Sony patents scent system that uses air jets to aim fragrances
Sony has been granted a patent for a device that releases scents using a specific airflow mechanism. It combines a stream of air carrying an odor with a second, stronger air stream to control the direction and spread of the smell. The system uses a detachable nozzle with multiple holes to mix these airflows before releasing them.
In the filing’s own words
To provide an odor presentation module capable of discharging an odor-containing airflow over a wide area. An odor presentation module 100 includes a first opening portion 104 that emits a first airflow containing an odor, a second opening portion 113 that emits a second airflow, and a retention nozzle 110 having a retention space in which the first airflow and the second airflow are retained, wherein a direction of the first airflow emitted from the first opening portion 104 is controlled by the second airflow. The odor presentation module 100 has the retention nozzle 110 capable of being attached to and detached from the second opening portion 113 and having a plurality of discharge holes 133, and further includes a first airflow generation device 101 and an odor carrying portion 103 that carries an odor, wherein the first airflow can be formed by mixing an airflow generated by the first airflow generation device 101 and the odor carried by the odor carrying portion 103.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An odor presentation device, comprising: a plurality of odor presentation modules having a first opening portion for emitting a first airflow containing an odor and second opening portions for emitting a second airflow; a direction of the first airflow emitted from the first opening portion being controlled by the second airflow; a retention nozzle that has a retention space in which the first airflow and the second airflow emitted from the plurality of odor presentation modules are integrated and retained, and that can be attached to and detached from each of the second opening portions, and a rotating mechanism is provided at a junction between the retention nozzle and each of the odor presentation modules.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- Odor presentation module, odor presentation device, and odor presentation method
- Patent number
- US12758673B2
- Application number
- 18563190
- Filed
- Mar 18, 2022
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 14
Classified under
A61L 9/125 Human necessitiesA61L 2209/134 Human necessitiesMore from Sony in Other
Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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