IP Library Granted Patent US 9,804,398
Granted Patent B2
US 9,804,398 · App. 14/708,264 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus

Inventors: Yasuhito Watanabe (Osaka, JP); Taiji Sasaki (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
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Patent No.
US 9,804,398
App. No.
14/708,264
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-mounted display includes a playback processor which plays back a moving image from first time until second time, a box for placing a container containing a perfume inside, a filled section which is temporarily filled with the perfume and emits the temporarily filled perfume according to starting playback of the moving image, and a tubular vent hole which is in contact with a nose of a user when the user wears the head-mounted display.

Claims (34)

1. A head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus comprising:

a playback processor which plays back a moving image from a first time until a second time, the first time corresponding to a moving image playback start time and the second time corresponding to a moving image playback end time;

a box, in which a container containing a perfume is received;

a reservoir which is filled with the perfume received from the box and emits the perfume according to a start of the moving image playback;

a tubular vent hole which is in contact with a nose of a user when the user wears the head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus; and

a first opener-closer provided between the box and the reservoir,

wherein the first opener-closer opens and closes according to the start and an end of the moving image playback,

the reservoir has a second opener-closer provided at an upper portion of the reservoir, and

the second opener-closer opens according to the end of the moving image playback.

2. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fan provided above the vent hole and below the reservoir.

3. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a gyro which senses a direction that the user faces.

4. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the vent hole includes one left vent hole and one right vent hole.

5. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the fan includes one left fan and one right fan.

6. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a fan provided above the vent hole and below the reservoir, wherein

the fan rotates both forward and backward,

opening and closing the first opener-closer, opening and closing the second opener, starting and stopping a fan rotation, a fan rotation direction and a number of revolutions of the fan are controlled in accordance with a control signal.

7. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the control signal is a sound signal which is included in the moving image.

8. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the control signal is a MIDI signal corresponding to the moving image.

9. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a control signal processor which generates the control signal.

10. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the first opener-closer opens at a third time and closes at a fourth time according to the control signal, the third time being before the first time and the fourth time being after the first time and before the second time,

the second opener-closer opens at the fourth time and closes at a fifth time according to the control signal, the fifth time being after the second time,

the fan rotates forward at the third time or a sixth time according to the control signal, the sixth time being after the third time and before the first time, and

the fan rotates backward at the fourth time according to the control signal, the fan stops at the fifth time according to the control signal.

11. The head-mounted perfume dispenser apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a calculator which calculates a distance between an object in the moving image and the nose of the user on a basis of the sensed direction and a position of the object in the moving image, the object being a source of a smell corresponding to the emitted perfume; and

a controller which changes a number of revolutions of the fan in accordance with the calculated distance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2015
From: WATANABE, YASUHITO; SASAKI, TAIJI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 035644/0705 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-173295 · Aug 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014004221 · Aug 19, 2014
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