DEVICE FOR REHABILITATING BRAIN MECHANISM OF VISUAL PERCEPTION USING COMPLEMENTARY SENSUAL STIMULATIONS

摘要

A system for both rehabilitating vision related neural tissue and augmenting vision perception with higher resolution and color information is provided herein. Both rehabilitation and augmentation are achieved by providing direct neural stimulation and at the same time an auditory/tactile signal that serves as an explanatory signal aiding the visual perception by easily perceived sensations. The system includes a capturing device configured to capture a video sequence of images of a scene; a processing unit configured to: (i) convert visual data derived from each captured image into at least one of: auditory representation and tactile representation; and (ii) convert the visual data of a respective captured image into an neural stimulation representation; a neural stimulator configured to generate neural stimulation onto a vision related neural tissue; and an output unit configured to generate an auditory stimulation and tactile output based on the auditory representation and tactile representation, respectively.