Therapeutic subliminal imaging system

Claim 2

A video processing system for generating a subliminal visual message comprising: a synchronization detector to receive a video signal having a supraliminal image and to provide a synchronization signal; a one-shot multivibrator triggered by the synchronization signal to produce a pulse signal of selected duration; a gated oscillator that is stopped by the multivibrator pulse signal for the duration of the pulse signal; a microprocessor to transmit a subliminal image synchronized with the video signal by the gated oscillator; and a video mixer to combine the supraliminal image with the subliminal image.

Claim 3

The video processing system of claim 1 wherein said oscillator is comprised of an analog oscillator.

Claim 4

The video processing system of claim 1 wherein said mixer alters an optical characteristic of the supraliminal image to generate the subliminal image.

Claim 5

The video processing system of claim 3 wherein the optical characteristic is comprised of the intensity of the supraliminal image.

Claim 6

The video processing system of claim 1 wherein said synchronization signal is comprised of vertical and horizontal synchronization signals.

Claim 7

The video processing system of claim 1 further comprising a video switch to select the supraliminal image, the subliminal image, or the combined image.

Claim 8

The video processing system of claim 1 wherein the gated oscillator synchronizes the subliminal image such that each line within a frame of the subliminal image occurs at a constant time interval after each synchronization signal.

Claim 11

The method of performing therapy of claim 8 wherein said synchronizing step further comprises generating vertical and horizontal synchronization signals from the first video signal, and triggering the gated oscillator with the pulse signal such that each line within a frame of the subliminal video signal triggers the start of each line within a frame of the second video signal at a constant time interval after each synchronization signal.

Claim 12

The method of performing therapy of claim 8 wherein the optical characteristic comprises intensity.

Claim 13

The method of performing therapy of claim 8 further comprising displaying the combined information to treat a person.

Claim 14

The method of performing therapy of claim 8 further comprising combining additional subliminal information with the supraliminal information.

Claim 15

The method of performing therapy of claim 8 wherein said combining step further comprises the tachistoscopic addition of the subliminal information with continuously presented supraliminal information.

Claim 16

A video processing system to provide subliminal images comprising: a first video input circuit to provide a video signal having a supraliminal image; a second video input circuit to receive a recorded video signal having a subliminal image; a synchronization circuit to synchronize the supraliminal image with the subliminal image, the circuit comprising a synchronization detector to generate vertical and horizontal synchronization signals, a microprocessor responsive to the synchronization signals to transmit the subliminal image into a memory, a one-shot multivibrator that generates a pulse in response to the horizontal synchronization signal and an oscillator that is controlled by the multivibrator pulse such that the image in the memory is synchronized with the suproliminal video signal; a video mixer to alter an optical characteristic of the supraliminal image to add the subliminal image thereto; and a video screen to display the added supraliminal and subliminal images.

Claim 17

A video processing system to provide subliminal images comprising: a first video input circuit to provide a video signal having a supraliminal image; a second video input circuit to receive a recorded video signal having a subliminal image; a synchronization circuit to synchronize the supraliminal image with the subliminal image, the circuit comprising a synchronization detector to generate vertical and horizontal synchronization signals, a microprocessor responsive to the synchronization signals to transmit the subliminal image into a memory, a one-shot multivibrator that generates a pulse in response to the horizontal synchronization signal and an oscillator that is controlled by the multivibrator pulse such that the image in the memory is synchronized with the suproliminal video signal; a video mixer to alter an optical characteristic of the supraliminal image to add the subliminal image thereto; and a video screen to display the added supraliminal and subliminal images.

Claim 18

The video processing system of claim 14 wherein said subliminal image is recorded on read-only-memory (ROM) circuit.

Claim 19

The video processing system of claim 15 wherein said ROM circuit comprises a cartridge that is removable from the system.