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20120329432 | RELEVANT CONTENT DELIVERY - Various arrangements for delivery of relevant content to a mobile device of a user are presented. Physiological state data and image data related to the user of the mobile device may be received by a host computer system from a mobile device. The image data may be analyzed to identify a characteristic of the image. The physiological state data may also be analyzed. Content to deliver to the mobile device of the user may be selected at least partially based on the physiological state data of the user and the characteristic of the image. The content may be transmitted to the mobile device. | 12-27-2012 |
20130085367 | DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE BIOPOTENTIAL ELECTRODE ARRAY TO COLLECT PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA - Methods, systems, and devices are described for collecting physiological data using a configurable biopotential array. The array is embedded on a surface area of a handheld device. The array includes a number of electrode tiles. The electrodes include biosensors to collect the physiological data of a user. The electrodes are polled to detect contact with the user's skin. Electrodes in contact with the skin are electrically coupled to form an active electrode area. The coupled electrodes collect the physiological data relating to the user via the biosensors. The electrodes are decoupled after contact with the user's skin is terminated. The physiological data is analyzed and an emotional state or health state of the user is determined from the analyzed data. | 04-04-2013 |
20130232011 | RELEVANT CONTENT DELIVERY - Various arrangements for delivery of relevant content to a mobile device of a user are presented. Physiological state data and image data related to the user of the mobile device may be received by a host computer system from a mobile device. The image data may be analyzed to identify a characteristic of the image. The physiological state data may also be analyzed. Content to deliver to the mobile device of the user may be selected at least partially based on the physiological state data of the user and the characteristic of the image. The content may be transmitted to the mobile device. | 09-05-2013 |
20130317318 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ACQUIRING ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY - Handheld devices using an array of stainless steel electrodes located on an edge and/or back of the handheld devices for acquiring electrodermal activity are provided. The stainless steel electrode array may allow for the skin conductance level (SCL) or skin conductance response (SCR) on an individual to be measured and collected. The skin conductance signal may be related to sympathetic nervous system activity which is a major component of human emotion, known as arousal, or emotional intensity such as anxiety, stress, fear, or excited, etc. | 11-28-2013 |
20140154649 | ASSOCIATING USER EMOTION WITH ELECTRONIC MEDIA - Systems, methods, devices, and apparatuses for associating a user emotion with electronic media are described. Contact between a user of a device and a biopotential electrode array that is integrated with the device is detected. Electrodermal data of the user is acquired via the biopotential electrode array. The user emotion is derived based at least in part on the acquired electrodermal data. The user emotion is then associated with the electronic media. | 06-05-2014 |
20140195163 | PROCESSING OF SKIN CONDUCTANCE SIGNALS TO MITIGATE NOISE AND DETECT SIGNAL FEATURES - Methods, systems, and devices are described for identifying noisy regions in a skin conductance signal. The signal is divided into a plurality of windows. Two or more features of the signal within a first window are computed. At least one of the two or more features being in a frequency domain. At least two of the features are combined to obtain at least a first metric. The first metric is compared to a corresponding threshold. The first window is identified as a noisy region of the skin conductance signal based on the comparison. | 07-10-2014 |
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20110242542 | FRINGE LOCKING SUBSYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A fringe locking subsystem for an optical sensing cavity is provided. The subsystem comprises one or more photo detectors that detect a reference signal and a cavity signal; a first amplifier that generates a calculated differential between the reference signal and the cavity signal; a lock-in amplifier that generates a modulation signal based on the calculated differential; and a controller that adjusts a distance within the cavity based on the modulation signal. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244588 | OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - An optical sensing device is provided. The device comprises a cavity defined by at least an anomalous reflective element having an anomalous reflection surface, and a non-absorptive element having a non-absorptive reflection surface disposed in a direction away from the anomalous reflection surface. | 10-06-2011 |
20120105852 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND IMAGING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL SAMPLE ARRAYS - A detection system for a two-dimensional (2D) array is provided. The detection system comprises an electromagnetic radiation source, a phase difference generator, a detection surface having a plurality of sample fields that can receive samples, and an imaging spectrometer configured to discriminate between two or more spatially separated points. | 05-03-2012 |
20130165329 | MULTIMODE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A SAMPLE - A multimode detection system for detecting one or more samples is provided. The detection system comprises an electromagnetic radiation source, a reference arm, and a sample arm comprising a sensing substrate having a plurality of sample fields, wherein the sample fields are configured to receive the one or more samples. The system further comprises a phase difference generator configured to introduce pathlength differences in the reference arm, sample arm, or both, a spatial light modulator operatively coupled to the reference arm, sample arm, or both, wherein the spatial light modulator is configured to modulate incident radiation, resultant radiation, or both in the reference arm, sample arm, or both, and an imaging spectrometer configured to discriminate between two or more spatially separated sample en two or more spatially separated sample fields. | 06-27-2013 |
20140185056 | FIBER OPTIC SENSOR FOR POSITION SENSING - A system for sensing the position of a movable object includes a polarization maintaining fiber configured to receive light from a light source; an optical system configured to rotate an angle of polarization of the light by a first predetermined angle; a low birefringence fiber connected to the optical system at a first end and having a mirror connected to a second end configured to reflect the light and rotate the angle of polarization at a second predetermined angle, the second end being configured to overlap a magnetic field of the a magnet attached to the object. The angle of polarization is rotated to a third predetermined angle proportional to at least one of the strength of the magnetic field and an amount of the overlap. The optical system is configured to decompose the third predetermined angle into a first component and a second component. A detector is configured to detect a differential between the first and second components indicative of the amount of the overlap. | 07-03-2014 |
20150108335 | FIBER OPTIC SENSOR FOR POSITION SENSING - A system for sensing the position of a movable object includes a polarization maintaining fiber configured to receive light from a light source; an optical system configured to rotate an angle of polarization of the light by a first predetermined angle; a low birefringence fiber connected to the optical system at a first end and having a mirror connected to a second end configured to reflect the light and rotate the angle of polarization at a second predetermined angle, the second end being configured to overlap a magnetic field of the a magnet attached to the object. The angle of polarization is rotated to a third predetermined angle proportional to at least one of the strength of the magnetic field and an amount of the overlap. The optical system is configured to decompose the third predetermined angle into a first component and a second component. A detector is configured to detect a differential between the first and second components indicative of the amount of the overlap. | 04-23-2015 |
20150331017 | CONTACTLESS VOLTAGE SENSING DEVICES - A contactless voltage sensing device configured to measure a voltage value of a conductor is provided. The contactless voltage sensing device includes a first impedance element having a first impedance, where the first impedance element is configured to be operatively coupled to the conductor. Further, the contactless voltage sensing device includes an antenna operatively coupled to the first impedance element, a second impedance element having a second impedance, where the second impedance element is formed in part by the antenna and a parasitic impedance element, and where the parasitic impedance element includes a parasitic impedance, and measurement and communication circuitry coupled to the first impedance element to measure the voltage value of the conductor. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331079 | CALIBRATION METHODS FOR VOLTAGE SENSING DEVICES - A calibration method for enhancing a measurement accuracy of one or more voltage sensing devices in presence of a plurality of conductors is provided. The method includes operatively coupling at least one voltage sensing device of the one or more voltage sensing devices to a respective conductor of the plurality of conductors and determining a sensed voltage value of the respective conductor using the at least one voltage sensing device The method further includes determining a calibration matrix having cross-coupling factors representative of cross-coupling between an antenna of the at least one voltage sensing device and other conductors of the plurality of conductors and determining a corrected voltage value of the respective conductor by deducting at least in part contributions of the cross-coupling from the sensed voltage value of the respective conductor using the calibration matrix. | 11-19-2015 |