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Patent No.:

US 10838388 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2018

Scent schedule based on relatedness of scent delivery devices in a scent delivery system

Applicant:

Scentair Technologies, Llc, Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventors:

John Thurston Chandler, Charlotte, NC (US);

Chad Alan Morton, Fort Mill, SC (US);

Assignee:

SCENTAIR TECHOLOGIES, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jennifer L Norton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 34/02 (2006.01); A61L 9/12 (2006.01); A61L 9/14 (2006.01); B05B 12/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); A61L 9/03 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); A45D 34/02 (2013.01); A61L 9/035 (2013.01); A61L 9/125 (2013.01); A61L 9/14 (2013.01); B05B 12/02 (2013.01); G05D 7/0629 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06314 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); A61L 2209/11 (2013.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01); A61L 2209/132 (2013.01); A61L 2209/16 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0016 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25419 (2013.01);
Abstract

A scent delivery system includes first and second scent delivery units and a central controller. The central controller is configured to generate command data capable of affecting operation of at least the first and second units based on one or more scenting schedules. The central controller is also configured to determine a relatedness and an order of priority between the units, and determine whether a desired activation time for the first unit overlaps at least partially with a desired activation time for the second unit. Based upon a determination that the first unit is related to the second unit and that a desired activation time for the first unit overlaps at least partially with a desired activation time for the second unit, the central controller is further configured to coordinate activity level of each of the first and second delivery units during the overlapping activation time according to the order of priority.

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