著者

横山 智史 谷川 智洋 広田 光一 廣瀬 通孝

出版者

特定非営利活動法人 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会

雑誌

日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌 (ISSN:1344011X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.9, no.3, pp.265-274, 2004-09-30 (Released:2017-02-01)

参考文献数

19

被引用文献数

4

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Recently, various types of display system can present aural, visual and haptic information related to the position. Also, it is important to present olfactory information related to the position, and we focus on the spatiality of olfaction. Olfactory information consists of the kind and density of an odorous molecule. And, human can know the position of an odor source, by perceiving the density distribution of the odorous molecule. In this research, we constructed and evaluated wearable olfactory display to present the spatiality of olfaction at outdoor environment. By simulating density distribution of the odorous molecule based on diffusion equation, we generate two types of olfactory field which represented olfactory information related to the position. According to positions of user and odor source, our prototype system control density of odorous molecule and blow generated odor air to the user's nose. By using the proposed system, user can specify position of odor source in outdoor environment. Also, the user can feel as if he/she passed each other with the perfumed people.