US 11,811,964 B1
Olfactory stickers for chat and AR-based messaging
Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Seattle, WA (US); Sven Kratz, Mercer Island, WA (US); and Rajan Vaish, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Seattle, WA (US); Sven Kratz, Mercer Island, WA (US); and Rajan Vaish, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,395.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61L 9/012 (2006.01); H04M 1/72439 (2021.01)
CPC H04M 1/72469 (2021.01) [A61L 9/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); H04M 1/72439 (2021.01); A61L 2209/11 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a processor;
a transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive a message from a remote electronic device, the message comprising an image and information representative of a scent;
a display configured to display the image as an olfactory sticker; and
an olfactory transducer coupled to the processor and configured to release the scent when a user interacts with the olfactory sticker, wherein the display comprises a touchscreen that is operable as a user interface and an intensity of the scent corresponds to an intensity of a user's interaction with the touchscreen.