TY - GEN
T1 - Measurement of olfactory characteristics for two kinds of scent in a single breath
AU - Ohtsu, Kaori
AU - Sato, Junta
AU - Bannai, Yuichi
AU - Okada, Kenichi
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This study describes a presentation technique of scent designed for users to recognize multiple scents during a very short time period. We measured the olfactory characteristics of subjects when two kinds of scents were presented in a single breath. We defined and measured the minimum ejection interval in which subjects could discriminate the two individually emitted pulses of scent, which we term "separable detection threshold", and the minimum ejection interval in which they could specify both kinds of scents, "separable recognition threshold". Further, "response time" and "duration of scent perception" were measured. As a result, we found the duration of scent perception and the separable recognition threshold were positively correlated. Knowledge of this olfactory characteristic brings us closer to being able to provide a greater sense of realism in multimedia environments, by describing more than one object by scent at the same time as the objects are seen on screen.
AB - This study describes a presentation technique of scent designed for users to recognize multiple scents during a very short time period. We measured the olfactory characteristics of subjects when two kinds of scents were presented in a single breath. We defined and measured the minimum ejection interval in which subjects could discriminate the two individually emitted pulses of scent, which we term "separable detection threshold", and the minimum ejection interval in which they could specify both kinds of scents, "separable recognition threshold". Further, "response time" and "duration of scent perception" were measured. As a result, we found the duration of scent perception and the separable recognition threshold were positively correlated. Knowledge of this olfactory characteristic brings us closer to being able to provide a greater sense of realism in multimedia environments, by describing more than one object by scent at the same time as the objects are seen on screen.
KW - Olfactory Characteristics
KW - Olfactory Display
KW - Olfactory Information
KW - Pulse Ejection
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_36
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_36
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70349572060
SN - 3642036570
SN - 9783642036576
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 306
EP - 318
BT - Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Proceedings
T2 - 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2009
Y2 - 24 August 2009 through 28 August 2009
ER -