Tracking of a Gas Plume With the Aid of Olfactory Assist Mask
Tracking of a Gas Plume With the Aid of Olfactory Assist Mask
复制标题
借助嗅觉辅助面罩追踪气体羽流
作者：
H. Matsukura;Hironori Hashiguchi;H. Ishida
在这里，我们报告的实验结果进行，看看人类受试者可以跟踪一个微弱的空气中的气味羽流的帮助下的嗅觉辅助系统，提出了放大的嗅觉刺激的主题。该系统由气体传感器和气味发生器组成。传感器测量空气中飘荡的气态化合物的浓度变化。气味发生器向使用者呈现具有放大的浓度变化的气味。因此，嗅觉辅助系统的使用者实际上可以具有增强的嗅觉。目前的嗅觉辅助面罩系统产生四种不同强度的气味。我们首先描述的实验进行，以确认受试者肯定可以区分不同强度的气味。气体羽流跟踪实验的结果表明，嗅觉辅助系统可以使空气气味羽流的跟踪更容易，因为它允许用户检查微弱气味的空间浓度变化。
Here, we report the results of experiments conducted to see if human subjects can track a faint airborne odor plume with the help of an olfactory assist system that presents the amplified olfactory stimuli to the subjects. The system consists of a gas sensor and an odor generator. The sensor measures the concentration variations of a gaseous chemical compound wafting in the air. The odor generator presents the user with an odor with amplified concentration variations. Thus, the user of the olfactory assist system can virtually have an enhanced sense of smell. The odor with four different intensities is generated by the current olfactory assist mask system. We first describe the experiments conducted to confirm that the subjects can surely discriminate the different intensities of the presented odor. The results of gas-plume tracking experiments show that the olfactory assist system can make tracking of an aerial odor plume much easier, because it allows the user to check the spatial concentration variations of a faint odor.