Collecting neuro-response data via wearable electroencephalography (EEG) headsets to personalize the presentation of stimuli: Key neurotech patent by Nielsen

By SharpBrains | May 31, 2017
stimulus material

Today we are shar­ing a 2013 patent by The Nielsen Com­pa­ny. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date, to help pre­view emerg­ing neu­rotech­nolo­gies and brain health solu­tions) U.S. Patent No. 8,392,251: Loca­tion aware pre­sen­ta­tion of stim­u­lus mate­r­i­al Assignee(s): The Nielsen Com­pa­ny Inventor(s): Anan­tha Pradeep, Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran…

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Evaluating neural responses via EEG brain data in virtual reality environments: Key neurotechnology patent by The Nielsen Company

By SharpBrains | May 23, 2017
virtual reality

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing patent by The Nielsen Com­pa­ny, rel­e­vant both for con­sumer research and for home health solu­tions. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 8,392,250: Neu­ro-response eval­u­at­ed stim­u­lus in vir­tu­al real­i­ty envi­ron­ments Assignee(s): The Nielsen Com­pa­ny Inventor(s): Anan­tha Pradeep, Robert T. Knight,…

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Want a music system that lifts you up when you’re feeling down? Meet this audio headset with bio-signal sensors (key neurotech patent #48)

By SharpBrains | May 18, 2017

— Today we are fea­tur­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing patent by Neu­roSky, cou­pling an audio head­phone set sys­tem with EEG sig­nal detec­tion. U.S. Patent No. 8,271,075: Audio head­set with bio-sig­­nal sen­sors Assignee(s): Neu­roSky, Inc. Inventor(s): Cheng‑I Chuang, KooHy­oung Lee Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: EEG Issue Date: Sep­tem­ber 18, 2012 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The ‘075 patent cou­ples an audio head­phone set sys­tem with EEG…

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Addressing aging-related cognitive decline via targeted training using visual sweeps: Key neurotech patent by Posit Science

By SharpBrains | May 15, 2017
visual sweeps

Today we are fea­tur­ing a 2012 patent by Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ cog­ni­tive train­ing sys­tem. U.S. Patent No. 8,215,961: Cog­ni­tive train­ing using visu­al sweeps Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s): Michael M. Merzenich, Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Stephen G. Lis­berg­er, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive train­ing Issue Date: July 10, 2012…

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Connecting cardiological and neurological health: Key neurotech patent by Medtronic

By SharpBrains | May 11, 2017
cardiac signals

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing Medtron­ic patent com­bin­ing car­diac mon­i­tor­ing with brain stim­u­la­tion. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 8,209,009: Sys­tem and method for seg­ment­ing a car­diac sig­nal based on brain stim­u­la­tion Assignee(s): Medtron­ic, Inc. Inventor(s): Jonathon E. Gif­takis, Nina M. Graves, Mark Turn­er Rise Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neuro-monitoring…

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Train your brain to remember her name: Key patent for cognitive training system using face-name associations

By SharpBrains | May 8, 2017
face names

Today we are shar­ing a 2012 patent by Posit Sci­ence aimed at enhanc­ing cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty using face-name asso­ci­a­tions. U.S. Patent No. 8,197,258: Cog­ni­tive train­ing using face-name asso­ci­a­tions Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s): Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke, Shru­ti Gan­gad­har Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­roCog­ni­tive Train­ing Issue Date: June 12, 2012 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The facial…

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