Measuring and testing – Gas analysis – Odor
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-29
2006-08-29
Williams, Hezron (Department: 2856)
Measuring and testing
Gas analysis
Odor
C073S023200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07096715
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an odor discriminating apparatus capable of determining the similarities or differences between plural odors with respect to the odor quality and the odor intensity, and showing the measurement result in such a manner that helps the user to correctly understand the result. According to the present invention, plural samples of a reference odor gas, each sample having a different concentration, are measured with m pieces of odor sensors. Based on the measurement result, a calibration curve is created in an m-dimensional space formed by the detection signals of the m pieces of odor sensors (Steps S1–S3). Next, a measurement point U0representing the measurement result of a subject odor is plotted in the m-dimensional space. Based on the spatial relation between the measurement point U0and the calibration curve, an index θ indicating the difference in the quality between the two odors and another index In indicating the difference in the intensity between the two odors are calculated (Steps S4–S9). Then, using a predetermined conversion rule, θ and In are converted into an odor quality difference index and an odor intensity difference index, and the measurement result is plotted on an odor similarity evaluation graph whose abscissa and ordinate correspond to the two indices, respectively (Step S10).
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Akamaru Hisamitsu
Kita Jun-ichi
Taniguchi Hirokazu
Frank Rodney
Shimadzu Corporation
Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian , LLP.
Williams Hezron
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