Immersive cyberspace system
First Claim
1. An immersive cyberspace system, comprising:
- a relaxation chair adapted to receive a subject, wherein the relaxation chair is configured to place the subject in a relaxed neutral body position;
a motion base attached to an underside of the relaxation chair and configured to support and elevate the relaxation chair above a floor level, wherein the motion base is configured to move the relaxation chair;
a neutral immersion display hood configured to substantially cover a head of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair, wherein the neutral immersion display hood is adapted to produce light images and sounds, and wherein the neutral immersion display hood comprises;
an opaque shroud configured to cover at least a portion of the head of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair;
a projection screen moveably attached to the shroud and configured to substantially cover a front portion of the head of the subject during use;
a headrest located within the shroud and configured to support the head of the subject; and
at least one audio speaker located within the shroud and configured to produce sounds over an audible frequency range; and
at least one neutral hand posture controller configured to maintain the hand of the subject in a neutral posture, and comprising at least one pressure-sensitive electrical switch configured for activation by movement of the hand.
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Abstract
An immersive cyberspace system is presented which provides visual, audible, and vibrational inputs to a subject remaining in neutral immersion, and also provides for subject control input. The immersive cyberspace system includes a relaxation chair and a neutral immersion display hood. The relaxation chair supports a subject positioned thereupon, and places the subject in position which merges a neutral body position, the position a body naturally assumes in zero gravity, with a savasana yoga position. The display hood, which covers the subject'"'"'s head, is configured to produce light images and sounds. An image projection subsystem provides either external or internal image projection. The display hood includes a projection screen moveably attached to an opaque shroud. A motion base supports the relaxation chair and produces vibrational inputs over a range of about 0-30 Hz. The motion base also produces limited translation and rotational movements of the relaxation chair. These limited translational and rotational movements, when properly coordinated with visual stimuli, constitute motion cues which create sensations of pitch, yaw, and roll movements. Vibration transducers produce vibrational inputs from about 20 Hz to about 150 Hz. An external computer, coupled to various components of the immersive cyberspace system, executes a software program and creates the cyberspace environment. One or more neutral hand posture controllers may be coupled to the external computer system and used to control various aspects of the cyberspace environment, or to enter data during the cyberspace experience.
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60 Claims
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1. An immersive cyberspace system, comprising:
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a relaxation chair adapted to receive a subject, wherein the relaxation chair is configured to place the subject in a relaxed neutral body position; a motion base attached to an underside of the relaxation chair and configured to support and elevate the relaxation chair above a floor level, wherein the motion base is configured to move the relaxation chair; a neutral immersion display hood configured to substantially cover a head of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair, wherein the neutral immersion display hood is adapted to produce light images and sounds, and wherein the neutral immersion display hood comprises; an opaque shroud configured to cover at least a portion of the head of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair; a projection screen moveably attached to the shroud and configured to substantially cover a front portion of the head of the subject during use; a headrest located within the shroud and configured to support the head of the subject; and at least one audio speaker located within the shroud and configured to produce sounds over an audible frequency range; and at least one neutral hand posture controller configured to maintain the hand of the subject in a neutral posture, and comprising at least one pressure-sensitive electrical switch configured for activation by movement of the hand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A neutral immersion display hood, comprising:
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an opaque shroud configured to substantially cover a top portion, side portions, and a back portion of a user'"'"'s head; a projection screen moveably attached to the shroud and configured to substantially cover a front portion of the user'"'"'s head during use; a headrest located within the shroud and configured to support the user'"'"'s head; and at least one audio speaker located within the shroud and configured to produce sounds over an audible frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A neutral hand posture controller, comprising:
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a wrist support configured to support a user'"'"'s wrist; a base; a palm piece configured to support a user'"'"'s hand and moveably attached to the base, wherein the palm piece and the base are oriented such that a user'"'"'s hand is retained in a neutral position defined by an axial rotation of the user'"'"'s hand about an attached user'"'"'s arm of about 30 degrees; and at least one pressure-sensitive electrical switch configured for activation by movement of the user'"'"'s hand. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An immersive cyberspace system, comprising:
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a relaxation chair adapted to receive a subject, wherein the relaxation chair is configured to place the subject in a relaxed neutral body position; a motion base attached to an underside of the relaxation chair and configured to support and elevate the relaxation chair above a floor level, wherein the motion base is configured to move the relaxation chair; a neutral immersion display hood configured to substantially cover a head of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair, wherein the neutral immersion display hood is adapted to produce light images and sounds; and at least one neutral hand posture controller configured to maintain the hand of the subject in a neutral posture, each hand posture controller comprising; at least one pressure-sensitive electrical switch configured for activation by movement of the hand; a wrist support configured to support a wrist of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair; a palm piece configured to support a hand of the subject; and a base coupled to the palm piece, wherein the base and palm piece are oriented such that the hand of the subject is retained in a neutral position defined by an axial rotation of the hand about an attached arm of the subject of about 30 degrees. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. An immersive cyberspace system, comprising:
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a relaxation chair adapted to receive a subject, wherein the relaxation chair is configured to place the subject in a relaxed neutral body position; and a neutral immersion display hood configured to substantially cover a head of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair, wherein the neutral immersion display hood is adapted to produce light images and sounds, wherein the neutral immersion display hood comprises; an opaque shroud configured to cover at least a portion of the head of the subject positioned on the relaxation chair; a projection screen attached to the shroud and configured to substantially cover a front portion of the subject'"'"'s head during use; a headrest located within the shroud and configured to support the subject'"'"'s head; and at least one audio speaker located within the shroud and configured to produce sounds over an audible frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A neutral immersion display hood, comprising:
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an opaque shroud configured to cover at least a portion of a user'"'"'s head; a projection screen moveably attached to the shroud and configured to substantially cover a front portion of the user'"'"'s head during use; a headrest located within the shroud and configured to support the user'"'"'s head; and at least one audio speaker located within the shroud and configured to produce sounds over an audible frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (60)
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