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Apparatus and method for reducing motion sickness

US5161196A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 21, 1990
Grant dateNov 3, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2021/0027
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An artificial horizon of sound is maintained in an enclosure which is irregularly moving in a manner which may induce motion sickness of its occupant(s), by positioning sound emitters in spaced locations in the enclosure and continuously varying the sound intensity of selected emitters to create the perception of a relatively stationary sound horizon.

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