ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,425, issued on June 23.
"Aroma generating and dispensing means" was invented by John F. Watkins (Cleveland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aroma generating and dispensing means is a device which produces olfactory effects while watching television shows. The device is housed in an enclosure that is approximately twelve inches (12") deep, six inches (6") wide and six inches (6") tall. A power supply is located inside which energizes a control circuit and voice recognition hardware and associated software. The software is programmed to recognize various keywords such as cooking ingredients that would be verbally reproduced by the aud...