An apparatus for dispensing compounds bearing scent in which one or more scent dispensing units contain each one scent bearing compound and is activated mechanically by an electromechanical activator. A user handled device contains a controller, a memory and a communications device. Resident hardware includes a resident channel for communicating with the user handled device and a controlled driver for controlling the scent dispenser mechanically. A wireless peer to peer communications system carries out the communications between the user device and the resident hardware. The user can input parameter for controlling the dispensing unit through a user device interface. A controller in the resident hardware implements a dispenser activation scheme, mechanically expressed by the activator of the scent dispensing unit.

The present disclosure relates to an odor generator device based on an intelligent mobile terminal, including: a communication module configured to establish a communication connection with the intelligent mobile terminal and acquire electronized odor information from the intelligent mobile terminal; a data processing chip connected to the communication module to parse the received electronized odor information and generate a corresponding odor generating instruction according to decoded data; and an odor generator connected to the data processing chip to generate a corresponding odor according to the odor generating instruction and emit the odor. The present disclosure further provides an odor generating method based on an intelligent mobile terminal, comprising: an electronized odor information acquisition step, an electronized odor information parsing step, and an odor restoring step.

A coating apparatus includes: a rotation holding unit configured to hold and rotate a substrate; a coating liquid supply unit configured to supply a coating liquid onto a surface of the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the rotation holding unit and the coating liquid supply unit. The control unit performs: controlling the coating liquid supply unit to supply the coating liquid onto an encircling line surrounding a rotational center of the substrate while controlling the rotation holding unit to rotate the substrate; followed by controlling the coating liquid supply unit to supply the coating liquid onto a central area; and followed by controlling the rotation holding unit to rotate the substrate at an angular velocity greater than that when the coating liquid is supplied onto the encircling line.

A coating apparatus includes: a rotation holding unit configured to hold and rotate a substrate; a coating liquid supply unit configured to supply a coating liquid onto a surface of the substrate; and a control unit configured to control the rotation holding unit and the coating liquid supply unit. The control unit performs: controlling the coating liquid supply unit to supply the coating liquid onto an encircling line surrounding a rotational center of the substrate while controlling the rotation holding unit to rotate the substrate; followed by controlling the coating liquid supply unit to supply the coating liquid onto a central area; and followed by controlling the rotation holding unit to rotate the substrate at an angular velocity greater than that when the coating liquid is supplied onto the encircling line.

Embodiments of the present invention provide for ground moisture content adaptive irrigation control. A method for ground moisture content adaptive irrigation control includes specifying a geographic region in memory of a computer and retrieving with respect to the geographic region from over a computer communications network, weather data that includes precipitation and temperature information. The method also includes computing by a processor of the computer moisture content of the ground within the geographic region utilizing the weather data. Finally, the method includes transmitting a command to an irrigation control system configured to control irrigation of the ground, the command modifying either a reduction in an irrigation schedule in the irrigation control system responsive to a determination that the ground is of a high moisture content, or an increase in the irrigation schedule responsive to a determination that the ground is of a low moisture content.

Embodiments of the present invention provide for ground moisture content adaptive irrigation control. A method for ground moisture content adaptive irrigation control includes specifying a geographic region in memory of a computer and retrieving with respect to the geographic region from over a computer communications network, weather data that includes precipitation and temperature information. The method also includes computing by a processor of the computer moisture content of the ground within the geographic region utilizing the weather data. Finally, the method includes transmitting a command to an irrigation control system configured to control irrigation of the ground, the command modifying either a reduction in an irrigation schedule in the irrigation control system responsive to a determination that the ground is of a high moisture content, or an increase in the irrigation schedule responsive to a determination that the ground is of a low moisture content.

A water display is described including a wall or other structure upon which streams of water are shot. The direction, velocity, pressure and flow rate of the water streams may be varied to provide entertaining visual effects, which may also be choreographed with music, lighting or other features.

A substrate processing apparatus includes a spray nozzle that allows a plurality of liquid droplets to collide with a substrate held by a spin chuck, a liquid piping that supplies a mixed liquid of water and a chemical liquid to the spray nozzle, a first flow control valve and a second flow control valve each of which changes the concentration of the chemical liquid in the mixed liquid, and a controller that causes the liquid piping to supply the mixed liquid having a concentration of the chemical liquid determined in accordance with a substrate to be processed.

A substrate processing apparatus includes a spray nozzle that allows a plurality of liquid droplets to collide with a substrate held by a spin chuck, a liquid piping that supplies a mixed liquid of water and a chemical liquid to the spray nozzle, a first flow control valve and a second flow control valve each of which changes the concentration of the chemical liquid in the mixed liquid, and a controller that causes the liquid piping to supply the mixed liquid having a concentration of the chemical liquid determined in accordance with a substrate to be processed.

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a bowling lane conditioning machine. The bowling lane conditioning machine has a drive mechanism for moving the conditioning machine along a bowling lane, a fluid storage tank that stores a conditioning fluid; a dispensing assembly for dispensing the conditioning fluid about the bowling lane; and a pump for moving the conditioning fluid along a flow path between the at least one fluid storage tank and the dispensing assembly. The conditioning machine further includes contaminant sensing assembly positioned along the flow path of the conditioning fluid for detection of one or more contaminants in the conditioning fluid. Other aspects also are described.