MEMORY TRAINING VIA VISUAL JOURNAL

• US 20080138783A1
• Filed: 12/06/2006
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Williams, Hilary Lyndsay, Browne, Georgina E., Berry, Emma L., Karkanias, Chris Demetrios, Butler, David Alexander, Hodges, Stephen E., Smyth, Samuel Gavin, Wood, Kenneth R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,287,281 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/322
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training

Abstract

A system that can enhance cognitive ability by viewing sequences of images captured during an event is disclosed. For example, the innovation can employ captured event sequences to improve failing memories in patients with a diagnosed memory condition such as acquired brain injury or neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer'"'"'s disease. These event sequences can be captured in the point-of-view of a user (e.g., first person) as well as from a third person or other monitoring location (e.g., car).

Claims

1. A system that facilitates autobiographical recall, comprising:

an event recorder component that captures a plurality of images associated with an event; and

a memory recollection component that prompts memory function via display of a subset of the of the images.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an event analysis component that locates the subset of the images as a function a portion of the event.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a challenge/response component that locates the subset of images as a function of a user response to a system-generated challenge.

4. The system of claim 2, further comprising a user query component that facilitates generation of a user-defined query, the subset of images is located as a function of the user-defined query.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an event playback component that facilitates display of the subset of the images.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a playback configuration component that formats the subset of images for display.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising a playback filtering component that filters images as a function of content within the images.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a machine learning and reasoning component that automates action of at least one of the event recorder component and the memory recollection component on behalf of a user.

9. The system of claim 1, the event recorder component includes a sensor component that enables definition of a plurality of chunks of image sequence data related to the event, each of the chunks define a sub-sequence that provides a memory stimuli.

10. The system of claim 9, the sensor component is at least one of an environmental and a physiological sensor component.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising an event annotation component that automatically annotates a subset of the images, the annotation describes context associated with each of the subset of images.

12. The system of claim 1, the plurality of images forms a video clip.

13. The system of claim 1, the event recorder component captures the plurality of images are captured from a wearer'"'"'s point of view.

14. The system of claim 1, the display is via a time-compressed format that facilitates display of the subset of images in rapid succession in a slide-show format.

15. A method of stimulating memory function, comprising:

selecting a record of an event encountered by a user; and

stimulating the user'"'"'s memory of auto-biographical events via replay of the record.

16. The method of claim 15, the record is at least one of a sequence of a plurality of images or a video stream.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising replaying the record at least two times;

the record is a sequence of images captured from the user'"'"'s point of view.

18. The method of claim 17, the act of replaying includes replaying in a time-compressed format.

19. A system that facilitates memory stimulation, comprising:

means for capturing a user point-of-view sequence of images associated with an event;

means for retrieving a subset of the user point-of-view sequence of images; and

means for replaying the subset of the user point-of-view sequence to stimulate the memory of the user.

20. The system of claim 19, the means for replying comprises means for replaying in a time-compressed format that at least one of aids recall of the event, improves cognitive ability of the user or counteracts decline in memory function of the user.