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US 12,383,188 B2Granted
Feedback device for sense of taste, and feedback system and feedback method for using the same
AssigneeKinpo Electronics, Inc.
InventorChieh-Li Hsu
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Abstract
A feedback device, a feedback system, and a feedback method for taste sense is disclosed, wherein the feedback device includes a processor, a container, and a providing mechanism. Multiple taste materials are stored in the container. When a media player plays a multimedia file to a labeled paragraph, a control signal is sent to the feedback device. After receiving the control signal, the processor controls the providing mechanism to provide a corresponding one of the taste materials for the user to eat. Therefore, the user may obtain taste feedback that is relevant to the label paragraph of the multimedia file through the feedback device.
Claims7
A feedback device for taste sense, comprising:
- a processor;
- a container connected with the processor, storing multiple taste materials;
- a providing mechanism connected with the processor and the container;
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- a processing part and a providing part extended from one side of the processing part;
- wherein, the processor is configured to receive a control signal sent from a media player during the media player plays a multimedia file, and to control the providing mechanism to externally provide one of the multiple taste materials stored in the container in accordance with the control signal;
- wherein the container and the providing mechanism are arranged in the processing part, the providing part is used for a user to put in the mouth, the providing part comprises an opening at one side, and the providing mechanism is configured to provide the taste material through the opening:
- wherein the providing mechanism is an ejection mechanism arranged at one side of the container, the multiple taste materials are solid materials stacked in the container, and the ejection mechanism is controlled by the processor to eject a first one of the taste materials stacked in the container to the providing part:
- wherein the multiple taste materials are rice paper membranes respectively absorbing a liquid material having a corresponding flavor or capsules respectively containing the liquid material having the corresponding flavor.
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A feedback system for taste sense, comprising:
- a media player, used to play a multimedia file, wherein the multimedia file comprises multiple labeled paragraphs, and the media player is configured to send a control signal when the multimedia file is played to each of the labeled paragraphs;
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- a feedback device, connected with the media player to receive the control signal, comprising:
- a container, stored multiple taste materials, wherein flavors provided by the multiple taste materials are respectively corresponding to the content of the multiple labeled paragraphs, and a stacking order of the multiple taste materials in the container is corresponding to a playing order of the multiple labeled paragraphs;
- a providing mechanism connected with the container;
- a processing part and a providing part extended from one side of the processing part;
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- a processor connected to the container and the providing mechanism, controlling the providing mechanism to externally provide a first one of the taste materials in the container in accordance with the control signal;
- wherein the container and the providing mechanism are arranged in the processing part, the providing part is used for a user to put in the mouth, the providing part comprises an opening at one side, and the providing mechanism is configured to provide the taste material through the opening;
- wherein the providing mechanism is an ejection mechanism arranged at one side of the container, the multiple taste materials are solid materials stacked in the container, and the ejection mechanism is controlled by the processor to eject the first one of the taste materials stacked in the container to the providing part;
- wherein the multiple taste materials are rice paper membranes respectively absorbing a liquid material having a corresponding flavor or capsules respectively containing the liquid material having the corresponding flavor.
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A feedback method for taste sense, applied to a feedback system comprising a feedback device and a media player, comprising:
- a) playing a multimedia file by the media player, wherein the multimedia file comprises multiple labeled paragraphs;
- b) sending a control signal to the feedback device by the media player when one of the multiple labeled paragraphs is played;
- c) providing a taste material by the feedback device in accordance with the control signal, wherein the feedback device stacks multiple taste materials, flavors provided by the multiple taste materials are respectively corresponding to the content of the multiple labeled paragraphs, and a stacking order of the multiple taste materials is corresponding to a playing order of the multiple labeled paragraphs;
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- d) re-executing the step a) through the step c) until the multimedia file is finished playing;
- wherein the feedback device comprises a processing part and a providing part extended from one side of the processing part, wherein a container and a providing mechanism of the feedback device are arranged in the processing part, the providing part is used for a user to put in the mouth, the providing part comprises an opening at one side, and the feedback device is configured to provide the taste material through the opening;
- wherein the providing mechanism is an election mechanism arranged at one side of the container, the multiple taste materials are solid materials stacked in the container and the ejection mechanism is controlled to eject a first one of the taste materials stacked in the container to the providing part:
- wherein the multiple taste materials are rice paper membranes respectively absorbing a liquid material having a corresponding flavor or capsules respectively containing the liquid material having the corresponding flavor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.