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US 12,527,890 B2Granted
Systems and methods for generating scents
OwnerMicheon Eubanksinventor
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Abstract
A method of generating scents, the method including receiving, by a processor, an instruction to generate a first scent, and heating, responsive to the instruction to generate the first scent, a first scented material.
Claims16
A method for generating scents, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an instruction to generate a first scent;
- and
- heating, responsive to the instruction to generate the first scent, a first scented material;
- receiving, by the processor, an instruction to generate a second scent;
- and
- heating, responsive to the instruction to generate the second scent, a second scented material;
- wherein the first scented material and the second scented material are compositions, each composition comprising:
- a wax;
- and
- a scent producing chemical,
- wherein the heating comprises generating current through a nichrome wire, and the nichrome wire is in thermal contact with the first scented material and second scented material and wherein each composition is suspended in a circular shielded copper wire that is wrapped with the nichrome wire.
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A scent generating apparatus connected to a digital media device, the scent generating apparatus comprising:
- a processing circuit to identify a type of scent in response to receiving an encoded marker from the digital media device;
- and
- at least one heating element to generate a scent in response to receiving a command from the processing circuit, wherein the at least one heating element comprises:
- at least one scent producing material;
- and
- a wire connected to the at least one scent producing material to generate the scent by heating the at least one scent producing material and convert at least a portion of the at least one scent producing material into a gaseous state, wherein the at least one heating element further comprises:
- a shielded wire connected to the wire to suspend the at least one scent producing material therein.
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A scent generating apparatus connected to a digital media device, the scent generating apparatus comprising:
- a printed circuit board have an array of pins;
- a processing circuit disposed on at least a portion of the printed circuit board to identify a type of scent in response to receiving an encoded marker from the digital media device;
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- a plurality of heating elements disposed within at least a portion of the array of pins to generate at least one scent in response to receiving a command from the processing circuit, wherein at least one of the plurality of heating elements receives a current in response to the processing circuit opening a circuit on the array of pins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.