US 12,440,594 B2
Generating olfactory experiences
Marianna Obrist, Brighton (GB); Emanuela Maggioni, Brighton (GB); and Robert Cobden, Brighton (GB)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, Brighton (GB)
Appl. No. 17/049,949
Filed by THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, Brighton (GB)
PCT Filed Apr. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/051138
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/207298, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1806562 (GB), filed on Apr. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346562 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 9/12 (2006.01); G05B 19/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01)
CPC A61L 9/125 (2013.01) [G05B 19/041 (2013.01); G05B 19/0423 (2013.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing scent delivery instructions for generating an olfactory experience, the system comprising:
a mapping circuit configured to:
map a set of input parameters that define a desired olfactory experience to a set of scent stimuli, wherein the set of scent stimuli correspond to at least one scent, and wherein the mapping is based on the capabilities of one or more scent delivery devices intended to provide the desired olfactory experience; and
provide for scent stimuli of the set of scent stimuli, conflict resolution method descriptors comprising indications of different permitted manners of modifying different ones of the scent stimuli in the event of a scheduling conflict, wherein respective ones of the conflict resolution method descriptors are provided for respective ones of the scent stimuli, and wherein respective ones of the conflict resolution method descriptors comprise one or more of:
an indication for a particular scent stimuli of a temporal shift permitted for that particular scent stimuli; an indication for a particular scent stimuli of a duration reduction permitted for that particular scent stimuli; an indication for a particular scent stimuli of a spatial movement permitted for that particular scent stimuli; and an indication for a particular scent stimuli of a chemical alteration permitted for that particular scent stimuli;
a control circuit configured to:
determine the presence of one or more scheduling conflicts in the set of scent stimuli, and to resolve the one or more scheduling conflicts in the set of scent stimuli by, based on the conflict resolution method descriptors, performing one or more of the following conflict resolution actions:
temporally shifting one or more conflicting scent stimuli;
reducing the duration of one or more conflicting scent stimuli;
spatially moving one or more conflicting scent stimuli; and chemically altering one or more conflicting scent stimuli;
and
generate a set of scent delivery instructions for the one or more scent delivery devices to follow, wherein the set of scent delivery instructions correspond to the set of scent stimuli after the one or more conflict resolution actions are performed;
and
a scent delivery device interface circuit configured to provide the set of scent delivery instructions to the one or more scent delivery devices.