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US 2015/0308993 A1Published application
Odor sensing system
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorsToshimi Fukui, Junko Nakamoto
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Abstract
An odor sensing system including a plurality of odor sensors, each odor sensor being configured to output a detection signal in response to at least one odor molecule; at least one chromatographic membrane disposed at the plurality of odor sensors through which the odor molecule diffuses to reach the odor sensor; and a pattern analyzer configured to analyze the detection signals over time to identify the odor molecule is described.
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An odor sensing system comprising:
- a plurality of odor sensors, each odor sensor being configured to output a detection signal in response to at least one odor molecule;
- at least one chromatographic membrane disposed at the plurality of odor sensors through which the odor molecule diffuses to reach the odor sensor;
- and
- a pattern analyzer configured to analyze the detection signals over time to identify the odor molecule.
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An odor sensing method comprising:
- providing an odor sensing system comprising:
- a plurality of odor sensors, each odor sensor being configured to output a detection signal in response to at least one odor molecule;
- at least one chromatographic membrane disposed at the plurality of odor sensors through which the odor molecule diffuses to reach the odor sensor;
- and
- a pattern analyzer configured to analyze the detection signals over time to identify the odor molecule;
- exposing a sample to the odor sensing system, where the sample comprises at least one odor molecule;
- and
- analyzing the detection signals over time.
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A method of manufacturing an odor sensing system, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of odor sensors, each odor sensor being configured to output a detection signal in response to at least one odor molecule;
- providing at least one chromatographic membrane disposed at the plurality of odor sensors through which the odor molecule diffuses to reach the odor sensor;
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- programming a pattern analyzer to analyze detection signals over time to identify the odor molecule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.