49 results about "Sensation" patented technology

A portable sensory intervention system for a patient in need thereof is provided, which comprises:(a) a soft device to be held by the patient comprising one or more stimulation units which are: (i) a speaker inside the device coupled to means for generating a sound; (ii) a light source visible outside the device for generating a soothing color; or (iii) an aroma generator, wherein the one or more of the stimulation units are coupled to a controller which is operably coupled to a wireless receiver means; and (b) a sensing unit adapted to be mounted on the patient and which detects patient agitation by electrically measuring physiological signals and wherein the sensing unit communicates with the soft device to provide instructions to the soft device to operate the one or more stimulation units in the soft device.

A feeling estimation device includes: a first acquirer configured to acquire sound data of an utterance of a user; a second acquirer configured to acquire text data obtained by converting the sound data acquired by the first acquirer into text; a first estimator configured to merge an index value based on the sound data acquired by the first acquirer and an index value based on the text data acquired by the second acquirer via first fusion and estimate a feeling of the user on the basis of the merged index value; and a second estimator configured to merge an index value indicating a result of the estimation performed by the first estimator and the index value based on the text data acquired by the second acquirer via second fusion and estimate a feeling of the user on the basis of the merged index value.

The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 400, 500, 600) comprising an activity measurement system (106) configured for measuring brain activity data (138) from a subject (102). The medical instrument further comprises a stimulus presentation system (108) configured for providing sensory stimulus to the subject. The medical instrument further comprises a memory (130) for storing machine executable instructions (132) and for storing a stimulus reinforcer database (134). The stimulus reinforcer database comprises entries. Each entry comprises commands configured for controlling the stimulus presentation system to provide the sensory stimulus to the subject. The medical instrument further comprises a processor (120) for controlling the medical instrument. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: control (200) the stimulus presentation system with a set of entries (136) selected from the stimulus reinforcer database to repeatedly provide sensory stimulus to the subject; control (202) the activity measurement system for performing the measurement of the brain activity data during each sensor stimulus; select (204) a chosen entry (140) from the set of entries using the brain activity data; and store (206) the chosen entry in the memory.

A mental illness determination device includes a face change information acquisition unit and a mental illness determination unit. The face change information acquisition unit is configured to acquire face change information indicating a time-series change in face data of a subject when emotional stimulation information for stimulating any sense or any combination of senses among an auditory sense, an olfactory sense, a gustatory sense, a tactile sense, and a somatic sensation of the subject to change emotion, and is divided into positive information for increasing comfort and negative information for decreasing comfort is provided to the subject. The mental illness determination unit is configured to determine a state of mental illness of the subject on the basis of the face change information.

A versatile translational and rotational motion simulator comprising a first apparatus to translate a user in a first linear direction; a second apparatus to translate the user in a second linear direction; a third apparatus to translate the user in a third linear direction; a fourth apparatus disposed on the third apparatus to support the user throughout the first, second, and third linear translations; a gimbal assembly disposed on the fourth apparatus and including a positional tracking sensor and/or reference device to track the position of a user's head; a virtual reality device to createa virtual reality scene within the mind of the user; a sound system to create an auditory sensation within the mind of the user; microelectronics; and a programmable controller, the simulator being operable to translate the user forward and backward in the first, second, and third linear directions and the first, second, and third rotational directions simultaneously.

A device compensating limits of humans senses, includes a receiver receiving information in a first sense, a converter converting the received information into information in a second sense and a presenter that presents the converted information. In an embodiment, the first sense is the vision and the receiver receives visual information comprising texts, wherein the second sense is auditory sense or tactile sensation, and the receiver comprises an ingestion layer that ingests information from a target object. In another embodiment, the receiver ingests the full audio or visual sensory stimuli, and takes the portion that is blocked for the sensory deprivation of the user, and the converter extracts environmental cues contained therein by applying machine intelligence logic and makes trans-sensory conversion to their synthetic representation.

A sensory evaluation system performs sensory evaluation on a plurality of sensory indexes corresponding to respective feelings of an occupant according to traveling of a moving body, and includes: a data adjustment unit that generates evaluation data to be used for the sensory evaluation based on information acquired according to the traveling of the moving body; an evaluation index determination unit that selects at least any one sensory index as an evaluation index from among the plurality of sensory indexes based on the information; an evaluation unit that calculates an evaluation value for the evaluation index from the evaluation data using an evaluation circuit corresponding to the evaluation index; and an aggregation unit that aggregates the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation unit.

A system and method for enhancing sensory function of an individual are disclosed. The system comprises a generalized brain-skin interface (GBSI), configured to enable the individual to experience senses. The system further comprises a sensor, a processor, and an epidermal neuro-oscillating patch (ENOP). The sensor is configured to receive environmental data surrounding the individual. The processor in communication with the sensor is configured to receive environmental data from the sensor and convert it into an analog vibration pattern. The epidermal neuro-oscillating patch (ENOP) is removably fastened to the skin of the individual, configured to produce a sequence of vibrations based on the analog vibration pattern received from the processor and directly transmit it to the skin for stimulating the nerves of the individual, thereby effectively training the brain of the individual to learn and equate the sequence of vibrations for experiencing senses of the physical environment of the individual.

Apparatus and methods for creating a sensation in which a sound driver emits sound waves according to incoming information, and one or more light emitters emit light waves with varying patterns according to amplitude and frequency changes in the incoming information. Preferably, only low frequency signals (below 50 Hz) are used to produce the pattern of the light waves, which are directed directly towards the tympanic membrane without any artificial barrier. Emitted light preferably reaches the inner ear region substantially simultaneously with emitted sound waves. A second light emitter can be used to emit light waves that are complementary to, and preferably between 175 and 185 degrees out of phase with, the light waves from the first light emitter, to produce scalar waves.

Systems and methods for evaluating neurologic function of a subject are described. An odorant, auditory and/or somatosensory generator is configured to deliver a sensory stimulation to the subject, a plurality of electrodes are configured to be attached to the subject, and a handheld EEG control unit is configured to control the odorant, auditory and/or somatosensory generator, process the neural signals from the plurality of electrodes and generate an assessment of neurologic function of the subject.

The invention belongs to the field of lighting systems, particularly relates to a system for converting sound and light into peripheral lighting, and provides the following scheme for solving problemsthat existing lighting is emitted from a screen, a human body feeling effect is poor, and a lighting atmosphere feeling is lacked. The system comprises an acquisition module, a transmission module, acontrol module, an execution module, a light module, an adjustment module, a detection module, a marking module, a comparison module, a judgment module, a position acquisition module, a reminding module, a deletion module and a change module. The acquisition module is connected with the transmission module, the transmission module is connected with the control module, and the control module is connected with the execution module. The execution module is connected with the light module, the light module is connected with the detection module, and the detection module is connected with the comparison module. According to the system, a more immersive feeling is brought to people, external lighting perception except films and televisions and sounds is generated, the light effect of videos andaudios is output to peripheral lighting linkage, and the sounds are converted into a peripheral lighting effect.