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Title:
AN INTEGRATED REMOTE CONTROLLED FRAGRANCE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF.
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/030771
Kind Code:
A4
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a fragrance dispensing system comprising at least one fragrance dispensing assembly including dispenser microcontroller means and one or more fragrances and a centralized controller module including central microcontroller operatively connected to each said fragrance dispensing assembly through its dispenser microcontroller means. The centralized controller module enables selective activation or deactivation, dispensation intensity, as well as, the time lag to be maintained between two bursts of one or more of said fragrance in each said fragrance dispensing assembly based on user's olfactory preferences. The fragrance dispensing system also provides a mechanism of aggregating these multiple fragrance dispenser units into a single compact unit, wherein, the fragrance emanated is co-mix of the individual fragrances present. Such a system therefore allows for creative olfactive design within individual dispensers of the aggregated assembly to create unique customized fragrances.

Inventors:
CHAKRABARTY DR DEBOJIT (IN)
DOSHI RIA SARJU (IN)
BAIRAGI KALLOL (IN)
BAPAT HARSHAVARDHAN (IN)
JOSHI ANAY NIKHILESH (IN)
Application Number:
PCT/IN2018/050511
Publication Date:
April 18, 2019
Filing Date:
August 04, 2018
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
S H KELKAR AND COMPANY LTD (IN)
International Classes:
B05B12/04; A61L9/03; A61L9/12; A61L9/14; B05B12/06; H04L29/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SEN, Anjan (IN)
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Claims:
AMENDED CLAIMS

received by the International Bureau on 04 February 2019 (04.02.2019)

WE CLAI M:

1. A fragrance dispensing system comprising one, or more fragrance dispensers grouped and assembled under an enclosure unit, housed in different locations or confined spaces, each including dispenser microcontroller and dispensable fragrance; a centralized controller module including central microcontroller having operative bi-directional communication with each said fragrance dispenser through its dispenser microcontroller to receive working information of the fragrance dispenser including details of the fragrance and send control commands to the fragrance dispenser; said centralized controller module controls dispensation of the fragrance from the fragrance dispenser by selectively activating or deactivating the fragrance dispenser through the control commands for stating or stopping dispensation of the fragrance concurrently or consecutively following a finite time lag including controlling time of dispensation of the fragrances from the activated fragrance dispensers and individually controlling intensity of fragrance dispensation from each fragrance dispenser to create fragrance blend based on user's preferences for a personalized olfactory experience in any of said locations or confined spaces and the fragrances in the connected fragrance dispensers present in said locations or confined spaces.

2. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fragrance dispenser comprises a replaceable fragrance capsule containing the fragrance to be dispensed; a compressor adapted to cooperate with said fragrance capsule and dispense the fragrance contained in said fragrance capsule into air; and a dispenser microcontroller based operating unit adapted to cooperate with said fragrance capsule and said compressor to selectively activate or deactivate the compressor for said controlled dispensation of the fragrance from the fragrance capsule based on the control command received from the centralized controller module whereby activation of the compressor starts dispensation of the fragrance from the fragrance capsule and deactivation of the compressor stops dispensation of the fragrance from the fragrance.

3. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dispenser microcontroller based operating unit comprises a communication means preferably WiFi unit for establishing bi-directional wireless communication with its corresponding centralized controller module; a switching channel to selectively connect/disconnect the compressor with a power supply for said selective activation or deactivation of the compressor; a capsule interfacing means configured to cooperate with the fragrance capsule upon loading onto the fragrance dispenser for retrieving details of the loaded fragrance capsule; seven segment display for indications of information related to the fragrance dispenser; and said dispenser microcontroller interfaced to said communication means, said switching channel, said capsule interfacing means and said seven segment display.

4. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the dispenser microcontroller drives the interfaced communication means, switching channel and capsule interfacing means including

(i) retrieving details of the loaded fragrance capsule by involving the capsule interfacing means and operational status of the compressor by involving the switching channel;

(ii) forwarding the working information of the fragrance dispenser including details of the loaded fragrance capsule to the centralized controller module by involving the communication means;

(iii) receiving the control command from the centralized controller module for the fragrance dispenser by involving the communication means;

(iv) connecting/disconnecting the compressor with the power supply according to the control command by involving the switching channel for the selective activation or deactivation of the compressor and thereby starting/stopping dispensation of the fragrance from the loaded fragrance capsule whereby fragrance dispensation intensity is proportional with the compressor activation time; and

(iv) displaying information related to the fragrance dispenser through the interfaced seven segment display.

5. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the fragrance capsule includes memory chip to store information including authenticity of the fragrance capsule, life, identity, fragrance information and the likes in encrypted format; said capsule interfacing means includes data reader and decoder configured to read and decrypt the encrypted information stored in the memory chip retrieving details of the loaded fragrance capsule and forwarding the same to the centralized controller module.

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6. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the centralized controller module comprises a cooperative communication means preferably WiFi unit adapted to establish bidirectional wireless communication with the communication means of the fragrance dispensers facilitating receiving the working information of the fragrance dispensers including details of the loaded fragrance capsules and sending the control commands to the fragrance dispensers; an user interface to connect with user's input device to receive the user's selection of creating personalized olfactory experience in the atmospheres; a LCD based display to show details of the fragrances delivery including operational status of the fragrance dispensers; and said central microcontroller interfaced to said cooperative communication means, said user interface and said LCD based display.

7. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the central microcontroller drives the interfaced cooperative communication means, the user interface and the LCD based display including (i) receiving the working information of the fragrance dispensers including details of the loaded fragrance capsules by involving the cooperative communication means;

(ii) receiving the user's preferences for the personalized olfactory experience in atmospheres by involving the user interface; (iii) sending the control command to the dispenser microcontroller according to the user's preferences by involving the cooperative communication means;

33 (iv) showing the details of the fragrances delivery including operational status of the fragrance dispensers acquired by the central microcontroller from the connected fragrance dispensers by involving the LCD display.

8. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the central microcontroller is configured to generate the control command based on the user's selection and the working information of the connected fragrance dispensers including details of the fragrance capsules therein; said generated control command is configured to activate or deactivate the connected fragrance dispensers concurrently or consecutively including controlling time of dispensation of the fragrances from the activated fragrance dispensers and individually controlling intensity of fragrance dispensation from each fragrance dispenser to create the personalized olfactory experience in the atmospheres.

9. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 1, comprising plurality of the fragrance dispensers containing dissimilar fragrances is grouped and assembled under the enclosure unit; wherein the centralized controller module controls the selective activation or deactivation each of the fragrance dispensers of said enclosure unit through the control commands including individually controlling dispensing intensity of each fragrance dispenser for creating configurable blend of dissimilar fragrances from the activated fragrance dispensers of the enclosure unit based on user's selection of creating personalized olfactory experience in the atmosphere surrounding the enclosure unit.

10. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the central microcontroller is configured to control relative rates of fragrance dispensation

34 from the fragrance dispensers assembled under the enclosure unit through the control commands enabling emanation of compound fragrance of varied composition from said enclosure constituted by co-dispensation and co-mixing of different fragrances in different quantity dispensed from the respective fragrance dispensers depending on the relative rates of fragrance dispensation to create one's own likeable version of fragrance.

11. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the enclosure unit accommodates fragrance dispensers containing fragrances corresponding to different segments of a single fragrance composition on the basis of their vapor pressure, whereby fragrances dispensed from said fragrance dispensers constitutes the said fragrance composition.

12. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the user input device preferably includes a remote control device including smartphone embodying a mobile application configured to communicate with the user interface of the centralized controller module to forward the user's instruction in form of coded instruction and receive the information of the fragrances delivery including operational status of the fragrance dispensers acquired by the central microcontroller and exhibited on the smartphone display.

13. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the mobile application is configured to display the information of all the fragrance dispensers attached to the centralized controller module including nature of the fragrance present in all the fragrance dispensers and the fragrance level in each.

14. The fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the user input device further include keypad with navigation switches directly interfaced to the

35 central microcontroller of the centralized controller module enabling the user to manually control the fragrance dispensers.

15. A method for dispensing the fragrance involving the fragrance dispensing system as claimed in claim 1, comprising receiving user's selection of creating personalized olfactory experience in the atmospheres through the user's input device in form of the coded instruction; involving the central microcontroller to receive and interpret the coded instruction and the working information of the connected fragrance dispensers including details of the loaded fragrance capsules; and generating selective operational commands for said one or more of the fragrance dispensers to activate or deactivate one or more of said connected fragrance dispensers concurrently or consecutively including controlling time of dispensation of the fragrances from the activated fragrance dispensers and individually controlling intensity of dispensation of the fragrance dispensers containing dissimilar fragrances and assembled together for creating configurable blend of fragrances involving said dissimilar fragrances of the activated fragrance dispensers to create the personalized olfactory experience in the atmospheres embedded in said coded instruction.

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