Perfume Blender Machine Automated Ingredient Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a method and system that enables users to generate individualized fragrances or perfumes comfortably and efficiently, allowing for precise determination of fragrance composition and experimentation with new, personalized scents.
Innovation Solution
A perfume blender machine with cartridges containing olfactory ingredients, equipped with communication means for providing machine-readable information, dispensing means for blending ingredients, and a control unit that generates recipes based on user input, encodes the used ingredients, and allows for the creation and sharing of personalized fragrances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual fragrance blending is used, then flexibility in creating individualized fragrances is improved, but precision in determining ingredient composition deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical blending with an automated system that uses communication means (electronic/data-based methods) to identify cartridges and a control unit to precisely control dispensing quantities. This substitution of mechanical manual operations with automated electronic control resolves the contradiction by maintaining flexibility through user interface selections while achieving precision through automated measurement and dispensing control.
2Manufacturing precision
If automated dispensing is implemented, then precision in ingredient quantity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs self-service principles where the cartridges themselves provide identification information through communication means (barcodes, RFID tags, or other machine-readable codes). The control unit automatically reads this information and uses it to identify the correct ingredients and quantities, eliminating the need for complex manual input interfaces or extensive programming by the user, thus reducing operational complexity while maintaining precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication means on cartridges provide feedback to the control unit about the cartridge identity and contents. This automatic feedback mechanism allows the system to self-regulate the dispensing process based on the identified ingredients, reducing the need for complex external control systems while ensuring precise ingredient quantity delivery.
3Loss of information
If machine-readable communication means are added to cartridges, then information accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual information entry or visual identification methods with automated machine-readable communication means. The control unit automatically reads cartridge information through electronic interfaces (optical scanners, RFID readers), eliminating manual data input tasks for users. This substitution maintains information accuracy through machine-readable precision while preserving ease of operation by automating the information retrieval process without requiring user expertise in data entry or interpretation.
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AI summary
A method and a system for generating a fragrance (also referred to herein as perfume) are disclosed. A method may comprise providing a perfume blender machine (100) and cartridges (102) for storing liquid olfactory ingredients (112), the machine comprising dispensing means to dispense olfactory ingredients (112) from the cartridges (102) for generating a fragrance (114); controlling the dispensing means to generate a fragrance (114) based on instructions given by a user on the liquid olfactory ingredients (112) to be blended and the quantity of each; and generating a recipe with the information of the ingredients (112) and their respective quantities which have been used to generate the fragrance.