System and method for dispensing fluid in response to a sensed property
AssigneeSensory Design & Technology Ltd
InventorsJenny Tillotson, Gareth Jenkins
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Abstract
A system for dispensing fluid in response to a sensed property such as an ambient sound comprises a sensor for detecting one or more properties, a processing stage for determining if the one or more sensed properties is/are within a predetermined range and/or above and/or below a predetermined level and dispenser for dispensing a fluid into an area surrounding the system if the one or more sensed properties is/are determined by the processing stage to be within a predetermined range and/or above and/or below a predetermined level and/or value.
Claims16
A wearable device for dispensing fluid in response to one or more sensed sounds, comprising:
- a sensor for sensing one or more sounds;
- a processor for determining when the one or more sensed sounds is/are within a predetermined range, above a predetermined level or below a predetermined level;
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- a dispenser for dispensing a fluid into an area surrounding the device when the one or more sensed sounds is/are determined by the processor to be within the predetermined range, above the predetermined level, or below the predetermined level;
- wherein the dispenser comprises a capillary tube containing the fluid and a piezo-electric or thermally-actuated device, which is actuated to eject fluid from the capillary tube.
A device for dispensing fluid in response to one or more sensed sounds, comprising:
- a sensor for sensing one or more sounds, wherein the sensor has an output;
- an amplifier connected to the output of the sensor and having an output;
- an analogue-to-digital converter connected to the output of the amplifier;
- a processor for determining when the one or more sensed sounds is/are within a predetermined range, above a predetermined level or below a predetermined level;
- and a dispenser for dispensing a fluid into an area surrounding the device when the one or more sensed sounds is/are determined by the processor to be within the predetermined range, above the predetermined level or below the predetermined level;
- wherein the analogue-to-digital converter has an output signal which is transmitted to the processor using a wireless link, and the processor has an output signal which drives the dispenser and is transmitted to the dispenser using the wireless link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.