Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for producing a multimedia display that includes olfactory stimuli
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Application No.: US16544497Application Date: 2019-08-19
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Publication No.: US10706820B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Nan Zhao , Joseph Paradiso , Yoav Reches
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agent Stephen R. Otis
- Main IPC: G09G5/12
- IPC: G09G5/12 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R3/00 ; G06F3/0484

Abstract:
A system may produce a multimedia presentation that includes visual stimuli, auditory stimuli, olfactory stimuli, thermal stimuli and air currents that are perceptible to a human user. All or part of the system may be housed in or affixed to a table or desk. Sensors may monitor physiology or activities of the user and provide feedback regarding the user's response to the presentation. A user may input instructions for the system. Based on these instructions, the system may present a multimedia presentation which tends to produce a target physiological state of the user that is specified in the instructions or which tends to maintain a current physiological state of the user. The system may employ a control space to control the presentation. This control space may have axes that correspond to how a user perceives multimedia presentations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200058269A1 Mediated Atmospheres Table Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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