17th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2007)
Presentation Technique of Scent to Avoid Olfactory Adaptation
Esbjerg, Jylland, Denmark
November 28-November 30
ISBN: 0-7695-3056-7
Trials on the transmission of olfactory information together with audio/visual information are currently being conducted in the field of multimedia. However, continuous emission of a scent creates problems of human adaptation to the lingering olfactory stimuli. During long movie scenes, viewers can not detect an emitted scent continuously. To overcome this problem we applied pulse ejection to repeatedly emit scent for short periods of time to ensure the olfactory stimuli do not remain in the air to cause adaptation. This study presents the decision procedure for the ejection interval ?t required while considering the olfactory characteristics of subjects. The developed method provided the user with an olfactory experience over a long duration, avoiding adaptation.
Index Terms:
Olfactory Information, Olfactory Sense, Pulse Ejection, Adaptation
Citation:
Ami Kadowaki, Junta Sato, Yuichi Bannai, Ken-ichi Okada, "Presentation Technique of Scent to Avoid Olfactory Adaptation," icat, pp.97-104, 17th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2007), 2007