System for analyzing mental and behavioral correlations

• US 20140163408A1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ideal Innovations, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ideal Innovations, Inc.
• Inventors: Kocher, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/102,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20140163408A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/544
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A system and that detects the brain activity of one or more subjects using EEG sensor devices, analyzes the brain activity to detect information indicating certain physical conditions or future behavior of the one or more subjects, and uses the information indicating physical conditions or future behaviors to make decisions concerning the one or more subjects or the organization relating to them.

Claims

1. A system for detecting an person'"'"'s mental status, comprising

a sensor device that detects electrical activity that takes place in an person'"'"'s brain;

a first communication device, operatively connected to the sensor device, that transmits a signal containing the electrical activity detected by the sensor device;

a second communications device that receives the signal transmitted by the first communication device; and

a computer, operatively connected to the second communication device, that performs a method comprising the steps of

comparing the detected electrical activity to patterns of electrical activity for the person contained in a record stored in memory;

determining a degree of similarity of each pattern of electrical activity in the record to the detected electrical activity; and

displaying the degree of similarity of each pattern of electrical activity on a display device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device detects total power of an EEG of the person'"'"'s brain and the patterns of electrical activity for the person contained in the record are patterns of total power of the EEG of the person'"'"'s brain.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device is integrated into a helmet worn by the person and the person is an athlete.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device is integrated into a helmet worn by the person and the person is an athlete, the sensor device detects total power of an EEG of the person'"'"'s brain, and the patterns of electrical activity for the person contained in the record are patterns of total power of the EEG of the person'"'"'s brain.

5. A system for detecting a brain injury in an athlete, comprising

a sensor device integrated into a helmet worn by an athlete that detects electrical activity taking place in the athlete'"'"'s brain;

a first communication device integrated into the helmet and operatively connected to the sensor device that transmits a signal containing the electrical activity detected by the sensor device;

a second communications device that receives the signal transmitted by the first communication device; and

a computer, operatively connected to the second communication device and a display device, that displays the signal received by the second communication device.

6. A method for evaluating the probability of success of a performance tactic, comprising the steps of

detecting electrical activity occurring in a brain of a person using a sensor device;

wirelessly transmitting a signal that contains the detected electrical activity of the person using a first wireless communications device;

wirelessly receiving the transmitted signal using a second wireless communication device;

comparing the detected electrical activity to patterns of electrical activity for the person contained in a record stored in memory of a computer;

determining a degree of similarity of each pattern of electrical activity in the record to the detected electrical activity;

displaying the degree of similarity of each pattern of electrical activity on a display device. and

selecting a tactic based on the degrees of similarity indicated on the display device.