JP2013013653A - Scent-providing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scent-providing device that prevents intermixing of a plurality of scents when they are generated from a single transport pipe.SOLUTION: The scent-providing device for providing a plurality of scents in conjunction with reproduction of a moving picture with sound comprises: a means that includes scent specifying information providing scent information varied as the moving picture with sound progresses, and displays the moving picture with sound; a scent generating means that is able to generate a plurality of scents based on scent specifying information included in the moving picture with sound; the transport pipe that transports scents generated by the scent generating means and emits it at an emission port; and a cleaning means that sends a washing liquid into the transport pipe and cleans the interior of the transport pipe.

Description

  The present invention relates to a scent providing device that provides a plurality of types of scents in synchronization with reproduction of a moving image with sound.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a system for selling a moving image such as a movie to a person by evaporating a kind of fragrance according to the scene in synchronization with the reproduction thereof has been sold.

  As for the fragrance, a plurality of types of fragrance are prepared in advance according to the scene of the moving image with sound, vaporized according to the scene, and supplied to the vicinity of the human nose.

  In another system, dozens of fragrances are provided. The scent uses the fact that it is possible to make people feel various scents by mixing different scents at a predetermined ratio, so that the desired scent can be obtained according to the video scene with audio One or a plurality of fragrances can be generated and mixed at the same time, and a scent of more than the kind of fragrances prepared can be provided to a person (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).

  Many kinds of fragrances are sold in a container such as a bottle for a scent regenerator, and the user can add them to generate a fragrance that could not be generated before.

  The method of releasing the fragrance into the air is a method of heating the fragrance into a vapor, a method of taking out the fragrance vapor present on the liquid surface of the fragrance in a bottle, or making the fragrance fine particles based on an inkjet method, There is a way to vaporize in the air.

  Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1 describe a fragrance generating apparatus including a database on flavor composition information and preferences and an information providing system therefor via the Internet.

Generally, a scent defined in accordance with the progress of a moving image with sound is provided to a person according to the progress. The fragrance emits a vaporized material made of liquid or solid to a position where a person can feel it. The vaporization method includes a heating method and a method using an ultrasonic atomizer, and many of them are vaporized by installing together with a fragrance container on a table, and a transport pipe which is a resin pipe having a diameter of 1 mm to several millimeters. Pass through and transport near the face of a person.

  Here, the vicinity of the face is a position where the vaporized fragrance component released from the transport pipe can be carried to the human nose by the flow of air in the vicinity of the person and the kinetic energy when released, and the fragrance The position is closer to the human nose than the position to vaporize.

JP 2010-257126 A

Monthly Display September 2010 Issue Vo; 9, pp. 72-79 (ISSN 1341-3961)

  A transport tube that vaporizes and passes a plurality of different fragrances and transports the scent near the nose of a person is usually several tens of centimeters long, sometimes 1 m, but the vaporized scent component adheres to the inner wall of the transport tube. Then, when transporting a fragrance obtained by vaporizing different kinds of fragrances thereafter, there arises a disadvantage that the previous odor component is mixed.

  In particular, the problem of mixing scent components becomes a major problem after providing viewers with a strong scent odor, and a method of removing scent components adhering to the inner wall of the pipe through air without scent for a certain period of time is taken. As another countermeasure, there is a method of reducing the influence by preparing a plurality of transport pipes having scents close to each other and providing the scent from the plurality of transport pipes so that the previous scent is not mixed.

  However, when multiple scents act on a person with the progress of a movie with sound such as a movie, it is necessary to provide a different scent in a few seconds from the provision of a certain scent. There was a problem that it was not possible to adopt a method to avoid turbidity due to the scent. In addition, there is a method of removing the attached scent component by heating the transport pipe, but the effect on the human body is regarded as a problem by the heated gas.

  In addition, the method of preparing a plurality of transport pipes also requires at least three or more pipes because there are more than 20 types of scents provided in the moving image. In this case, there is a problem of alienating the movement of the person in order to position the scent discharge part on the person's head.

  That is, in order to provide a scent in accordance with the progress of the moving image with sound, a means for quickly removing the previous scent component from the inner wall of the transport pipe is necessary. Then, in this application, when generating a some fragrance from one transport pipe, it makes it a subject to provide the fragrance provision apparatus with which a fragrance does not mix.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a scent providing device that provides a plurality of types of scents in synchronization with the reproduction of a moving image with sound, and the moving image with sound changes with the progress of the moving image. Means including scent designation information for providing scent information, displaying the moving image with sound, scent generating means capable of generating a plurality of types of fragrance based on the scent specifying information included in the moving image with sound, and the scent generating means The scent providing device is provided with a transport pipe that transports the scent generated from the scent and discharges the scent at the discharge port, and a cleaning means that feeds the cleaning liquid into the transport pipe and cleans the inside of the transport pipe.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the scent providing device according to the first aspect, wherein the scent generating means comprises at least two or more kinds of fragrance containers and a fragrance vaporizing means.
As the invention according to claim 3, and aroma providing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the cross-sectional area of the transport pipe is in the range of 0.3 mm ² or more 16 mm ² or less did.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the scent providing device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the cleaning liquid fed into the transport pipe contains bubbles.
The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the cleaning liquid fed into the transport pipe reciprocates in the transport pipe due to a pressure difference in the transport pipe. It was set as the fragrance provision apparatus of description.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the cleaning mechanism sends and discharges the cleaning liquid to and from the transport pipe from the type and release time of the scent generated from the scent generating means within the playback time of the moving image with sound. The scent providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the cleaning time is determined, and the transport pipe is cleaned.

  By providing the scent providing device having the above-described configuration, when providing a plurality of scents in accordance with the progress of the moving image with sound, the scent component provided earlier at an unintended time is provided, or a plurality It becomes possible to eliminate the scent of each other becoming cloudy.

  Moreover, the scent providing device of the present invention makes it easy to increase the cleaning efficiency. By increasing the cleaning effect, for example, it is possible to complete the cleaning within a time between human inspirations. Further, by increasing the cleaning efficiency, it is possible to eliminate or reduce interruption of scent provision during the time period during which scent is being provided. Furthermore, effective cleaning can be performed by specifying the timing after transportation of the fragrance that generates a strong remaining fragrance and performing cleaning.

It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the fragrance providing apparatus of this invention. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the washing | cleaning operation | work in the fragrance provision apparatus of this invention.

  The present invention provides a scent that provides a scent pre-defined for each scene or event of a video with sound at a pre-defined time (advancing time of a video with sound), enabling a sense of presence and production by the scent The apparatus is a scent providing apparatus having a cleaning function for preventing an unintended remaining scent of the scent from being provided after the provision of a certain scent.

  In FIG. 1, the schematic diagram for demonstrating the fragrance providing apparatus of this invention was shown. An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The scent providing device 1 of the present invention includes scent generation control means 14. The scent generation control means 14 includes a moving image playback device 2 with sound, the moving image playback device 2 with sound is connected to a moving image display device (display) 16 with sound, and the moving image display device 16 with sound displays a moving image with sound. To do. Further, the scent generation control unit 14 includes a scent provision schedule analysis unit 15. The moving image with sound reproduced by the moving image reproducing apparatus with sound 2 includes scent designation information synchronized with the reproduction, and the scent designation information is sent to the scent provision schedule analyzing means 15 to determine the scent generation schedule and the later-described cleaning timing. The scent control means 14 controls the generation and cleaning of the scent. Further, the scent control means may be connected to the Internet 17, and the scent designation information, the moving image with sound, etc. may be obtained via the Internet.

  The scent generating means includes a plurality of fragrance containers 3, a vaporizer 4 for vaporizing the fragrance sent from the fragrance container 3, and a scent flow rate adjusting valve 5 for adjusting the flow rate of the fragrance generated by the vaporizer 4. . A plurality of perfume containers 3 are provided, and two or more kinds of perfume are provided, and the scent generating means generates a scent consisting of one scent or a mixture of two or more scents. The scent control means 14 controls at least one of the fragrance container 3, the vaporizer 4, and the flow rate adjusting valve 5 in the scent generating means to adjust the scent type and flow rate.

  The scent that has passed through the flow control valve of the scent generating means is connected to the transport pipe 7 via the three-way valve 11. The transport pipe 7 includes a discharge port 6, which is installed near the nose of the viewer who is watching the moving image display device (display) 16 with sound and provides the viewer with a scent. One of the three-way valves 11 is connected to a used cleaning liquid tank 13. The transport pipe 7 is connected to a cleaning liquid supply tank 8 via a cleaning liquid supply valve 10 on the way. A foam generator 9 is provided between the cleaning liquid supply valve 10 and the cleaning liquid supply tank 10. The used cleaning liquid tank 13 discharges the cleaning liquid sent from the cleaning liquid supply tank 1 to the transport pipe 7 after cleaning the transport pipe, and is connected to an air pump 12 for cleaning liquid movement and discharge.

  The cleaning liquid is prepared in the cleaning liquid tank 13 and is connected to the foam generator 9 in this embodiment, and the cleaning liquid is fed into the transport pipe according to the instruction of the scent generation control means 14.

  In the video playback device 2 with audio, the video media with audio accompanied by the scent designation information is, for example, a movie DVD, and “scent” is information about which scent is reproduced in which scene corresponding to the movie content. "Designated information". The moving image playback apparatus 2 with sound is further connected to the Internet 17.

  The connected Internet enables the control of the scent provided by the scent control means 14 by reading the information on the fragrance stored in the fragrance container 3 from a predetermined database. Further, in some cases, it is possible to control the cleaning timing by reading timing information for performing the cleaning operation inside the transport pipe 7 that provides the scent during the reproduction of the moving image with sound. The scent control means 14 of the present invention can be a personal computer (PC). Moreover, it does not need to be connected to the Internet.

  Liquid fragrances are placed in the fragrance containers 3 (three in this example), and necessary fragrances are sent to the vaporizer and vaporized as the sound-added media progresses. The gas (fragrance) containing the vaporized fragrance is connected to the three-way valve according to the degree to which the fragrance flow control valve is opened. The fragrance container 3, the vaporizer 5, and the fragrance flow rate adjustment valve 6 are controlled by the scent control means 14.

  In accordance with the scent regeneration information recorded in the moving image with sound, the carburetor 5 and the scent flow rate adjusting valve 6 operate to provide three kinds of fragrances in the case of FIG. Whether or not one kind of fragrance is provided at a certain time is not particularly limited in the present invention. If the composition is changed using a plurality of fragrances, different scents are obtained, and the present invention does not exclude the use of the cleaning function in order to avoid scents of different scents from becoming turbid as noise.

  The scent reproduction control means 14 analyzes the scent designation information attached to the moving image with sound by the scent provision schedule analysis means 15, and from which fragrance container, at what timing, how much fragrance is vaporized by the vaporizer and provided. Control what is good.

  In this embodiment, the liquid fragrance is sent from the fragrance container 3 to the vaporization unit 4 and the flow rate of the vaporized fragrance is adjusted by the flow rate adjusting valve 5. However, the fragrance container 3 is described. When the fragrance is already vaporized from the fragrance, the vaporizer 4 is unnecessary, and the absolute amount of the air flow including the fragrance supplied from the fragrance container 3 is controlled by the fragrance flow control valve. May be. Although not shown, the scent generated in the vaporizing unit is mixed with gas (atmosphere) by the blowing means and is discharged from the discharge port 6 through the transport pipe 7.

  In the present embodiment, the vaporization unit 4 is configured by a heating and an outside air intake mechanism. Although it heats temporarily, it dilutes with gas and avoids that a fragrance | flavor coagulate | solidifies by the fall of a saturated vapor pressure in the flow path to a discharge port. Moreover, although the vaporization part 4 is installed with respect to each fragrance | flavor container 3 in FIG. 1, even if it is the structure which vaporizes a fragrance | flavor by one vaporization part after mixing the fragrance | flavor sent from each fragrance | flavor container. Good.

  Further, the vaporization unit 3 can be performed by a discharge mechanism by droplet formation using a surface acoustic wave element using an ultrasonic flow action. If a heating mechanism is used, there is a danger that many fragrances containing alcohol will ignite, but this danger is eliminated by adopting a release mechanism using droplets using surface acoustic wave elements. it can.

  The scent that has passed through the three-way valve 11 passes through the cleaning liquid supply valve 10 and is released through the fragrance transport tube, which makes the human sense of smell. When providing the scent, the three-way valve 11 is closed on the used cleaning liquid tank 13 side, and the scent provided from the fragrance container is sent to the discharge port. Further, when providing the scent, the cleaning liquid supply tank 8 side of the cleaning liquid supply valve 10 is similarly closed.

  The schematic diagram for demonstrating the washing | cleaning operation | work in the fragrance provision apparatus of this invention in FIG. 2 was shown. 2A to 2E are enlarged views of the vicinity of the cleaning liquid supply valve 10 in FIG. In FIG. 2A, A is connected to the cleaning liquid supply tank 8. B is connected to a bubble generator 9. C is connected to the discharge port 6, and the discharge port 6 emits a scent to the viewer. D is connected to the used cleaning liquid tank 13 and the vaporizer 6.

  The cleaning operation is performed when a certain scent is released from the outlet through the transport pipe to provide the viewer with a scent and another scent is released through the same transport pipe. In cleaning the transport pipe 7, first, the cleaning liquid 30 is supplied to A from the cleaning device supply tank 8 (FIG. 2B).

  Next, the cleaning liquid 30 becomes foamy by supplying air 31 intermittently from the foam generator 9 to B (FIG. 2C). On the inner surface of the transport pipe, the cleaning effect is high in the boundary region between the cleaning liquid and the foam, and the amount of cleaning liquid to be used is relatively reduced by including the foam. Further, the cleaning liquid can be reduced in weight by making it foam. Therefore, the cleaning liquid can be moved at a high speed when the cleaning liquid is reciprocated between both ends of the transport pipe due to the pressure difference. Moreover, the inconvenience that the cleaning liquid cannot move in the transport pipe can be solved. The transport pipe is formed with a vaporizer installed on a table and a resin pipe of about 1 m to the vicinity of the person's nose, so the middle part of the transport pipe is bent to the lowest position in the vertical direction. In such a case, the cleaning liquid may not be able to move due to the difference in atmospheric pressure due to the action of gravity, and such a problem can be solved by making the cleaning liquid foam.

  In the present invention, the bubble refers to a gas region that is sandwiched between liquid cleaning liquids inside the transport pipe. As shown in FIG. 2, the foam generator has an air inlet. By mixing the air in the process in which the cleaning liquid flows from the cleaning liquid tank and is transported to the transport pipe side, the cleaning liquid having at least one, preferably a plurality of bubbles can be sent into the transport pipe. The foam-like cleaning liquid increases the boundary interface between the cleaning liquid and the air, which is effective for removing the fragrance component adhering to the wall surface of the transport pipe, and makes it possible to obtain a cleaning effect.

  Next, a foam-like cleaning liquid is fed into the transport liquid through the flow control valve 10 (FIG. 2 (d)). The sent cleaning liquid can reciprocate in the transport pipe 7 by alternately applying positive pressure or negative pressure from D to which the used cleaning liquid tank 13 is connected. At this time, the cleaning liquid supply valve is connected by C and D, and A and B are closed. In the present invention, the cleaning liquid is moved by the pressure difference in the transport pipe. As shown in FIG. 1, the used cleaning liquid tank 13 is connected to an air pump 12 for moving and discharging the cleaning liquid, and the air pump for moving and discharging the cleaning liquid repeats intake and exhaust, so that positive pressure and negative pressure are generated in the transport pipe. Pressure can be applied to reciprocate the foam-like cleaning liquid 30 between the outlet of the transport tube and the three-way valve. By adjusting the absolute amount of the gas to be sucked and exhausted (atmosphere), the cleaning liquid does not come out from the discharge port, and at the same time, the cleaning liquid in the middle of cleaning is prevented from coming out to the used cleaning liquid container.

  After cleaning the inside of the transport pipe with the cleaning liquid, the cleaning liquid is discharged from D toward the used cleaning liquid tank 13 (FIG. 2 (e)). After a predetermined number of times, the cleaning liquid moves back and forth inside the transport pipe and is cleaned, and the cleaning liquid moving and discharging air pump takes a long decompression time to discharge the cleaning liquid to the used cleaning liquid tank. Thus, a series of cleaning operations is completed, and another scent is newly fed into the transport pipe and discharged from the discharge port 6. During the cleaning operation, the fragrance container 3 side of the three-way valve 11 is closed.

In the scent providing device of the present invention, the transport pipe is made of, for example, a fluororesin so that the fragrance component is difficult to adhere. The inner diameter in this example is 1 mm. When it gets thicker, it is not desirable to alienate human movement. Furthermore, since the cleaning liquid becomes droplets and it becomes difficult to move the cleaning liquid depending on the air pressure during the cleaning operation, the cross-sectional area of the transport pipe preferably does not exceed 16 mm ² . Moreover, it is preferable that the cross-sectional area of a transport pipe is 0.3 mm < ² > or more. The resistance of the cleaning liquid to the inner wall of the transport pipe increases when the cross-sectional area of the transport pipe is small. When the cross-sectional area of the transport pipe is less than 0.3 mm ² , it may be difficult to move the cleaning liquid in the transport pipe.

  In the scent providing device of the present invention, the cleaning liquid may be normal water or may contain a surfactant. Moreover, if it is ozone water, the cleaning effect is high. Although the present invention does not limit the cleaning liquid, it is clear that it is difficult to use a cleaning liquid with a fragrance.

  However, ozone water has an ozone odor. When using a cleaning liquid having such a scent, it is possible to flow the air in a reverse direction from the outlet near the human nose by depressurizing the cleaning liquid moving and discharging air pump shown in FIG. By washing the air from the discharge port to the cleaning liquid moving and discharging air pump 12 after cleaning, not only the remaining scent of the cleaning liquid but also the perfume components that could not be removed by the cleaning liquid can be cleaned.

  The timing at which the cleaning liquid is fed into the transport pipe and cleaned is defined by the moving image media with sound or the scent providing time defined by the providing time. That is, it is carried out at the time after provision of the kind of fragrance that easily leaves the remaining scent in the transport pipe. Or it is implemented before the time which dislikes turbidity with other fragrance | flavors of a remaining incense. It is also desirable to analyze the time when no scent is provided and to execute within that time. These are controlled by the scent generation control means.

  Desirably, a series of cleaning operations of transporting and discharging the cleaning liquid into the transport pipe is performed within a time of 3 seconds, which is the breathing interval of the person. By performing the cleaning work within 3 seconds, it is possible to complete the cleaning at an optimal time that is not affected by the fragrance provision schedule, and it is effective when providing multiple scents continuously. .

  In addition, the scent generating device of the present invention is a method for removing the remaining scent in the transport pipe or removing the cleaning liquid, by heating the vicinity of the discharge port or the transport pipe itself to pass the hot air through the transport pipe to vaporize and remove the fragrance components. Methods are possible and the present invention does not preclude simultaneous execution with them. As a method for heating the transport pipe, it is also effective as a method for removing the remaining scent by having a heater near the discharge port, heating and sucking air taken in from the discharge port, and evaporating and removing the remaining scent component.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Fragrance provision apparatus 2 ... Movie reproduction apparatus with audio | voice 3 ... Fragrance | flavor container 4 ... Vaporizer 5 ... Flow control valve 6 ... Release port 7 ... Transport pipe 8 ... Washing liquid supply tank 9 ... Bubble generator 10 ... Cleaning liquid supply valve 11 ... Three-way valve 13 ... Used cleaning liquid tank 14 ... Scent generation control means 15 ... Scent supply schedule analysis means 16 ... Video display device with sound (display)
17 ... Internet 30 ... Cleaning liquid 31 ... Gas

Claims (6)

A scent providing device that provides a plurality of types of scents in synchronization with playback of a video with sound,
The video with sound includes scent designation information that provides information on the scent that changes with the progress of the video,
Means for displaying the video with sound;
A fragrance generating means capable of generating a plurality of types of fragrance based on the scent designation information included in the video with sound,
A transport pipe for transporting the scent generated from the scent generating means and releasing it at the discharge port; and
A scent providing device comprising a cleaning means for feeding a cleaning liquid into the transport pipe and cleaning the inside of the transport pipe.   The scent providing device according to claim 1, wherein the scent generating means comprises at least two or more kinds of fragrance containers and fragrance vaporizing means. The scent providing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cross-sectional area of the transport pipe is in a range of 0.3 mm ² or more and 16 mm ² or less.   The scent providing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 3, wherein the cleaning liquid fed into the transport pipe contains bubbles.   The scent providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cleaning liquid fed into the transport pipe reciprocates in the transport pipe due to a pressure difference in the transport pipe.   The cleaning time when the cleaning mechanism sends and discharges the cleaning liquid to and from the transport pipe is determined from the type and release time of the scent generated from the scent generating means within the playback time of the video with sound, and the cleaning of the transport pipe is It is performed, The fragrance providing apparatus in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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