Sensing and adjusting the olfactory characteristics of a sample

US10416138B2 · 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: Jun 16, 2037

Classification

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

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for generating a mixture of olfactory compounds to diffuse 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 a mixture of olfactory compounds in the flavor signature delta based on the difference. The application then directs an aroma diffusing device to diffuse the identified mixture of olfactory compounds.