Patent Document ID: 9295806
Application ID: 13255010
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of determining an emotional response to olfactory stimuli presented to a test subject during an emotional response test, the method comprising: analyzing respiration cycle information associated with the test subject to determine a respiration pattern that includes inhalation and exhalation portions of the test subject's respiration cycle; measuring a distance between a nozzle of an olfactory stimuli dispenser configured to controllably release an olfactory stimulus and the test subject's nose; determining a desired flow rate at which the olfactory stimulus is to be released; determining, based at least in part on the respiration cycle information, the measured distance, and the desired flow rate, a time at which the olfactory stimulus should be triggered for release to reach the test subject's nose at a predetermined time, the predetermined time corresponding to an inhalation portion of the test subject's respiration cycle or to a projected time at which the test subject will be in an inhalation portion of the respiration cycle; controllably releasing the olfactory stimulus at the determined time; receiving, at a computer, from an eye-tracking device operatively coupled to the computer, eye data collected from the test subject by the eye-tracking device while the test subject is presented with the released olfactory stimulus, the eye data including pupil data, blink data, and gaze data; and processing, by the computer, the collected eye data to determine the test subject's emotional response to the olfactory stimulus.