Modifying a psychophysiological state of a subject
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1. A system for modifying a psychophysiological state of a subject comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a psychophysiological measure of the subject;
a processor configured to process the detected psychophysiological measure so as to provide a signal indicative of the psychophysiological state of the subject;
a motive source coupled to the processor and configured to output a haptic stimulus according to a pattern that mimics a desired respiration pattern to gradually guide the subject to a desired psychophysiological state, wherein the desired respiration pattern is a regular or repeated pattern that gradually slows over time; and
a television configured to output an output stimulus being at least one or any combination of an audio stimulus and a visual stimulus to the subject, the output stimulus being derived from an audio-visual data signal provided by the television for displaying a content on the television,wherein the processor is further configured to modulate the audio-visual data signal in real time based on the signal indicative of the psychophysiological state of the subject,wherein the television comprises a display arranged in a split-screen configuration comprising plural definable parts, wherein the processor is further configured to display a portion of the content in an unaltered state in a first screen part of the split-screen display, and to display a further portion of the content in an altered state including distortions of characteristics of the content in a second screen part of the split-screen display in response to the modulated audio-visual data signal, andwherein the motive source is further configured to provide feedback to the subject to follow the desired respiration pattern to reduce the distortions of the content displayed in the second screen part as the psychophysiological state of the subject gets closer to the desired psychophysiological state, and wherein the processor gradually restores the content displayed in the second screen part to the unaltered state to match the unaltered state of the content displayed in the first screen part in response to the subject changing the psychophysiological state to the desired psychophysiological state.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for modifying a psychophysiological state of a subject include detecting a psychophysiological measure of the subject; processing the detected physiological measure so as to provide a signal indicative of a psychophysiological state of the subject; and outputting at least one of an audio stimulus, visual stimulus, haptic stimulus, temperature stimulus and scent stimulus to the subject. The output stimulus may be derived from an audio-visual data signal provided to the apparatus. Further, the output stimulus is adjusting in real time based on the signal indicative of a psychophysiological state of the subject.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for modifying a psychophysiological state of a subject comprising:
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a sensor configured to detect a psychophysiological measure of the subject; a processor configured to process the detected psychophysiological measure so as to provide a signal indicative of the psychophysiological state of the subject; a motive source coupled to the processor and configured to output a haptic stimulus according to a pattern that mimics a desired respiration pattern to gradually guide the subject to a desired psychophysiological state, wherein the desired respiration pattern is a regular or repeated pattern that gradually slows over time; and a television configured to output an output stimulus being at least one or any combination of an audio stimulus and a visual stimulus to the subject, the output stimulus being derived from an audio-visual data signal provided by the television for displaying a content on the television, wherein the processor is further configured to modulate the audio-visual data signal in real time based on the signal indicative of the psychophysiological state of the subject, wherein the television comprises a display arranged in a split-screen configuration comprising plural definable parts, wherein the processor is further configured to display a portion of the content in an unaltered state in a first screen part of the split-screen display, and to display a further portion of the content in an altered state including distortions of characteristics of the content in a second screen part of the split-screen display in response to the modulated audio-visual data signal, and wherein the motive source is further configured to provide feedback to the subject to follow the desired respiration pattern to reduce the distortions of the content displayed in the second screen part as the psychophysiological state of the subject gets closer to the desired psychophysiological state, and wherein the processor gradually restores the content displayed in the second screen part to the unaltered state to match the unaltered state of the content displayed in the first screen part in response to the subject changing the psychophysiological state to the desired psychophysiological state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for modifying a psychophysiological state of a subject comprising the acts of:
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detecting a psychophysiological measure of the subject by a sensor; processing the detected psychophysiological measure so as to provide a signal indicative of a psychophysiological state of the subject; outputting an output stimulus being at least one or any combination of an audio stimulus, visual stimulus, haptic stimulus, temperature stimulus and scent stimulus to the subject, the output stimulus being derived from a television signal comprising an audio-visual data signal for displaying television content on a display; modulating a current value of the audio-visual data signal in real time to form a modulated audio-visual data signal based on the signal indicative of a psychophysiological state of the subject and the current value of the audio-video data signal so as to derive a new value of the output stimulus; displaying on a first part of the display a portion of the television content in an unaltered state, and displaying on a second part of the display a further portion of the television content in an altered state including distortions of characteristics of the television content in response to the modulated audio-visual data signal; providing haptic feedback to the subject according to a pattern that mimics a desired respiration pattern to gradually guide the subject to a desired psychophysiological state, wherein the desired respiration pattern is a regular or repeated pattern that gradually slows over time, and to reduce the distortions of the content displayed on the second part of the display as the psychophysiological state of the subject gets closer to the desired psychophysiological state; and gradually restoring the television content displayed on the second part of the display to the unaltered state to match the unaltered state of the television content displayed on the first part of the display in response to the subject changing the psychophysiological state to the desired psychophysiological state. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform the acts of:
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detecting a psychophysiological measure of a subject by a sensor; processing the detected psychophysiological measure so as to provide a signal indicative of a psychophysiological state of the subject; outputting an output stimulus being at least one or any combination of an audio stimulus and a visual stimulus to the subject, the output stimulus being derived from a television signal comprising an audio-visual data signal for displaying television content on a display; modulating a current value of the audio-visual data signal in real time to form a modulated audio-visual data signal based on the signal indicative of the psychophysiological state of the subject and the current value of the audio-video data signal so as to derive a new value of the output stimulus; displaying on a first part of the display a portion of the television content in an unaltered state, and displaying on a second part of the display a further portion of the television content in an altered state including distortions of characteristics of the television content in response to the modulated audio-visual data signal; providing haptic feedback to the subject according to a pattern that mimics a desired respiration pattern to gradually guide the subject to a desired psychophysiological state, wherein the desired respiration pattern is a regular or repeated pattern that gradually slows over time, and to reduce the distortions of the television content displayed on the second part of the display as the psychophysiological state of the subject gets closer to the desired psychophysiological state; and gradually restoring the television content displayed on the second part of the display to the unaltered state to match the unaltered state of the television content displayed on the first part of the display in response to the subject changing the psychophysiological state to the desired psychophysiological state. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A television remote control for a television, the remote control being configured to modify a psychophysiological state of a subject and comprising:
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a sensor configured to detect a psychophysiological measure of the subject; a processor configured to process the detected psychophysiological measure so as to provide a signal indicative of the psychophysiological state of the subject; and an output unit coupled to the processor and configured to output an output stimulus comprising a haptic stimulus that comprises a pattern that mimics a gradually decreasing respiration rate to the subject to gradually guide the subject to a desired psychophysiological state, the pattern based on the signal indicative of the psychophysiological state of the subject, the processor further configured to output a television control signal, the television control signal comprising parameters corresponding to the psychophysiological measure, the parameters provided in the television control signal adjust audio and video settings of the television to modulate an audio and video output of the television in real time based on the parameters. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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