Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scent output control device and scent output control method
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Application No.: US17627873Application Date: 2020-06-26
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Publication No.: US11987102B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Satoshi Konya , Shuji Fujita , Yukito Inoue , Cedric Duvert
- Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: CHIP LAW GROUP
- Priority: JP 19137652 2019.07.26
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/025270 2020.06.26
- International Announcement: WO2021/019988A 2021.02.04
- Date entered country: 2022-01-18
- Main IPC: B60H3/00
- IPC: B60H3/00 ; G06Q30/0251 ; G06V20/56

Abstract:
To realize a device and method that outputs scents according to an advertisement. A scent output control unit that executes scent output control and a scent output unit that executes a scent output under control of the scent output control unit are included, and the scent output control unit selects a scent to be output on the basis of an advertisement and outputs the selected scent via the scent output unit. The scent output control unit selects a scent to be output on the basis of an advertisement detected from an image captured by a vehicle exterior camera that captures the outside of the vehicle or an advertisement output to the information output terminal, and outputs the selected scent via the scent output unit. Furthermore, an occupant profile is analyzed on the basis of an image of an occupant, and a scent corresponding to the occupant is output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220274465A1 SCENT OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE, SCENT OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2022-09-01
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