Garth Edward Coleman

US Patent:

20130330705, Dec 12, 2013

Filed:

Jun 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/494223

Inventors:

Jean-Jacques Grimaud - Winchester MA, US
Garth Edward Coleman - Berlin MA, US

International Classification:

G09B 25/00

US Classification:

434365

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a computer-based method includes detecting a state of a user and detecting a stimulus in an environment of the user. The computer-based method then provides a variable level of assistance to the user based on the detected state of the user and the detected stimulus in the environment. In another embodiment, detecting the stimulus in the environment of the user may include detecting a visual stimulus, an auditory stimulus, a physical stimulus, a vibratory stimulus, an electro-magnetic stimulus, an olfactory stimulus, a temperature stimulus, or a movement stimulus. Detecting the state of the user may include detecting natural language spoken by the user. The resulting variable level of assistance utilizes a range of immersive virtual reality, augmented reality and sparsely augmented reality. 3D models of the user's situation (the environment) may be employed in the variable levels of assistance.