Application US20200086078

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING SLEEP
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US20200086078

1. A method of inducing a desired mental arousal state in a second subject comprising: (7) (2)

a. determining brain activity patterns of a first subject who has a respective mental arousal state; and

b. inducing a corresponding mental arousal state in the second subject by stimulation of the second subject with the determined brain activity patterns of the first subject.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the desired mental arousal state is sleep. (0)

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the desired mental arousal state is awake. (0)

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining comprises determining at least one of a magetoencephalographic activity and an encephalographic activity. (0)

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the stimulation of the second subject with the determined brain activity comprises at least one of visual and auditory stimulation of the second subject according to a frequency-dependent brainwave pattern of the first subject. (0)

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the desired mental arousal state comprises a sequence of mental states comprising at least one sleep cycle. (0)

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the stimulation is selectively responsive to a determined mental state of the second subject prior to or during the stimulating. (0)

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the stimulation is provided to the second subject contingent on a predicate mental state of the second subject. (0)

9. A method of replicating a desired mental state of a first subject in a second subject comprising: (4) (5)

a. identifying a mental state of the first subject;

b. capturing a mental state of the first subject by recording brain activity patterns;

c. saving the brain activity patterns in a non-volatile memory;

d. retrieving the brain activity patterns from the non-volatile memory; and

e. replicating the desired mental state of the first subject in the second subject by inducing the brain activity patterns in the second subject.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the desired mental state is one of a sleeping state and a waking state. (0)

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the mental state of the first subject is identified by automated brain activity classification, and the brain activity patterns are recorded as at least one of a magetoencephalographic activity and an encephalographic activity. (0)

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the brain activity patterns are recorded in the non-volatile memory as a set of compressed waveforms which retain frequency and phase relationship features of a plurality of signal acquisition channels. (0)

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the replicating of the desired mental state of the first subject in the second subject by inducing the brain activity patterns in the second subject comprises at least one of visual and aural stimulation of the second subject, selectively dependent on a determined brain activity patterns of the second subject prior to or contemporaneously with the at least one of visual and aural stimulation. (0)

14. A system for replicating a desired mental state of a first subject in a second subject comprising: (6) (4)

a. a non-volatile digital data storage medium configured to store data representing a frequency and phase pattern of a plurality of channels of brainwaves of the first subject;

b. a stimulator configured to induce a brainwave pattern in the second subject which emulates a mental state of the first subject when the brainwaves of the first subject were acquired;

c. a sensor configured to determine a brainwave pattern of the second subject concurrently with stimulation by the stimulator; and

d. a control, configured to read the non-volatile memory, and control the stimulator selectively dependent on the stored data and the determined brainwave pattern of the second subject.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the mental state is a mental arousal state, having a range comprising sleep and awake. (0)

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein the stored data is derived from at least one of a magetoencephalographic sensor and an encephalographic sensor. (0)

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the stimulator is configured to provide at least one of visual and auditory stimulation of the second subject according to a frequency-dependent brainwave pattern of the brainwaves of the first subject. (0)

18. The system according to claim 14, wherein the sensor is configured to determine a mental state of the second subject during stimulation. (0)

19. The system according to claim 14, wherein the control is configured to control the stimulator to induce in the second subject a sequence of mental states comprising at least one sleep cycle. (0)

20. The system according to claim 14, wherein the stimulation is provided to the second subject contingent on a predicate mental state of the second subject. (0)

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Application US20200086078

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING SLEEP

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