PC-controlled scent system

Author

Tan, E.C. ; Wahab, A. ; Goh, G.H. ; Wong, S.H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Appl. Sci., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

44

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

130

Lastpage

136

Abstract

The paper describes an electromechanical system that is controlled by a multimedia PC to press a chosen small bottle to emit scent. The scent may be from perfumes, fruits, flowers, etc., and will be related to the text information, pictures, audio and video clips presented on the PC. A user selects a scent for testing from a given set of database through a user-friendly PC-controlled window-based interface. The whole system is like an electronic information kiosk or educational kit, except that it can now provide this extra sensory information

Keywords

computerised control; graphical user interfaces; interactive devices; microcomputer applications; multimedia systems; stepping motors; visual databases; PC-controlled scent system; audio clips; database; educational kit; electromechanical system; electronic information kiosk; flowers; fruits; multimedia PC; perfumes; pictures; position sensor; scent; sensory information; software program; stepper motor; text information; video clips; window-based interface; Brushes; Brushless DC motors; Brushless motors; DC motors; Feedback; Servomechanisms; Servomotors; Solenoids; Torque; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.663739

Filename

663739