Most substances have odors. Odors are a complex mixture of chemical compounds. Some odors are not discernible to the human and some are very pervasive even in low concentrations. However, humans vary widely in their ability to quantify odors in terms of strength and degrees of unpleasantness. This subjectivity causes significant problems especially in establishing air quality standards, verifying odor control processes and using odor to prevent potentially dangerous situations.
CogniScent's technology can be configured to detect complex mixtures as represented by an odor through its use of a customized array of broadly responsive sensors from its sensor library. In this case, CogniScent detects the whole mixture thus enabling quantification and objectivity.
This capability has implications in security, law enforcement, environmental monitoring, indoor quality, food and beverage, medicine and many other applications.
CogniScent can custom design a sensing solution to fit your application