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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Hideo Eda, Koganei, JP;
Yasushi Terazono, Koganei, JP;
Toshio Yanagida, Koganei, JP;
Amami Kato, Suita, JP;
Masayuki Hirata, Suita, JP;
Masaaki Taniguchi, Suita, JP;
Takahito Baba, Suita, JP;
Toshiki Yoshimine, Suita, JP;
Hideo Eda, Koganei, JP;
Yasushi Terazono, Koganei, JP;
Toshio Yanagida, Koganei, JP;
Amami Kato, Suita, JP;
Masayuki Hirata, Suita, JP;
Masaaki Taniguchi, Suita, JP;
Takahito Baba, Suita, JP;
Toshiki Yoshimine, Suita, JP;
Abstract
An interface device in accordance with the present claimed invention is an interface devicethat intervenes between a measuring meansthat measures brain activities of a subject H and an objectto be controlled, and that comprises a reference signal storing part Dthat stores a brain activity signal measured at a time when the subject H conducts predetermined thinking different from direct thinking in order to control the objectto be controlled in a desired mode as a reference signal, a discriminating partthat compares the brain activity signal measured by the measuring meanswith the reference signal and discriminates whether or not the thinking of the subject H is the predetermined thinking, and a controlling partthat controls the objectto be controlled in the desired mode when the discriminating partdiscriminates that the thinking of the subject H is the predetermined thinking.