System and method for instructing a behavior change in a user

• US 9,763,592 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EMOTIV Inc.
• Original Assignee: EMOTIV Inc.
• Inventors: Le, Tan, Mackellar, Geoffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): BERHANU, ETSUB D
• Application Number:
  US13/903,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20130317384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,575 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/375 using biofeedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7285 for synchronising or triggering a physiological measurement or image acquisition with a physiological event or waveform, e.g. an ECG signal A61B6/5205, A61B6/541, A61B8/5207, A61B8/543 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A method and system for instructing a user behavior change comprising: collecting a first and a second bioelectrical signal dataset; generating an analysis based upon the first and the second bioelectrical signal datasets; and providing a behavior change suggestion to the user based upon the analysis. The method can further comprise collecting a third bioelectrical signal dataset associated with a performance of an action by the user in response to the behavior change suggestion; generating an adherence metric based upon the third bioelectrical signal dataset and at least one of the first and the second bioelectrical signal datasets; providing a stimulus configured to prompt an action by the user; and providing at least one of the analysis and an analysis based upon the adherence metric to the user. An embodiment of the system comprises a biosignal detector and a processor configured to implement an embodiment of the method.

Claims

1. A method for instructing a behavior change in a first user associated with a user device, using an EEG biosignal neuroheadset comprising an audio system, the method comprising:

establishing an electrical interface between the EEG biosignal neuroheadset and a body region of the first user, the body region proximal the head region;

with the EEG biosignal neuroheadset;

collecting a first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset associated with the first user performing a physical activity in a first instance, the physical activity relevant to the behavior change;

collecting a second EEG bioelectrical signal dataset associated with the first user and associated with the first user performing the physical activity in a second instance;

with a processor at a remote server;

generating an analysis based upon the first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset and the second EEG bioelectrical signal dataset;

generating a behavior change suggestion based on the analysis, wherein the behavior change suggestion is configured to bring the first user to a specific mental state;

automatically transmitting, via a wireless communicable link with the user device, the behavior change suggestion to the user device; and

providing the behavior change suggestion to the first user for bringing the first user to the specific mental state, comprising;

providing, at the audio system of the EEG biosignal neuroheadset, an audio stimulus based on the behavior change suggestion; and

controlling, with the remote server, the user device to adjust an aspect of the first user'"'"'s environment, based on the behavior change suggestion, wherein the aspect comprises at least one of;

lighting, temperature, and ambient sound.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically collecting, at the EEG biosignal neuroheadset, a third EEG bioelectrical signal dataset associated with the first user performing the physical activity in a third instance;

generating, at the remote server, an analysis of EEG activity changes between the third EEG bioelectrical signal dataset collected after automatically transmitting the behavior change suggestion and at least one of the first and the second bioelectrical signal datasets collected before transmitting the behavior change suggestion;

generating, at the remote server, an adherence metric assessing the first user'"'"'s adherence to the behavior change suggestion, based upon the analysis of EEG activity changes; and

transmitting, at the remote server, the adherence metric to the user device, wherein the adherence metric is presented to the first user at the user device for notifying the first user of adherence to the behavior change suggestion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the analysis further comprises generating the analysis based on a third EEG bioelectrical signal data from a second user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the analysis at the remote server comprises:

identifying a first mental state of the first user from the first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset; and

identifying a second mental state of the first user from the second EEG bioelectrical signal dataset;

wherein generating the behavior change suggestion comprises generating a mental state recipe based on the first and the second mental states, the mental state recipe configured to bring the first user to the specific mental state; and

wherein providing the audio stimulus comprises providing the audio stimulus based on the mental state recipe.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device is a mobile device of the first user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a stimulus prompting the physical activity in the first instance.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein providing the stimulus comprises providing at least one of a haptic stimulus, a visual stimulus, and an auditory stimulus upon detection of a user event from at least one of collected biometric data and collected environmental data from the first user, wherein the environmental data pertains to environmental conditions proximal the first user performing the physical activity in the first instance.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing feedback to the first user, based upon analysis of evoked potentials characterized by the second bioelectrical signal dataset.

9. A method for instructing a behavior change in a user, using an EEG biosignal neuroheadset, the method comprising:

with the EEG biosignal neuroheadset, collecting a first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset associated with the user and associated with the user performing a first physical activity;

with the EEG biosignal neuroheadset, collecting a second EEG bioelectrical signal dataset associated with the user and associated with the user performing a second physical activity;

with a processor at a remote server, generating an analysis based upon the first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset and the second EEG bioelectrical signal dataset;

at the remote server, generating a behavior change suggestion based on the analysis, wherein the behavior change suggestion is configured to bring the user to a specific mental state;

at the remote server, transmitting the behavior change suggestion to a user device of the user;

automatically providing the behavior change suggestion to the user based upon the analysis, wherein automatically providing the behavior change suggestion comprises controlling, with the remote server, the user device to adjust an aspect of the user'"'"'s environment, based on the behavior change suggestion, wherein the aspect comprises at least one of;

lighting, temperature, and ambient sound; and

at a biosignal detector, automatically collecting a third bioelectrical signal dataset.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein collecting the first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset at the EEG biosignal neuroheadset comprises:

upon detection of the user performing the first physical activity, automatically initiating collection of the first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset; and

automatically terminating collection of the first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first physical activity and the second physical activity are different physical activities, and wherein generating the analysis comprises measuring at least one of a signal trend divergence and a signal trend convergence within the first and the second EEG bioelectrical signal datasets.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing a stimulus configured to prompt at least one of the first physical activity and the second physical activity.

13. A method for instructing a behavior change in a user, using an EEG biosignal neuroheadset comprising an audio system, the method comprising:

with the EEG biosignal neuroheadset;

automatically providing, at the audio system of the EEG biosignal neuroheadset, an audio stimulus to the user at a first time point, the audio stimulus configured to prompt a physical activity by the user at a first time point; and

in response to providing the audio stimulus, collecting a first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset associated with the user performing the physical activity;

with a processor at a remote server;

generating an analysis of the first EEG bioelectrical signal dataset;

generating a behavior change suggestion based on the analysis, wherein the behavior change suggestion is configured to prompt the user to perform the behavior change;

controlling, with the remote server, the user device to adjust an aspect of the user'"'"'s environment, based on the behavior change suggestion, wherein the aspect comprises at least one of;

lighting, temperature, and ambient sound;

automatically providing, at the EEG biosignal neuroheadset, the audio stimulus to the user at a second time point; and

collecting a second EEG bioelectrical signal dataset, associated with a repeat performance of the physical activity by the user.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating an adherence metric based upon the first and the second EEG bioelectrical signal datasets;

and providing an adherence analysis based upon the adherence metric to the user.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing an additional stimulus at the first time point, wherein the additional stimulus is provided at the user device of the user, and wherein the additional stimulus is configured to prompt the physical activity at the first time point.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein providing the additional stimulus comprises providing at least one of a haptic stimulus, a visual stimulus, and an auditory stimulus at the user device of the user.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising comparing the first and the second EEG bioelectrical signal datasets to determine a divergence in response to the stimulus.