US 8,285,657 B2 · Mobile brain-based device having a simulated nervous system based on the hippocampus

Abstract

A brain-based device (BBD) having a physical mobile device NOMAD controlling and under control by a simulated nervous system. The simulated nervous system is based on an intricate anatomy and physiology of the hippocampus and its surrounding neuronal regions including the cortex. The BBD integrates spatial signals from numerous objects in time and provides flexible navigation solutions to aid in the exploration of unknown environments. As NOMAD navigates in its real world environment, the hippocampus of the simulated nervous system organizes multi-modal input information received from sensors on NOMAD over timescales and uses this organization for the development of spatial and episodic memories necessary for navigation.

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Dependent claims

A mobile brain-based device for navigating in a real-world environment, comprising:

a) a mobile adaptive device having sensors for sensing multi-modal information in the real-world environment;
b) a simulated nervous system for receiving and processing the multi-modal information sensed by the sensors and, in response, for outputting information to control movement of said mobile adaptive device in the environment;
and
c) wherein said simulated nervous system exhibits the morphology and functionality of a part of a human brain, and includes sensor input streams, an output motor stream, and a neural area analogous to the hippocampus of the human brain being coupled to said sensor input streams and to said output motor stream of the simulated nervous system.

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Facts

Application

12/953,880Filed 24 Nov 2010 · continuation

Priority

15 Jul 2004

Published

US 2011/0071968 A124 Mar 2011

Granted

9 Oct 2012

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

G05D 1/243
Arrangements for determining position or orientation: means capturing signals occurring naturally from the environment, e.g. ambient optical,…
G06N 3/08
Neural networks: learning methods
G05D 1/0242
Using optical position detecting means: using non-visible light signals, e.g. IR or UV signals
G05D 1/0246
Using optical position detecting means: using a video camera in combination with image processing means

Family

Application60/588,107Us provisional application · filed 15 Jul 2004

Application11/179,371Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jul 2005

Application12/331,133Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Dec 2008

US 2011/0071968 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Mar 2011

US 7,844,556 B2Parent of this continuation

US 7,467,115 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2006/0129506 A1Published application

US 2009/0089229 A1Published application

US 8,285,657 B2This patent

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Mobile brain-based device having a simulated nervous system based on the hippocampus

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Mobile brain-based device having a simulated nervous system based on the hippocampus

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Abstract

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