METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CODING, PROCESSING AND DECODING ODOR INFORMATION

摘要

An odor analysis has to be made before any device is capable of synthesizing an odor. Generally, an odor analysis has to result in an abstract device-independent odor representation that can easily be processed by various devices. Of course, this representation has to be detailed enough to the basis for a synthesis of an odor by chemical processes. The present invention provides a method for coding, processing (e.g. modifying/adapting) and decoding odor. The method according to the invention allows to code a representation of an odor in a digital form or odor information, respectively. This odor information can fulfil the demand of an abstract device-independent odor representation whereas the odor information shows a form which is adequate for communicating the odor information even over a wireless communication network although the bandwidth of wireless communication network is limited and usually the sensing and coding of odor produce a great amount of digital information. Additionally, the coding of the odor information allows also a fast and reasonable access to the comprised data for adapting and manipulating. According to further aspects of the invention, a device for sensing coding and communicating odor and a device for receiving, decoding and generating odor is provided.