Electronic painting frame and scent release method for electronic painting frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11534009-B2
Application number	US-201916618319-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2019
Priority date	Mar 28, 2018
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

An electronic picture frame and an odor releasing method thereof are provided. The electronic picture frame includes: a picture frame body having a display screen on the picture frame body; an odor releasing device disposed on the picture frame body and configured to release a plurality of different odors; and a processing device connected with the display screen and the odor releasing device, respectively, and configured to acquire material type information of a picture displayed on the display screen ( 2 ), and control the odor releasing device to release an odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information of the picture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic picture frame comprising:
a picture frame body provided with a display screen;
an odor releasing device disposed on the picture frame body and configured to release a plurality of different odors; and
a processing device connected with the display screen and the odor releasing device, respectively, and configured to acquire material type information of a picture displayed on the display screen and to control the odor releasing device to release an odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information of the picture, wherein
the odor releasing, device comprises a plurality of execution devices each comprising a fan and an odor source, the odor source is disposed at an air outlet of the fan;
the picture frame body is provided with a plurality of receiving grooves, and each of the plurality of receiving grooves is provided with one of the plurality of execution devices, and the air outlet of the fan in the execution device faces an opening of the receiving groove to which the execution device belongs, and
a shielding net is disposed on the opening of the receiving groove to shield the execution device in the receiving groove.

2. The electronic picture frame according to claim 1 , further comprising: a distance detection device, wherein
the distance detection device is connected with the processing device and configured to detect an active distance between a viewer and the picture frame body,
the processing device is configured to control the odor releasing device to release the odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information of the picture in the case where the active distance is less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and
the processing device is configured to control the odor releasing device to stop releasing the odor in the case where the active distance is greater than the predetermined distance.

3. The electronic picture frame according to claim 2 , wherein the processing device is further configured to control an amount of odor released by the odor releasing device according to the active distance in the case where the active distance is less than or equal to the predetermined distance.

4. The electronic picture frame according to claim 3 , wherein
the fan comprises a control terminal, and the control terminal is connected with the processing device, and
the processing device is further configured to control a rotating speed of the fan.

5. The electronic picture frame according to claim 4 , wherein types of odors in the odor sources in the plurality of execution devices are different from each other.

6. The electronic picture frame according to claim 4 , wherein the odor releasing device further comprises a heating member disposed on the odor source and connected with the processing device, and
the processing device is further configured to control a heating temperature of the heating member.

7. The electronic picture frame according to claim 6 , wherein the odor source is any one selected from the group consisting of an oil ink odor source, an ink odor source, a watercolor odor source, a gouache odor source, a propylene odor source, and a pencil odor source.

8. The electronic picture frame according to claim 1 , further comprising: a storage device, wherein
the storage device is connected with the display screen and is configured to store picture information and the material type information corresponding to the picture information, and wherein
the display screen is configured to display the picture information, and transmit the material type information corresponding to the picture information to the processing device.

9. The electronic picture frame according to claim 1 , further comprising: a network device connected with the display screen, wherein
the display screen is configured to acquire, by the network device, picture information and the material type information corresponding to the picture information, so as to display the picture information and transmit the material type information corresponding to the picture information to the processing device.

10. The electronic picture frame according to claim 6 , wherein each of the odor sources is any one selected from the group consisting of a liquid odor source, a solid odor source and a gel odor source.

11. An odor releasing method of the electronic picture frame according to claim 1 , comprising:
acquiring the material type information of the picture to be displayed; and
releasing an odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information.

12. The odor releasing method of the electronic picture frame according to claim 11 , wherein releasing the odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information comprises:
acquiring an active distance between a viewer and the electronic picture frame;
releasing an odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information in the case where the active distance is less than or equal to a predetermined distance; and
stopping releasing the odor in the case where the active distance is greater than the predetermined distance.

13. The odor releasing method of the electronic picture frame according to claim 11 , wherein releasing the odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information in the case where the active distance is less than or equal to the predetermined distance comprises:
releasing the odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information at an odor release amount higher than a predetermined threshold in the case where the active distance is less than or equal to the predetermined distance and greater than a minimum predetermined distance; and
releasing the odor corresponding to the material type information according to the material type information at an odor release amount less than or equal to the predetermined threshold in the case where the active distance is less than or equal to the minimum predetermined distance.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Zijun

Classifications

• A47G1/0616 Primary

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