Method and system for generating sensory data onto the human neural cortex
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorThomas P. Dawson
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Abstract
A non-invasive system and process for projecting sensory data onto the human neural cortex is provided. The system includes a primary transducer array and a secondary transducer array. The primary transducer array acts as a coherent signal source, and the secondary transducer array acts as a controllable diffraction pattern that focuses energy onto the neural cortex in a desired pattern. In addition, the pattern of energy is constructed such that each portion projected into the neural cortex may be individually pulsed at low frequency. This low frequency pulsing is formed by controlling the phase differences between the emitted energy of the elements of primary and secondary transducer arrays.
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A method for projecting sensory data in a part of a human brain, the method comprising:
- emitting a first acoustical energy as a coherent signal source toward the human brain;
- producing a diffraction pattern for the first emitted acoustic energy, the diffraction pattern being based on input sensory data;
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- altering neural firing timing in the brain with the diffraction pattern.
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