KR20010016015A - An apparatus for making smell for a computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for generating fragrance in computer is provided to emit fragrance by receiving fragrance data from a computer and injecting the fragrance filled in a fragrance storing vessel in natural or in mixing. CONSTITUTION: A fragrance generating chamber(200) comprises a nozzle entrancing hole formed the upper portion thereof for entrancing an injection nozzle of a fragrance generating unit(100) and a heating plate mounting hole mounted the side portion thereof for entrancing a heating plate(310) of a heating unit(300). The fragrance generating chamber(200) is connected to a horizontal injection vessel and a vertical injection vessel having a vertical injection path the upper portion thereof. A fragrance storing unit stores single or mixed fragrance. The heating unit(300) is located at the lower portion of the injection nozzle. The heating unit(300) comprises a heating plate(310) heating fragrance liquid injected from the injection nozzle and rendering the fragrance liquid to evaporate and a heating plate holder(320) fixedly mounted at the side portion of the heating plate(310). The above elements are controlled by a control unit(600).

Description

An apparatus for making smell for a computer

The present invention relates to a fragrance system for generating fragrance in order to further enhance the realism when using a computer, in particular by injecting or injecting the basic fragrance of the fragrance storage container as it is embedded or external to the computer and received fragrance data from the computer as it is The present invention relates to a fragrance expression device for a computer that provides a user with olfactory satisfaction to achieve a desired desired purpose.

Modern people want to feel the scent of perfume ads on the screen as soon as they turn on the TV, or enjoy the scent that is provided for the scene of the movie while watching 3D digital movies. He also wants to make his own scent, such as a flower scent, and give him a scent to change his mood when he is depressed.

In addition, ordinary office workers may have a desire to adjust the scent in the office, which is smothered with tobacco or other unpleasant odors. For example, if you can create a fresh office atmosphere with pine trees in the morning and a soft lilac atmosphere in the afternoon, the working environment of office workers will be improved, which will contribute to the improvement of business performance soon. However, so far there has been no effective technology that meets this need.

However, the conventional prior art developed to satisfy the needs of human beings was only a degree of spraying the existing fragrances according to a certain time and condition. One of them is disclosed in US Pat. No. 5,487,502. The present invention is a technology for producing aroma and sound in the decorative means, the container containing the compressed liquid for making the fragrance inside, the drive device for opening and closing the valve of the container with the control device, the discharge pipe connected to the container, It consists of a nozzle and a sound generator. When the control device is operated, the valve of the container is opened by the decorative means to enhance the decorative effect, releasing odors and producing sound.

Another prior art is US Pat. No. 5,277,341. This patent discloses a device for spraying a fluid by a pump that is repeatedly driven by a solenoid, which consists of a pump, a piston, a pusher and an actuator.

Another prior art is US Pat. No. 5,417,258, which discloses a rechargeable liquid spray device. The device is equipped with an actuator head, a tank containing liquid, an angular position mechanism and an axial position mechanism, in which a pump is installed.

Another prior art is US Pat. No. 5,221,025. This patent discloses methods and apparatus for spraying pharmaceuticals, fragrances or other liquids in liquid or gaseous form.

However, the above prior art sprays the liquid into the liquid particles in the air by using a nozzle, so the rate of evaporation varies according to the change of the surrounding environment such as temperature and time, and thus the desired fragrance was not delivered to the user at the correct concentration. Therefore, when a few fragrances are mixed at the correct concentration to form a new fragrance became a problem.

In addition, in the conventional technology, there was a limitation that it is not merely spraying a single fragrance, and thus it is impossible to produce and inject various fragrances. Not only did not meet the needs of the user, but also the volume of the fragrance device is too large to occupy a lot of space, and there was a disadvantage that is difficult to mount on a computer.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the user can inject or combine the basic fragrance of the fragrance storage container as it is built into or external to the computer and receive the fragrance data from the computer. The present invention provides a fragrance expression device for computers that can obtain satisfaction not only in hearing but also in smell.

1a to 1c is a front view, a left side view and a plan view of a perfume expression device for a computer according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the inner core components of the fragrance expression device for a computer according to the present invention,

3a to 3c is a front view, a plan view and a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the fragrance storage unit and the fragrance supply unit of the fragrance expression device for a computer according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the removable fragrance storage unit in the fragrance expression device for a computer according to the present invention,

5a to 5c is a front view, a side view and a plan view showing the structure of the heating plate holder of the heating unit in the present invention,

6 is a plan view showing a heating plate fixed to the heating plate holder shown in Figure 5,

7a to 7c is a front view, a side view and a plan view showing the configuration of the smell diffusion chamber in the present invention.

* Code descriptions for the main parts of the drawings

100: incense supply unit 110: injection nozzle

120: mounting groove 130: support

132: injection liquid chamber 134: inlet hole

140: spray piston 150: solenoid actuator

152: operating rod 154: connecting piece

200: smell diffusion chamber 210: nozzle entry hole

220: heating plate mounting hole 230: horizontal spray bottle

232: vertical injection barrel 234: jet piece coupling end

240: spraying piece 250: blowing fan

300: heating unit 310: heating plate

320: heating plate holder 400: case

500: incense storage unit 510: discharge hole

520: mounting jaw 600: control unit

A fragrance expression device for a computer according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a fragrance storage unit for storing the fragrance liquid by generating a fragrance and spraying to the outside; A fragrance supply unit which receives a fragrance liquid from the fragrance storage unit and sprays a predetermined amount to the outside; A fragrance heating unit for heating and vaporizing the fragrance sprayed from the fragrance supply unit; A fragrance chamber for discharging the fragrance vaporized by the fragrance heating unit to the outside; And a control unit controlling the fragrance supply unit and the fragrance heating unit to inject a desired fragrance to the outside.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a configuration of a fragrance expression device for a computer according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C show a front view, a left side view, and a plan view, respectively. FIG. 2 also shows an internal perspective view of the inner core components of the fragrance expression device for a computer in FIG.

As shown, the apparatus has an internal space of a predetermined size, and the nozzle inlet hole 210 through which the injection nozzle 110 of the fragrance supply unit 100 enters is drilled on the upper side, while the heating unit will be described later. The heating plate 310 of the 300 is provided with a smell diffusion chamber 200 is formed with a heating plate mounting hole 220 that can be entered. The inclination chamber 200 has a horizontal injection barrel 230 and a vertical injection barrel 232 forming a vertical injection path on one side top thereof, and a semi-cylindrical shape is formed at an upper end of the vertical injection cylinder 232. Injection piece coupling end 234 is formed is coupled to the injection piece 240 to enable angle adjustment. The injection piece 240 protrudes to the outside of the case 400 accommodating and protecting the smell diffusion chamber 200 so that the user can appropriately adjust the angle up and down as necessary. Of course, the fragrance is sprayed in the smell diffusion chamber 200 to be vaporized, and the injected fragrance is discharged to the outside in a mixed or vaporized state in the inner space. To this end, the blowing chamber 200 is equipped with a blowing fan 250 for mixing the incense flows to the injection path to discharge to the outside through the injection piece 240.

The apparatus is also equipped with an incense storage unit 500 which is mounted on top of the above smell chamber 200 and stores various incense. The fragrance storage unit 500 is a fragrance storage container containing incense is filled with a single cause or mixed incense inside. The fragrance storage unit 500 may be configured as a single cartridge and mounted on the fragrance supply unit 100 to be described later, or may be integrally formed with the fragrance supply unit 100 to be described later. Of course, the mounted cartridge type is provided with a rail-shaped mounting groove 120 to mount the fragrance storage unit 500 to the fragrance supply unit 100.

The fragrance storage unit 500 is formed integrally with the incense supply unit 100, which is manufactured separately and assembled or integrated into one as described above. The fragrance supply unit 100 includes a support 130 having an injection liquid chamber 132 filled with a predetermined amount of fragrance liquid from the fragrance storage unit 500. In addition, it is provided on the injection liquid chamber 132 of the support body 130 is provided with a spray piston 140 for injecting the incense flow from the fragrance storage unit 500 to the outside, to operate the spray piston 140 It is provided with a solenoid driver 150 for. The solenoid driver 150 lowers the operation rod 152 according to the application of the operating current to integrally lower the injection piston 140 connected to the connection piece 154. As a result, the injection piston 140 extrudes the fragrance introduced into the injection liquid chamber 132 to be sprayed to the outside through the injection nozzle 110. More detailed description of the aroma storage unit 500 and the aroma supply unit 100 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3C.

The heating unit 300 is positioned below the injection nozzle 110, and the heating unit 300 includes heating plates 310 for heating and vaporizing the perfume liquid injected from the injection nozzle 110, and the heating plate 310. ) Is composed of a heating plate holder 320 is mounted and fixed to one side. The heating plate 310 is the same number as the number of the injection nozzle 110 enters through the heating plate mounting hole 220 formed in the smell diffusion chamber 200 is spaced apart from the injection nozzle 110 by a predetermined interval, the heating plate holder ( 320 is tightly fixed to the outside of the heating plate mounting hole 220 of the smell diffusion chamber 200. The heating plate 310 automatically maintains a constant temperature according to the set temperature, and when the fragrance is injected from the spray nozzle 110, the heating plate 310 is raised to the set temperature within a short time to vaporize the injected fragrance. The heating unit 300 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C and 6.

All the above components are controlled by the control unit 600. The control unit 600 controls the central processing unit for managing various internal and external resources, an external signal interface for exchanging signals with the outside, a smell control unit for controlling the smell diffusion unit, and a display unit for displaying the display unit so as to be recognized by the user. It is provided with a user interface and a power supply for managing operating power. In particular, the central processing unit manages various parameters such as resource management of the fragrance storage unit 500, internal mechanism management of the fragrance storage unit 500 and the fragrance supply unit 100, state management of the main computer, and fragrance condition. Manage. Of course, the inclination control unit is driven by the control signal of the central processing unit, and the inclination control unit directly controls the mechanism of the inclination unit while detecting and preventing an abnormal operation state. In addition, the power supply unit converts the external power supply to the internal operating voltage, and transmits an abnormal state signal to the main computer when the main power failure occurs, and protects the device from abnormal conditions such as external overvoltage.

3a to 3c is a front view, a plan view and a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the fragrance storage unit and the fragrance supply unit of the fragrance expression device for a computer according to the present invention.

As shown, the fragrance storage container 500 is a removable storage so that the fragrance storage unit 500 can be integrally manufactured or replaced in the fragrance supply unit (100). A discharge hole 510 is formed at the lower end of the fragrance storage container so that the fragrance liquid filled therein can flow out. The discharge hole 510 is connected to the inlet hole 134 formed in the support body 130 of the fragrance supply unit 100, and the perfume liquid filled in the injection liquid chamber 132 in the support body 130 through the inlet hole 134. In order to spray the outside to the support 130, the injection piston 140 is vertically erected. The spray piston 140 is coupled to a solenoid actuator 150 for operating the upper end thereof. That is, the injection piston 140 is coupled to the operation rod 152 and the connection piece 154 of the solenoid actuator 150, the operation rod 152 is lowered when the solenoid is operated according to the application of electricity, which is connected to the connection piece 154 The spraying piston 140 connected to the lowering is lowered to spray the fragrance filled in the spraying liquid chamber 132 through the spraying nozzle 110 in communication with the spraying liquid chamber 132. The injection liquid chamber 132 is shaped into a volume of a proper volume so that the fragrance can be injected in a proper amount, and the injection nozzle 110 fixed in the lower portion of the support 130 in communication with the injection liquid chamber 132, the end of the heating plate It is located at a predetermined interval from the top of the. In this way, after the injection piston 140 descends to inject the fragrance, the spray piston 140 is restored to its original state again to allow the next operation to proceed to the upper end of the injection piston 140 and the operating rod 152 is elastic Pieces 142 and 156 are coalesced. In addition, the control plate 136 is fixed to the upper portion of the support rod 130 and the injection piston 140 to the upper portion of the support 130 so that the operation rod 152 and the injection piston 140 does not escape to the outside. have.

The incense supply unit 100 for spraying the incense storage container and the incense by a predetermined liquid, which is the above-described incense storage unit 500, is made of an integrated cartridge and completely replaces the cartridge after exhausting the incense solution, or on the other hand in FIG. Each can be used as a separate component manufactured by mounting as shown. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the removable fragrance storage unit in the fragrance expression device for a computer according to the present invention, showing a portion of the fragrance-type storage unit and the corresponding fragrance supply unit corresponding thereto.

When the incense storage container 500a is manufactured as a replaceable mounting type, the mounting jaw 520 is protruded on both sides of one side of the incense storage container 500a as shown, and both sides of the incense supply unit 100 corresponding thereto. The left and right mounting jaw 520 is formed in the mounting groove 120 so that the sliding can be inserted. Therefore, the fragrance storage container 500a is coupled by sliding the mounting jaws 520 to the mounting grooves 120 formed in the support 130 of the fragrance supply unit 100 from above. When combined in this way, the discharge hole (not shown) formed in the lower portion of the fragrance storage container (500a) is in communication with the inlet hole 134 of the fragrance supply unit 100 so that the fragrance liquid flows toward the fragrance supply unit (100) and the injection liquid chamber (not shown) C).

5A to 5C are front views, side views, and plan views showing the structure of the heating plate holder of the heating unit in the present invention, respectively, and FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the heating plate fixed to the heating plate holder shown in FIG.

As described above, the heating unit includes a heating plate 310 for heating and vaporizing the fragrance liquid and a heating plate holder 320 for fixing the heating plate 310 to the smell diffusion chamber. As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, the heating plate holder 320 has fixing parts 322 protruding upward at both ends thereof, and a mounting hole 324 for fixing three heating plates 310 at the center thereof. Are formed. The mounting plate 324 is inserted into the heating plate 310 as shown in Figure 6 to be fixed with a fixing pin (not shown). For this purpose, the pinholes 326 in which the fixing pins are vertically fixed to the mounting holes 324 which are horizontally drilled are drilled. In particular, as shown in FIG. 6, the heating plate 310 is formed with heat ray resistances for heating the heating plate in a pattern. By supplying power to the resistor from the control panel, the heating plate 310 is heated to a high temperature instantly.

7A to 7C illustrate a front view, a side view, and a plan view showing a configuration of a smell diffusion chamber in the present invention.

The inclination chamber 200 is composed of a vertical spray bottle 232 vertically connected at one end of the horizontal spray bottle 230 and the horizontal spray bottle 230, the incense is discharged to the top of the vertical spray bottle 232 The injection piece 240 is combined. The jet piece 240 is adjustable in angle up and down, and for this purpose, a semi-cylindrical jet piece coupling end 234 is formed at the upper end of the vertical jet bottle 232 and at one end of the jet piece 240 corresponding thereto. A mounting end 242 is formed to surround the spray piece coupling end 234 and be pivotally coupled. As such, the coupling end 234 and the mounting end 242 are combined to form a semi-cylindrical shape so that the angle of the injection piece 240 can be adjusted up and down to inject the fragrance into a position suitable for the user. Of course, the above-described horizontal injection barrel 230, the vertical injection barrel 232 and the injection piece 240 are in communication with each other, the vaporized incense in the horizontal injection bottle 230 via the vertical injection cylinder 232 It is discharged to the outside through the 240. To this end, a blower fan (not shown) is installed on the side of the horizontal sprayer 230 opposite to the vertical sprayer 232 to blow the incense toward the spraying piece 240.

Three nozzle entry holes 210 are drilled on the left and right sides of the horizontal injection barrel 230, and thus, the incense supply unit combined with the incense storage unit is mounted on the upper portion of the horizontal injection barrel 230. The heating plate mounting hole 220 is drilled on both sides of the horizontal injection barrel 230, through which the heating plates enter the fragrance chamber 200 and are spaced apart from the spray nozzles at a predetermined interval.

Now, the operation of the apparatus will be described in detail with reference to the above-mentioned drawings.

When the fragrance control signal is transmitted from the main computer to the controller 600 of the apparatus, the controller 600 drives the solenoid driver 150 of the fragrance supply unit 100. Then, the injection piston 140 is extruded from the fragrance storage unit 500 while the spray piston 140 descends by the operation of the solenoid driver 150, and the spray piston 140 instantly extrudes a certain amount of fragrance filled in the fragrance injection liquid chamber 132. By spraying to the outside through the injection nozzle (110). The extruded fragrance solution is sprayed onto the heating plate 310 positioned below the injection nozzle 110. At this time, the heating plate 310 is temporarily raised to a high temperature by the controller 600 to vaporize the injected fragrance liquid. The spraying and vaporization of the fragrance liquid occurs in the fragrance chamber 200, and at that moment, the blowing fan 250 mounted on the fragrance chamber 200 is operated to flow the vaporized fragrance liquid into the fragrance chamber 200 so as to spray the fragrance. Through 240, the discharge to the external user. At this time, the user adjusts the angle of the injection piece 240 to adjust the injection state of the injection direction accordingly.

This device that works as described above can be usefully applied to you, as described in detail as follows.

1. Fragrance E-Mail

This function is to send a fragrance file along with a message through a general communication program and open the fragrance file sent by the receiver.

There are many ways to implement this. First, the sender downloads from the web site where the sender sets the incense file along with the message and attaches it and sends it.The receiver installs the driver provided with the incense expression device. It is a way to express the fragrance automatically. Secondly, using a dedicated webmail service (program), the fragrance file is selected and the fragrance file is automatically expressed when the recipient opens the mail. The third method is to write the contents of the message using a dedicated mail editor, download the flavor file, attach it, or select the flavor type mail editor to create and attach the message.

2. Shopping Mall

It helps the user to select a product by visiting the shopping mall site and smells perfume and cosmetics in advance, and increases the advertising effect.

As an implementation method, first, a mark on a product having a fragrance expression function in a product picture of a general shopping mall, and when it is clicked, operates a fragrance expression device to simulate the smell or to express an actual fragrance. The second way is to visit a cyber shopping center or a web site where shopping streets are implemented, and select the products in each store so that they can smell differently.

3. Game CDs and Internet Games

It is a function that enhances the reality and liveliness of the game by automatically spraying the appropriate fragrance in a predetermined scene, that is, the background or stage during the game.

First of all, according to the game scenario, the fragrance data format suitable for each scene is interlocked with the image to transmit the fragrance information to the fragrance expression device and spray the fragrance selected according to the information. The second is to use the interactive data transmission during internet game, and when the opponent's action or scene is transmitted, the incense file linked with it is transmitted. Then, the incense expression device connected to the received player operates to express the incense. How to give.

4. VCD and multimedia playback

It is a function that sprays the fragrance suitable for the image by inserting or linking the fragrance information file to the part that can enhance the effect in accordance with music or video.

5. Music CD

It is a function that injects a unique scent that suits the atmosphere or the artist's image, and provides a scent that resembles the background.

6. MP3 files

If you download the MP3 file loaded with the fragrance file signal suitable for the music atmosphere and execute it, the fragrance is sprayed accordingly.

7. Educational

If you click on the video that can smell like fruit and flowers in the educational title, you can spray the appropriate scent to enhance the educational effect.

8. Synthesize function

You can create a new fragrance by combining fragrances to save this data, and you can always take that fragrance and send it to others via email.

9. Aromatherapy Function

Treatment by symptom-for example, mental concentration, neurostable, etc. Atomized by spraying a combination of the prescribed aromatherapy oil is a function that the patient can inhale this to achieve a therapeutic effect.

As described above, the fragrance expression device for a computer of the present invention can provide olfactory satisfaction by injecting or injecting the basic fragrances of the fragrance storage container as it is embedded in or external to the computer and receiving fragrance data from the computer. Have Accordingly, the computer user can not only feel more realistic reality but also have the advantage of delivering the desired contents vividly and realistically. In addition, the present device uses the fragrance information in the product purchase, it is possible to purchase the correct product accurately without going to a store in the distance to a product that takes a large portion of the fragrance in the purchase conditions. In addition, as the fragrance is provided in the video and music, it is expected to not only get more realistic and lively, but also contribute to health promotion by fragrance therapy.

Claims (7)

In the fragrance expression device for generating a fragrance and spraying to the outside, Fragrance storage unit for storing the fragrance; A fragrance supply unit which receives a fragrance liquid from the fragrance storage unit and sprays a predetermined amount to the outside; A fragrance heating unit for heating and vaporizing the fragrance sprayed from the fragrance supply unit; A fragrance chamber for discharging the fragrance vaporized by the fragrance heating unit to the outside; And And a control unit controlling the fragrance supply unit and the fragrance heating unit to inject a desired fragrance to the outside. According to claim 1, wherein the fragrance supply unit has a support having a fragrance spray chamber filled with a certain amount of liquid is supplied from the fragrance storage unit, the injection piston for extruding and spraying the fragrance liquid attached to the support to the outside, and And a solenoid driver for driving the jet piston by the control signal of the controller. The solenoid driver of claim 2, wherein the solenoid driver is driven in accordance with an electrical signal of the controller, an operation rod that is lowered according to the driving of the solenoid, and the operation rod is connected to the injection piston to lower the operation rod. The fragrance expression device for a computer, characterized in that consisting of a connecting piece for lowering the jet piston. The fragrance expression device for a computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fragrance storage unit and the fragrance supply unit are integrally manufactured. The fragrance expression device for a computer according to claim 1, wherein the fragrance storage unit and the fragrance supply unit are slidably fixed by forming mounting grooves on one side and mounting jaws on the other side thereof. The computer of claim 1, wherein the fragrance heating unit includes heating plates for heating and vaporizing the fragrance liquid injected from the fragrance supply unit, and a heating plate holder having the heating plates mounted horizontally and fixed to the fragrance chamber. Fragrance expression device. The fragrance expression apparatus for a computer according to claim 2 or 6, wherein an injection nozzle connected to the fragrance injection liquid chamber is provided below the support to inject the fragrance liquid into the heating plate.