Demo of Odor Reproduction Using 20-component Olfactory Display

Abstract

An olfactory display is a device that presents an odor to a person. In this research, odor components, which can reproduce odor by mixing them at specified ratio, were used. By using odor components, the authors developed olfactory display capable of presenting various odors compared to conventional devices. A perfume is supplied from an electroosmotic pump to a microdispenser, and the multiple odor components ejected from the microdispensers are atomized by the SAW atomizer to produce the blended odor. Users can easily experience the odor, for example, just by clicking on the button labeled with the name of the scent displayed on the PC, they can experience the odor reproduction by the blending odor components.