Patent ID: 11874259
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A scent detecting apparatus for detecting at least one of a scented substance or a metabolite of the scented substance released from a plant, the scent detecting apparatus comprising:
a detector that detects an amount of at least one of the scented substance or the metabolite of the scented substance released from the plant to which the scented substance is added;
a transmitter that transmits detected-amount information indicating the amount of at least one of the scented substance or the metabolite detected by the detector;
a receiver that receives freshness information regarding a freshness of the plant from an information management apparatus that estimates the freshness of the plant on the basis of an added amount of the scented substance added to the plant and the detected amount of at least one of the scented substance or the metabolite indicated by the detected-amount information; and
a presenter that presents the freshness information received by the receiver.