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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2022
Applicants:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
The Ritsumeikan Trust, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Miyamae, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Wada, Shiga, JP;
Kazuya Matsubara, Shiga, JP;
Assignees:
JAPAN TOBACCO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for displaying a time-varying flavor as a time-varying visual element includes a stepA in which a processor acquires, from a memory, first data representing a time-varying flavor, and a generation stepA in which the processor generates, on the basis of the first data, second data for displaying the time-varying flavor as a time-varying visual element.