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US 2004/0168117 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for providing an environment to a patient
AssigneePatrice Renaud
InventorPatrice Renaud
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing a virtual environment or a visual presentation to a user. A portion of interest is created and depending on a response of the user to the virtual environment or to the visual presentation, a feedback is preferably provided.
Claims31
A method for providing a visual presentation to a user, comprising:
- providing a visual presentation;
- defining at least one portion of interest in said visual presentation;
- selecting one of a plurality of functions outputting a value depending on a geometric relation between a body movement response of said user and said at least one portion of interest in said visual presentation;
- displaying said visual presentation to said user;
- and
- outputting said value of said function in response to said providing of said visual presentation to said user.
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A method for providing a flexible virtual environment to a user, comprising:
- providing a virtual environment comprising a plurality of objects;
- defining at least one portion of interest on an object of said plurality of objects;
- displaying at least said virtual environment to a user;
- and
- collecting from said user a response to said provided virtual environment, the response comprising an indication of a geometric relation between a body movement response of said user and a portion of interest of said at least one portion of interest.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.