Tailoring computing experience based on user’s mental state and quality of attention: Key neurotechnology patent #30

By SharpBrains | March 14, 2017
Automated selection

Today we high­light a fas­ci­nat­ing 2008 patent assigned to Microsoft, dis­cussing assess­ment tech­niques such as pupil track­ing or head ori­en­ta­tion sen­sors to iden­ti­fy where and what the user is focused on–and what types of  infor­ma­tion and/ or noti­fi­ca­tions to dis­play accord­ing­ly. U.S. Patent No. 7,395,507: Auto­mat­ed selec­tion of appro­pri­ate infor­ma­tion based on a com­put­er user’s context.…

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Monitoring health, wellness and fitness via wearable devices: Key Neurotech Patent #29

By SharpBrains | March 13, 2017

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing 2007 patent assigned to Body­media. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,261,690: Appa­ra­tus for mon­i­tor­ing health, well­ness and fit­ness. Assignee(s): Body­media, Inc. Inventor(s): Eric Teller, John M. Stivoric, Christo­pher D. Kasabach, Christo­pher D. Pacione, John L.…

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Measuring “brain temperature” in the future?: Key Neurotech Patent #27

By SharpBrains | March 8, 2017
biologic parameters

Today we are shar­ing a 2007 patent assigned to Geelux Hold­ings, Ltd. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,187,960: Appa­ra­tus and method for mea­sur­ing bio­log­ic para­me­ters Assignee(s): Geelux Hold­ings, LTD. Inventor(s): Mar­cio Marc Abreu Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­ro-mon­i­tor­ing Issue Date: March 6, 2007 Sharp­Brains’ Take: As…

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Monitoring neurological activity to detect epileptic seizures: Key Neurotech Patent #9

By SharpBrains | February 9, 2017

—– Today we are shar­ing a 2002 patent assigned to Neu­ropace, Inc. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,473,639: Neu­ro­log­i­cal event detec­tion pro­ce­dure using processed dis­play chan­nel based algo­rithms and devices incor­po­rat­ing these pro­ce­dures. Assignee(s): Neu­ropace, Inc. Inventor(s): David R. Fis­chell, Jonathan…

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First-ever Pervasive Neurotechnology Report finds 10,000+ Patent Filings Transforming Medicine, Entertainment and Business

By SharpBrains | May 6, 2015

– Nielsen, Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Medtron­ic, Microsoft and Brain­lab emerge as lead­ing IP hold­ers . San Fran­cis­co, CA– (May 6, 2015) – Sharp­Brains, the lead­ing mar­ket research firm track­ing applied neu­ro­science, unveiled today–at the 2015 Neu­roGam­ing Summit–a new 206-page report that, for the first time, ana­lyzes the major intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty trends in the Per­va­sive Neurotechnology…

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