messages and/or symbols to be displayed in connection with a particular magnitude or range of magnitudes of a scientific measurement are also provided in the electronic data repository, wherein the messages and/or symbols concern an impact of an environmental condition on human wellness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Wilbrecht, Philip Andrew Bussey, Christopher Michael Savage
  • Patent number: 12099115
    Abstract: Contents are displayed by use of electronic smartglasses a vehicle occupant is wearing in a motor vehicle. The electronic smartglasses have a satellite-based capturing device by use of which a position of the motor vehicle is continuously captured. A movement of the motor vehicle is ascertained based on the continuously captured position of the motor vehicle and the contents displayed by use of the electronic smartglasses are adapted to the ascertained movement of the motor vehicle to prevent kinetosis in the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Marcus Kühne
  • Patent number: 12090279
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting a user's circadian rhythm are described. In some embodiments, a system may include one or more input modules for collecting data, a light source, a processor system including one or more processors that controls the light source, and a memory system storing one or more machine instructions. The system may be configured to obtain light sensitivity data for a user, compare the user's light sensitivity data against calibration data, and based on at least the light sensitivity data and the calibration data, generate instructions for activating the light source to adjust the user's circadian rhythm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LumosTech, Inc.
    Inventor: Biquan Luo
  • Patent number: 12083286
    Abstract: A system for generating a Ganzfeld effect includes a flat light emitting diode (LED) panel emitting strobing light, and a controller for controlling the LED panel strobing light. The controller controls a strobing rate of the emitted strobing light so that the strobing light triggers a Ganzfeld effect to a user standing in front of the flat LED panel. The strobing light is generated by switching on/off a single color light, or by switching between different colors with an off period between alternating colors or without an off period between alternating colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Neltner
  • Patent number: 12076496
    Abstract: Non-pharmaceutical systems and methods of treating the symptoms of fibromyalgia are described. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a sensory stimulus to a person, wherein the sensory stimulus includes one or more visual stimuli and one or more auditory stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SANA HEALTH, INC.
    Inventor: Richard Hanbury
  • Patent number: 12069412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel animal-shaped wireless baby monitor device. The device is configured to capture video and audio of a baby being monitored and to transmit same to a remote electronic transceiver device. The monitor device includes a pair of flexible ears that can be folded to clamp the device onto a surface such as a crib bar. The device further includes a pair of clamping slots on the rear surface for receiving a clamp for clamping the device to a surface. The device communicates with a device-monitoring software application installed in the electronic device and receive configuration and communication requests from the application. The device can be a part of an Internet of Things (IoT) network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventors: Sadie Griffith, Craig Griffith
  • Patent number: 12034810
    Abstract: A ceiling fan for a space is provided. The ceiling fan can include a first communication interface configured to provide communications between the ceiling fan and a plurality of peripheral devices over a local network. The ceiling fan can further include a second communication interface configured to provide communications between the ceiling fan and an external network. The ceiling fan can further include one or more control devices configured to provide one or more control signals to control operation of one or more of the peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Conrad Martin, Brett Daniel Pare, Michael Richter
  • Patent number: 12026357
    Abstract: A method implemented via execution of computing instructions configured to run at one or more processors and stored at one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The method can include receiving, via a computer network, a user interaction signal from a user device for a user. The method further can include after receiving the user interaction signal, determining, in real-time via a machine learning model, a plurality of user intent labels based at least in part on transaction data, interaction data, and incident data for the user. The machine learning model can include pre-trained based on historical input data and historical output data associated with multiple users comprising the user. The historical input data can comprise historical feature embedding vectors for historical transaction data, historical interaction data, and historical incident data associated with the multiple users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Priyanka Bhatt, Anshika Singh, Shankar Bhargava, Cole Warren Dutcher, Muzhou Liang, Saurabh Kumar
  • Patent number: 12022892
    Abstract: A system and method for social-physical haptic interaction that include receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors that are disposed within a haptic vest. The system and method also include training a neural network with at least one haptic interaction profile based on the sensor data. The system and method additionally include analyzing at least one haptic interaction profile during execution of at least one haptic application. The system and method further include electronically controlling the haptic vest to provide haptic feedback during the execution of at least one haptic application that is based on at least one haptic interaction profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsu Yamane, Allison M. Okamura, Cara M. Nunez, Brian H. Do
  • Patent number: 12014220
    Abstract: An embodiment for learning-based automatic selection of artificial intelligence applications. The embodiment may receive a user request for an exam, the user request including exam information. The embodiment may automatically identify an exam type cluster corresponding to the received exam information. The embodiment may automatically detect applicable AI applications corresponding to the identified exam type cluster. The embodiment may automatically run each applicable AI application on a series of relevant test sets to generate a score for each applicable AI application. The embodiment may automatically recommend to a user a highest-scoring applicable AI application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sun Young Park, Kourosh Jafari-Khouzani, Dustin Michael Sargent
  • Patent number: 11975155
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to automatically predicting a slow wave response of a subject to sensory stimulation during a sleep session. The sensory stimulation may be delivered to the subject upon detection of deep NREM sleep. The sensory stimulation may be auditory, haptic, visual, or other stimulation. The system delivers stimulation to the subject in blocks of stimulation separated from one another be intra-block intervals. The blocks are separated from each other by inter-block stimulations. The system compares the stimulated slow wave activity of the subject to the unstimulated slow wave activity of the subject. The system may update the stimulation parameters based on the comparison and deliver a subsequent block stimulation. Once the comparison indicates that the stimulated slow wave activity is significantly different from the unstimulated slow wave activity, the system may apply continuous fixed sensory stimulation to the user according to the most recent stimulation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Gary Nelson Garcia Molina
  • Patent number: 11964163
    Abstract: Devices and methods for light therapy wherein a device for delivery of light therapy comprising a light emitting pad member (e.g., a blanket or other body cover) is positionable over all, substantially all or at least half of a subject's body and operable to deliver light therapy thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BioPhotas, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Lamberth Johnson
  • Patent number: 11931520
    Abstract: A method for detecting the tendency of a passenger of a vehicle to get motion sickness by using a rod and frame test is disclosed. An image designed to carry out a rod and frame test is displayed in the vehicle. The rod and the frame each enclose an angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees with a horizontal spatial axis and/or a vertical spatial axis. A request is issued to correct the rod into a vertical or horizontal position by means of an input device. An input carried out by the passenger to correct the rod is recorded. The rod and frame test is evaluated by an evaluation device based on the recorded input of the passenger, and at least one measure is issued to prevent and/or combat the occurrence of motion sickness, depending on the result of the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eike Schmidt, Jelte Egbert Bos, Stefan Wolter, Florian Golm
  • Patent number: 11864832
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for assessing the risk of developmental, cognitive, social, or mental abilities or disabilities in very young patients (e.g., in the first 2-6 months of life). Generally, the decline in visual fixation of a subject over time with respect to certain dynamic stimuli provides a marker of possible abilities or disabilities (such as ASD). The visual fixation of the subject is identified, monitored, and tracked over time through repeated eye tracking sessions, and data relating to the visual fixation is then analyzed to determine a possible increased risk certain conditions in the subject. A change in visual fixation as compared to similar visual fixation data of typically-developing subjects or to a subject's own, prior visual fixation data provides an indication of a developmental, cognitive, or mental ability or disability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Ami Klin, Warren Jones
  • Patent number: 11857730
    Abstract: An eyeshade and an electroencephalogram detection system are provided. The eyeshade includes an eyeshade main body; and an electroencephalogram acquisition unit, a controller and a heating unit which are disposed on the eyeshade main body. The electroencephalogram acquisition unit is configured to acquire a brain electrical signal of a wearer. The controller includes a converter and is configured to receive the brain electrical signal from the electroencephalogram acquisition unit, the converter is detachably coupled to the electroencephalogram acquisition unit and is configured to convert the brain electrical signal into a communication signal and transmit the communication signal to outside when coupled to the electroencephalogram acquisition unit. The heating unit is configured to heat an eye region of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Siyang Liang
  • Patent number: 11856087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating random numbers for cryptographic applications, in which a recording of an environment is generated by means of a detection unit, the recording is presented by means of a display device, a virtual object is positioned in the presentation of the recording in the environment, real world coordinates for real world points in a real world coordinate system are determined for the environment, virtual world coordinates for one or more virtual world points in a virtual world coordinate system are determined for the virtual object, at least the real world coordinates of a real world point of the environment and the virtual world coordinates of a virtual world point of the virtual object are used to generate a random number, and the random number is used in a cryptographic application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Alexander Hieser, Marcus Zinn
  • Patent number: 11850060
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing sleep quality of a patient, comprising: collecting physiological signal data of the patient using a data acquisition unit electrically coupled to at least one sensor affixed to the patient that generates the physiologic signal data; using one or more hardware processors executing instructions stored in a storage device: filtering the physiological signal data into a plurality of frequency bands corresponding to a plurality of power spectra waveforms; and characterizing an etiology of sleep quality of the patient based on a comparison of at least a first power spectra waveform of the plurality of power spectra waveforms against at least a second power spectra waveform of the plurality of power spectra waveforms, wherein the sleep quality of the patient is managed based on the characterized etiology of sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED BRAIN MONITORING, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Levendowski, Bratislav Veljkovic, Amy Matthews, Vladislav Velimirovic, Elise Ramos Angel, Christine Berka, Gene Davis, Aleksandar Zoranovic, Milenko Cvetinovic, Philip R. Westbrook
  • Patent number: 11830517
    Abstract: A system for intelligent acoustic monitoring. The system includes a microphone to capture environmental acoustic data and a processor coupled to the microphone. The processor is configured to receive and perform acoustic analysis on the captured acoustic data to generate an acoustic signature, based on a result of the acoustic analysis, identify an event indicated by the acoustic signature, and perform a remedial action based on the identified event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ioannis Kakadiaris, Richard Willson
  • Patent number: 11787421
    Abstract: A motion sickness estimation device including processing circuitry configured to calculate a sensory conflict amount on a basis of a motion of an occupant's head caused by vibration of a vehicle; extract a feature of a traveling situation on a basis of at least one of the motion of the occupant's head or a motion of the vehicle; determine a habituation progress state, which is a state in which the occupant's habituation to the traveling situation has progressed, on a basis of biometric information of the occupant; set sensitivity to the feature of the traveling situation on a basis of the habituation progress state; correct the sensory conflict amount on a basis of the sensitivity; and estimate a motion sickness state of the occupant on a basis of the sensory conflict amount that has been corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yudai Nakamura, Masahiro Naito
  • Patent number: 11782508
    Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein present a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment in which a user participates in an activity, identify a cognitive state of the user (e.g., working, learning, resting, etc.) based on data regarding the user's body (e.g., facial expressions, hand movements, physiological data, etc.), and update the environment with a surrounding environment that promotes a cognitive state of the user for the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Izzet B. Yildiz, Mary A. Pyc, Ronald J. Guglielmone, Jr., Sterling R. Crispin, Mikaela D. Estep, Grant H. Mulliken
  • Patent number: 11763405
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for product safety is provided. The present invention may include mapping one or more products within a smart container by identifying each of the one or more products and determining a location for each of the one or more products. The present invention may include determining a safety level for each of the one or more products. The present invention may include determining a recommended location to store a new product within the smart container based on a safety confidence score, wherein the safety confidence score is determined based on at least the safety score of the one or more products within the smart container, the safety score of the new product, and a machine learning model. The present invention may include displaying the recommended location to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramprasad Bhat, Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Amit Kumar Senapaty
  • Patent number: 11752295
    Abstract: A method for method for classification of virtual reality (VR) content for use in head mounted displays (HMDs). The method includes accessing a model that identifies a plurality of learned patterns associated with the generation of corresponding baseline VR content that is likely to cause discomfort. The method includes executing a first application to generate first VR content. The method includes extracting data associated with simulated user interactions with the first VR content, the extracted data generated during execution of the first application. The method includes comparing the extracted data to the model to identify one or more patterns in the extracted data matching at least one of the learned patterns from the model such that the one or more patterns are likely to cause discomfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Dominic S. Mallinson
  • Patent number: 11757996
    Abstract: A ceiling fan for a space is provided. The ceiling fan can include a first communication interface configured to provide communications between the ceiling fan and a plurality of peripheral devices over a local network. The ceiling fan can further include a second communication interface configured to provide communications between the ceiling fan and an external network. The ceiling fan can further include one or more control devices configured to provide one or more control signals to control operation of one or more of the peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED (DELAWARE)
    Inventors: Robert Conrad Martin, Brett Daniel Pare, Michael Richter
  • Patent number: 11745014
    Abstract: A system for treating a patient comprises a stimulator for stimulating brain tissue, a controller for setting stimulation parameters and a diagnostic tool for measuring patient parameters and producing diagnostic data. The stimulation parameters comprise test stimulation parameters and treatment stimulation parameters. The stimulator delivers test stimulation energy to the brain tissue based on at least one test stimulation parameter and delivers treatment stimulation energy to the brain tissue based on at least one treatment stimulation parameter. One or more treatment stimulator parameters are determined based on the diagnostic data produced by the diagnostic tool The system is constructed and arranged to treat a neurological disease or a neurological disorder. Methods of treating a neurological disease or neurological disorder are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: J. Christopher Flaherty, Daniel J. O'Connell, Todd Langevin, R. Maxwell Flaherty
  • Patent number: 11730917
    Abstract: Gamma brain stimulation for preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease or sleeping disorders using light or sound is known. A strobing 40 Hz light source has been shown to cause positive effects due to the stimulation. It is an advantage to know the actual dosage of light that enters the person's eyes in order to understand the relationship between dosage and effectiveness. A camera is used to detect the subject's gaze angle, distance, pupil diameter and any other factors that affect the light power that enters the eye. A target dosage is first determined by a medical worker, such as to determine the effects of the exact same dosage on a group of similar persons, such as Alzheimer's patients. With deviations of gaze angle, distance, and pupil size from the ideal, the effective dosage is decreased. The disclosed system adjusts the actual dosage, such as session duration, based on such factors so that the final dosage received by the person is consistent and meets the target dosage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Optoceutics ApS
    Inventors: Marcus Carstensen, Paul Michael Petersen, Jes Broeng, Mark Henney, Ngoc Mai Nguyen, Robert Dobkin
  • Patent number: 11694787
    Abstract: A system for generating a cognitive disorder nourishment program comprises a computing device configured to obtain a cognitive indicator element, produce a cognitive appraisal as a function of the cognitive indicator element, wherein producing further comprises identifying a cognitive function as a function of an experience label, and producing the cognitive appraisal as a function of the cognitive function and cognitive indicator element using a cognitive machine-learning model, determine an edible as a function of the cognitive appraisal, and generate a nourishment program as a function of the edible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11633054
    Abstract: A mindfulness assisting assembly includes a housing that has a front wall, a rear wall and a perimeter edge defined at a juncture of the front and rear walls. The perimeter edge includes a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a top edge and a bottom edge. Each of the front and rear walls is comprised of a flexible material. The front and rear walls each comprise a cloth material and the front wall has a different tactile impression than the rear wall. A resiliently compressible material is positioned within the housing. A pair of grips is attached to the housing such that each of the first and second lateral edges has one the grips attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Stephanie Esser
  • Patent number: 11612743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices to consolidate memory and/or cognitive functions by monitoring brain rhythms and delivering a stimulus at an appropriate stage of sleep cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: ICM (INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE, APHP (ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE - HÔPITAUX DE PARIS), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA ECHERCHE MEDICALE), SORBONNE UNIVERSITE
    Inventors: Michel Le Van Quyen, Stéphane Charpier, Séverine Mahon
  • Patent number: 11610343
    Abstract: A video display control apparatus receives a video content generated by a control target device in accordance with a control operation of a user via a network and displays the received video content on a head mount display attached to the user. The video display control apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a change in a direction of face or line of sight related to the control operation and a first display control unit that generates an auxiliary pattern in which at least one of a display position and a display form changes so as to follow the detected change in the direction of the face or the line of sight related to the control operation, superimposes the auxiliary pattern on the video content, and displays the video content on the head mount display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NTT Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiya Nakakura
  • Patent number: 11602228
    Abstract: An adjustable bed includes a frame structure; a plurality of platforms disposed on the frame structure; and an adjustable assembly coupled with the frame structure and the plurality of platforms for operably adjusting one or more of the plurality of platforms in desired positions; and an aromatherapy system attached onto the one or more platforms for producing desired fragrance in a surrounding space of the adjustable bed so as to promote health and well-being of a user. Each aromatherapy device is configured to produce a fragrance when said aromatherapy device is turned on, and one or more working modes. The fragrance is identical to or different from that produced by other aromatherapy device of the one or more aromatherapy devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NISCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Jian Xie, Yifan Mao
  • Patent number: 11600189
    Abstract: An adaptive computer simulation rendering system is disclosed for conditioning an individual suffering from a stress disorder, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to real-world environments through variable sensory output in computer simulations. The subject is fully or partially immersed in a computer-simulated environment for a time-limited session. Real-time monitoring of the human subject is performed for a change in a sensor-derived, quantified sensory load level. Responsive to an increase in sensory load level, the computer-simulated environment modulates the sensor load on the individual. The human subject adapts to increasingly complex environments by this modulation of simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
  • Patent number: 11600190
    Abstract: An adaptive computer simulation rendering system is disclosed for conditioning an individual having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to real-world environments through variable sensory output in computer simulations. The subject is fully or partially immersed in a computer-simulated environment for a time-limited session. Real-time monitoring of the human subject is performed for a change in a sensor-derived, quantified sensory load level. Responsive to an increase in sensory load level, the computer-simulated environment modulates the sensor load on the individual. The human subject adapts to increasingly complex environments by this modulation of simulation thereby providing therapeutic benefit to the individual with ASD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa A. Dieker, Michael Hynes, Charles Hughes, Eleazar Vasquez, Kathleen Ingraham, Claire Donehower Paul, Taylor Bousfield
  • Patent number: 11583190
    Abstract: A method and system for indicating a breathing pattern is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of smart wearable devices, a plurality of mobile devices, an application server and a database. The plurality of smart wearable devices is either connected to the mobile devices or directly connected to the application server. The database is connected to the application server to store the data transmitted by the smart wearable device or the mobile device. The plurality of smart wearable devices is capable of monitoring the health index and identifying the variation in health conditions of the user, in real-time and activating a suitable breathing pattern to normalize such medical condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAHA PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Sudheendra Shantharam
  • Patent number: 11583646
    Abstract: A system for providing continuous positive air pressure therapy is provided. The system includes a flow generator, a sensor, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to control operation of the flow generator based on sensor data. The computing device is further configured to display, on a display device, one or more questions relating to demographic and/or subjective feedback; responsive to displaying the one or more questions, receive one or more inputs indicating answers to the one or more questions; transmit the answers to a remote processing system; receive, from the remote processing system, settings determined based on the transmitted answers; and adjust control settings of the system based on the received settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory Robert Peake, Nathan Zersee Liu, Sakeena De Souza, Andrew Weale, Peter James Dassos
  • Patent number: 11583750
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to using a hand held target (e.g. tae kwon do paddle) as a tool for providing physical performance instructions according to a digital workout performance template loaded in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nir Yachin, Amit Kinor
  • Patent number: 11554245
    Abstract: Systems tune, control, or remediate the intrinsic Circadian clock. A light controller sets spectral distribution, intensity of a bioactive spectral band to shift or entrain circadian response to enhance performance and/or synchronize with local or expected conditions. The systems enhance performance under conditions that might be changing, disrupted, or otherwise present an irregular phase or unnatural change in the subject's circadian status, for example, due to geographically discontinuous activity or spectrally deficient workplace illumination, or due to divergent individual sleep/wake behaviors of subjects in a structured group activity. An illumination recipe that compensates for the deficiency of lighting or of participant sleep or behavior patterns, or age- or disease-related changes, to evoke, shift, or align circadian response and improve behaviors such as classroom alertness, relaxation, excitability, attention, or focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: BROWN UNIVERSITY, EMMA PENDLETON BRADLEY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Eliza Van Reen, Gustavo E. Fernandes, Jingming Xu, Mary A. Carskadon
  • Patent number: 11517709
    Abstract: A system and method for brainwave entrainment using virtual objects and gamification, in which brainwave entrainment is applied using some combination of gaming elements, brainwave is enhanced by virtue of the user's active participation, and long-term use is encouraged by virtue of the entertaining nature of the gamification. Depending on configuration, the system and method may comprise a display comprising virtual objects, a light-producing device (other than the display), an audio-producing device such as speakers or headphones, a haptic feedback device such as a vibratory motor, a means for monitoring the user's attention, and a software application which applies brainwave entrainment using some combination of the display, the light-producing device, the audio-producing device, and the haptic feedback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BLUE GOJI LLC
    Inventor: Coleman Fung
  • Patent number: 11511072
    Abstract: An electronic device for providing meditation content corresponding to a stress level of a user, and an operating method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, a memory, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory. The memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: receive stress information from at least one collecting device using the communication interface, confirm meditation content corresponding to a stress level based on at least part of the received stress information, confirm at least one executing device related to the confirmed meditation content, and control the execution of the confirmed meditation content and the confirmed at least one executing device using the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Cho, Hongchun Chon
  • Patent number: 11508229
    Abstract: A wireless baby monitor assembly includes a personal electronic device which receives a media signal from an extrinsic communication network. A baby monitor is positionable in a room where a baby is sleeping to capture the sounds of the baby crying. The baby monitor broadcasts an alert signal when the baby monitor captures the sounds of the baby crying. A pair of ear buds is each insertable into a respective one of a user's ears for emitting audible sounds into the user's ears. Each of the ear buds is in wireless communication with the personal electronic device to stream music for the user to listen to. Additionally, each of the ear buds is in wireless communication with the baby monitor. Each of the ear buds reduces a volume of the audio signal when the ear buds receives an alert signal from the baby monitor to alert the user that the baby is crying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Krystal Byrd
  • Patent number: 11504497
    Abstract: A relaxation mask includes: a main body that defines a pair of eye cavities; wiring; an earpiece that is coupled to the main body via the wiring; and a spring configured to bias the earpiece towards the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Jin, Daniel K. Lee, Benjamin N. Davies, George E. P. Chute
  • Patent number: 11462301
    Abstract: A method for employee biometric tracking is provided. The method comprises providing to a user a plurality of wearable devices capable of being connected to the user, establishing a wireless connection between the plurality of wearable devices and a mobile device, collecting by the plurality of wearable devices a plurality of biometric data from the user, receiving by an application stored on the mobile device the plurality of biometric data, inputting into a predictive engine biometric data selected from the plurality of biometric data, determining by the predictive engine in response to the biometric data whether the user is at, or soon will be at, an alert level, creating an alert signal, and displaying the alert signal to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BLYNCSYNC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Green, Steven Kastelic
  • Patent number: 11420012
    Abstract: An eye mask for use to wake up and/or to go to sleep provides ease of cleaning or replacement without damaging electrical or optical components; different user selectable sunrise and sunset illumination modes respectively having blue-shifted and red-shifted spectra simulating natural sunrises and sunsets to assimilate the sleep/wake cycle to the natural rhythms of day and night; sunset and/or sunrise illumination modes that oscillate with fixed period or sequentially changing periods that correspond to brainwave frequencies that respectively facilitate going to sleep and/or waking and synergistically co-operate with corresponding sunset or sunrise light fields to help the user to fall into restful sleep or to awake refreshed and alert; and audio tone programming of illumination mode and treatment time and/or duration of therapy by a remote tone control generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Headwaters, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe J Genereux, Rudy A Vandenbelt, Troy G Anderson, Adam T Clarke
  • Patent number: 11413425
    Abstract: A device, system, and method for facilitating a sleep cycle in a subject during a pandemic or peri COVID vaccination period, comprising determining a current awake or sleep stage of a person; automatically defining a desired sleep cycle pattern, dependent on the current awake or sleep stage of the person; generating an audio or optical stimulation pattern by an automated processor; and entraining brainwaves of the brain of the person with the stimulation pattern corresponding to the desired sleep cycle pattern, to thereby induce a sleep cycle in the person according to the sleep cycle pattern. When sleep patterns are normalized, a SARS-Cov-2 vaccination may be administered to the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Neuroenhancement Lab, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Poltorak
  • Patent number: 11397472
    Abstract: Anti-motion sickness systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include determining alignment of a face of a user with an alignment tool provided on a display of a user device. When the face is aligned with the alignment tool the user device is in a preferred orientation. Providing a camera feed on the display, and determining a current orientation of the user device. The method can include presenting selected content on the display in combination with the camera feed. A location of the selected content on the display can be based on the current orientation of the user device. The selected content can be centered on the display when the current orientation substantially matches the preferred orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Roxanne Kim
  • Patent number: 11395938
    Abstract: A system for respiratory training including a housing, a respiratory air channel disposed within the housing, a sensor configured to detect a breathing indicator and transmit a breathing indicator signal, a haptic device disposed within the housing, a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the haptic device, and a memory device operatively coupled to the processor. The memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the breathing indicator signal from the sensor; generate a breath determination based on the breathing indicator signal; and responsive to the breath determination, cause the haptic device to generate a vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: EVOLVED, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Davis, Patrick Estes, Brian Kozak