TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Silent Speech (TOP2-131)

NASA's Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses . THE TECHNOLOGY: Human-to-human or human to machine communication occurs in many ways. Traditionally, visual and verbal processes dominate both the method and the presentation formats. As a result, technology to enhance human communication has focused on public, audible tasks such as those addressed by commercial speech recognition. An alternative way of communicating developed at NASA Ames Research Center is based on the direct interpretation of nervous system control signals sent to speech muscles by the brain. We interpret non invasive aggregate surface measurements of ElectroMyographic Signals (EMGs) to categorize muscle activations prior to sound generation. Such signals arise when reading or speaking to oneself with or without actual lip or facial movements. Hence obtaining the speech information does not require visual observation, such as machine lip reading, to enhance recognition in high noise. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/TOP2-131 If you have any questions, please contact Ames Research Center [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA's Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice .