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Patent No. 6071229 Video or compact disc encoder/decoder for brain wave synchronizer

 

Patent No. 6071229

Video or compact disc encoder/decoder for brain wave synchronizer (Rubins, Jun 6, 2000)

Abstract

A video decoder driving a sensory stimulation transducer by decoding, transforming or converting encoded data in a video signal to an output from a sensory stimulation transducer. In another aspect, a digital decoder driving a sensory stimulation transducer by decoding, transforming or converting encoded data in a subcode, or allocated, region of a storage medium to an output from a sensory stimulation transducer. The sensory stimulation transducer may be a brain wave synchronization device, such as light producing devices delivering light to a user's retina. In another aspect, a method and apparatus for pulsing light delivered by the light producing device thereby enhancing the entrainment associated with brain wave synchronization in the user.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one broad aspect, the present invention provides a video decoder sensory stimulation system for controlling the stimulation of a user's senses based on decoded data from an encoded video signal. A video signal is encoded with sensory stimulation data, such as brain wave synchronization data, using a suitable encoding scheme provided by an exemplary encoder of the present invention. The encoded signal may be stored, transmitted or broadcast as desired. An exemplary video decoder in accord with the present invention recovers the encoded data from an incoming video signal and decodes, converts, or transforms the data into control data for operating a sensory stimulation transducer. The transducer may be a brain wave synchronization transducer or an odor producing device, among others. Accordingly, a sensory stimulation device receiving a video signal including encoded data comprises a detection circuit receiving said video signal and detecting said encoded data and a control circuit operating on said detected encoded data and responsively controlling at least one sensory stimulation transducer.

Another broad aspect of the present invention provides for digital decoding of sensory stimulation data embedded in a subcode region of a compact disk, or similar, medium. The sensory stimulation data may comprise, for example, brain wave synchronization data for driving a brain wave synchronization transducer, such as LEDs. Other types of sensory stimulation transducers may be used, however, such as buzzers, odor producing devices, or the like. Accordingly, a sensory stimulation device comprises a storage medium having a plurality of allocated storage regions, at least one of said allocated regions including encoded sensory stimulation data; a retrieval device for accessing data from said storage medium and serially providing an encoded output; a control circuit including a register receiving said encoded output and storing it as a plurality of bits, a computer, including a digital port, operatively monitoring the value of said plurality of bits in said register and responsively transforming said plurality of stored bits into a plurality of control bits provided to said digital port; and at least one sensory stimulation transducer operatively connected to said digital port.

A further broad aspect of the present invention provides a method of pulsing a light producing device for producing brain wave synchronization to enhance brain wave entrainment in a user of the device. A composite pulsing signal is provided as a combination of synchronization and micropulse components such that a higher actual peak intensity of light is delivered to the user's retina for a given level of apparent light intensity observed by the user. Accordingly, a method is provided of producing brain wave synchronization in a user of a light producing device, the device operatively delivering light having an apparent intensity and an actual peak intensity to the user's retina, the method comprising pulsing the light producing device with a composite signal including a synchronization frequency component and a micro-pulse frequency component; wherein said pulsing provides a higher peak intensity for a given apparent intensity, thereby enhancing the brain wave entrainment of the user.

In association with the method above, another broad aspect of the present invention is a pulse driving device producing enhanced brain wave entrainment in a user. Accordingly, a device producing brain wave synchronization in a user comprises a light producing element operatively delivering light to the retina of the user having an apparent intensity and an actual peak intensity; said light being delivered in relatively short pulses at a peak intensity exceeding the apparent intensity observed by the user; wherein brain wave entrainment of the user is enhanced by the use of higher peak intensity light.
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One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that the magnitude of the composite signal "C" is governed by the output characteristics of driving device 114 and the load characteristics of light producing device 110.

Additionally, it is noted that various light producing devices provide light intensities which vary in proportion to a driving signal based on the particular device characteristics. It is contemplated that individual light producing devices would be adjustable accordingly based on the teachings disclosed above.

Although the foregoing disclosure relates to specific embodiments, the principles of the present invention inherent in such embodiments should be recognized and broadly construed, as one of ordinary skill in the art would understand. Accordingly, the invention should not be limited to the details of any particular disclosed embodiment, but should be broadly interpreted with respect to the following claims.

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