CONTROLLABLE SCENT SAMPLE DISPENSER, AND ANIMAL TRAINING AND TESTING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SCENTS
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1. A controllable scent sample dispenser, comprising:
- a microdosing device for outputting, during an activation state, a scent sample at a scent sample outlet to the environment, wherein the microdosing device is placeable adjacent to an animal'"'"'s nose so that a distance between the outlet of the microdosing device and a nare or nostril of the animal'"'"'s nose is within a predefined range, anda microdosing driver unit for adjusting a dosing rate of the scent sample output at the scent sample outlet by selectively activating the microdosing device.
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Abstract
A controllable scent sample dispenser has a microdosing device for outputting, during an activation state, a scent sample at a scent sample outlet to the environment, wherein the microdosing device is placeable adjacent to an animal'"'"'s nose so that a distance between the outlet of the microdosing device and a nare or nostril of the animal'"'"'s nose is within a predefined range, and a microdosing driver unit for adjusting a dosing rate of the scent sample output at the scent sample outlet by selectively activating the microdosing device.
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30 Claims
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1. A controllable scent sample dispenser, comprising:
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a microdosing device for outputting, during an activation state, a scent sample at a scent sample outlet to the environment, wherein the microdosing device is placeable adjacent to an animal'"'"'s nose so that a distance between the outlet of the microdosing device and a nare or nostril of the animal'"'"'s nose is within a predefined range, and a microdosing driver unit for adjusting a dosing rate of the scent sample output at the scent sample outlet by selectively activating the microdosing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of positive-reinforced scent training an animal for reliable recognition of a scent sample, comprising:
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supplying the scent sample to the nose of the animal to be trained, encouraging the animal to execute a specific behavior during exposing the animal'"'"'s nose to the scent sample, rewarding the animal if it executes the specific behavior, and repeating supplying, encouraging and rewarding until the animal executes the specific behavior each time the scent sample is supplied. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A method for determining the minimum scent concentration of a scent sample, an animal can detect, comprising:
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setting or calibrating the scent concentration of the scent sample provided by the scent reservoir, supplying the scent sample with a start dosing rate to the animal'"'"'s nose, increasing the dosing rate supplied to the animal'"'"'s nare, until the animal responds to the scent sample, wherein the minimum scent concentration detectable by the animal corresponds to the currently supplied dosing rate, when the animal responds to the supplied scent sample. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A method for determining the scent sample detection limit of an animal, comprising:
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setting or calibrating the concentration of the scent sample provided by the scent reservoir, supplying the scent sample with a start dosing rate to the animal'"'"'s nose, decreasing the dosing rate supplied to the animal'"'"'s nare, until the animal stops to respond to the scent sample, wherein the scent sample detection limit of the animal corresponds to the currently supplied dosing rate, when the animal stops to respond to the supplied scent sample. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method for determining the minimum scent concentration of a scent sample, a scent detector can detect, comprising:
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setting or calibrating the scent concentration of the scent sample provided by the scent reservoir, supplying the scent sample with a start dosing rate to a sensing element of the scent detector, increasing the dosing rate supplied to the sensing element, until the scent detector responds to the scent sample, wherein the minimum scent concentration detectable by the scent detector corresponds to the currently supplied dosing rate, when the scent detector responds to the supplied scent sample. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A method for determining the scent sample detection limit of a scent detector, comprising:
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setting or calibrating the concentration of the scent sample provided by the scent reservoir, supplying the scent sample with a start dosing rate to a sensing element of the scent detector, decreasing the dosing rate supplied to the sensing element, until the scent detector stops to respond to the scent sample, wherein the scent sample detection limit of the scent detector corresponds to the currently supplied dosing rate, when the scent detector stops to respond to the supplied scent sample. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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