From: ATP Laboratory Subject: Re: Someone has patented VR apps for mental health! Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:53:40 +0100 Message-ID: <34425213.4AE5E7EE@gse.it> Organization: Centro Auxologico Italiano A thank to all the friends who helped me after my message related to the patent of VR apps of mental health. After an accurate checking we didn't find any US patent related to this subject!!! However, we discovered a lot of US patents related to VR and VR apps, many of them very interesting. For istance, patent n. 5,429,140 is related to an Integrated virtual reality rehabilitation system, while patent n. 5,623,582 covers a Computer interface or control input device for laparoscopic surgical instrument. Below is the full list of the about 140 patents we found. You can obtain a full description for each of them (author, patent's date, patent's claim, etc.) by inserting their reference number in this web site: http://patents.uspto.gov/access/search-num.html I hope this work will help all the researcher involved in this field in making their job better! Giuseppe Riva ATP Laboratory ----------------- 5,675,746 Virtual reality generator for use with financial information 5,673,393 Managing bandwidth over a computer network having a management computer that allocates bandwidth to client computers upon request 5,673,367 Method for neural network control of motion using real-time environmental feedback 5,673,151 Image correction in virtual reality and heads up displays 5,671,381 Method and apparatus for displaying data within a three-dimensional information landscape 5,669,685 Game machine capable of creating three-dimensional visual effects 5,663,951 Delayed transmission of data packets over networks 5,662,523 Game apparatus using a video display device 5,659,691 Virtual reality network with selective distribution and updating of data to reduce bandwidth requirements 5,655,909 Skydiving trainer windtunnel 5,645,077 Inertial orientation tracker apparatus having automatic drift compensation for tracking human head and other similarly sized body 5,644,324 Apparatus and method for presenting successive images 5,642,227 Optical correction for virtual reality and heads up displays 5,641,288 Shooting simulating process and training device using a virtual reality display screen 5,638,825 Evoked potential measuring apparatus 5,632,544 Image transfer apparatus 5,631,973 Method for telemanipulation with telepresence 5,631,967 Processing audio signals using a state variable 5,629,594 Force feedback system 5,627,978 Graphical user interface for multimedia call set-up and call handling in a virtual conference on a desktop computer conferencing system 5,625,576 Force reflecting haptic interface 5,623,582 Computer interface or control input device for laparoscopic surgical instrument and other elongated mechanical objects 5,619,377 Optically corrected helmet mounted display 5,619,373 Optical system for a head mounted display 5,617,515 Method and apparatus for controlling and programming a robot or other moveable object 5,617,312 Computer system that enters control information by means of video camera 5,617,114 User interface having click-through tools that can be composed with other tools 5,615,132 Method and apparatus for determining position and orientation of a moveable object using accelerometers 5,611,025 Virtual internal cavity inspection system 5,608,850 Transporting a display object coupled to a viewpoint within or between navigable workspaces 5,604,848 Viewpoint setting apparatus for a computer graphics system for displaying three-dimensional models 5,603,507 Method of input selection in an electronic game system 5,600,797 System for identifying new client and allocating bandwidth thereto by monitoring transmission of message received periodically from client computers informing of their current status 5,598,478 Sound image localization control apparatus 5,596,644 Method and apparatus for efficient presentation of high-quality three-dimensional audio 5,596,340 Three-dimensional image display device 5,592,547 Processing audio signals using a discrete state machine 5,592,401 Accurate, rapid, reliable position sensing using multiple sensing technologies 5,590,128 Dial lists for computer-based conferencing systems 5,590,062 Simulator for producing various living environments mainly for visual perception 5,589,371 Human manganese superoxide dismutase (hMn-SOD) 5,588,914 Method and system for guiding a user in a virtual reality presentation 5,588,139 Method and system for generating objects for a multi-person virtual world using data flow networks 5,587,937 Force reflecting haptic interface 5,584,700 Virtual-reality based flycycle exercise machine 5,584,696 Hang gliding simulation system with a stereoscopic display and method of simulating hang gliding 5,583,526 Hand calibration system for virtual reality vehicle simulator 5,583,478 Virtual environment tactile system 5,581,670 User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools 5,579,389 Histogram-based processing of audio signals 5,577,981 Virtual reality exercise machine and computer controlled video system 5,577,961 Method and system for restraining a leader object in a virtual reality presentation 5,576,727 Electromechanical human-computer interface with force feedback 5,574,934 Preemptive priority-based transmission of signals using virtual channels 5,572,749 Helmet mounting device and system 5,572,634 Method and apparatus for spatial simulation acceleration 5,566,238 Distributed processing of audio signals 5,565,745 Communications protocol 5,563,988 Method and system for facilitating wireless, full-body, real-time user interaction with a digitally represented visual environment 5,562,572 Omni-directional treadmill 5,558,619 Endoscope system with automatic control according to movement of an operator 5,557,353 Pixel compensated electro-optical display system 5,555,354 Method and apparatus for navigation within three-dimensional information landscape 5,550,585 Video inter-view system 5,548,694 Collision avoidance system for voxel-based object representation 5,546,943 Stimulating a beneficial human response by using visualization of medical scan data to achieve psychoneuroimmunological virtual reality 5,531,227 Imaging device and method 5,528,735 Method and apparatus for displaying data within a three-dimensional information landscape 5,526,022 Sourceless orientation sensor 5,524,110 Conferencing over multiple transports 5,523,890 Video screen magnifier for virtual reality and game applications 5,515,078 Virtual-reality positional input and display system 5,513,303 Moving an object in a three-dimensional workspace 5,513,188 Enhanced interconnect testing through utilization of board topology data 5,510,832 Synthesized stereoscopic imaging system and method 5,509,810 Interactive neonatal resuscitation training simulator and method 5,506,954 PC-based conferencing system 5,506,832 Remote confidence testing for computer-based conferencing system 5,506,705 Goggle type display apparatus 5,503,040 Computer interface device 5,502,747 Method and apparatus for filtering an electronic environment with improved accuracy and efficiency and short flow-through delay 5,499,146 Method and apparatus for recording images for a virtual reality system 5,497,025 Methods to fabricate large highly reflective metal reflector plates for applications in game chips or similar virtual image projection use 5,495,576 Panoramic image based virtual reality/telepresence audio-visual system and method 5,493,568 Media dependent module interface for computer-based conferencing system 5,490,784 Virtual reality system with enhanced sensory apparatus 5,490,247 Video subsystem for computer-based conferencing system 5,490,239 Virtual reality imaging system 5,488,508 Vignetting technique for improving appearance of partially overlapped binocular displays 5,488,391 Method and device for the optimizing of the performance characteristics of a liquid crystal display matrix screen as a function of the angle of observation 5,488,362 Apparatus for controlling a video game 5,482,051 Electromyographic virtual reality system 5,474,290 Football training machine 5,469,511 Method and apparatus for presentation of on-line directional sound 5,467,401 Sound environment simulator using a computer simulation and a method of analyzing a sound space 5,466,200 Interactive exercise apparatus 5,459,382 Method and system for providing a tactile virtual reality and manipulator defining an interface device therefor 5,459,381 Composite system course control method and apparatus 5,446,834 Method and apparatus for high resolution virtual reality systems using head tracked display 5,443,260 Virtual reality baseball training and amusement system 5,442,734 Image processing unit and method for executing image processing of a virtual environment 5,436,638 Image display method and apparatus with means for yoking viewpoint orienting muscles of a user 5,432,895 Virtual reality imaging system 5,429,140 Integrated virtual reality rehabilitation system 5,423,554 Virtual reality game method and apparatus 5,422,715 Hybrid orthogonal localization and orientation system 5,422,653 Passive virtual reality 5,412,619 Three-dimensional displacement of a body with computer interface 5,396,265 Three-dimensional tactile computer input device 5,394,517 Integrated real and virtual environment display system 5,393,700 Methods to fabricate large highly reflective metal reflector plates for applications in game chips or similar virtual image projection use 5,390,246 Portable multimedia marketing system 5,389,865 Method and system for providing a tactile virtual reality and manipulator defining an interface device therefor 5,388,990 Virtual reality flight control display with six-degree-of-freedom controller and spherical orientation overlay 5,388,059 Computer vision system for accurate monitoring of object pose 5,373,857 Head tracking apparatus 5,359,703 Moving an object in a three-dimensional workspace 5,347,400 Optical system for virtual reality helmet 5,337,363 Method for generating three dimensional sound 5,321,416 Head-mounted visual display apparatus 5,319,387 Apparatus for specifying coordinates of a body in three-dimensional space 5,310,349 Instructional management system 5,293,470 Data processing system for defining and processing objects in response to system user operations 5,293,271 Retrocollimator optical system 5,255,211 Methods and apparatus for generating and processing synthetic and absolute real time environments 5,239,373 Video computational shared drawing space 5,227,985 Computer vision system for position monitoring in three dimensions using non-coplanar light sources attached to a monitored object 5,214,615 Three-dimensional displacement of a body with computer interface 5,185,561 Torque motor as a tactile feedback device in a computer system 5,184,319 Force feedback and textures simulating interface device 5,172,313 Computerized management system 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