Biofeedback system and display device
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsGerd Lanfermann, Richard Daniel Willmann
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A biofeedback system and a display device for the use in the biofeedback system. Also disclosed is a method for a biofeedback treatment of a person or an animal. Biofeedback is a therapy method which is used in rehabilitation facilities, for example in the neurological rehabilitation. A neural signal magnitude below a certain threshold does not result in a muscle response, for example, because the provided stimulus is insufficient to trigger the muscle. In order to provide a patient with an intuitive feedback of the sub-threshold neural signal nevertheless, the signal is detected and made recognizable to the patient.
Claims18
A biofeedback system, comprising:
- a display device, and
- a sensor comprising a multitude of electrodes,
- wherein the sensor is adapted to form a first layer to be attached to a person or to an animal and the display device is adapted to form a second layer disposed directly on top of the first layer being wearable by the person or animal,
- wherein a neural signal is detectable by the sensor and wherein a spatial distribution of the signal is visually presentable by the display device.
A method for a biofeedback treatment of a person or animal, comprising:
- attaching a sensor with a multitude of electrodes to the person or animal,
- attaching a display device to a body part of the person or animal,
- detecting a neural signal by the multitude of electrodes, and
- visualizing a spatial distribution of the neural signal on the display device, which is provided as a light emitting textile;
- wherein the display is adapted to form a first layer and the sensor is adapted to form a second layer disposed directly on top of the first layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.