System, method and computer program product for animal-based olfactory detection
AssigneeIcts Europe SAS
InventorsOren Sapir, Allen Goldblatt
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Abstract
Animal-based olfactory detection of one or more target substances in a sequence of filters includes providing one or more enclosures each housing an animal, each enclosure including a sample presenting structure via which only a single olfactory sample is presented to the animal at any given time, presenting samples of the sequence of filters to the animal via the structure, one at a time, and generating an output indication of olfactory detection of target substances in the sequence of filters.
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A method performed by at least one processor for animal-based olfactory detection of at least one target substance in a sequence of filters, the method comprising:
- providing at least one enclosure each housing an animal, the enclosure including a sample presenting structure via which only a single olfactory sample is presented to the animal at any given time;
- presenting samples of the sequence of filters one at a time to the animal via the sample presenting structure, thereby facilitating olfactory detection of target substances in the sequence of filters by the animal;
- sensing an event in which, within a predetermined window of time after presentation of a sample, the animal performs a predetermined action signaling detection of said target substance;
- calculating, in real-time, a sensitivity of the animal to each filter of the sequence of filters;
- storing the sensitivity and a time-stamped indication of said animal response;
- and,
- presenting the sensitivity and the time-stamped indication to a user.
A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for animal-based olfactory detection of at least one target substance in a sequence of filters, the method comprising:
- providing at least one enclosure each housing an animal, the enclosure including a sample presenting structure via which only a single olfactory sample is presented to the animal at any given time;
- presenting samples of the sequence of filters one at a time to the animal via the sample presenting structure, thereby facilitating olfactory detection of target substances in the sequence of filters by the animal;
- recording an animal response to presentation of said sequence of filters, said recording obtained by at least one sensor arranged within the structure;
- calculating, in real-time, a sensitivity of the animal to each filter of the sequence of filters;
- storing a time-stamped indication and the sensitivity of said animal response;
- and,
- presenting the time-stamped indication and the sensitivity to a user.
A system for animal-based olfactory detection of target substance/s in a sequence of filters, the system comprising:
- at least one enclosure for housing an animal, each said enclosure including a sample presenting structure via which only a single olfactory sample is presented to an animal at any given time;
- and
- at least one sensor configured to automatically sense an animal response within a predetermined window of time after presentation of said single olfactory sample, said animal response is an event in which the animal performs a predetermined action signaling detection of a target substance;
- a storage configured to store a time-stamped indication of said animal response;
- a processor configured to
- presenting samples of the sequence of filters one at a time to the animal via the sample presenting structure, thereby facilitating olfactory detection of target substances in the sequence of filters by the animal;
- recording an animal response, said recording obtained by said at least one sensor arranged within the structure;
- calculating, in real-time, a sensitivity of the animal to each filter of the sequence of filters;
- storing the sensitivity and the time-stamped indication of said animal response in the storage;
- and,
- presenting the sensitivity and the time-stamped indication to a user,
- and,
- a display configured to present said time-stamped indication to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.