US 10,736,545 B1Granted

Portable system for vestibular testing and/or training of a user

AssigneeBertec Corporation

InventorsNecip Berme, Cameron Scott Hobson, Qian Wang

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Abstract

A portable system for vestibular testing and/or training of a user is disclosed herein. The system includes a user input device, the user input device configured to output a signal based upon an input response by the user; a motion sensing device, the motion sensing device configured to measure a velocity or speed of a head of the user; a visual display device, the visual display device configured to display one or more visual objects so that the one or more visual objects are visible to the user; and a data processing device operatively coupled to the user input device, the motion sensing device, and the visual display device. The data processing device is programmed to determine whether or not the user correctly identifies the one or more visual objects displayed on the visual display device based upon the signal from the user input device.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A portable system for vestibular testing and/or training of a user, said system comprising:

a user input device, the user input device configured to output a signal based upon an input response by the user;
a motion sensing device, the motion sensing device configured to measure a velocity or speed of a head of the user;
a visual display device having an output screen, the visual display device configured to display one or more visual objects on the output screen so that the one or more visual objects are visible to the user;
and
a data processing device, the data processing device operatively coupled to the user input device, the motion sensing device, and the visual display device, the data processing device being programmed to:
determine one or more visual objects out of a plurality of visual objects that are to be displayed on the output screen of the visual display device based upon a particular theme selected by the user using the user input device;
display the one or more visual objects on the output screen of the visual display device based upon whether the user's head undergoes displacement at a velocity or speed within a predetermined range as measured by the motion sensing device, the one or more visual objects being superimposed on a dynamic background displayed on the output screen of the visual display device;
and
determine whether or not the user correctly identifies the one or more visual objects based upon the signal from the user input device.

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A portable system for vestibular testing and/or training of a user, said system comprising:

a user input device, the user input device configured to output a signal based upon an input response by the user;
a motion sensing device, the motion sensing device configured to measure a velocity or speed of a head of the user;
a visual display device having an output screen, the visual display device configured to display one or more visual objects on the output screen so that the one or more visual objects are visible to the user;
a distance measuring device for determining a distance of the head of the user relative to the visual display device;
and
a data processing device, the data processing device operatively coupled to the user input device, the motion sensing device, the visual display device, and the distance measuring device, the data processing device being programmed to:
determine a dynamic background that is to be displayed on the output screen of the visual display device based upon a particular theme selected by the user using the user input device;
determine one or more visual objects out of a plurality of visual objects that are to be displayed on the output screen of the visual display device based upon the dynamic background that is to be displayed on the output screen;
determine a display size of the one or more visual objects based upon the distance of the head of the user relative to the visual display device determined using the distance measuring device;
display the one or more visual objects having the display size on the output screen of the visual display device while the user's head undergoes displacement at a velocity or speed within a predetermined range as measured by the motion sensing device, the one or more visual objects being superimposed on the dynamic background displayed on the output screen of the visual display device;
and
determine whether or not the user correctly identifies the one or more visual objects based upon the signal from the user input device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/439,291Filed 12 Jun 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 21 Jun 2018
Granted: 11 Aug 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

A61B 5/123
Evaluating hearing capacity: subjective methods
A61B 5/4023
For evaluating the sensory system: evaluating sense of balance
A61B 3/028
Subjective types, i.e. testing apparatus requiring the active assistance of the patient: for testing visual acuity; for determination of…
A61B 5/0022
Characterised by features of the telemetry system: monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet