{
  "patent_number": "US 20150079560",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Headset That Shows Your Brain's Focus Level",
  "original_title": "Wearable Monitoring and Training System for Focus and/or Mood",
  "summary": "A wearable device, like smart glasses, that measures your brain activity to understand your attention or mood, then shows you real-time feedback to help you train yourself.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a wearable device that includes at least one sensor (Claim 1) to measure attributes like attention, focus, or mood from a subject's head (Claim 1). The device has a computerized display (Claim 1), which can be a heads-up display (Claim 2), modified glasses (Claim 3), or goggles (Claim 4). It provides \"neurofeedback\" (Claim 7) to the user, showing how well they are performing in terms of focus or mood. For example, if you're wearing smart glasses with this technology, it could show you a visual indicator that changes color or size based on how focused your brainwaves are, helping you learn to concentrate better. The system can also use two sensors, one near the frontal lobe and another at a more electrically-neutral position like an ear (Claim 11, 12), to calculate a \"difference brainwave signal\" and an \"Attention Indicator signal\" (Claim 13).",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover devices that measure attributes like attention or mood without using a wearable display for neurofeedback.",
    "Does not cover systems where brainwave signals are measured but not processed *within* the wearable device itself.",
    "Does not cover devices that measure physiological variables other than brainwaves for attention or mood.",
    "Does not cover devices that provide feedback through non-visual means, such as haptic (vibration) or auditory feedback.",
    "Does not cover systems that don't specifically measure attributes like attention, focus, concentration, alertness, or mood."
  ],
  "filed": "2014-07-03",
  "granted": null,
  "expires": "2034-07-03",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Individual",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/individual",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Jonathan Daniel Cowan",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jonathan-daniel-cowan"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 41,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "ai_ml",
    "biotech"
  ],
  "abstract": "A wearable signal acquisition and computerized display device including at least one first sensor configured to measure at least one of the following attributes from a subject wearing the device: attention, focus, concentration, alertness, and mood. The device has a heads-up display or goggles, glasses, or another head piece having lenses. The measurement is derived from the subject's brainwaves by use of one or more algorithms. The subject wearing the device receives neurofeedback data based on this measurement through the projected image to train them how to control attention, mood, etc. and improve understanding as to how various external stimuli in the real world or virtual world impact these attributes. In one variation the sensors measure brainwave signals at two positions of the subject and use the difference in these measurements to derive an attention indicator signal used to provide neurofeedback.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20150079560/wearable-monitoring-and-training-system-for-focus-andor-mood",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20150079560/wearable-monitoring-and-training-system-for-focus-andor-mood/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20150079560",
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