More than the eye control! Microsoft's new patent can also be brain waves control computer

Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced a number of new patents, one of Microsoft's new patent is particularly compelling, actually allow users to control the computer using brain waves.Microsoft's new patent name 'use of nerve Data Change Application State ', a brainwave sensor that translates electronic signals in the human brain into commands that the computer can recognize and then controls the computer.

From the patent map can be seen, the appearance of the brain wave sensor is a ring, you can set in the user's head, and then the user through the imagination of specific operations, and then the computer will be able to carry out the appropriate operation. For advanced operations, such as in Word, the system can distinguish between the paste in the text is retained original format paste or plain text paste.

In addition, the patent document mentions that a computer connected to an EEG sensor can read an electronic signal from a user's brain, and then the computer changes the application state based on the user's neurological state. Such device may also telepathic in the future , You can use the mind to move an object.

Last August, Microsoft pushed Windows 10 Build 16257 version updates to members of Windows Insider Express and the most eye-catching part of the update was the addition of Eye Control, though it was still in the beta stage .

It is noteworthy that, at present, the patent is still in the theoretical stage, when it is still unknown.