Optical brain-function measurement apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
InventorKOICHI KUSUKAME
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Abstract
An optical brain-function measurement apparatus includes a light source unit that generates infrared light to be radiated onto a human head; a detection unit that detects the infrared light which is diffusely-reflected within the human head and which is exited from one or more head position; and an optical system that guides the infrared light emitted from the light source unit toward the human head and that controls an infrared-light irradiation position on a surface of the human head. At least one of the light source unit and the detection unit is of a non-contact type. The one or more head positions detected by the detection unit include at least one position that is different from the infrared-light irradiation position controlled by the optical system.
Claims8
An optical brain-function measurement apparatus comprising:
- a light source unit that generates infrared light to be radiated onto a human head;
- a detection unit that detects the infrared light which is diffusely-reflected within the human head and which is exited from one or more head position;
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- an optical system that guides the infrared light emitted from the light source unit toward the human head and that controls an infrared-light irradiation position on a surface of the human head,
- wherein the light source unit is a light source of a non-contact type that does not contact to the human or the detection unit is a detector of a non-contact type that does not contact to the human, and
- wherein the one or more head positions detected by the detection unit includes at least one position that is different from the infrared-light irradiation position controlled by the optical system.
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