Portable communication device with plural olfactory cuing
A portable communication device includes a body ( 11 ) having a container ( 111 ) and a buffer room ( 115 ), and a plurality of fragrance releasing apparatuses ( 12 ) housed in the container. The body houses main circuitry therein. The buffer room communicates with the container and outside environment. The container also houses a plurality of electrical connectors therein. The electrical connectors are electrically connected with the main circuitry. Each fragrance releasing apparatus includes a vessel ( 121 ) with a nozzle ( 127 ). Each nozzle includes a heater ( 128 ) connecting with and being enabled by the main circuitry via the corresponding electrical connector. When the portable communication device receives an incoming call (or message), predetermined heaters are enabled by the main circuitry to release a fragrance corresponding to the caller (or sender).
1. A portable communication device, comprising:
a body enclosing said portable communication device, said body comprising a container with at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses therein, and a buffer room disposed next to said container and in communication with said at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses for fragrance transmission between said at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses and said buffer room so that fragrance from said at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses is movable into said buffer room, each fragrance releasing apparatus having a nozzle, said buffer room defining a hole therein, said nozzle communicating with said buffer room and releasing said fragrance into said buffer room and being offset from said hole of said buffer room for releasing said fragrance out of said body, and said nozzles of said at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses and said hole of said buffer room being respectively formed at two opposite sides of said buffer room; wherein
said fragrance from one of said at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses is capable of being mixed with fragrance from another of said at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses within said buffer room before said fragrance is released out of said body.
2. The portable communication device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said at least two fragrance releasing apparatuses includes a vessel, and each vessel includes a core for storing fragrant liquid therein.
3. The portable communication device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein one end of a corresponding one of said nozzles is embedded in said core, and an outer end of said corresponding one of said nozzles defines a plurality of openings in a sidewall of said vessel.
4. The portable communication device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each vessel further includes a top end, a bottom end, and an entrance defined in said top end, and a corresponding one of said nozzles is formed at said bottom end.