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US 2007/0167933 A1Published application
Method for the control of a medical apparatus by an operator
OwnerEstelle Camusinventor
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Abstract
In this invention a medical apparatus is controlled by capturing thought contents, wherein to this end electroencephalogram signals are recorded and the signals are evaluated with the aim of looking for certain patterns from a table or database. The method is initiated by means of a start command or ended by means of an end command. A medical apparatus according to the invention includes two types of control, namely a control via the capture of brain currents and via the capture of speech.
Claims12
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A method for controlling a medical apparatus by an operator, comprising:
- taking an EEG signal from the operator;
- predetermining a thought content by the operator corresponding to a specific EEG pattern;
- extracting the EEG pattern from the EEG signal;
- comparing the extracted pattern with a plurality of patterns in a table comprising a plurality of device commands allocated to each of the patterns;
- executing an associated device command allocated to a pattern in the table identical to the extracted pattern;
- and
- initiating the control by a start command.
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A medical apparatus that can be activated with a control, comprising:
- a first device which captures a brain current of an operator of the medical apparatus;
- a first equipment which evaluates the captured brain current and generates a first control signal which controls the medical apparatus;
- a second device which captures a speech of the operator;
- and
- a second equipment which evaluates the captured speech and generates a second control signal which controls the first device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.