TY - GEN
T1 - Time characteristics of olfaction in a single breath
AU - Noguchi, Daisuke
AU - Sugimoto, Sayumi
AU - Bannai, Yuichi
AU - Okada, Ken Ichi
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The transmission of olfactory information together with audiovisual information is now attracting much attention. However, the information is difficult to synchronize because of problems of scent lingering in the air and olfactory adaptation. We aimed at minimizing the amount of odorant presented to users in order to mitigate these problems, and developed an olfactory display that is able to present scents precisely. The display uses pulse ejection, whereby scents are emitted for only short periods of time. In this study, we aimed to mitigate the above-mentioned problems and to measure the time characteristics of olfaction in a single breath, which are difficult to measure by conventional methods. As a result, the most effective conditions for using a small amount of odorant in a single breath were revealed. These results are expected to ease the synchronization of olfactory and audiovisual information.
AB - The transmission of olfactory information together with audiovisual information is now attracting much attention. However, the information is difficult to synchronize because of problems of scent lingering in the air and olfactory adaptation. We aimed at minimizing the amount of odorant presented to users in order to mitigate these problems, and developed an olfactory display that is able to present scents precisely. The display uses pulse ejection, whereby scents are emitted for only short periods of time. In this study, we aimed to mitigate the above-mentioned problems and to measure the time characteristics of olfaction in a single breath, which are difficult to measure by conventional methods. As a result, the most effective conditions for using a small amount of odorant in a single breath were revealed. These results are expected to ease the synchronization of olfactory and audiovisual information.
KW - Olfactory display
KW - Olfactory information
KW - Pulse ejection
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U2 - 10.1145/1978942.1978956
DO - 10.1145/1978942.1978956
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79958090303
SN - 9781450302289
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 83
EP - 92
BT - CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
ER -