KR20220010822A - An apparatus for providing directional fragrance and a method for operating it - Google Patents

Abstract

A fragrance providing device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fragrance generating module which discharges fragrances generated from one or more fragrance modules loaded in a body; and a directivity control module which induces direction paths of the fragrances discharged from the fragrance generating module. According to the present invention, intended fragrances can be provided to required position and time for a user.

Description

Directional fragrance providing device and operating method thereof

The present invention relates to a fragrance injection device and an operating method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a directional fragrance spraying device and a method of operating the same.

Fragrance is a pleasant smell emanating from flowers, perfumes, etc., and it is a known effect for a long time that a specific fragrance can affect a person's psychology and emotions. Accordingly, people are using scent diffusing devices for various purposes such as relaxation, psychological stability, and ventilation.

As an example of the scent diffusing device, perfume generally refers to a fragrance material in a liquid state, and may be stored and used in a predetermined container having a device capable of spraying the fragrance material.

In general, a user uses a perfume container in a predetermined place and uses the perfume by spraying perfume on a part of the body, such as a wrist or neck, when necessary, or spraying perfume on clothes.

However, the conventional container containing perfume is provided in a specific space to allow the fragrance to spread itself in the space through a natural diffusion method, or a fragrance material is discharged according to a predetermined cycle.

Such a conventional perfume container, for example, was unable to actively operate by reflecting spatial characteristics of a specific space, such as a bedroom, an office, a private room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. In addition, it was not possible to actively operate by reflecting the user's state in addition to the spatial characteristics.

Accordingly, the perfume is discharged unnecessarily even when there is no user in a specific space, the perfume is not discharged at an appropriate time when the perfume is required, or the perfume is periodically discharged even in a situation where the discharge of a specific scent is not appropriate because a large number of people are gathered. There is a problem with emissions.

In particular, since the conventional scent diffusing device is uniformly spread in a space without directivity, there is a problem in that it cannot properly meet the intention and needs of a space provider or user.

For example, according to the intention of the user or space provider, some timing control techniques for use in connection with a specific situation or image content, etc. to provide a fragrance have also been proposed, but an appropriate fragrance at a necessary location and time It has not yet reached the level of control.

As described above, since the conventional scent diffusing device operates at a predetermined location within a specific space, it is not possible to provide a scent to a user far away from the scent diffusing device, and the scent needs to be provided at a specific location at a specific point in time. It is impossible to take an active response in

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and by controlling the directivity of a scent diffusing device that emits a specific scent at a specific point in time according to a user setting, the intensity of scent diffusing at a designated point in the scent diffusing space can be adjusted. , It is an object of the present invention to provide a directional fragrance providing apparatus and an operating method thereof so that the intended fragrance can be provided at a location or time point intended by a space provider or a content provider, or at a location and time required for a current user.

A device according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems, in the perfume providing device, a perfume emitting module for individually controlling and discharging perfume generated from one or more perfume modules mounted on the gas according to user settings ; And it includes a directivity control module for inducing a direction path of the fragrance emitted from the fragrance generating module.

In addition, the method according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-described problems, in the fragrance providing method, the fragrance generating module, the fragrance generated from one or more fragrance modules mounted on the gas individually according to user settings controlling and discharging; And the directivity control module, comprising the step of guiding the direction path of the fragrance emitted from the fragrance generating module.

On the other hand, the method according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems may be implemented as a program for executing the method in a computer and a recording medium in which the program is recorded.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a directivity control module for inducing a direction path of a fragrance, which is emitted from the fragrance generating module and individually adjusted according to user settings, and the fragrance induced by the directivity control module is of a specific height. By spraying in a specific direction, the intensity of the scent diffusing at a specified point in the scent diffusing space can be adjusted, so that the intended scent is provided at the location or point in time intended by the space provider or content provider, or at the location and time needed by the current user. It is possible to provide an apparatus for providing a directional fragrance and an operating method thereof.

1 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary implementation diagram for explaining the structure of a fragrance providing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a fragrance generating module of the fragrance providing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a directivity control module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart for explaining a method of operating a fragrance providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can have various changes and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail.

However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. does not

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, in order to facilitate the overall understanding, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions of the same components are omitted.

1 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating an entire system including a perfume emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exemplary implementation diagram for explaining the structure of a perfume providing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 1 , the system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a fragrance generating module 100 , a directivity control module 200 , and a user terminal 300 .

The fragrance emitting module 100 may include a fragrance generator for discharging fragrance generated from one or more fragrance modules mounted on the gas.

In addition, a plurality of fragrance modules may be mounted, and according to a user setting set corresponding to the user terminal 300 , the intensity of the scent diffusion of each individual fragrance module may be adjusted, and according to a combination of the adjusted intensity of scent diffusion, A specific fragrance to be set may be generated from the fragrance generating module 100 .

And, the directivity control module 200, a directivity induction housing for inducing a direction path of the fragrance discharged from the fragrance generating module, and a control circuit mounted with a microprocessor for controlling the operation of the directivity induction housing is configured can be

Here, referring to FIG. 2 , the directivity induction housing according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base 202 that covers an upper portion of the fragrance emitting module to form a fragrance chamber, and a narrow ventilation hole corresponding to the base 202 . By forming a vertical ventilation unit 201 for guiding the direction path of the fragrance discharged from the fragrance generating module in a vertical direction, the injection unit 203 provided at the head position of the vertical ventilation unit 201 ) may be further included.

Here, although not shown, the vertical vent 201 may be driven to adjust the height of the head by various vertical drive structures using a vertical drive motor, a vertical drive piston, or other vertical drive power source provided therein. have.

And, the injection unit 203 provided at the head position, the left-right or vertical angle is adjusted according to the rotation of the direction of the head, and is formed so that the fragrance induced by the vertical ventilation unit 201 is injected in a specific direction. To this end, the injection unit 203 may be formed in a cone shape, and a nozzle may be provided therein to eject the fragrance to the outside at a preset time.

In addition, since the rotation angle of the head can be determined by a left-right or an up-down angle, a left-right rotation motor or a vertical rotation motor for driving the bar may be further provided.

And, by the direction of the injection part 203 by adjusting the direction of the head and the height of the vertical ventilation part 201 according to the height adjustment of the vertical ventilation part 201, the position at which the fragrance is delivered in the indoor space is determined. It can be specified with high accuracy.

Accordingly, the directivity control module 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform directivity diffusion control to a specific location in a desired indoor space at a specific time according to various user settings and interworking with the user terminal 300 . have.

In addition, the user terminal 300 can register user information according to pairing interlocking with the perfume emitting module 100 or the directivity control module 200 as described above, and the registered user information is the perfume emitting module 100 . , may be stored and managed in the directivity control module 200 or an external server.

To this end, the perfume generating module 100, the directivity control module 200 and the user terminal 300 may each include one or more communication modules for pairing and communication, and the communication module is to communicate through a wired or wireless network. It can provide communication function for For example, the communication module is for short range communication, Bluetooth (Bluetooth), RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), infrared communication (Infrared Data Association; IrDA), UWB (Ultra Wideband), ZigBee, NFC Using at least one of (Near Field Communication), Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Direct, and Wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) technologies may be exemplified.

3 is a view for explaining a fragrance generating module of the fragrance providing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the fragrance generating module 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a scent diffusing unit 150 , and may include a body 151 and a housing 152 .

In addition, the scent diffusing unit 150 is a fragrance module mounted in the inner space of the housing 152, it may include a plurality of fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d).

Each of the fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d) may discharge a fragrance material of a different fragrance. For example, the fragrance capsule 154a may discharge a lime-scented fragrance material, the fragrance capsule 154b may discharge a grapefruit-scented fragrance material, and the fragrance capsule 154c may discharge a lavender-scented fragrance material. It can be discharged, the fragrance capsule (154d) can discharge the cherry flavored aroma material.

The user selects N (positive integer) number of fragrance capsules from among a plurality of fragrance capsules emitting a fragrance material of a different fragrance, and the selected N number of fragrance capsules are the above-described fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d). It may be mounted in the inner space of the housing 152 .

According to the user's preference, each of the fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d) mounted in the inner space of the housing 152 may be replaced with a fragrance capsule emitting a fragrance material of a different fragrance from among a plurality of fragrance capsules. .

Also, the scent diffusing unit 150 may include a plurality of fans 155a, 155b, 155c, and 155d mounted in the inner space of the housing 152 .

Each of the fans (155a, 155b, 155c, 155d) may be mounted at a position adjacent to each of the fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d). For example, each fan (155a, 155b, 155c, 155d) may be mounted on the lower portion of each of the fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d) corresponding thereto.

Accordingly, as the rotational speed of each fan (155a, 155b, 155c, 155d) increases, the intensity of discharging the aroma substances of each of the fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d) corresponding thereto increases. Conversely, as the rotational speed of each fan (155a, 155b, 155c, 155d) decreases, the intensity of discharging the aroma substances of each of the corresponding fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d) is reduced.

In Figure 3, four fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d) and four fans (155a, 155b, 155c, 155d) are shown to be mounted in the inner space of the housing 512, but the present invention is limited thereto doesn't happen

The housing 152 may include a plurality of openings 153 . For example, the plurality of openings 153 may be formed on the upper surface of the housing 152 .

Accordingly, the aroma substances discharged from the fragrance capsules (154a, 154b, 154c, 154d) may be emitted to the outside through a plurality of openings 153 formed in the housing (152).

Meanwhile, a circuit board 160 for controlling the operation of the scent diffusing unit 150 may be mounted inside the main body 151 . For example, a control module for controlling the rotation speed of each of the fans 155a , 155b , 155c and 155d may be mounted on the circuit board 160 .

4 is a block diagram illustrating a directivity control module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the directivity control module 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 210 , an operation mode setting unit 220 , a target position tracking unit 230 , a direction driving unit 240 , and a height driving unit. 250 and an injection driver 260 . In addition, although not shown, a communication module for information processing of the control unit 210 may be further provided.

The control unit 210 may include a control circuit that generates a control signal for performing the overall operation of the directivity control module 200 and transmits it to each unit, wherein the control circuit is a method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It may include one or more microprocessors for driving the .

In particular, the control unit 210, the height information and direction information for directionally inducing the direction path of the fragrance emitted from the fragrance generating module from the output information of the operation mode setting unit 220 or the target location tracking unit 230 It can be calculated, and the calculated height information and direction information can be transmitted to each direction driving unit 240 and height driving unit 250 to transmit a command signal to drive the direction and height directionally, and in the oriented direction and height. Control of the injection driving unit 260 for driving the fragrance injection of the injection unit 203 can be performed.

More specifically, the operation mode setting unit 220 presets an operation mode for determining the height information and direction information for the controller 210 to perform directional smell diffusion control.

Here, as the operation mode, basic operation modes such as periodic rotation mode, timer mode, etc. may be preset, but the operation mode according to an embodiment of the present invention is the user terminal for the directionality of the fragrance sprayed at a certain height and direction at a certain point in time. An operation mode that can improve user convenience and provide new content, such as an event interworking mode determined by interworking with the event information of 300 and a location tracking mode oriented to a specific location corresponding to the location information of the user terminal 300 may be further included.

In the event interlocking mode, the direction information and height information can be determined according to the event information of the user terminal 300 paired with the fragrance providing device, and for this purpose, the user terminal 300 transmits it to the directivity control module 200 . The event information to be processed may be processed and transmitted to the control unit 210 of the directivity control module 200 through a communication module or the like.

Such event information processing can be implemented more effectively when the user terminal 300 is a display device. For example, the user terminal displays 3D image content such as virtual reality image content or augmented reality image content. A case of a display device that does this may be exemplified.

The user terminal 300 may process the event information according to one or more object information displayed on the 3D image content, and the processed event information may be transmitted to the orientation control module 200 .

For example, when there are rose flowerpots and lavender flowerpots on the three-dimensional image content, according to a user operation corresponding to the user terminal 300, the rose flowerpot position may be controlled to emit a scent of roses, and the lavender flowerpot location may contain lavender fragrance. It can be controlled so that To this end, the user terminal 300 processes the event information corresponding to the object information and transmits it to the directivity control module 200, so that the directional spray of the rose fragrance or the lavender fragrance to the position of the rose flowerpot or the position of the lavender flowerpot is controlled. do.

In addition, the user terminal 300 may deliver the event information to the fragrance generating module 100 as well. In the fragrance generating module 100, the fragrance of a rose is changed to a lavender fragrance at a time determined according to the event information, or the fragrance of lavender is a rose. It is possible to perform a process for changing the scent to be emitted, such as being changed to a scent.

However, since the fragrance sprayed to a specific location in the fragrance change process may have a reverberation thereof, the directivity control module 200 is provided with a deodorizing filter for removing the reverberation or a separate deodorant configured in response to the existing fragrance is sprayed. You can also control it.

For example, when one or more object information displayed on the virtual reality image content or augmented reality image content is changed, such as moving from the rose flowerpot position to the lavender flowerpot position, before spraying the fragrance corresponding to the changed object information A control signal for controlling spraying of the deodorant for removing the reverberation of an object may be transmitted from the controller 210 to the spraying driving unit 260 .

Meanwhile, the operation mode may include a location tracking mode directed to a specific location of the user terminal 300 tracked in real time.

For example, if a fragrance providing device is provided in the same car, and when two or more people ride, a plurality of user terminals 300 may also be provided, and the controller 210 of the directivity control module 200 controls each of the pre-paired By tracking the location of the user terminal 300, it is possible to control to spray a preferred fragrance set according to the location tracking mode.

According to the location tracking mode setting of the operation mode setting unit 220, the target location tracking unit 230 uses the location information or sensor information received from the paired user terminal 300, such as, The location information may be tracked, and the tracked location information may be calculated and transmitted to the controller 210 .

In addition, the control unit 210 may determine direction information and height information corresponding to the target to be sprayed from event information or location information obtained according to the operations of the operation mode setting unit 220 and the target location tracking unit 230 . .

In addition, the direction driving unit 240 may drive the head motor of the directivity control module 200 to the left or right or up and down according to the direction information so that the direction of the injection unit 203 is adjusted to the left and right or up and down angles. . To this end, the direction information may include a left-right rotation angle or a vertical rotation angle. In addition, for example, the head is provided with only a vertical rotation motor, and the direction driving unit 240 is provided on the base 202 for left and right rotation angle control using a rotation motor that rotates the entire vertical ventilation unit 201 . Left and right rotation of the injection unit 203 may be driven.

In addition, the height driving unit 250 may control the vertical driving of the vertical ventilation unit 201 corresponding to the height information. As described above, the height driving unit 250 may adjust the height of the head using a vertical driving motor, a vertical driving piston, or other vertical driving power source provided in the vertical ventilation unit 201 .

On the other hand, the injection driving unit 260 may control the injection driving of the injection unit 203 provided at the head position, and when an injection command from the control unit 210 is received, the direction and height are adjusted directivity. A fan (FAN) control or nozzle control, etc. may be performed so that the fragrance is sprayed in a specific direction.

Accordingly, a specific fragrance is controlled to be ejected to a specific directed position at a specific time by a driving command of the controller 210 .

5 is a flowchart for explaining a method of operating a fragrance providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 5, the fragrance providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, first sets the operation mode of the directivity control module 200 (S101).

Here, the operation mode includes at least one of a location tracking mode or an event mode, and the orientation control module 200 determines the orientation location according to pairing interlocking with the user terminal 300 according to the operation mode, and corresponding to the orientation location. The height information and the direction information are determined and transmitted to each of the height driver 250 and the direction driver 240 , and the injection driver 260 can be controlled to be sprayed at a specific time.

Accordingly, the fragrance providing device injects the first fragrance to the first directing position corresponding to the user position or preset direction and height (S103).

Here, the preset first fragrance may be determined by the control of the fragrance emitting module 100, for example, to be formed by a combination of fragrances discharged from two or more of the fragrance capsules mounted on the fragrance emitting module 100. In addition, the intensity of diffusion of each fragrance may be determined according to a setting request from the user terminal 300 .

Then, the fragrance providing device, the fragrance change or the change of the target position is checked whether the detection, if detected, injects a first deodorant for removing the first fragrance to the first directed position (S105).

To this end, the fragrance generating module 100 or the directivity control module 200 is provided with a deodorizing filter, or a separate deodorizing propellant may be built-in, and by the filtered or sprayed deodorant, the existing fragrance may be removed.

Thereafter, the fragrance providing apparatus processes the changed second fragrance or the directional injection control to the changed second directing position (S107).

Accordingly, the existing reverberation according to the first fragrance is removed, and the second fragrance corresponding to the position to which the user has moved or the object changed in the 3D image content is sprayed to a specific position, so that the fragrance suitable for each viewpoint and situation is produced. It may be provided in response to a specific user, and event processing such as a change of fragrance may also be performed quickly.

In the above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and it is common in the technical field to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Various modifications may be made by those having the knowledge of, of course, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or perspective of the present invention.

Claims (9)

In the fragrance providing device,
a fragrance emitting module for individually controlling and discharging fragrances generated from one or more fragrance modules mounted on the gas according to user settings; and
Comprising a directivity control module for inducing a direction path of the fragrance discharged from the fragrance generating module
A fragrance providing device. According to claim 1,
The directivity control module,
a vertical ventilation unit covering the perfume emitting module and guiding a direction path of the perfume discharged from the perfume emitting module in a vertical direction; and
Further comprising a spraying unit provided on the vertical vent head
A fragrance providing device. 3. The method of claim 2,
The directivity control module,
a control unit for calculating direction information and height information determined according to a preset operation mode;
a height driving unit for adjusting the height of the vertical ventilation unit based on the height information; and
Based on the direction information, comprising a jet driving unit for adjusting the injection angle of the injection unit
A fragrance providing device. 4. The method of claim 3,
The preset operation mode is
Including an event interlocking mode for determining the direction information and height information according to the event information of the user terminal paired with the fragrance providing device
A fragrance providing device. 5. The method of claim 4,
The user terminal,
A display device for displaying virtual reality image content or augmented reality image content
A fragrance providing device. 6. The method of claim 5,
The direction information and height information
determined according to one or more object information displayed on the virtual reality image content or the augmented reality image content
A fragrance providing device. 7. The method of claim 6,
The control unit is
When one or more object information displayed on the virtual reality image content or augmented reality image content is changed, a control signal for controlling the deodorant injection for removing the reverberation of the previous object before the fragrance injection corresponding to the changed object information transmitted to the injection drive
A fragrance providing device. 4. The method of claim 3,
The preset operation mode is
Comprising a location tracking mode for determining the direction information and height information according to the location information of the user terminal paired with the fragrance providing device
A fragrance providing device. In the method of providing a fragrance,
Discharging, by the perfume emitting module, individually adjusting the perfume generated from one or more perfume modules mounted on the gas according to user settings; and
Directive control module, comprising the step of directionally guiding the direction path of the fragrance emitted from the fragrance generating module
How to provide fragrance.

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