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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
May. 24, 2010
Mohammad Askar Asad, Dhaka, BD;
Nathalia Peixoto, Ashburn, VA (US);
Mohammad Askar Asad, Dhaka, BD;
Nathalia Peixoto, Ashburn, VA (US);
George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc., Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
An attention assistance device for providing attention assistance including various features that help maintain a user's focus on a given task. The attention assistance device may include an activity sensor that generates an activity output in response to detection of a user generated activity. The attention assistance device may also have a timer that increments a counter at regular time intervals, resets the counter in response to the activity output, and generates a timer output when the counter reaches a threshold. Further, the attention assistance device may include a stimulation unit that alerts a user in response to the timer output.