US 11,987,102 B2
Scent output control device and scent output control method
Satoshi Konya, Tokyo (JP); Shuji Fujita, Tokyo (JP); Yukito Inoue, Tokyo (JP); and Cedric Duvert, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/627,873
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/025270
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/019988, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-137652 (JP), filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274465 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC B60H 3/0035 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0265 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A scent output control method, comprising:
receiving, by an obtaining unit, a first image outside an automobile captured by a vehicle exterior camera and a second image inside an automobile captured by a vehicle interior camera;
detecting, by a scent output control unit, an advertisement from the first image captured outside the automobile;
determining, by the scent output control unit, from a scent management server, registration information that corresponds to the detected advertisement;
determining, by the scent output control unit, occupant information of an occupant, from the second image, wherein the occupant information includes gender information of the occupant, age information of the occupant, and presence of the occupant;
determining, by the scent output control unit, match between the registration information and the occupant information;
acquiring, by scent output control unit, from the scent management server, seat information of the occupant based on the match between the registration information and the occupant information, wherein the seat information corresponds to a position of a specific seat;
executing, scent output control to cause a scent output unit to execute a scent output towards the specific seat;
selecting, by the scent output control unit, a scent to be output based on the advertisement detected from the captured first image; and
causing the scent output unit to output the selected scent.