US 11,733,220 B1
Systems and methods for analyzing odors
Russell A. Bazemore, Grant, AL (US); Katherine Bazemore, Grant, AL (US); Chris P. Christenson, Sequin, TX (US); and Mitchell R. White, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Volatile Analysis Corporation, Grant, AL (US)
Filed by Volatile Analysis Corporation, Grant, AL (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,571.
Application 17/527,571 is a continuation of application No. 16/989,349, filed on Aug. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,204,344.
Application 16/989,349 is a continuation of application No. 16/039,140, filed on Jul. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,816,519, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/534,069, filed on Jul. 18, 2017.
Int. Cl. G01N 30/88 (2006.01); G01N 30/60 (2006.01); G01N 30/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/88 (2013.01) [G01N 30/60 (2013.01); G01N 2030/025 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An odor analysis system to identify odors present at a location, the system comprising:
an odor processing device positioned at the location and configured to collect at least two samples having molecules associated with the odors at the location, the odor processing device configured to process one sample of the at least two samples to provide a plurality of odor notes to a user, each odor note of the plurality of odor notes corresponds to a type of molecule; and
a computing device configured to be carried by the user at the location, the computing device comprising a user interface to receive at least one input from the user corresponding to an intensity and duration of the odor note of the plurality of odor notes, the computing device configured to determine a retention time for the odor note of the plurality of odor notes based on the at least one user input and to calculate a retention index for the odor note of the plurality of odor notes based on the determined retention time, the computing device further configured to identify, at the location, the type of molecule associated with the odor note of the plurality of odor notes based on the retention index and provide an output based on the identified type of molecule.