Method and system for direct communication
AssigneeNeurotrek, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Tyler, Isy Goldwasser, Robert Muratore, Sumon Pal, Tomo Sato, Daniel Z. Wetmore
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Abstract
Information is communicated to an individual by directing an acoustic signal transcranially to a target region in the brain. The target region is stimulated to produce a cognitive effect, and the cognitive effect is modulated or encoded to carry the desired information.
Claims25
A method for communicating information to an individual, said method comprising:
- directing acoustic energy to the individual's brain through the individual's cranium to produce a cognitive effect;
- and
- modulating the acoustic energy to encode information which is perceptible to the individual through variations in the cognitive effect.
A system for communicating information to an individual, said system comprising:
- means for directing acoustic energy to the individual's brain through the individual's cranium to produce a cognitive effect;
- and
- means for modulating the acoustic energy to encode information which is perceptible to the individual through variations in the cognitive effect.
The system for communicating whereby an instruction, message, emotion, feeling, experience, or alteration in cognitive state is delivered to the recipient by one or more methods for brain stimulation chosen from bioTU, transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation, transcranial electric stimulation, one electrode or an array of electrodes implanted on the surface of the brain or dura, and light activation of specially engineered proteins for neuromodulation known as optogenetics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.