Electroencephalographic headset

• US 8,774,895 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Wada, Seiji, Yamazaki, Takeshi, Kimura, Natsuki, Wakita, Yoshihiro, Kashima, Koji, Tanaka, Tomiji, Nakamura, Mitsuhiro, Sakaguchi, Tatsumi, Soma, Haruhiko, Yamamoto, Takuro
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S
• Application Number:
  US13/616,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20130085363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 600/383, 600/396, 600/397
• US Class Current: 600/383
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/291 for electroencephalography [EEG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6814 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6843 Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure

Abstract

An electroencephalographic headset includes: a supporter that includes expanding and contracting wires each having expansion and contraction properties and is to be attached to a head of a user by expansion and contraction of each of the expanding and contracting wires; and a plurality of electrodes that are provided to the supporter in defined placement.

Claims

1. An electroencephalographic headset, comprising:

a supporter that includes expanding and contracting wires each having expansion and contraction properties and is to be attached to a head of a user by expansion and contraction of each of the expanding and contracting wires; and

a plurality of electrodes that are provided to the supporter in defined placement,

wherein each of the plurality of electrodes is constituted of;

a core that is formed of silver/silver chloride with each of the expanding and contracting wires being a center axis, and

an elastic member that is wound around the core in a cylindrical form and impregnated with an electrolytic solution.

2. The electroencephalographic headset according to claim 1, wherein the supporter is constituted of:

an annular frame to be placed around the head of the user, and

the expanding and contracting wires that are radially connected to each other and are connected to the annular frame.

3. The electroencephalographic headset according to claim 1, wherein the supporter is constituted of

a head-fixing arm to be attached to the head of the user, and

the expanding and contracting wires that are concentrically connected to the head-fixing arm.

4. The electroencephalographic headset according to claim 1, further comprising a driving unit configured to rotate one of the plurality of electrodes when electrical contact between the one of the plurality of electrodes and a scalp of the user is loose, the electrical contact being detected based on contact resistance of the one of the plurality of electrodes.

5. The electroencephalographic headset according to claim 1, wherein

the defined placement is electrode placement according to an international 10-20 system, and

the expanding and contracting wires are connected corresponding to the electrode placement according to the international 10-20 system.