Computational user-health testing

• US 20090005653A1
• Filed: 06/02/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Application Number:
  US12/156,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20090005653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/00 Apparatus for testing the eyes; Instruments for examining the eyes eye inspection using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/10; devices for treatment of the eyes A61F9/00; exercisers for the eyes A61H5/00; optical systems in general G02B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1101 Detecting tremor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1124 Determining motor skills
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/121 evaluating hearing capacity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/161 Flicker fusion testing eye testing A61B3/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/162 Testing reaction times
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4023 Evaluating sense of balance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4064 Evaluating the brain A61B5/031, A61B5/369, A61B5/14553 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4076 Diagnosing or monitoring particular conditions of the nervous system A61B5/4821, A61B5/4824 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4082 Diagnosing or monitoring movement diseases, e.g. Parkinson, Huntington or Tourette
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4088 Diagnosing of monitoring cognitive diseases, e.g. Alzheimer, prion diseases or dementia
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4094 Diagnosing or monitoring seizure diseases, e.g. epilepsy
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out implementing in at least one device at least one user-health test function that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection, the at least one application being operable on the at least one device; obtaining user data in response to an interaction between a user and the at least one application; and presenting an output of the at least one user-health test function at least partly based on the user data.

Claims

1-67. -67. (canceled)

68. A system comprising:

a user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection; and

a device configured to obtain user data in response to an interaction between a user and the at least one application;

wherein the user-health test unit is configured to present an output of at least one user-health test function at least partly based on the user data.

69. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

an alertness or attention test module.

70. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a memory test module.

71. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a speech test module.

72. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a calculation test module.

73. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a neglect or construction test module.

74. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a task sequencing test module.

75. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a visual field test module.

76. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a pupillary reflex or eye movement test module.

77. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a face pattern test module.

78. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a hearing test module.

79. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a voice test module.

80. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a motor skill test module.

81. The system of claim 68, wherein the user-health test unit that is structurally distinct from at least one application whose primary function is different from symptom detection comprises:

a body movement test module.

82. The system of claim 68, wherein the device configured to obtain user data in response to an interaction between a user and the at least one application comprises:

a data capture module.

83. The system of claim 68, wherein the device configured to obtain user data in response to an interaction between a user and the at least one application comprises:

a data detection module.

84. The system of claim 68, wherein the device configured to obtain user data in response to an interaction between a user and the at least one application comprises:

a user input device.

85. The system of claim 68, wherein the device configured to obtain user data in response to an interaction between a user and the at least one application comprises:

a user monitoring device.