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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jayant Kalagnanam, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);

Liu Xiao, Singapore, SG;

Kyong Min Yeo, Scarsdale, NY (US);

Yinsheng Zhou, Singapore, SG;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01W 1/02 (2006.01); G01W 1/10 (2006.01); G01W 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/10 (2013.01); G01W 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method comprises receiving data associated with a detection of the odor, the data associated with the detection of the odor comprising a location of the detection of the odor and a time of the detection of the odor, retrieving weather data corresponding to the detection of the odor, the weather data including a wind speed and direction in the location of the detection of the odor at the time of the detection of the odor, calculating a location of the source of the odor as a function of the location of the detection of the odor, the time of the location of the odor and the wind speed and direction in the location of the detection of the odor, and outputting to a user on a display a graphical representation of a likely area that includes the location of the source of the odor.


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