Mobile communications device with electronic nose
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for a mobile electronic system that gathers and analyzes odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds. A signature or representation of the odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds can be generated. Extrinsic data associated with the odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds or capturing the odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds can be identified. A model can be generated based on the representation and the extrinsic data. Filters can be generated based on the extrinsic data. The model can be searched for candidate matches, solutions, or other results based on the representation and the filters. Results can be generated based on the search and candidate matches.
1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
a processor that executes the following computer-executable components stored in a memory:
a capture component that receives an input, the input comprising a headspace, obtained by the mobile wireless communications device, associated with an unidentified perfume;
a detection component comprising a sensory array and a visual detector that react to the input, wherein the detection component converts reactions of the sensory array and visual detector into a digital signal representing a chemical composition of the headspace, and compares the digital signal to known digital signals stored in the memory, and:
upon finding a known scent, the detection component determines an identity of the perfume;
upon finding both a known scent and an unknown scent, the detection component removes the known scent, and generates a representation of the unknown scent to determine an identity of the perfume; and
upon finding an unknown scent, the detection component identifies the headspace as a new scent and stores the new scent in the memory;
a search component that, in response to a determination by the detection component that the headspace contains a new scent:
generates a search query based on the representation; and
transmits the search query to a search engine that performs a search for perfumes associated with the representation; and
an input component that receives a result from the search engine, wherein the result comprises an identification of the perfume.
2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a display component that displays the identity of unidentified perfume.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the detection component can determine a location of the device, and identify a store near the device where the perfume can be purchased.
4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an input component that receives a voice command, and wherein the search component further generates the search query based in part on the voice command.
5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising an inference component that trains a model to identify a source of at least the portion based on a history of identifying portions of headspaces.
6. A mobile phone, comprising:
a wireless transceiver;
a sample delivery component that gathers a headspace sample of the airborne scent; and
a processor that executes the following computer-executable components stored in a memory:
a detection component that generates a representation of a detected composition of the headspace sample;
a detection component comprising a sensory array and a visual detector that react to the input, wherein the detection component converts reactions of the sensory array and visual detector into a digital signal representing a chemical composition of the headspace, and compares the digital signal to known digital signals stored in the memory, and:
upon finding a known scent, the detection component determines an identity of the scent;
upon finding both a known scent and an unknown scent, the detection component removes the known scent, and generates a representation of the unknown scent to determine an identity of the unknown scent; and
upon finding an unknown scent, the detection component identifies the headspace as a new scent and stores the new scent in the memory;
a search component that, in response to a determination by the detection component that the headspace contains a new scent:
generates a search query based on the representation; and
transmits the search query to a search engine that performs a search for sources associated with the representation; and
an input component that receives a result from the search engine, wherein the result comprises an identification of the source.
7. The mobile phone of claim 6 , wherein the search engine searches a specialized model, based on expert opinions, to generate the result.
8. The mobile phone of claim 6 , wherein a navigation component generates a marker identifying a location associated with the gathering the headspace sample and at least one of a date of the receiving the headspace sample, a time of the receiving the headspace sample, or a determined concentration of the source associated with at least a portion of the headspace sample.
9. The device of claim 6 , further comprising a display component that displays the unidentified perfume.
10. The device of claim 6 , wherein, in response to a determination that the source is a perfume, the detection component can determine location of the device, and identify a store near the device where the perfume can be purchased.
11. The device of claim 6 , further comprising an input component that receives a voice command, and wherein the search component further generates the search query based in part on the voice command.
12. The device of claim 6 , further comprising an inference component that trains a model to identify a source of at least the portion based on a history of identifying portions of headspaces.