Method and system for forming an acoustic signal from neural timing difference data
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorThomas P. Dawson
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Abstract
A non-invasive system and process for converting sensory data, e.g., visual, audio, taste, smell or touch, to neural firing time differences in a human brain and using acoustic signals to generate the neural firing time differences. Data related to neural firing time differences, the acoustic signals, and a user's response map may be stored in memory. The user's response map may be used to more accurately map the calculated neural firing time differences to the correct neural locations.
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A method of storing data related to acoustic signals configured to alter neural firing times in a brain, the method comprising:
- non-invasively projecting a first acoustic signal into the brain, the first acoustic signal affecting a neural firing time at a first neural location in the brain;
- storing a user sensory response and data related to the first acoustic signal in a memory;
- non-invasively projecting a second acoustic signal into the brain;
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- storing a user sensory response and data related to the second acoustic signal in the memory.
A method of customizing a library of data related to acoustic signals configured to alter neural firing times in a brain, the method comprising:
- retrieving data related to a first acoustic signal from a memory;
- projecting a first acoustic signal into the brain using the data related to a first acoustic signal, the first acoustic signal affecting a neural firing time at a first neural location in the brain;
- storing a user sensory response with the data related to the first acoustic signal in the memory;
- retrieving data related to a second acoustic signal form the memory;
- projecting a second acoustic signal in the brain using the data related to the second acoustic signal;
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- storing a user sensory response with the data related to the second acoustic signal in the memory.
A method for projecting sensory data in a human brain, the method comprising:
- receiving a sensory input;
- calculating neural firing time differences for mapped neural locations in the brain based on the sensory input;
- selecting data in a memory related to signals configured to generate the neural firing time differences in the brain;
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- projecting the signals to generate the neural firing time differences into the brain.
A system of storing data related to acoustic signals configured to alter neural firing times in a brain, the system comprising:
- a transducer system configured to non-invasively project a first acoustic signal and a second acoustic signal into the brain, the first and second acoustic signals affecting one or more neural firing times at one or more neural locations in the brain;
- a signal generator coupled to the transducer system;
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- a memory coupled to the signal generator, the memory configured to store:
- data related to the first and second acoustic signals;
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- user sensory responses produced by the first and second acoustic signals,
- wherein the signal generator is configured to select data in the memory related to signals configured to generate the neural firing time differences in the brain, the transducer system is configured to apply the signals to generate the neural firing time differences in the brain.
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