Electronic smoking set and excessive smoking indication method thereof
A smoking set and electronic technology, applied in the direction of tobacco, smoker supplies, applications, etc., can solve the problems of exhaustion of e-liquid, failure to prevent users from over-puffing, low battery, etc., and achieve the effect of preventing over-puffing
Inactive Publication Date: 2017-03-08
SHANGHAI TOBACCO GRP CO LTD
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Problems solved by technology
[0003] However, there is a common problem with current e-cigarettes. There is no measure to prevent users from over-puffing in a shor...
Method used
[0036] The technical solution of the present invention is applied to an electronic smoking device, and a corresponding prom...
Abstract
The invention relates to an electronic smoking set and an excessive smoking indication method thereof. The excessive smoking indication method comprises the following steps: detecting a smoking action of a user; when the electronic smoking set is in a working stop state to detect the smoking action, enabling the electronic smoking set to enter a working sate and enabling an indication unit to be in an initial state; or when the electronic smoking set is in the working sate to detect the smoking action, identifying and recording a preset smoking behavior appearing according to all received induction signals, wherein the preset smoking behavior is that a time interval between at least two adjacent smoking actions is shorter than a preset smoking interval; enabling the indication unit to perform action indication when the preset smoking behavior appears once; also judging whether the preset smoking behavior continuously appears, and the cumulative number of occurrences reaches a preset threshold value or not; if YES, judging an excessive smoking situation to execute a smoking limiting measure. A good effect of preventing excessive smoking is realized.
Application Domain
Tobacco devices
Technology Topic
Work statusSmoking behavior +2
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[0035] The following describes the implementation of the present invention through specific specific examples, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and various details in this specification can also be modified or changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It should be noted that the embodiments in the application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other if there is no conflict.
[0036] The technical solution of the present invention is applied to electronic cigarettes, and the user is prompted to avoid excessive smoking by detecting the interval of the user's smoking action to formulate a corresponding prompt strategy.
[0037] Such as figure 1 As shown, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette 100, including: a detection unit 101, a processing unit 102, and an indication unit 103.
[0038] The detection unit 101 is used for detecting each suction action of the user and correspondingly generating a sensing signal. In an embodiment of the present invention, the detection unit 101 may be an airflow sensor or a pressure sensor, etc., and generates a sensing signal when the airflow or pressure change caused by the user's suction is collected.
[0039] The processing unit 102 is electrically connected to the detection unit 101 to receive various sensing signals. In an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 102 can be implemented by a processor (MCU, CPU, SoC, etc.) and its peripheral circuits, and can be stored in a memory (ROM, RAM, etc.) by running and electrically connected to the processor ) Program to achieve functions.
[0040] The instruction unit 103 is electrically connected to the processing unit 102 and is used to perform instruction actions. In an embodiment of the present invention, the indicating unit 103 may include one or more combinations of one or more indicator lights, speakers, and displays, and the types of the indicating actions include: indicator lights on and off, sound beeps , And any one or more combinations of pattern display.
[0041] Preferably, in this embodiment, the indicating unit 103 may include: a plurality of indicator lights 1031 (for example, LED indicators) and an indicator driving unit 1032 electrically connected to the plurality of indicator lights 1031, the indicator lights 1031 The driving unit 1032 is electrically connected to the processing unit 102. The indicator driving unit 1032 may be, for example, an LED driving circuit. The processing unit 102 can turn on or off each indicator by controlling the indicator driving unit 1032 1031; Optionally, the indicating unit 103 can be located in the electronic smoking set 100 or outside the electronic smoking set 100, and further preferably, please refer to it together figure 2 As shown, each of the indicator lights 1031 may have a ring structure, which is sleeved on the surface of the housing 201 of the electronic cigarette 200.
[0042] The electronic cigarette 100 is also provided with an atomizer 105 and an atomizer drive unit 104. The processing unit 102 is electrically connected to the atomizer drive unit 104. When the electronic cigarette 100 is in a working state, the processing unit 102 The atomizer drive unit 104 is controlled to drive the atomizer 105 to generate smoke for the user to inhale, or when the electronic cigarette 100 enters a stopped working state, the atomizer drive unit 104 stops the atomizer 105 jobs.
[0043] Specifically, when the electronic cigarette 100 is in a stopped working state and the sensing signal is received, the processing unit 102 causes the electronic cigarette 100 to enter the working state, and the atomizer drive unit 104 drives the atomization The device 105 starts to work to generate smoke, and puts the indicating unit 103 in an initial state.
[0044] For example, suppose that the e-cigarette 100 does not start to work and the user starts to smoke, the first puffing action is detected by the detection module, and the sensing information is generated and sent to the processing unit 102. The processing unit 102 The atomizer driving unit 104 is controlled to drive the atomizer 105 to generate smoke, and the control indicating unit 103 is in the initial state. For example, the indicating unit 103 includes multiple indicator lights, and the indicator lights can be all on or off; In the embodiment, if the indicating unit 103 includes a speaker or a display screen, it can be powered on.
[0045] Alternatively, when the electronic cigarette 100 is in the working state and the induction signal is received, the processing unit 102 is configured to identify and record the preset smoking behavior that occurs according to the received induction signals, Wherein, the preset suction behavior is the behavior in which the time interval between at least two adjacent suction actions is less than the preset suction interval; and every time a preset suction behavior occurs, the processing unit 102 makes the instruction unit 103 performs an instruction action; the processing unit 102 also determines whether the preset pumping behavior occurs continuously and the cumulative number of occurrences reaches a preset threshold; if the preset threshold is reached, it determines that an over-puffing situation occurs and implements puff restriction measures , Such as controlling the atomizer drive unit to temporarily stop the atomizer.
[0046] For example, the processing unit 102 starts timing in the working state of the electronic cigarette 100 to measure the time interval of at least every two adjacent induction signals. If the time interval is less than the preset puffing interval, it can be considered that there is a preset puffing interval. Suction behavior; if the processing unit 102 includes multiple indicator lights, and in the initial state, the multiple indicator lights can be, for example, all in the first state (all on or off), then the instruction action is every When a preset suction behavior occurs, an indicator lamp can be in the second state (off or on).
[0047] Specifically, assuming that the indicator lights are all on in the initial state, and the time interval between the N+1th and Nth puffs of the user is less than the preset puffing interval (assuming 30s), then one indicator will be turned off, and the remaining The still lit indicator indicates the number of times that the user can continue to perform the preset puff behavior.
[0048] By analogy, for example, the time interval between the user's N+1th puff and the Nth puff is less than the preset puffing interval (assuming 30s), but there is no puff in the 30s after the N+1th puff. N+2 puffs can make all the extinguished indicator lights return to the initial state, which is all on.
[0049] On the other hand, if the user continues to perform the preset suction behavior until all the indicator lights are in the second state, then it can be determined that an excessive suction situation has occurred. In order to protect the user, the processing unit 102 can perform smoking restriction measures. For example, the processing unit 102 can control the e-cigarette 100 to be in a suspended working state after detecting the information that all indicator lights are in the second state, for example Stop the operation of the atomizer drive unit 104 to stop the operation of the atomizer 105, and/or stop the operation of the detection unit 101 (that is, stop detecting the user's suction action), etc.
[0050] Further, the processing unit 102 may also time the duration of the suspended working state of the electronic cigarette 100, and restore the working state of the electronic cigarette 100 and all the time when the timing reaches a preset period of time. The initial state of the indicating unit 103 is described, and the detecting unit 101 is in a working state.
[0051] For example, when the electronic cigarette 100 is in a suspended working state, since the detection unit 101 stops detecting the user's smoking action, the user cannot inhale smoke again after smoking, which effectively protects the user's health. At the same time, the processing unit 102 calculates the The temporary working state lasts for a time, such as 60s, and then the working state of the electronic cigarette 100 is restored, and the atomizer 105 and the detection unit 101 continue to work.
[0052] In other embodiments, if the indicating unit 103 includes a speaker, the speaker does not tweet as an initial state, and a short tweet is a state for indicating; if the indicating unit 103 includes a display, the display does not display It is the initial state, and its instruction action can, for example, display the electronic pattern indicating a warning once, or display the electronic pattern corresponding to the change of the state each time the preset suction behavior occurs, for example, each time the preset suction behavior occurs. The sucking behavior displays, for example, progress bars of different percentages, such as "20%", "30%", "40%", etc.; or displays different values "10", "9", "8", etc.; or displays through energy bars, The energy of the remaining number of cells in the energy bar represents the number of times that the preset pumping behavior can occur continuously; the above is only an example, due to the many ways that can be implemented, it is not listed here.
[0053] It should be noted that in the foregoing embodiment, the processing unit 102 calculates the time interval of the suction action and the timing of the duration of the suspended working state requires a timing function, and the timing function is implemented in an existing way, and can refer to the existing The technology of timers and timers in various processing systems (embedded or X86, etc.) can be known, and those skilled in the art should be able to implement them without any doubt, so this application will not go into further details.
[0054] Such as image 3 As shown, corresponding to the above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention can also provide an over-puffing indication method for electronic cigarettes. All the technical features in the above-mentioned embodiment can be used in this embodiment, so the same technical details will not be repeated; The method includes:
[0055] Step S301: Detect the user's suction action;
[0056] Step S302: When a smoking action is detected when the electronic cigarette is in a stopped working state, the electronic cigarette is put into a working state, and the indicating unit is put in an initial state;
[0057] Step S303: When a smoking action is detected when the electronic cigarette is in a working state, identify and record the preset smoking behavior that occurs according to each of the received induction signals, wherein the preset smoking The sucking behavior is the behavior where the time interval between at least two adjacent sucking actions is less than the preset sucking interval;
[0058] Step S304: Determine whether a preset suction behavior occurs;
[0059] Step S305: If it appears, let the instruction unit perform an instruction action, followed by S306; if it does not appear, return to step S304;
[0060] Step S306: Determine whether the preset sucking behavior occurs continuously and the cumulative number of occurrences reaches a preset threshold;
[0061] Step S307: If yes, it is determined that an over-puffing situation has occurred and a puff restriction measure is executed.
[0062] Step S308: if no, that is, no continuous preset puffing behavior occurs and/or the cumulative number of occurrences does not reach the preset threshold, the indicating unit is placed in the initial state, and step S304 is returned.
[0063] In an embodiment of the present invention, the indicating unit includes: a plurality of indicator lights; in the initial state, each of the indicator lights is in the first state, and the indicating action is every time the preset suction behavior occurs Then, an indicator light is changed to a second state, wherein the first state and the second state are one and the other of the light on and the light off state, respectively.
[0064] In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for indicating excessive smoking further includes: placing the electronic cigarette in a suspended working state.
[0065] In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for indicating excessive smoking stops the detection of the user's smoking action when the electronic cigarette is in a suspended working state.
[0066] In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for indicating excessive smoking further includes: timing the duration of the suspended working state of the electronic cigarette, and when the timing reaches a preset period of time, restoring The working state of the electronic cigarette and the initial state of the indicating unit are described, and the user's smoking action is detected.
[0067] In summary, the electronic cigarette and the method for indicating excessive smoking of the present invention detect the user's smoking action; when the electronic cigarette is in a stopped working state and the smoking action is detected, the electronic cigarette is made Enter the working state, and make the indicator unit in the initial state; or, when the e-cigarette is in the working state and a smoking action is detected, identify and record the occurrence according to the received induction signals A preset puffing behavior, wherein the preset puffing behavior is an behavior in which the time interval between at least two adjacent puffing actions is less than the preset puffing interval; and every time a preset puffing behavior occurs, the instruction is The unit performs an instruction action; and also determines whether the preset pumping behavior occurs continuously and the cumulative number of occurrences reaches a preset threshold; if so, it determines that an over-puffing situation occurs and implements a puff-restricting measure; it plays a good role in preventing over-puffing The effect of sucking.
[0068] The above-mentioned embodiments only exemplarily illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, but are not used to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with this technology can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field without departing from the spirit and technical ideas disclosed in the present invention should still be covered by the claims of the present invention.
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