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| 20090049089 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A degree of confidence is objectively evaluated without permitting a user's subjective evaluation, and a content to be output is determined based on this evaluation. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090142743 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - There is provided a system which is able to realize study assistance or a desired appliance operation for a user, even in the absence of an answer input from the user. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090147148 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD - There is provided a technique which, in the case where the operation has not occurred in a manner as expected by the user, determines from which standpoint the operation was not as expected, and makes a response that is closer to the expectation. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090187114 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INTERFACE SYSTEM AND ACTIVATION APPARATUS - An electroencephalogram interface is activated by utilizing a biological signal, in particular a steady-state visual evoked potential, from a user. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090247895 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADJUSTMENT OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAMS DISTINCTION METHOD - In a system having an interface utilizing electroencephalograms, a user's burden of calibration for accurately measuring electroencephalograms is eliminated, and it becomes possible to maintain a high distinction accuracy of electroencephalograms. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090259475 | VOICE QUALITY CHANGE PORTION LOCATING APPARATUS - A text edit apparatus which presents, based on language analysis information regarding a text, a portion of the text where voice quality may change when the text is read aloud has advantages of predicting likelihood of the voice quality change and judging whether or not the voice quality change will occur. The apparatus includes: a voice quality change estimation unit ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090270753 | Device and Method For Deciding Necessity Of Brainwave Identification - In a system having an interface which utilizes electroencephalogram, it is determined whether the user was looking at a menu or not based on the frequency of the user electroencephalogram, and the electroencephalogram is excluded from the subject of distinction in the case where the user is not looking at the menu. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100004556 | BRAIN WAVE IDENTIFICATION METHOD ADJUSTING DEVICE AND METHOD - In a system having an interface that utilizes an electroencephalogram, there is realized a calibration which prevents overlooking of calibrational stimulations concerning the electroencephalogram and which is highly accurate. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100106042 | CORRECTION DEVICE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO BRAIN WAVE INTERFACE SYSTEM, ITS METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An option which is considered to be desired by a user is determined by using an electroencephalogram interface (IF), and a determination error for the option is detected based on an electroencephalogram. If a determination error is detected, the option is corrected based on the electroencephalogram information which was used for the option determination. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100145218 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR A BRAINWAVE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - In a system having an interface which utilizes an electroencephalogram, device operations which are not intended by the user are reduced. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100160808 | INTERFACE SYSTEM UTILIZING MUSTICATORY ELECTROMYOGRAM - The interface system includes: an output section for visually presenting a manipulation menu for a device; a measurement section for measuring a masticatory electromyogram of a user; a menu presentation section for causing menu items of the manipulation menu to be presented in order via the output section; an amplitude calculation section for determining a maximum amplitude of a potential waveform of the masticatory electromyogram; a latency calculation section for determining a latency based on a point of highlighting each menu item as a starting point, the latency being an amount of time in which the potential waveform arrives at the maximum amplitude; and a determination section for determining whether the maximum amplitude is greater than a previously determined threshold value and the latency is approximately 200 ms or not. In accordance with the determination result of the determination section, the menu presentation section executes a process corresponding to the highlighted menu item. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100317988 | ACTIVATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BRAINWAVE INTERFACE SYSTEM - A brain wave interface (IF) is started up using user's brain wave signals. A brain wave IF system comprises a brain wave measuring portion for measuring brain wave signals, a function controlling portion which analyzes an event-related potential contained in brain signals and outputs a function control signal for controlling the function of the apparatus based on the analysis results, and an output portion for outputting the function control signal. A start-up device comprises a start-up judging portion and a stimulus-attention judging portion. The start-up judging portion transmits, to the output portion, a stimulus control signal for controlling presentation/extinction of a visual stimulus which is a single item in the output portion when the brain wave IF system is not working, and compares a value of a P200 component of the event-related potential starting on a presentation timing of a visual stimulus out of the brain wave signals acquired from the brain wave measuring portion with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether or not to output a start-up trigger to the function controlling portion based on the comparison results. The stimulus-attention judging portion judges whether the user is paying attention to the visual stimulus based on an N100 component of the event-related potential starting on the presentation timing of the visual stimulus and makes the start-up judging portion start processing according to the judgment results. The brain wave IF system is started by the start-up judging portion outputting the start-up trigger. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110071828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SPEECH DISCRIMINABILITY ASSESSMENT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A speech discriminability assessment system includes: a biological signal measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram signal of a user; a presented-speech sound control section for determining a speech sound to be presented to the user by referring to a speech sound database retaining a plurality of monosyllabic sound data; an audio presentation section for presenting an audio associated with the determined speech sound to the user; a character presentation section for presenting a character associated with the determined speech sound to the user, subsequent to the presentation of the audio by the audio presentation section; an unexpectedness detection section for detecting presence or absence of an unexpectedness signal from the measured electroencephalogram signal of the user, the unexpectedness signal representing a positive component at 600 ms±100 ms after a time point when the character was presented to the user; and a speech sound discriminability determination section for determining a speech sound discriminability based on a result of detection by the unexpectedness detection section. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110152708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SPEECH SOUND INTELLIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A speech sound intelligibility assessment system includes: a biological signal measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram signal of a user; a presented-speech sound control section for determining a speech sound to be presented by referring to a speech sound database retaining a plurality of monosyllabic speech sounds; an audio output section for presenting the speech sound determined by the presented-speech sound control section as an audio; a characteristic component detection section for utilizing the electroencephalogram signal of the user measured by the biological signal measurement section to determine presence or absence of a characteristic component of an event-related potential at 800 ms±100 ms from a point of presenting the audio; and a speech sound intelligibility assessment section for, based on a result of determination by the characteristic component detection section, determining whether the user has aurally comprehended the speech sound or not. | 06-23-2011 |
