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US 8,272,954 B2Granted
Foot input type brain training device and computer program
AssigneeSSD Company Limited
InventorHiromu Ueshima
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Abstract
A mat unit 7 is provided with four foot switches SW1 to SW4 each of which detects stepping motion as input from a player. A processor 11 displays a player character 21 which travels in virtual space on a television monitor 5 on the basis of a result of detection by the mat unit 7, and furthermore arranges tasks 23L, 23C and 23L in the virtual space. The player chooses one which is different from the other two from among the tasks 23L, 23C and 23L. The processor 11 performs correctness/incorrectness determination on the basis of the result of the detection by the mat unit 7.
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A foot input type brain training apparatus comprising:
- an input unit configured to include a plurality of detecting units each of which detects stepping motion as input from a player;
- a video controlling unit operable to display a video image which represents travel in virtual space displayed in a display device based on a result of detection by said input unit;
- a task arranging unit operable to arrange a predetermined task in the virtual space;
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- an evaluating unit operable to evaluate based on the result of the detection by said input unit and the predetermined task,
- wherein the predetermined task is a task which gives information to the player, makes the player memorize the information temporarily, and makes the player process the information, and
- wherein the predetermined task is a task by which activity of a part of a prefrontal cortex in a brain increases during the player performs the predetermined task by cooperation with input operation of the player by said input unit.
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A foot input type brain training apparatus comprising:
- an input unit configured to include a plurality of detecting units each of which detects stepping motion as input from a player;
- a video controlling unit operable to display a video image which represents travel in virtual space displayed in a display device based on a result of detection by said input unit;
- a task arranging unit operable to arrange a predetermined task in the virtual space;
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- an evaluating unit operable to evaluate based on the result of the detection by said input unit and the predetermined task,
- wherein the predetermined task is a task which gives information to the player, makes the player memorize the information temporarily, and makes the player process the information, and
- wherein the predetermined task is a task which yields a measurement result where electric activity or metabolic activity of nerves of a part of a prefrontal cortex in a brain increases when the electric activity or the metabolic activity of the nerves in the brain is measured during the player performs the predetermined task by input operation using said input unit.
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A foot input type brain training apparatus comprising:
- an input unit configured to include a plurality of detecting units each of which detects stepping motion as input from a player;
- a video controlling unit operable to display a video image which represents travel in virtual space displayed in a display device based on a result of detection by said input unit;
- a task arranging unit operable to arrange a predetermined task in the virtual space;
- an evaluating unit operable to evaluate based on the result of the detection by said input unit and the predetermined task;
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- a course generating unit operable to generate a course for traveling in the virtual space,
- wherein said task arranging unit arranges a plurality of task objects which represent the predetermined task as a group on the course,
- the foot input type brain training apparatus further comprising:
- a motion determining unit operable to determine which one of a plurality of predetermined motion patterns motion of the player corresponds to based on a result of detection by the detecting unit,
- wherein the plurality of the predetermined motion patterns are a part or all of a motionless state, a walking motion, a running motion, a side stepping motion, and a jumping motion,
- wherein the course is divided into a plurality of areas along a traveling direction,
- wherein said task arranging unit aligns the plurality of the task objects by displaying the task object on each of the areas,
- wherein said video controlling unit displays the video image representing the travel on the single area if the motion pattern determined by said motion determining unit corresponds to any one of the motionless state, the walking motion, the running motion, and the jumping motion, and
- wherein said video controlling unit displays the video image representing a shift from the one area to the other area if the motion pattern determined by said motion determining unit corresponds to the side stepping motion.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program configured to cause a computer to function as a foot input type brain training apparatus, by executing the steps of:
- displaying a video image which represents travel in virtual space displayed in a display device based on a result of detection by an input unit including a plurality of detecting units each of which detects stepping motion as input from a player;
- arranging a predetermined task in the virtual space;
- and
- evaluating based on the result of the detection by said input unit and the predetermined task,
- wherein the predetermined task is a task which gives information to the player, makes the player memorize the information temporarily, and makes the player process the information, and
- wherein the predetermined task is a task by which activity of a part of a prefrontal cortex in a brain increases during the player performs the predetermined task by cooperation with input operation of the player by said input unit.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program configured to cause a computer to function as a foot input type brain training apparatus, by executing the steps of:
- displaying a video image which represents travel in virtual space displayed in a display device based on a result of detection by an input unit including a plurality of detecting units each of which detects stepping motion as input from a player;
- arranging a predetermined task in the virtual space;
- and
- evaluating based on the result of the detection by said input unit and the predetermined task,
- wherein the predetermined task is a task which gives information to the player, makes the player memorize the information temporarily, and makes the player process the information, and
- wherein the predetermined task is a task which yields a measurement result where electric activity or metabolic activity of nerves of a part of a prefrontal cortex in a brain increases when the electric activity or the metabolic activity of the nerves in the brain is measured during the player performs the predetermined task by input operation using said input unit.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program configured to cause a computer to function as a foot input type brain training apparatus, by executing a process comprising the steps of:
- displaying a video image which represents travel in virtual space displayed in a display device based on a result of detection by an input unit including a plurality of detecting units each of which detects stepping motion as input from a player;
- arranging a predetermined task in the virtual space;
- evaluating based on the result of the detection by said input unit and the predetermined task;
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- generating a course for traveling in the virtual space,
- said step of arranging the predetermined task comprising:
- arranging a plurality of task objects which represent the predetermined task as a group on the course,
- the process further comprising the step of:
- determining which one of a plurality of predetermined motion patterns motion of the player corresponds to based on a result of detection by the detecting unit,
- wherein the plurality of the predetermined motion patterns are a part or all of a motionless state, a walking motion, a running motion, a side stepping motion, and a jumping motion,
- wherein the course is divided into a plurality of areas along a traveling direction,
- the step of arranging the plurality of the task objects comprising:
- aligning the plurality of the task objects by displaying the task object on each of the areas,
- the step of displaying the video image comprising:
- displaying the video image representing the travel on the single area if the motion pattern determined by the step of determining corresponds to any one of the motionless state, the walking motion, the running motion, and the jumping motion, and displaying the video image representing a shift from the one area to the other area if the motion pattern determined by the step of determining corresponds to the side stepping motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.