Patent ID: 8989857
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus adapted to be attached to a person for enabling a person to control the real or virtual action or movement of an output device to perform spatially oriented tasks in at least one dimension comprising: at least a pair of electrical sensors adapted to be located bilaterally such that at least one such sensor is thereby, adapted to be positioned on each side of the person's head in electrical communication with a vestigial periauricular nerve or muscle; said sensors being coupled through at least two communication channels and being mounted on a wearable head-supported structure to provide information to an output device from the sensors designating a real or virtual target location, signal processing, signal transmission and power elements wired to the sensors, wherein the signal processing, signal transmission and power elements are mounted on a structure that is adapted to be supported by the person using the apparatus and including an amplifier, filter, analog-to-digital converter and radio frequency transmitter connected to transmit the information arising from each side of the head to a receiver that actuates the output device, and the receiver being arranged for receiving the information from each such sensor to activate the output device or direct real or virtual motion of the output device in the direction of the target location or to the target location through real or virtual space which thereby allows the person freedom of movement while providing hands-free operation responsive to signals that arise from different periauricular nerves or muscles.