US 11,959,899 B2
Method for preparing original data of odor image
Shunichiro Kuroki, Tokyo (JP); Kenichi Hashizume, Tokyo (JP); and Megumi Takahashi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to AROMA BIT, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AROMA BIT, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,701.
Application 17/855,701 is a continuation of application No. 16/686,970, filed on Nov. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,408,872.
Application 16/686,970 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/018580, filed on May 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365051 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 5/02 (2006.01); G01N 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/0031 (2013.01) [G01N 5/02 (2013.01); G01N 27/12 (2013.01); G01N 33/0034 (2013.01); G01N 33/0047 (2013.01); G01N 33/0075 (2013.01); G01N 2291/021 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0256 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method for preparing original data of an odor image in which the original data for representing an odor of a sample including an odor substance in an image is prepared, the method comprising:
a measurement result acquiring step of acquiring each measurement result measured with respect to the odor substance included in the sample in each of a plurality of sensor elements included in an odor sensor, in a state in which each of the measurement results is associated with each of the plurality of sensor elements, by using the odor sensor; and
a data processing step of generating the original data for representing the odor of the sample in the image by processing each of the acquired measurement results, the original data being associated with each of the plurality of sensor elements,
wherein the odor sensor is configured to output a change in physical, chemical, or electrical characteristics as the measurement result, the change being caused by a difference of adsorption amount of an odor substrate adsorbed on the plurality of sensor elements,
wherein each of the plurality of sensor elements has different detection properties with respect to the odor substance,
wherein the data processing step further comprises a difference calculation sub-step of calculating a difference between a first extremal value and a second extremal value after the first extremal value, and
wherein, in the data processing step, in a case where each of the original data items is represented in a small image corresponding to each of the sensor elements, the original data is generated such that the odor of the sample is represented in an image in a predetermined display mode in which a plurality of small images are assembled, and each of the small images is varied in accordance with a magnitude of a value of each original data item.