System for generating output based on involuntary and voluntary user input without providing output information to induce user to alter involuntary input
First Claim
1. An interactive computer system comprising:
- an input device for sensing a voluntary input by a user and generating a first signal representative thereof;
a sensor for sensing an autonomous nervous system response of the user and generating a second signal representative thereof;
a computer for executing a computer program, said program being responsive to the first and second signals in a manner that alters the execution of the program in a preselected way;
an output command generated by the program, said output command being based at least in part upon the first and second signals; and
an output device responsive to the output command for communicating with the user without cognitively conveving information representative of the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response to the user and without inducing the user to voluntarily alter the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response.
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Abstract
An interactive computer system responsive to a user'"'"'s voluntary and autonomic nervous system responses. The interactive computer system includes a computer, a voluntary input device requiring intentional actuation by the use, a sensor to detect autonomic nervous system responses, an interface device, and an output device. The voluntary input devices and output devices communicate with the computer. The sensors detect autonomic nervous system signals of a user and generate signals representative of the responses. The interface device communicates with the sensors and the computer. The interface device conditions the signals generated by the sensors and transmits the signals to the computer. The computer is responsive to the signals and produces an output command which is in part dependent upon the signals. The output device responds appropriately to the output command produced by the computer.
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33 Claims
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1. An interactive computer system comprising:
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an input device for sensing a voluntary input by a user and generating a first signal representative thereof; a sensor for sensing an autonomous nervous system response of the user and generating a second signal representative thereof; a computer for executing a computer program, said program being responsive to the first and second signals in a manner that alters the execution of the program in a preselected way; an output command generated by the program, said output command being based at least in part upon the first and second signals; and an output device responsive to the output command for communicating with the user without cognitively conveving information representative of the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response to the user and without inducing the user to voluntarily alter the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response. - 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)
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25. A method of controlling the output of a computer, comprising the steps of:
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sensing an autonomic nervous system response of a user; converting the sensed autonomic nervous system response into a digital signal; transmitting the digital signal to a computer executing a computer program; processing the digital signal in the computer program and generating output data which is at least in part dependent upon the digital signal; and communicating to the user computer output based on the output data without cognitively conveying information representative of the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response to the user and without inducing the user to voluntarily alter the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response.
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26. An interactive computer system comprising:
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an input device for sensing an intentional user input; sensor for sensing an autonomous nervous system response of the user representing non-intentional user input; a computer, having a memory, for executing a computer program, said program being responsive to a combination of the intentional user input and the nonintentional user input in a manner that alters the execution of the program in a preselected way; an output command generated by the program, said output command being based at least in part upon the intentional user input and at least in part upon the nonintentional user input; and an output device responsive to the output command for communicating with the user without cognitively conveying information representative of the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response to the user and without inducing the user to voluntarily alter the user'"'"'s autonomic nervous system response. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A combination input-output device for an interactive computer system comprising:
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a holder for interfacing with an anatomical part of the body of a user; a plurality of electrodes located on the holder and bridged by the user'"'"'s body so that the user'"'"'s body contacts the electrodes, the electrodes being selectively connectable to a first circuit for measuring a first physiological condition of the user and being selectively connectable to a second circuit for causing a first physiological sensation in the user; a mechanical device connected to the holder for sensing a second physiological condition of the user and for causing a second physiological sensation in the user. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A networked interactive computer system, comprising:
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a first computer operable by a first user, said computer executing a first computer program, the first program being responsive to a sensor signal in a manner that alters the execution of the first program in a preselected way and generating a first output command based at least in part on the sensor signal; at least one additional computer operable by a second user and being in communication with the first computer, said additional computer executing a second computer program, the second computer program being responsive to the first output command in a preselected way and generating a second output command that is based at least in part on the first output command; at least one sensor in communication with the first computer for sensing at least one autonomic nervous system response of the first user and generating the sensor signal representative thereof; and at least one output device in communication with the additional computer, said output device being responsive to said second output command and communicating to the second user information representative of the autonomic nervous system response of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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