ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,978, issued on May 13.
"Mobile communications device with electronic nose" was invented by Alexander Himanshu Amin (Solon, Ohio) and Himanshu Subhash Amin (Solon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a mobile electronic system that gathers and analyzes odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds. A signature or representation of the odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds can be generated. Extrinsic data associated with the odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds or capturing the odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds can be identified. A model can be generated based on the representation and the extri...