US 12,141,338 B1
Portable virtual taste generator
Xinge Yu, Hong Kong (HK); Yiming Liu, Hong Kong (HK); and Wooyoung Park, Hong Kong (HK)
Assigned to City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK)
Filed by City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/398,206.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H02M 3/157 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/011 (2013.01) [H02M 3/157 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable virtual taste generator comprising:
a virtual taste interface including:
a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a plurality taste generation channels orthogonally extending through the housing from the top surface to the bottom surface;
a plurality of conductive tastable gels accommodated in the plurality taste generation channels respectively; each having a top end exposed on the top surface of the housing and a bottom end exposed on the bottom surface of the housing;
a control system including:
a plurality of switches respectively connected to the plurality of conductive tastable gels and configured for conducting or blocking a plurality of electrical currents flowing through the plurality of conductive tastable gels respectively; and
a controller electrically connected to the plurality of switches and configured to generate a plurality of electrical signals for turning on or off the plurality of switches respectively; and
wherein each conductive tastable gel is embedded with one or more tastable ion electrophoresis tastable chemical agent and controllably to produce a specific taste through ion electrophoresis.