| 摘要 |
A system and method for creating a scent database is described. An electronic sensing unit is used to receive an odorant sample and generate an electronic signature characterizing the sample received therein via a sample guiding unit that guides first portion of the sample into the electronic sampling unit and a second portion of the sample towards an outlet, thereby enabling one or more users to be exposed to said gas-phase sample. A control unit is used to receive data indicative of the electronic signature genrated by the electronic sensing unit and a data from the one or more users indicative of a plurality of olfactive descriptors characterizing the sample to which the users are exposed, thereby enabling creation of a data record including first and second characterizing data corresponding to the same sample. The scent database is constructed from a plurality of such data records, each being associated with a specific odorant sample, which may then be used to characterise, formulate, and/or create, a desired scent based on comparison of an electric signature generated for the scent by the electronic sensing device and data records which electronic signatures comply with some best compliance criterion. |
