Patent ID: 7955259
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that induces emotions based on detection of measurable physiological biosignals from a body of a user and on emotion induction protocols that selectively control visual, auditory, olfactory and tactile stimuli, comprising: an emotion induction device that selects from a plurality of emotion induction protocols stored in an electronic memory device an emotion induction protocol corresponding to a desired emotion selected by the user, extracts one or more electrical bioparameters from the physiological biosignals, and changes the emotion induction protocol depending on increase/decrease patterns of the respective extracted bioparameters so as to induce the emotion, wherein each emotion induction protocol corresponds to induce a different emotion and combines contents that induce cognitive action of the central nervous system and conditions that induce physiological action of the autonomic nervous system; a biostimulation device that outputs physical signals that apply the stimuli to the user's body based on the selected emotion induction protocol; and a biosignal measurement device that detects one or more biosignals from the user's body and outputs them to the emotion induction device before and after the output of the physical signals from the biostimulation device.