CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20110074668A1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: MANDANAPU, Subash, MALLYA, Satya
• Application Number:
  US12/895,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20110074668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

The present system relates to a device for imparting control to an application program. The device comprises a first sensor for carrying out a brainwave measurement when said first sensor is in contact with a user'"'"'s head. The device further comprising a second sensor adapted to generate an output signal obtained from a measurement by the second sensor, when can for instance be a gyro sensor or a camera. The device is operable to use the output signal for imparting control to the application program in case the brainwave measurement falls outside a given interval of brainwave measurement values. The present system thus discloses a device that has an increased accuracy compared to the prior art devices.

Claims

1. A device for imparting control to an application program, said device comprising a first sensor for carrying out a brainwave measurement when said first sensor is in contact with a user'"'"'s head, said device further comprising a second sensor adapted to generate an output signal obtained from a measurement by said second sensor, said device being operable to use said output signal for imparting control to said application program if said brainwave measurement falls outside a given interval of brainwave measurement values.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the second sensor is a gyro sensor.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the second sensor is a camera.

4. The device of claim 1 further operable to present the control to the user on a presenter and to carry out said control in accordance with a confirmation of said user.

5. The device of claim 1 further operable to establish the interval as a function of brainwave measurements values carried out on the user.

6. The device of claim 1 further operable to prompt the user by means of a message displayed on a presenter to generate the output signal.

7. The device of claim 1 further operable to carry out the brainwave measurement and to generate the output signal at the same time.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the second sensor is a gyro sensor.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein the second sensor is a camera.

11. The method of claim 6 further comprising the act of presenting the control to the user on a presenter and the act of carrying out said control in accordance with a confirmation of said user.

12. The method of claim 6 further comprising the act of establishing the interval as a function of brainwave measurements values carried out on the user.

13. The method of claim 6 further comprising the act of prompting said user by means of a message displayed on a presenter to generate said output signal.

14. The method of claim 6 wherein the act of carrying out said brainwave measurement and the act of measuring said output signal are carried out at the same time.

8. A method for imparting control to an application program, the method being carried out by a device comprising a first sensor adapted to be in contact with a user'"'"'s head, comprising:

the act of carrying out a brainwave measurement by said first sensor, said method further comprising

the act of measuring an output signal generated by a second sensor,

the act of checking whether said brainwave measurement falls outside a given interval of brainwave measurement values, and

the act of using said output signal for imparting said control to said application program if said brainwave measurement falls outside the given interval of brainwave measurement values.

15. A computer program for imparting control to an application program, said computer program being stored on a computer readable memory medium, said computer program comprising:

a program portion configured to carry out a brainwave measurement by a first sensor, when said first sensor is in contact with a user'"'"'s head,

a program portion configured to check whether said brainwave measurement falls outside a given interval of brainwave measurement values,

a program portion configured to measure an output signal generated by a second sensor, and,

a program portion configured to use said output signal for imparting control to said application program if said brainwave measurement falls outside the given interval of brainwave measurement values.

16. The computer program of claim 15 further comprising a program portion configured to present the control to the user on a presenter and to carry out said control in accordance with a confirmation of said user.

17. The computer program of claim 15 further comprising a program portion configured to establish the interval as a function of brainwave measurements values carried out on the user.

18. The computer program of claim 15 further comprising a program portion configured to prompt the user by means of a message displayed on a presenter to generate the output signal.

19. The computer program of claim 15 further comprising a program portion configured to carry out the brainwave measurement and to measure the output signal at the same time.