Method for quantifying the perceptive faculty of a person

The invention relates to a method for quantifying the perceptive faculty of a person (1), wherein a set of at least two possible differently perceptible types of stimuli (S) that can be applied to the test subject (1) is provided, and the test subject (1) is set intellectual tasks which, in the presence of a stimulus (S), are intended to be performed according to the nature of this stimulus (S), wherein a plurality of test steps is carried out, wherein for each of the test steps a particular type of stimulus (S) is chosen from the set of possible types of stimuli (S), in particular according to random criteria, a stimulus (S) of the respectively chosen type of stimuli is applied to the person (1), and, within a time range before, during or after the application of the respective stimulus (S), EEG data of the person are determined and recorded, wherein the time range preferably has a duration of 1 to 10 seconds, and the respectively determined EEG data or data derived therefrom are assigned to the respective type of stimulus (S), wherein classification analysis (105) is used to determine a measure (M) of whether the EEG data assigned to a defined stimulus (S) are distinguishable from the EEG data assigned to a stimulus (S) of a different type, and wherein the measure (M) of the distinguishability of the EEG data of different stimuli (S) is used as a measure of the perceptive faculty.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US2016360992A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

• Signal processing

  Signal processing

• Decoding

  Neural decoding

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (A61B5/16, A61B5/165, A61B5/377, A61B5/378, A61B5/38). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Signal processing

A decoder is only as good as the features it is given, and recordings drift and pick up noise from movement, muscle and stimulation. The problem behind it: stable features from signals that change from day to day, computed fast enough to act on.

Decoding

This is the step that turns brain activity into a command or a word. Its accuracy and speed are what a user experiences. The problem behind it: accuracy that holds over months without frequent recalibration, for more than one user and one task.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

One invention, published 8 times in 5 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

• International (PCT)a route to several countries, not a countryWO2015058223A130 Apr 2015
• AustriaAT515038A115 May 2015AT515038B115 Dec 2015
• European Patent Officea route to several countries, not a countryEP3060112A131 Aug 2016EP3060112B120 Nov 2019 · grant
• United StatesUS2016360992A115 Dec 2016US10390722B227 Aug 2019 · grant
• SpainES2763851T31 Jun 2020

1. 21 Oct 2013First filingEarliest priority, at Austria. The family is counted in this year.
2. 25 Sep 2014ApplicationsFiled at International (PCT), European Patent Office, United States, Spain.
3. 30 Apr 2015First publicationWO2015058223A1, International (PCT).
4. 23 Jun 2016Owner recordedUnited States, on US2016360992A1: assignment; owner named: G.TEC MEDICAL ENGINEERING GMBH, AUSTRIA.
5. 6 Jun 2017Owner recordedUnited States, on US2016360992A1: assignment; owner named: EDLINGER, GUENTER, AUSTRIA.
6. 6 Jun 2017Owner recordedUnited States, on US2016360992A1: assignment; owner named: GUGER, CHRISTOPH, AUSTRIA.
7. 29 Nov 2017Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP3060112A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: GUGER, CHRISTOPH.
8. 29 Nov 2017Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP3060112A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: EDLINGER, GUENTER.
9. 27 Aug 2019Grant publishedUS10390722B2, United States.
10. 20 Nov 2019Grant publishedEP3060112B1, European Patent Office.
11. 15 Jun 2026Office recordAustria, on AT515038A1: lapse because of not paying annual fees.
12. 15 Jul 2026Office recordEuropean Patent Office, on EP3060112A1: lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR).

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Organisation

g.tec medical engineering · 1 families identified

Technology

EEG

• Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 11 Oct 2026.
• The record itself, with its claims and description: US2016360992A1 in Espacenet
• Counted as a BCI patent family: classified A61B5/37 (analysis and use of electroencephalograms); filed by G.TEC MEDICAL ENGINEERING GMBH, an organisation already in the graph; describes neural hardware or methods without naming the field. How families are found and judged