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7334401 |
Apparatus for sensing particulates in a gas flow stream
A particulate sensor for sensing the presence of particulates in a gas flow stream is disclosed. The particulate sensor includes a housing having a flow divider to provide a first flow path and a...
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7290438 |
Automated apparatus and method for testing cork wine bottle stoppers for the presence of an analyte that causes cork taint in bottled wine
An apparatus and method for automatedly detecting the presence of one or more chemical contaminants, such as 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, in/on a plurality of cork wine bottle stoppers in rapid...
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7267989 |
Method and device for measuring sulfur compound and/or ammonia based on a sensory unit coated with at least one novel peptide
A peptide compound for measuring sulfur compound and ammonia and measurement method and device using the compound. The method comprises contacting an analyte with a sensory device coated with the...
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7216527 |
Gas detection device
A gas detector capable of accurately measuring particular components (odors or the like) contained in an ambient gas to be measured, being compact, and capable of being easily formed to be...
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7190276 |
System and methods for detecting harmful agents within contents of mail
A system and methods of the present invention advantageously provide efficient mail processing and handling that, as compared to existing procedures, enhances detection of biological, germ,...
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7167815 |
Measuring the intensity of odors
The intensity of an odour can be quantified by determining what is the response of an odour sensing device to that odour, then transforming the response data to an odour intensity value based on...
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7143631 |
Olfactory method for assessing quantitative and qualitative odor characteristic in an airstream
An olfactory method for simultaneously assessing a quantity and a quality of odors in an airstream, comprising the steps of determining a first mean value of results of ratings of an acceptability...
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7140230 |
Odor measuring apparatus
The present invention provides an odor measuring apparatus capable of assuredly detecting and evaluating such odors that cannot be detected by a measurement apparatus using conventional odor...
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7096716 |
Integration of thermal regulation and electronic fluid sensing
A fluid sensor device includes a number of components integrated onto a substrate, such as a semiconductor substrate. The integrated components include analyte-detection transducers, signal...
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7096715 |
Odor discriminating apparatus
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,...
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7051573 |
Gas sensor chamber and odor detection method
The invention relates to a chamber ( 2 ) for gas sensors ( 9 ) to be used in a device ( 1 ) for detecting aromas or odors. The chamber ( 2 ) comprises three portions ( 5, 6, 7 ) in which there is a...
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7051572 |
Process for determining the odor-inhibiting properties of textile auxiliaries
Gaseous or volatile substances which are either themselves odor-active or components of odor-active mixtures of substances are applied to fabrics. The amount of these substances adsorbed by the...
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7010956 |
Apparatus and method for detecting an analyte
An apparatus ( 100 ) and method ( 400 ) for detecting the presence of one or more chemical contaminants in/on a plurality of items, e.g., cork stoppers ( 110 ), using nose chips ( 310 ). The...
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6934643 |
Ultra accurate gas injection system with vehicle transient air simulation
An ultra accurate gas injection system with vehicle transient air simulation is provided. The device includes an input device, at least one mass flow device, an air flow device, a controller, such...
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6923079 |
Recording, transmission and/or playback of data representing an airflow
Data representing one or more characteristics of an input airflow (e.g., an airflow associated with a human being, such as breath or an airflow resulting from motion of the human being, or a wind...
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6883364 |
Portable sensor
A vapor sensing device that is sufficiently small and lightweight to be handheld, and also modular so as to allow the device to be conveniently adapted for use in sensing the presence and...
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6862917 |
Apparatus for detecting chemical agents including olfactory interferometric lens and method of use
An apparatus and method for detecting gases, gasified agents or other analytes. The apparatus includes a solid body having a first surface area and a second surface area. A first, preferably...
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6834530 |
Odor measuring apparatus
The present invention proposes an odor measuring apparatus capable of determining the similarity of the odor of an unknown sample with high objectivity and performing measurements with sensitivity...
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6782733 |
Method for estimating the change of body smell with ageing
It is desirable to provide a gas chromatography type of chemical analysis method for estimating the change of body smell with progressive ageing of a living subject over a period of years by 1)...
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6767732 |
Method and apparatus for the detection of volatile products in a sample
A method and apparatus is provided for detection of volatile products from a sample using a transducer which changes voltage as a function of contact of the volatile products with the transducer to...
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6708550 |
Obtention and analysis of odors from odor emitters
Aroma chemicals emitted from an aroma-emitting source are obtained by an apparatus and process for obtaining the chemicals. The apparatus includes the use of one or more capillary tubes which have...
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6672133 |
Biological classification system
A hand-held chemical vapor detector for detecting biological substances in an indoor and outdoor setting is claimed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a plasma chromatograph (PC)...
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6672129 |
Method for calibrating a sensor for measuring concentration of odors
A method and apparatus is disclosed which employs a pulse-controlled microdroplet fluid delivery system for precisely dispensing fragrances and other odor producing vapors. The pulse-controlled...
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6661299 |
Odor sensor with organic transistor circuitry
Circuits include at least one-odor sensitive organic transistor having a conduction channel whose conductivity changes in response to certain odors. The organic transistors are interconnected to...
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6598459 |
Artificial olfactory system
The artificial olfactory system is an ultra-sensitive and selective odor sensing system for the detection of odorant molecules down to the part per trillion level. The system includes multiple...
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6595037 |
Portable odor detecting and measuring device
A portable olfactometer for sensing and measuring odors by sniffing has a barrel which carries selectively different D/T ratios of odorous air to a nose mask and has a selective set of inserts for...
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6575013 |
Electronic odor sensor
An electronic odor sensor includes first and second amplifiers, a biasing network, and a device connected to receive the output signals from the first and second amplifiers. The device is...
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6571603 |
Method of resolving analytes in a fluid
A statistical metric, based on the magnitude and standard deviations along linear projections of clustered array response data, is utilized to facilitate an evaluation of the performance of...
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6558322 |
Method to determine olfactory perception
A method of evaluating a person's olfactory perception by determining his ability to distinguish, differentiate, recognize, recall and remember distinct odors and scents when the person is...
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6557394 |
Smell test device
The test includes a test panel placed between and rotatably secured to a cover and a rear panel. The cover has two windows located adjacent each other. Located adjacent the periphery of the test...
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6511852 |
Apparatus for collecting a volatile composition of matter releasably bonded to a pliable porous substrate and process for using said apparatus
Described is apparatus and a process for collecting for subsequent analysis a volatile composition such as a perfume composition located on the surface and/or in the interstices of a planar pliable...
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6495375 |
Process for collecting for subsequent analysis a volatile composition of matter releasably bonded to a pliable porous rotating substrate
Described is apparatus and a process for collection for subsequent analysis a volatile composition such as a perfume composition located on the surface and/or in the interstices of a planar pliable...
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6494077 |
Odor identifying apparatus
A sample gas is introduced into a collecting pipe filled with a collecting agent to collect odor components therein, and a gas, such as nitrogen gas, is introduced into the collecting pipe to...
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6484559 |
Odor sensing with organic transistors
A circuit includes at least one odor-sensitive organic field effect transistor (OFET) having a conduction channel whose conductivity changes in response to certain ambient odors and a feedback loop...
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6467332 |
Device for olfactory judgment of an odorous substance, use thereof and a method of operating the device
A device for olfactory judgement of an odorous substance, particularly a perfume, substantially comprising a flat test object in a casing, preheated or heated electrically by a temperature control...
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6463786 |
Odor evaluation method
Odors are evaluated in relation to a target or priming stimulus by testing a subject by presenting the subject with one or more adors under different conditions, at least some being in the presence...
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6459969 |
Apparatus, program product and method of processing diagnostic data transferred from a host computer to a portable computer
A diagnostic mechanism for processing diagnostic data transferred from a host computer (e.g., a motor vehicle computer) to a portable computer (e.g., a personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular...
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6450008 |
Food applications of artificial olfactometry
The present invention relates generally to methods and devices for evaluating agriculture products, and more particularly, to assessing and monitoring the quality of food products using electronic...
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6439026 |
Odor measuring apparatus
In an odor measuring apparatus, a plurality of detection outputs with respect to a sample gas is obtained by a plurality of odor sensors having different response characteristics. In an odor...
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6435002 |
Assessment of the condition of fruit and vegetables
An assembly for measuring the condition of fruit and vegetable is disclosed which comprises an expandable resilient bellows arrangement ( 10 ) having a passive sensor ( 22 ) mounted therein. In...
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6431016 |
Apparatus and methods for gas sampling
There is disclosed a gas sampling apparatus ( 10 ) adapted for use in a hand-held gas sensing device ( 12 ) having at least one gas sensor ( 14 ), the apparatus comprising: a gas inlet ( 16 ); a...
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6418783 |
Handheld sensing apparatus
A vapor sensing device that is sufficiently small and lightweight to be handheld, and also modular so as to allow the device to be conveniently adapted for use in sensing the presence and...
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6411905 |
Method and apparatus for estimating odor concentration using an electronic nose
A system and method for obtaining an estimate of the concentration of an odor in an air sample from data obtained by evaluating the sample with a sensor-array type electronic nose. Principal...
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6397658 |
Method and equipment for measuring global volatile substances
Measurement of volatile substances in a global manner with no prior separation of the different compounds, wherein the volatiles produced are collected by adsorption on an adsorbent surface, the...
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6374662 |
Devices and methods for measuring odor
An odor measuring device has a collector tube containing an adsorbent which adsorbs sample components with odor at normal temperatures and desorbs them when heated. Flow routes for a sample gas...
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6360584 |
Devices for measuring gases with odors
A device for measurement of an odor component in a sample gas prepares many target gases to be actually measured by a plurality of sensors with different response characteristics, each containing...
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6338715 |
Digital olfactometer and method for testing olfactory thresholds
A more reliable and precise method of determining the olfactory threshold is provided by a digitally operated apparatus that dispenses controlled amounts of a volatile test fluid from a digital...
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6212938 |
Method of detecting smell of a vapor and producing a unique visual representation thereof
A process whereby the olfactory response of a gas chromatograph, equipped with a focused surface acoustic wave interferometer integrating detector is converted to a visual image for the purpose of...
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6196051 |
Apparatus for determining odor levels in gas streams
The apparatus includes a mixing chamber for mixing gas from a gas supply to be tested with air to form a gas-air mixture. The mixing chamber includes a gas inlet port through which the gas is...
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6170318 |
Methods of use for sensor based fluid detection devices
Methods of use and devices for detecting analyte in fluid. A system for detecting an analyte in a fluid is described comprising a substrate having a sensor comprising a first organic material and a...
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