Flavour system
AssigneeSensomatics Limited
InventorsAlan CHALMERS, Ali ASADIPOUR
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Abstract
A system to deliver to a user artificial flavor sensations equivalent to a selected desired real flavor having a database in which is stored data of a number of real flavors broken down into components selected from taste, smell, feel and appearance, A head mounted display device is provided to deliver visual and audio cues of a flavor from the database and a bite sensation component is mounted in the mouth of a wearer of the head mounted display controlling the delivery of taste, feel, and smell components of the flavor to the user.
Claims20
A system to deliver to a user artificial flavor sensations equivalent to a selected desired real flavor having
- a database in which is stored data of a number of real flavors broken down into components selected from taste, smell, feel and appearance;
- an audio and visual delivery system to deliver visual and audio cues of a flavor from the database;
- a nose device for delivering smell to the nose;
- a bite sensation component to be mounted in the mouth of a wearer of the flavor delivery system controlling the delivery of taste and smell components of the flavor to the user.
A system to deliver to a user artificial flavor sensations equivalent to a selected desired real flavor having
- a database wherein is stored data of a number of real flavors broken down into components selected from taste, smell, feel and appearance;
- containers containing taste components namely:
- sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness, umami, astringency, capsaicin;
- a delivery means controlled from the database to provide to a user from the containers to a user taste sensation corresponding to the selected real flavor;
- the delivery means having:
- a bite sensation component to be mounted in the mouth of a user controlling the delivery of taste and smell components of the flavor to the user;
- and wherein
- the taste components from the containers are delivered to a user through the bite sensation component;
- the feel of a flavor derived from the database is delivered to a user through the bite sensation component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.