Olfactory Content Communication with Recipient State Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for sharing olfactory content in mixed reality and virtual reality environments do not effectively consider the recipient's olfactory state, leading to suboptimal user experience due to factors like olfactory fatigue and varying scent perceptions.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for communicating olfactory content that involves obtaining and adjusting olfactory components based on the recipient's state, determining a baseline state for multiple devices, and synchronizing olfactory content with other media types to ensure consistent and immersive scent experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If olfactory content is transmitted to multiple recipient devices without adjustment, then transmission simplicity is maintained, but user experience deteriorates due to olfactory fatigue and varying scent perceptions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing olfactory content delivery for each recipient device based on their specific olfactory state. The system determines individual adjustments for each recipient, considering their unique olfactory fatigue level and environmental context, thereby maintaining consistent user experience across distributed devices without compromising transmission efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters of olfactory content dynamically by adjusting scent intensity, composition, and timing based on recipient device states. This parameter adaptation ensures that olfactory content remains effective and consistent across multiple recipients experiencing different olfactory conditions, resolving the contradiction between simple transmission and reliable experience
2Reliability
If olfactory adjustments are customized for each recipient device, then user experience consistency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having recipient devices continuously monitor and report their olfactory states before content delivery. This advance state assessment allows the system to pre-calculate appropriate adjustments, reducing real-time processing complexity while maintaining consistent user experience across multiple recipients
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs feedback mechanisms where recipient devices transmit their olfactory state information back to the source device. This feedback loop enables automated determination of adjustments, reducing manual configuration complexity while ensuring reliable and consistent olfactory content delivery across distributed devices
3Stability of the object's composition
If baseline olfactory state is determined for multiple devices, then group synchronization is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the determination of baseline olfactory states for multiple recipient devices into a unified group-level operation. By establishing a common baseline that represents the collective olfactory environment, the system achieves group synchronization without individually processing each device, thereby reducing overall processing time while maintaining synchronization stability
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AI summary
It is provided method for communicating olfactory content. The method is performed in an olfactory device and comprises the steps of: obtaining olfactory content to be rendered at a recipient device; identifying an olfactory state at the recipient device; determining an adjustment of at least one olfactory component, based on the identified olfactory state, to render the olfactory content; and triggering the recipient device to perform the adjustment of at least one olfactory component.