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US 2022/0023583 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for stimulating neural activity
AssigneeSymbolics Inc.
InventorRussell NOFTSKER
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for stimulating neural activity in the brain of a user of an apparatus with a display screen by causing at least one portion of the display screen to flicker in a controlled manner and utilizing the apparatus to measure an effect on a user exposed to the flicker for a time.
Claims30
A portable apparatus for stimulating neural activity in the brain of a user, comprising:
- a video display and an audio output;
- a processor in the portable apparatus that is capable of controlling the video display to flicker the display with light pulses at a pulse frequency and capable of controlling the audio output to emit audio pulses at a pulse frequency, for an adjustable exposure time period, to produce an effect on the brain of the user of the portable apparatus;
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- an effect processor for measuring the effect on the brain of the user exposed to the audio pulses after the adjustable exposure time period has elapsed without also measuring the effect on the brain of the user during the adjustable exposure time period.
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A portable apparatus for stimulating neural activity in the brain of a user, comprising:
- a video display and a haptic output;
- a processor in the portable apparatus that is capable of controlling the video display to flicker the display with light pulses at a pulse frequency and capable of controlling the haptic output, for an adjustable exposure time period, to produce an effect on the brain of the user of the portable apparatus;
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- an effect processor for measuring the effect on the brain of the user exposed to the haptic stimulus after the adjustable exposure time period has elapsed without also measuring the effect on the brain of the user during the adjustable exposure time period.
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A method for stimulating neural activity in the brain of a user of a portable apparatus having a video display and an audio output, comprising the steps of:
- providing the capability of controlling the video display to flicker the display with light pulses at a pulse frequency for an adjustable exposure time period,
- providing the capability of controlling the audio output to emit audio pulses at a pulse frequency for an adjustable exposure time period,
- emitting audio pulses at a pulse frequency for the adjustable exposure time period;
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- measuring an effect on the brain of the user exposed to the audio pulses after the adjustable exposure time period has elapsed without also measuring the effect on the brain of the user during the adjustable exposure time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.