Retroactive information searching enabled by neural sensing
AssigneeHarman International Industries, Incorporated
InventorsJoseph Verbeke, Sven Kratz, Stefan Marti
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Abstract
A method for retrieving information includes detecting a first neural activity of a user, wherein the first neural activity corresponds to a key thought of the user; in response to detecting the first neural activity, generating a search query based on speech occurring prior to detecting the first neural activity; retrieving information based on the search query; and transmitting the information to one or more output devices.
Claims19
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to retrieve information by performing the steps of:
- detecting speech;
- detecting a first neural activity of a user via one or more neural sensors that measure neural activity of one or more brain regions of the user;
- determining, via a neural analysis application, that the user is thinking a key thought based on the detected first neural activity, wherein the neural analysis application analyzes the first neural activity to determine that the first neural activity is associated with the user thinking the key thought, wherein the neural analysis application is configured to differentiate the first neural activity from other neural activity of the user;
- in response to determining that the user is thinking the key thought, generating a search query based on the speech occurring during a predetermined time period prior to determining that the user is thinking the key thought;
- receiving information based on the search query;
- and
- transmitting the information to one or more output devices.
A method for providing information based on neural activity, the method comprising:
- detecting speech;
- detecting a first neural activity of a user via one or more neural sensors that measure neural activity of one or more brain regions of the user;
- determining, via a neural analysis application, that the user is thinking a key thought based on the detected first neural activity, wherein the neural analysis application analyzes the first neural activity to determine that the first neural activity is associated with the user thinking the key thought, wherein the neural analysis application is configured to differentiate the first neural activity from other neural activity of the user;
- in response to determining that the user is thinking the key thought, generating a search query based on the speech occurring during a predetermined time period prior to determining that the user is thinking the key thought;
- receiving information based on the search query;
- and
- transmitting the information to an output device that privately outputs information to the user.
A system, comprising:
- a neural sensor included in a head-worn assembly;
- and
- a processor coupled to the neural sensor and configured to:
- detect speech;
- detect a first neural activity of a user via the neural sensor that measures neural activity of one or more brain regions of the user;
- determine, via a neural analysis application, that the user is thinking a key thought based on the detected first neural activity, wherein the neural analysis application analyzes the first neural activity to determine that the first neural activity is associated with the user thinking the key thought, wherein the neural analysis application is configured to differentiate the first neural activity from other neural activity of the user;
- in response to determining that the user is thinking the key thought, generate a search query based on the speech occurring during a predetermined time period prior to determining that the user is thinking the key thought;
- receive information based on the search query;
- and
- transmit the information to an output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.