Identifying components based on observed olfactory characteristics

US10412985B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Donna K. Byron · Petersham, US
• Carmine M. DiMascio · Dedham, US
• Florian Pinel · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/4975
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for providing suggestions based on a flavor signature delta measured between samples prepared according to a recipe. An application obtains a flavor signature for a canonical sample prepared according to the recipe and a flavor signature for a sample subsequently prepared according to the recipe. The application generates a flavor signature delta from the flavor signatures of the samples. The flavor signature delta indicates a difference in the measure of each of the olfactory compounds in the samples. The application identifies one or more ingredients, each ingredient identified from at least one of the olfactory compounds present in the flavor signature delta. The application then generates one or more suggestions for preparing a sample based on the identified ingredients.