TY - GEN
T1 - Effective presentation technique of scent using small ejection quantities of odor
AU - Sato, Junta
AU - Ohtsu, Kaori
AU - Bannai, Yuichi
AU - Okada, Ken Ichi
PY - 2009/7/9
Y1 - 2009/7/9
N2 - Trials on the transmission of olfactory information together with audio/visual information are currently underway. However, a problem exists in that continuous emission of scent leaves scent in the air causing human olfactory adaptation. To resolve this problem, we aimed at minimizing the quantity of scent ejected using an ink-jet olfactory display developed. Following the development of a breath sensor for breath synchronization, we next developed an olfactory ejection system to present scent on each inspiration. We then measured human olfactory characteristics in order to determine the most suitable method for presenting scent on an inspiration. Experiments revealed that the intensity of scent perceived by the user was altered by differences in the presentation method even when the quantity of scent was unchanged. We present here a method of odor presentation that most effectively minimizes the ejection quantities.
AB - Trials on the transmission of olfactory information together with audio/visual information are currently underway. However, a problem exists in that continuous emission of scent leaves scent in the air causing human olfactory adaptation. To resolve this problem, we aimed at minimizing the quantity of scent ejected using an ink-jet olfactory display developed. Following the development of a breath sensor for breath synchronization, we next developed an olfactory ejection system to present scent on each inspiration. We then measured human olfactory characteristics in order to determine the most suitable method for presenting scent on an inspiration. Experiments revealed that the intensity of scent perceived by the user was altered by differences in the presentation method even when the quantity of scent was unchanged. We present here a method of odor presentation that most effectively minimizes the ejection quantities.
KW - Breath sensor
KW - Human olfactory character-istics
KW - Ink-Jet
KW - Olfactory display
KW - Olfactory information
KW - Pulse ejection
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U2 - 10.1109/VR.2009.4811015
DO - 10.1109/VR.2009.4811015
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67649761366
SN - 9781424439430
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality
SP - 151
EP - 158
BT - VR 2009 - IEEE Virtual Reality 2009, Proceedings
T2 - VR 2009 - IEEE Virtual Reality 2009
Y2 - 14 March 2009 through 18 March 2009
ER -