METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MACHINE INFORMATION TO ENHANCE FUNCTION
The present invention relates generally and specifically to combining biological sensors with external machines using machine learning to form computerized representations that can control effectors to deliver therapy or enhance performance.
1 . A method for interacting with the human body, the method comprising:
detecting bodily signals associated with one or more bodily functions at one or more sensors associated with the human body;
processing the bodily signals to create one or more sensed signatures of the one of more bodily functions;
using signal processing algorithms to tailor signatures to a given bodily function using an enciphered functional network in an individual patient to determine one or more effector responses needed to control a bodily task in the individual patient;
delivering via the enciphered functional network one or more effector signals, the effector signals based on the one or more effector responses; and
controlling a bodily task.
2 - 3 . (canceled)
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the bodily signals associated with a biological function are selected from the group consisting of central or peripheral nervous system signals, autonomic nervous system signals, muscular activity signals, non-neurologic physiological signals, galvanic skin signals and combinations thereof.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bodily task is a biological function.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bodily task is control of activity of a machine external to the body.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bodily task is control of activity of a machine on or inside the body.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bodily task is a combination of an external machine and biological function.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the enciphered functional network is represented by symbolic code.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the symbolic code is a cypher.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effector signal directs one or more of a mechanical, an electrical and a computational device.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting and the delivering comprise different regions of the human body.
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting and the delivering comprise identical regions of the human body.
14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling comprises treating a biological disease or a biological condition.
15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling comprises enhancing the performance of a bodily task directly.
16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling comprises enhancing the performance bodily task using an external machine.
17 - 139 . (canceled)
140 . A system for interacting with the human body, the system comprising:
a processor;
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, performs operations comprising:
detecting bodily signals associated with one or more bodily functions at one or more sensors associated with the human body;
processing the bodily signals to create one or more sensed signatures of the one of more bodily functions;
using signal processing algorithms to tailor signatures to a given bodily function using an enciphered functional network in an individual patient to determine one or more effector responses needed to control a bodily task in the individual patient;
delivering via the enciphered functional network one or more effector signals, the effector signals based on the one or more effector responses; and
controlling a bodily task.
141 - 172 . (canceled)
173 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bodily function is selected from the group consisting of alertness, biological disease, breathing, cardiac muscular movement, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cognition, driving, memory, mental alertness, mental performance, mood, overall mental performance, patient moving a combined natural/cybernetic limb, physically moving an object, purposeful communication using movement, reading with glasses, response to heart failure, response to obesity, sense of hearing, sense of smell, sense of touch, sense of vision, sensory-motor activities, skeletal muscular movement, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep control, sleep disordered breathing, sleep-breathing conditions, using remote control unit and combinations thereof.
174 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said one or more sensors is selected from the group consisting of:
(i) solid physical sensors selected from the group consisting of FINE, ECG-electrical sensors, EEG-electrical sensors and combinations thereof,
(ii) non-solid physical sensors selected from the group consisting of electrostatic creams, sensors for bioimpedance, piezoelectric film sensors, printed circuit sensors, photosensitive film, thermosensitive film and combinations thereof,
(iii) external-oriented sensors selected from the group consisting of video sensors, infrared sensors, temperature sensors, gas sensors and combinations thereof, and
(iv) combinations thereof.
175 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said sensor is a biological sensor that senses at least one selected from the group consisting of photosensitive sensors, galvanometers, transcutaneous or invasive nerve activity (neural electrical activity), muscle electrical activity (myopotentials), pressure detectors, thermal detectors, chemical detectors, mechanical activity (mechanoreceptors), body pH, skin pH, mouth pH, gastrointestinal pH, genitourinary tract pH, enzymatic profile, DNA profile, heart rate, and ventilating (breathing) rate.
176 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said sensor is an external sensor that senses biological signals from the nervous system, from another individual's nervous system or from a database of signals.
177 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said sensor is an external sensor that provides information selected from the group consisting of pressure, physical movement, temperature, chemical, sound within the normal human physiological range, sound outside the normal human physiological range, sound within the physiological range of animals, electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum, electromagnetic radiation in the invisible spectrum, gamma radiation, X-rays, radiowaves, toxins, carbon monoxide, excessive carbon dioxide, radiation, alpha radiation, beta radiation, biotoxins, toxins of E. coli , and anthrax.
178 . The system of claim 140 , wherein the bodily function is selected from the group consisting of alertness, biological disease, breathing, cardiac muscular movement, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cognition, driving, memory, mental alertness, mental performance, mood, overall mental performance, patient moving a combined natural/cybernetic limb, physically moving an object, purposeful communication using movement, reading with glasses, response to heart failure, response to obesity, sense of hearing, sense of smell, sense of touch, sense of vision, sensory-motor activities, skeletal muscular movement, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep control, sleep disordered breathing, sleep-breathing conditions, using remote control unit and combinations thereof.
179 . The system of claim 140 , wherein said one or more sensors is selected from the group consisting of:
(i) solid physical sensors selected from the group consisting of FINE, ECG-electrical sensors, EEG-electrical sensors and combinations thereof,
(ii) non-solid physical sensors selected from the group consisting of electrostatic creams, sensors for bioimpedance, piezoelectric film sensors, printed circuit sensors, photosensitive film, thermosensitive film and combinations thereof,
(iii) external-oriented sensors selected from the group consisting of video sensors, infrared sensors, temperature sensors, gas sensors and combinations thereof, and
(iv) combinations thereof.
180 . The system of claim 140 , wherein said sensor is a biological sensor that senses at least one selected from the group consisting of photosensitive sensors, galvanometers, transcutaneous or invasive nerve activity (neural electrical activity), muscle electrical activity (myopotentials), pressure detectors, thermal detectors, chemical detectors, mechanical activity (mechanoreceptors), body pH, skin pH, mouth pH, gastrointestinal pH, genitourinary tract pH, enzymatic profile, DNA profile, heart rate, and ventilating (breathing) rate.
181 . The system of claim 140 , wherein said sensor is an external sensor that senses biological signals from the nervous system, from another individual's nervous system or from a database of signals.
182 . The system of claim 140 , wherein said sensor is an external sensor that provides information selected from the group consisting of pressure, physical movement, temperature, chemical, sound within the normal human physiological range, sound outside the normal human physiological range, sound within the physiological range of animals, electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum, electromagnetic radiation in the invisible spectrum, gamma radiation, X-rays, radiowaves, toxins, carbon monoxide, excessive carbon dioxide, radiation, alpha radiation, beta radiation, biotoxins, toxins of E. coli , and anthrax.
183 . The system of claim 140 , wherein the processor is selected from the group consisting of a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics-processign unit (GPU) and a combination thereof.
184 . The system of claim 140 , wherein the bodily signals associated with a biological function are selected from the group consisting of central or peripheral nervous system signals, autonomic nervous system signals, muscular activity signals, non-neurologic physiological signals, galvanic skin signals and combinations thereof.
185 . The system of claim 140 , wherein the bodily task is selected from the group consisting of a biological function, control of activity of a machine external to the body, control of activity of a machine on or inside the body, a combination of an external machine and biological function and combinations thereof.
186 . The system of claim 140 , wherein the enciphered functional network is represented by symbolic code.
187 . The system of claim 186 , wherein the symbolic code is a cypher.