Augmented reality coordinated with nerve stimulation to enhance performance
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsEric S. Porges, John B. Williamson, Damon Lamb
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for increasing performance, improving sleep and improving relaxation that involve specifically coordinating nerve stimulation of a cranial nerve (e.g. vagus nerve) in conjunction with augmented reality (AR). According to certain embodiments disclosed are systems that include an AR component that presents information or a stimulus and provides cranial nerve fiber stimulation (CNFS) at strategic times to reduce anxiety/arousal/related during user activity or scenarios and reinforce learning.
Claims19
A system comprising
- a cranial nerve fiber stimulation (CNFS) component;
- a physiological parameter monitoring component, wherein the physiological parameter monitoring component is configured to sense or measure physiological parameter signals from a user;
- an augmented reality (AR) component, the AR component comprising headphones, a speaker, a monitor displaying video recordings, or a virtual-reality device, or a combination thereof;
- and
- a controller communicably connected to the CNFS component, the AR component and physiological parameter monitoring component, wherein the controller comprises a central processing unit, circuitry for receiving/sending electrical signals and/or user input, at least one memory device and wherein the controller comprises one or more software algorithms that control operation of the CNFS component and/or AR component;
- wherein the controller is configured to direct the CNFS component to administer CNFS to the user at or before a predetermined time in an AR scenario provided to the user by the AR component, the predetermined time being a time at which an aroused state of the user was recorded during a prior iteration of the AR scenario provided to the user.
A system comprising
- a cranial nerve fiber stimulation (CNFS) component;
- an augmented reality (AR) component;
- a controller communicably connected to the CNFS component and the AR component;
- and
- a user activity output monitoring component;
- wherein the controller is configured to direct the CNFS component to administer CNFS to a user at or before a predetermined time in an AR scenario provided to the user by the AR component, the predetermined time being a time at which a user activity output of the subject was recorded during a prior iteration of the AR scenario provided to the user.
A system comprising
- a cranial nerve fiber stimulation (CNFS) component;
- a user activity output monitoring component;
- a physiological parameter component;
- a timer component;
- and
- a controller communicably connected to the CNFS component and user activity output monitoring component, physiological parameter component, or timer component, or combination thereof;
- wherein
- (a) the system administers CNFS at or before a predetermined time of user activity output as detected by the user activity output monitoring component;
- or
- (b) the system administers CNFS at or before a predetermined time of an aroused state as previously determined by the physiological parameter component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.