# US 2019/0167174 A1 · Computer Program for Balancing Mind

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- Number: US 2019/0167174 A1
- Document ID: US20190167174A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/324,225
- Filed: 2017-08-31
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-31
- Assignees: Miross Institute Co., Ltd
- Applicants: Miross Institute, Inc.
- Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167174A1

## CPC

- A61B 5/165: {Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety}
- A61B 5/486: {Biofeedback (using electroencephalography [EEG] A61B5/375)}
- A61B 5/748: {Selection of a region of interest, e.g. using a graphics tablet}
- A61B 5/749: {Voice-controlled interfaces}
- A61M 21/00: Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis
- A61M 21/02: for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia (for massage A61H; electrotherapy A61N, e.g. applying alternating or intermittent electric currents for producing anaesthesia A61N1/36021)
- G09B 5/02: with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
- G09B 5/067: {Combinations of audio and projected visual presentation, e.g. film, slides}
- G09B 7/02: of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
- G09B 19/00: Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26)
- A61B 5/7405: {using sound}
- A61B 5/7435: {Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface}
- A61M 2021/005: {images, e.g. video}
- A61M 2205/3553: remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
- A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
- A61M 2205/583: by visual feedback
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)

## Abstract

A computer program for achieving balance of the mind of an examinee is provided. A computer program configured to cause a computer including a CPU and a memory to execute processing for achieving balance of the mind of an examinee, the computer program being configured to cause the computer to execute the following steps: a first step of making the examinee visualize a set of symbols; a second step of applying the symbols to a feeling of the examinee and a state of the examinee's mind; and a third step of making the examinee understand a recognition system represented by the set.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer program configured to cause a computer including a processing device and a storage device to execute processing for achieving balance of the mind of an examinee, the computer program being configured to cause the computer to execute the following steps:
a first step of making the examinee visualize a set of symbols;
a second step of applying the symbols to a feeling of the examinee and a state of the examinee's mind; and
a third step of making the examinee understand a recognition system represented by the set.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the computer is a robot having artificial intelligence.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The computer program according to claim 1,
wherein the set includes:
a first symbol;
a second symbol located obliquely below the first symbol;
a third symbol that has a shape representing a concept in contrast with that of the second symbol, and that is a mirror image of the second symbol in terms of the position with respect to an imaginary vertical line passing through the first symbol;
a fourth symbol that has a shape in common with that of the third symbol and that is located obliquely below the second symbol; and
a fifth symbol that has a shape in common with that of the second symbol, and that is a mirror image of the fourth symbol in terms of the position with respect to an imaginary vertical line passing through the second symbol;
wherein in the second step, the second symbol is associated with the examinee's thought, the third symbol is associated with an object of the examinee's thought, the fourth symbol is associated with the examinee's unconsciousness, and the fifth symbol is associated with a blind spot in the examinee's mind; and
wherein in the third step, the examinee is made to understand the recognition system by an explanation based on contrasting concepts between the second symbol and the third symbol, and between the fourth symbol and the fifth symbol, the explanation being that the blind spot in the examinee's mind associated with the fifth symbol represents a concept identified with by the examinee's thought associated with the second symbol and produces the examinee's unconsciousness associated with the fourth symbol, and that the feeling from the object associated with the third symbol is a projection of the examinee's unconsciousness associated with the fourth symbol.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The computer program according to claim 3, wherein the second, fifth, and seventh symbols have a “+” shape while the third, fourth, and sixth symbols have a “−” shape.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The computer program according to claim 4, wherein the set further includes:
a sixth symbol that has a shape in common with that of the third symbol and that is located obliquely below the third symbol; and
a seventh symbol that has a shape in common with that of the second symbol, and that is a mirror image of the sixth symbol in terms of the position with respect to an imaginary vertical line passing through the third symbol;
wherein in the second step, the sixth symbol is associated with a blind spot in the object's mind, and the seventh symbol is associated with the object's unconsciousness; and
wherein in the third step, the examinee is given an explanation that the blind spot in the object's mind associated with the sixth symbol represents a concept identified with by the object's thought associated with the third symbol and produces the object's unconsciousness associated with the seventh symbol, and that the feeling from the examinee associated with the second symbol is a projection of the object's unconsciousness associated with the seventh symbol.