Patents by Inventor Noam Sobel

Noam Sobel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Predicting odor pleasantness with an electronic nose
    Patent number: 9176104
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for assessing odors, comprises an electronic nose, to be applied to an odor and to output a structure identifying the odor; a neural network which maps an extracted structure to a first location on a pre-learned axis of odor pleasantness; and an output for outputting an assessment of an applied odor based on said first location. The assessment may be a prediction of how pleasant a user will consider the odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi Haddad, Noam Sobel, David Harel
  • PREDICTING ODOR PLEASANTNESS WITH AN ELECTRONIC NOSE
    Publication number: 20150051842
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for assessing odors, comprises an electronic nose, to be applied to an odor and to output a structure identifying the odor; a neural network which maps an extracted structure to a first location on a pre-learned axis of odor pleasantness; and an output for outputting an assessment of an applied odor based on said first location. The assessment may be a prediction of how pleasant a user will consider the odor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Rafi HADDAD, Noam SOBEL, David HAREL
  • Predicting odor pleasantness with an electronic nose
    Patent number: 8880448
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for assessing odors, comprises an electronic nose, to be applied to an odor and to output a structure identifying the odor; a neural network which maps an extracted structure to a first location on a pre-learned axis of odor pleasantness; and an output for outputting an assessment of an applied odor based on said first location. The assessment may be a prediction of how pleasant a user will consider the odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi Haddad, Noam Sobel, David Harel
  • OLFACTORY SIGNATURE AND ODORANT MIXTURE HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140221269
    Abstract: An odorant mixture is disclosed. The odorant mixture comprises N odorant components wherein N equals at least 20. Each odorant component is characterized by a multidimensional vector of attributes. A z score of an average of characteristic distances between vectors corresponding to odorant components in the mixture and vectors corresponding to odorant components in a group of M odorant components but not in the mixture is less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Noam Sobel, Tali Weiss, Kobi Snitz, Adi Yablonka-Barak, Elad Schneidman, Rehan Mahmood Khan
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RESPIRATION DURING SLEEP
    Publication number: 20120272958
    Abstract: A device for controlling respiration during sleep, the device comprising: an odor disperser adapted to disperse an odor; at lease one detector adapted to detect a physiological characteristic of a user; a controller configured for controlling respiration of the user by instructing the odor dispenser to disperse an odor responsive to detections by the at least one detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Anat Arzi, Lee Sela, Anton Plotkin, Aharon Weissbrod, Noam Sobel
  • PREDICTING ODOR PLEASANTNESS WITH AN ELECTRONIC NOSE
    Publication number: 20120143804
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for assessing odors, comprises an electronic nose, to be applied to an odor and to output a structure identifying the odor; a neural network which maps an extracted structure to a first location on a pre-learned axis of odor pleasantness; and an output for outputting an assessment of an applied odor based on said first location. The assessment may be a prediction of how pleasant a user will consider the odor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Yada Research And Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi Haddad, Noam Sobel, David Harel
  • NASAL FLOW DEVICE CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20120052469
    Abstract: A method of receiving input from a user, comprising measuring a nasal air parameter and generating an instruction for one or both of a device and controller based on said measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. at the Weizmann Institute of Sience
    Inventors: Noam Sobel, Aharon Weissbrod, Lee Sela, Anton Plotkin
  • System and method for identifying molecules
    Patent number: 7474965
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying molecules. Molecules are identified from a gaseous matter having the molecules and flowing at two different flow rates. A system and method for identifying a substance. A particle which is indicative of a substance is identified from matter having the particle and flowing at two different flow rates. After the particle is identified, the substance is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bradley Johnson, Rehan M. Khan, Noam Sobel
  • System and method for identifying molecules
    Publication number: 20060224332
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying molecules. Molecules are identified from a gaseous matter having the molecules and flowing at two different flow rates. A system and method for identifying a substance. A particle which is indicative of a substance is identified from matter having the particle and flowing at two different flow rates. After the particle is identified, the substance is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bradley Johnson, Rehan Khan, Noam Sobel