neurocognitive training

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

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visual sweeps
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 8,215,961

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

SharpBrains’ Take:

The back­ground of the ‘961 patent describes the decline in cog­ni­tive func­tion asso­ci­at­ed with aging, such as the reduced abil­i­ty to com­pre­hend and respond to stim­u­lus. [Read more…] about Address­ing aging-relat­ed cog­ni­tive decline via tar­get­ed train­ing using visu­al sweeps: Key neu­rotech patent by Posit Science

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

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face names
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 8,197,258

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 recog­ni­tion capac­i­ties of the human brain serves a crit­i­cal func­tion, from when an infant first makes eye-con­tact with its moth­er through­out the span of adult­hood where we must be able to iden­ti­fy and dis­tin­guish oth­er peo­ple in order to nav­i­gate and oper­ate in soci­ety. [Read more…] about Train your brain to remem­ber her name: Key patent for cog­ni­tive train­ing sys­tem using face-name associations

Enhancing cognition via brain training with a visual emphasis: Key neurotechnology patent #38

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cognitive training
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097

Today we high­light a 2010 patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ brain train­ing sys­tem. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date, to get a bet­ter glimpse into emerg­ing trends)

U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097: Visu­al empha­sis for cog­ni­tive train­ing exercises

  • Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Corporation
  • Inventor(s): Michael M. Merzenich, Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke, Don­ald Richard
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive training
  • Issue Date: August 10, 2010

SharpBrains’ Take:

In a sim­i­lar yet unique approach to the ‘961 patent (anoth­er note­wor­thy non-inva­sive neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence), the ‘097 patent dis­clos­es meth­ods for iter­a­tive­ly test­ing and train­ing a user’s abil­i­ty to dis­cern between pre­sent­ed stim­uli. [Read more…] about Enhanc­ing cog­ni­tion via brain train­ing with a visu­al empha­sis: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #38

How Microsoft anticipated wearables, machine learning and cognitive enhancement: Key Neurotech Patent #18

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contextual-responses
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 6,842,877

Let’s dis­cuss today a fas­ci­nat­ing patent assigned to Microsoft back in 2015. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date)

U.S. Patent No. 6,842,877: Con­tex­tu­al respons­es based on auto­mat­ed learn­ing techniques.

  • Assignee(s): Microsoft Corporation
  • Inventor(s): James O. Robarts Eric L. Matteson
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive Training
  • Issue Date: Jan­u­ary 11, 2005

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘877 patent dis­clos­es wear­able devices that incor­po­rate tech­niques for user-feed­back loops to auto­mat­i­cal­ly improve a sys­tem’s response, for exam­ple when the com­put­ing sys­tem iden­ti­fies  user’s needs and pref­er­ences through the use of sens­ing com­po­nents, in a vari­ety of envi­ron­men­tal con­texts. [Read more…] about How Microsoft antic­i­pat­ed wear­ables, machine learn­ing and cog­ni­tive enhance­ment: Key Neu­rotech Patent #18

The future of personalized, cognitive learning: Key Neurotech Patent #14

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system method
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 6,611,822

Today we are shar­ing a 2003 patent assigned to Accen­ture Glob­al Ser­vices Lim­it­ed. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date)

U.S. Patent No. 6,611,822: Sys­tem method and arti­cle of man­u­fac­ture for cre­at­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive appli­ca­tion sharing.

  • Assignee(s): Accen­ture Glob­al Ser­vices Limited
  • Inventor(s): Bri­an R. Beams, Scott B. Harris
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive Training
  • Issue Date: August 26, 2003

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘882 patent presents extreme­ly broad claims over sub­ject mat­ter relat­ing to online col­lab­o­ra­tive train­ing, which includes appli­ca­tions direct­ed towards cog­ni­tive train­ing. [Read more…] about The future of per­son­al­ized, cog­ni­tive learn­ing: Key Neu­rotech Patent #14

Method for adaptive training of short term memory and auditory/visual discrimination within a computer game: Key Neurotech Patent #13

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adaptive-training
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 6,599,129

Today we are shar­ing a 2003 cog­ni­tive train­ing patent assigned to Sci­en­tif­ic Learn­ing Corp.

U.S. Patent No. 6,599,129: Method for adap­tive train­ing of short term mem­o­ry and auditory/visual dis­crim­i­na­tion with­in a com­put­er game

  • Assignee(s): Sci­en­tif­ic Learn­ing Corp.
  • Inventor(s): William M. Jenk­ins, Michael M. Merzenich, Steven L. Miller, Bret E. Peter­son, Paula Tallal
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­roCog­ni­tive Training
  • Issue Date: July 29, 2003

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘129 patent builds on Sci­en­tif­ic Learn­ing’s port­fo­lio relat­ing to lan­guage train­ing and devel­op­ment.   [Read more…] about Method for adap­tive train­ing of short term mem­o­ry and auditory/visual dis­crim­i­na­tion with­in a com­put­er game: Key Neu­rotech Patent #13