ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,013, issued on May 20, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Brain-computer interface" was invented by Sid Kouider (Paris), Robin Zerafa (Paris), Nelson Steinmetz (Paris) and Nicolas Barascud (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, 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 method allows the interface to discriminate betwe...