Method and system of sensor feedback for a scent diffusion device
AssigneeScentbridge Holdings, LLC
InventorTodd H. Becker
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Abstract
The disclosure herein concerns a method including receiving at a computer at least one target value of a scent parameter for an environment that is remote from the computer, receiving at the computer a sensed parameter of the environment, and controlling, via the computer, diffusion of a liquid from a source of the liquid in fluid communication with at least one scent diffusion device to achieve the target value of the scent parameter, wherein controlling includes setting or adjusting an operation parameter of the at least one scent diffusion device in response to the sensed parameter.
Claims20
A method of managing concentration of tagged scent particles, the method comprising:
- setting a current rate or a diffusion rate within a diffusion device to deliver a certain level of scent concentration within an environment;
- positioning a sensor within the environment, the sensor being configured to identify and determine a concentration of tagged scent particles within the environment;
- measuring the concentration of tagged scent particles;
- determining whether the measured concentration of the tagged scent particles is within a defined range of acceptable scent level;
- and
- if the measured concentration of tagged scent particles is within the defined range of acceptable scent level, then continue to monitor the sensor without change to the diffusion rate, or
- if the measured concentration is above the defined range of acceptable scent level, then operate the diffuser device to lower the diffusion rate while continuing to monitor the sensor, or
- if the measured concentration is below the defined range of acceptable scent level, then operate the diffuser device to increase the diffusion rate while continuing to monitor the sensor.
A method of using scent to neutralize a malodor in an environment, the method comprising:
- setting a current rate or a diffusion rate within a diffusion device to deliver a certain level of scent concentration within an environment, the scent concentration including an additive to neutralize malodors;
- tagging malodor particles within the environment;
- positioning a sensor within the environment, the sensor being configured to identify and determine a concentration of tagged malodor particles within the environment;
- measuring the concentration of tagged malodor particles;
- determining whether the measured concentration of the tagged malodor particles is above a defined limit of acceptable scent level;
- and
- if the measured concentration of tagged malodor particles is at or below the defined limit of acceptable malodor level, then continue to monitor the sensor without change to the diffusion rate, or
- if the measured concentration is above the defined limit of acceptable malodor level, then operate the diffuser device to raise the diffusion rate while continuing to monitor the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.