ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,927, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NextMind SAS (Paris).
"Brain-computer interface" was invented by Nicolas Barascud (Paris), Nelson Steinmetz (Paris), Robin Zerafa (Paris) and Sid Kouider (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method relating to a brain-computer interface in which a visual stimulus overlaying one or more objects is provided, at least a portion of the visual stimulus having a characteristic modulation. The brain computer interface measures neural response to objects viewed by a user. The neural response to the visual stimulus is correlated to the modulation, the correlation being stronger when atte...