Attention assistance device and method
AssigneeGeorge Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc.
InventorsMohammad A. Asad, Nathalia Peixoto
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Abstract
An attention assistance device for providing attention assistance including various features that help maintain a user's focus on a given task. The attention assistance device may include an activity sensor that generates an activity output in response to detection of a user generated activity. The attention assistance device may also have a timer that increments a counter at regular time intervals, resets the counter in response to the activity output, and generates a timer output when the counter reaches a threshold. Further, the attention assistance device may include a stimulation unit that alerts a user in response to the timer output.
Claims1
An attention assistance device, comprising:
- a hand-held instrument;
- an activity sensor configured to generate an activity output in response to detection of a user generated activity of the hand-held instrument;
- a timer configured to determine when a period after the activity output exceeds a threshold without the occurrence of another activity output;
- a stimulation unit configured to alert a user when the period exceeds the threshold, the stimulation unit including a vibrator;
- a storage unit for storing data related to the user's operation of the hand-held instrument;
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- a transmission interface for transmitting data to a computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.