Patent ID: 8442626
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating with a computer comprising: a) a capture device wearable by a user, the capture device having sensors to monitor the user's mental activity and to capture a particular brain activity pattern indicative of the mental activity generated in the user by a particular subject, wherein the capture device comprises an electroencephalogram (EEG) capture device and the captured brain activity pattern is a captured EEG profile; b) at least one data storage device operable for storing a plurality of stored EEG profiles, each of the stored EEG profiles being associated with at least one computer readable indicia indicative of a subject that generated that EEG profile, wherein the computer readable indicia comprises at least one keyword; c) at least one processor operatively connected to the capture device and the at least one data storage device, the at least one processor being operable to: d) at least one keyword information data storage device operatively connected to the at least one processor, the keyword information data storage device storing information relating to various keywords; and e) wherein when at least one keyword associated with the captured EEG profile is retrieved, the at least one processor is further operable to: