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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Gerd Kobal, Sandy Hook, VA (US);
Henry Dante, Midlothian, VA (US);
Rangaraj Sundar, Midlothian, VA (US);
Peter Lipowicz, Midlothian, VA (US);
William R. Sweeney, Richmond, VA (US);
Ashok Solanky, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Gerd Kobal, Sandy Hook, VA (US);
Henry Dante, Midlothian, VA (US);
Rangaraj Sundar, Midlothian, VA (US);
Peter Lipowicz, Midlothian, VA (US);
William R. Sweeney, Richmond, VA (US);
Ashok Solanky, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A virtual or augmented reality smoking system is provided herein. A smoker using the system can experience a virtual reality of smoking by puffing on a cigarette shaped article and experiencing the taste or aroma from the article while simultaneously viewing a generated image of a burning cigarette and exhaled and sidestream smoke. Additionally, the room environment may be simulated to give the experience of smoking in a setting of the smoker's choice (virtual reality) or the image of a burning cigarette and smoke may be superimposed on a live or natural image of the smoker's environment (augmented reality).