IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,583,268
Granted Patent B2
US 10,583,268 · App. 16/072,513 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Use of the modulation of a signal by a skin contact impedance for the maintenance and development of physical or mental abilities

Inventor: Philippe Royer (Paris, FR)
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Patent No.
US 10,583,268
App. No.
16/072,513
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to the use of the modulation of an audio and/or visual signal by a variation in the impedance of at least one contact with the skin of at least one user, for the maintenance and/or development of the user's physical and/or mental abilities. The invention comprises the use of a device ( 100 ) for controlling the delivery of a medium, said device comprising: a first skin electrode ( 105 ) configured to generate electric waves, positioned against the skin of a first user; a second skin electrode ( 110 ) configured to capture electric waves, positioned against the skin of a second user, where the second user can be the first user; a detector ( 115 ) for detecting the value of an impedance parameter of the junction connecting the electrodes and passing through the contact with the skin of each user; and a control means ( 120 ) configured to transmit a medium-delivery command according to the value detected.

Claims (21)

1. A device of modulation of an audio and/or visual signal by a variation in an impedance of at least one first contact on a skin of a first user to maintain and/or develop the first user's physical and/or mental abilities, said device comprising:

a first skin electrode configured to generate electric waves, positioned on the first contact with the skin of the first user;

a second skin electrode configured to capture electric waves, positioned on a second contact with a skin of a second user, wherein the first user and the second user are two different users;

a detector for detecting a value of an impedance parameter of a junction connecting the electrodes and passing through the first contact and the second contact on the skins of each user;

a controller configured to transmit a medium-delivery command including a command of modulation of an audio and/or visual signal, wherein the medium-delivery command depends on the value detected; and

a player configured to receive the command and to play the medium with the modulation of the played medium audio and/or visual signal, according to the command;

wherein the junction of which the impedance parameter is detected comprises at least one contact between the two different users.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the command of modulation of an audio and/or visual signal comprises a command of modulation of a frequency of said signal.

3. The device according to claim 1 wherein the command of modulation of an audio and/or visual signal comprises a command of the modulation of rhythm of said signal.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the impedance parameter detected is the resistivity of the junction.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is separate from the detector and from electrodes, the device comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal representative of the value detected towards the controller.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises an independent source of electrical power, configured to supply the first electrode with electrical current.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a bracelet comprising the first electrode.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a plurality of first and/or second electrodes.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to command an emission of a sound signal for which an emission parameter is determined as a function of the value detected.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to command an emission of a light signal for which an emission parameter is determined as a function of the value detected.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to command an emission of a trigger signal in an audiovisual medium being played.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to command an emission of a modulation signal for a medium being played.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one electrode is carried by a panel on which the first user places at least one part of his body.

14. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor of physiological data of at least one user, wherein the controller is configured to command the modulation of an audio and/or visual signal further depending on physiological data of at least one user.

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein at least one item of physiological data sensed by the sensor is an heart rate.

Priority Claims (1)
FR 16 50603 · Jan 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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