Event-Triggered Aroma Display Control for Timed Scent Scheduling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aroma display systems are cumbersome to operate, making it difficult to generate desired scents for various situations and times in daily life, lacking customization for specific events and locations.
Innovation Solution
An aroma scheduling server and control device that receive external messages, store correspondence between event names and aroma information, and emit scents based on scheduled events, using a timer and aroma cartridges with identification numbers, allowing for timed and location-specific scent emission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an aroma display is operated manually to generate desired scents for various situations, then the scent generation capability is achieved, but the operation becomes troublesome and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing correspondence between event names and aroma information in a database, and pre-loading multiple aroma cartridges with different scents into the aroma display. When an event occurs, the system automatically retrieves the corresponding aroma information and activates the appropriate cartridge without requiring manual operation, thereby simplifying user interaction while maintaining sophisticated scent generation capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The aroma display system serves itself by automatically detecting the current event through the event notification extracting means, retrieving the corresponding aroma information from stored correspondence, and activating the appropriate aroma cartridge through the cartridge driving means. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual operation while maintaining the ability to generate diverse scents for different situations
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple aroma cartridges are loaded to emit various scents for different events, then the adaptability for different situations is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The aroma display system achieves universality by designing a single device that can handle multiple aroma cartridges with different scents through a unified control mechanism. The cartridge driving means can selectively activate any of the loaded cartridges based on the current event, making the device adaptable to various situations without requiring separate devices for each scent type
Solution Approach 2:
The control device acts as an intermediary between the multiple aroma cartridges and the user. It manages the complexity of handling multiple cartridges by automatically selecting and activating the appropriate cartridge based on the current event, thereby providing adaptability for different situations while shielding the user from the underlying device complexity
3Productivity
If automatic scent emission is implemented based on events, then the productivity and efficiency are improved, but the requirement for scheduling and control systems increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves self-service by automatically detecting events through the event notification extracting means, retrieving corresponding aroma information from the stored correspondence, and activating the appropriate aroma cartridge through the cartridge driving means. This automation improves productivity by eliminating manual intervention while the integrated control architecture manages the complexity of the scheduling and control processes
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AI summary
An aroma display that enables, by an easy operation, generation of scents fit for situations, at various scenes and times includes: a message receiving unit 180 for receiving an external message; a correspondence storage means for storing correspondence between an event name and aroma information related to a scent to be generated at the event; an event information extracting means for extracting event information including an event name and time information related to the event from the message received by the message receiving unit 180; aroma information reading units 185 and 186 for reading aroma information corresponding to the event name from the correspondence storage means; and an aroma generating unit 194 generating a scent in accordance with the aroma information read by aroma information reading units 185 and 186.