US 2022/0065794 A1Published application

System and method for logistics management based on odor molecules

AssigneeTaiwan Carbon Nano Technology Corporation

InventorsChing-Tung HSU, Chao-Chieh LIN, Yuan-Shin HUANG, Chia-Hung LI, Wen-Hui LIU, Chun-Hsien TSAI, Ting-Chuan LEE, Chun-Jung TSAI

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Abstract

A system for logistics management based on odor molecules is provided. The system includes a sensor, an information device and a server. The sensor is arranged on an item to be tracked, and includes a colorimetric sensor array and a material which stores and releases molecules, wherein the material releases an odor molecule. The colorimetric sensor array includes a plurality of sensing materials. The plurality of sensing materials reacts with at least one metabolic molecule of the odor molecule to enable the colorimetric sensor array to present a color pattern. The information processing device includes an image capturing element for obtaining the color pattern and a transceiver for transmitting the color pattern. The server stores a database. The color pattern and the database are compared to generate a comparison result.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A system for logistics management based on odor molecules, comprising:

a sensor, mounted on an item to be tracked, wherein the sensor comprises a colorimetric sensor array and a material which stores and releases molecules, the material is configured to pre-store at least one known odor molecule, and the colorimetric sensor array comprises a plurality of sensing materials sensing the odor molecule, wherein a combination of the odor molecule and the sensing materials is associated with the item to be tracked;
an information processing device, comprising an image capturing element and a transceiver;
and
a server, storing a database, wherein a communication connection is established between the server and the information processing device;
wherein the system is configured to perform the following steps:
releasing the odor molecule from the material, and a reaction occurred when at least one metabolic molecule of the odor molecule released from the material is combined with the sensing materials such that an initial color of the colorimetric sensor array is changed into an indicator color to present a color pattern;
capturing an image of the color pattern by the image capturing element of the information processing device;
comparing the image with the database to generate a comparison result;
and
providing an identification result corresponding to the item to be tracked based on the comparison result by the information processing device.

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A method for logistics management based on odor molecules, comprising the following steps:

providing an item to be tracked, wherein the item to be tracked is provided with a sensor comprising a colorimetric sensor array and a material which stores and releases molecules, the colorimetric sensor array comprises a plurality of sensing materials sensing odor molecules, the material pre-stores at least one known odor molecule, and a selection of the odor molecule and the sensing materials is associated with the item to be tracked;
releasing the odor molecule from the material, and a reaction occurred when at least one metabolic molecule of the odor molecule released from the material is combined with the sensing materials such that an initial color of the colorimetric sensor array is changed into an indicator color to present a color pattern;
comparing the color pattern with a default pattern to generate a comparison result;
and
providing an identification result corresponding to the item to be tracked based on the comparison result by the information processing device.

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A method for logistics management based on odor molecules, comprising the following steps:

providing an item to be tracked, wherein the item to be tracked is provided with a sensor comprising a colorimetric sensor array and a material which stores and releases molecules, the colorimetric sensor array comprises a plurality of sensing materials sensing odor molecules, the material pre-stores at least one known odor molecule, and a selection of the at least one odor molecule and the sensing materials is associated with the item to be tracked;
releasing a first odor molecule from the material, and a first reaction occurred when at least one first metabolic molecule of the first odor molecule is combined with the sensing materials such that an initial color of the colorimetric sensor array is changed into a first indicator color to present a first color pattern;
comparing the first color pattern with a default pattern to generate a first comparison result;
releasing a second odor molecule from the material after a period of time, and a second reaction occurred when at least one second metabolic molecule of the second odor molecule released from the material is combined with the sensing materials such that the first indicator color of the colorimetric sensor array is changed into a second indicator color to present a second color pattern;
comparing the second color pattern with the default pattern to generate a second comparison result;
and
providing an identification result corresponding to the item to be tracked based on the comparison result by the information processing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/412,894Filed 26 Aug 2021
Priority: TW 10912915626 Aug 2020
Published: 3 Mar 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G01N 21/78
By observing the effect on a chemical indicator: producing a change of colour
G06Q 10/08
Administration; Management: logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
G01N
Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial