System and Method for Controlling the Presentation of Material and Operation of External Devices
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1. A system comprising:
- a) an exercise apparatus;
b) a microphone positioned so as to be operable to detect speech by a user of the exercise apparatus;
c) a display positioned so as to be visible to the user of the exercise apparatus and operable to display material from a defined source;
d) a natural language comparator operable to compare speech detected by the microphone with material from the defined source; and
e) a rate optimizer operable to determine a set of data comprising one or more rates based at least in part on an output from the natural language comparator;
wherein the set of data is used to control the exercise apparatus.
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Abstract
By performing a comparison of words spoken by a speaker and defined material which is presented to the speaker, information can be determined which allows for the convenient control of the presentation of material and external devices. A comparison of a speaker'"'"'s words with defined material can be beneficially used as an input for controlling the operation of an exercise apparatus, video games, material presented to an audience, and the presentation of the material itself. Similar feedback loops can also be used with measurement and stimulation of neurophysiologic states, to make the activity of reading more enjoyable and convenient, or for other purposes.
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1. A system comprising:
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a) an exercise apparatus; b) a microphone positioned so as to be operable to detect speech by a user of the exercise apparatus; c) a display positioned so as to be visible to the user of the exercise apparatus and operable to display material from a defined source; d) a natural language comparator operable to compare speech detected by the microphone with material from the defined source; and e) a rate optimizer operable to determine a set of data comprising one or more rates based at least in part on an output from the natural language comparator; wherein the set of data is used to control the exercise apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a) a natural language comparator operable to derive a plurality of measurements regarding a user'"'"'s speech input based on a comparison of the user'"'"'s speech input with a text string obtained from a defined material source; b) a display control component operable to determine an image for presentation on a display based on one or more of the measurements derived by the natural language comparator; c) a metric storage system operable to store a set of performance data based on the user'"'"'s speech input. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a) a microphone operable to detect spoken words; b) a natural language comparator operable to generate a set of output data based on a comparison of spoken words detected by the microphone with a set of defined information corresponding to a presentation, wherein said presentation comprises a speech having content and wherein the defined information comprises a semantically determined subset of the content of the speech; c) a display control component operable to cause a portion of the set of defined information to be presented on a display visible to an individual presenting the speech and to alter the portion presented on the display based on the set of output data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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