Electronic atomization device

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of electronic atomization devices, and relates to an electronic atomization device. The electronic atomization device involved in the present application comprises a housing; an atomization assembly is provided in the housing; the electronic atomization device further comprises a light-emitting array, an interaction element, and a controller; the light-emitting array is provided on the housing and has two or more sub-areas; the interaction element is at least partially located outside the housing and is used for sensing movement of an interaction contact from a first position to a second position and outputting a corresponding first electric signal; and the controller is provided in the housing and is used for: responding to the first electric signal, and on the basis of the first electric signal, determining one or more sub-areas to be lightened on the light-emitting array, and lightening said one or more sub-areas. In the electronic atomization device provided by the present application, an interaction element is used for sensing movement of an interaction contact and outputting a corresponding electric signal, and a controller is used for lightening corresponding sub-areas on the basis of the electric signal, so as to control the light-emitting effect of a light-emitting array.

Description

Electronic atomizing device

[0001] Cross-references to related applications

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese Invention Patent Application No. 202411773499X, filed on December 4, 2024, entitled "An Electronic Atomizing Device", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] This application relates to the field of electronic atomization devices, specifically electronic atomization devices. Background Technology

[0004] An electronic atomizing device is a device that atomizes a matrix into an aerosol using an atomizing component. In some applications, electronic atomizing devices are small and portable, meeting user needs. Improving the user experience has become a direction for technological improvement in electronic atomizing devices. Summary of the Invention

[0005] This application aims to provide an electronic atomizing device that supports interactive functions, enabling users to respond to user operations and output feedback signals, thereby enhancing the user experience.

[0006] The electronic atomizing device provided in one or more embodiments of this application includes a housing; an atomizing component is disposed within the housing, the atomizing component being used to atomize an atomizing matrix into an aerosol; the electronic atomizing device further includes a light-emitting array, an interactive element, and a controller; the light-emitting array is disposed on the housing and has two or more sub-regions; at least a portion of the interactive element is located outside the housing, used to sense the movement of an interactive contact from a first position to a second position and output a corresponding first electrical signal; the first electrical signal is related to one or more of the following: the first position, the second position, and the movement trajectory from the first position to the second position; the controller is disposed within the housing, responds to the first electrical signal and determines one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be illuminated based on the first electrical signal, and illuminates the one or more sub-regions to be illuminated. The electronic atomizing device provided in some embodiments of this application senses the movement of interactive contacts and outputs corresponding electrical signals through the interactive element, and the controller illuminates corresponding sub-regions according to the aforementioned electrical signals, thereby controlling the light-emitting effect of the light-emitting array, enhancing the interactive experience and technological feel.

[0007] According to some embodiments of the present application, in order to determine one or more sub-regions to be illuminated on the light-emitting array based on the first electrical signal, the controller is further configured to: determine a first direction corresponding to the movement trajectory, or determine a first direction corresponding to a path other than the movement trajectory from the first position to the second position based on the first electrical signal; determine one or more sub-regions arranged sequentially along the first direction in the light-emitting array as one or more sub-regions to be illuminated; in order to illuminate the one or more sub-regions to be illuminated, the controller is further configured to: sequentially illuminate the one or more sub-regions to be illuminated according to the arrangement order of the one or more sub-regions to be illuminated along the first direction.

[0008] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device includes an operating part; a first through hole is provided on the housing, and at least a portion of the operating part is exposed outside the housing through the first through hole; when the interactive contact moves with the operating part, or when the interactive contact moves relative to the surface of the operating part, the interactive element outputs the first electrical signal.

[0009] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device includes an interactive element called a trackball; the operating unit is a ball included in the trackball, and the trackball further includes a ball receiving portion, a light source, and a light detection element disposed within the housing; the ball is located in the ball receiving portion and is rotatable therein; the light source is used to emit a first light beam to the ball, and the light detection element is used to detect a second light beam reflected by the ball and obtain the first electrical signal based on the second light beam.

[0010] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device has a bowl-shaped ball receiving portion and a second through hole. The light-emitting side of the light source and the detection side of the light detection element are both facing the second through hole and located outside the ball receiving portion, so that the first light beam shines on the ball through the second through hole and the second light beam is reflected by the ball into the light detection element through the second through hole.

[0011] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device further includes a first button inside the housing; the first button is located below the ball receiving portion; the ball receiving portion is fixed inside the housing by an elastic element, and the ball receiving portion has a connecting rod facing the first button. When the ball is pressed, the ball receiving portion moves downward and triggers the first button through the connecting rod. When the pressing is released, the ball receiving portion resets.

[0012] According to some embodiments of the present application, the first button is used to turn the light-emitting array on or off, and / or the first button is used to turn the atomizing component on or off.

[0013] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device has a first through-hole formed on a first surface of the housing, and the first surface is provided with at least a portion of the light-emitting array. To determine one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be illuminated based on the first electrical signal, the controller is further configured to: determine two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through-hole on the light-emitting array as one or more sub-regions to be illuminated when the first electrical signal reflects that the interactive contact moves from the first position to the second position following the ball around the first ball axis. To illuminate the one or more sub-regions to be illuminated, the controller is further configured to: control the two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through-hole on the light-emitting array to be illuminated sequentially and continuously for a first duration; wherein the first ball axis is perpendicular to the first surface; and the radial sub-regions extend radially along the first through-hole.

[0014] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device has a first through-hole formed on a first surface of the housing, and the first surface is provided with at least a portion of the light-emitting array. To determine, based on the first electrical signal, one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be illuminated, the controller is further configured to: when the first electrical signal reflects that the interactive contact moves from the first position to the second position following the ball around the second ball axis of the ball, determine that the radial sub-regions corresponding to the third ball axis of the ball among two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through-hole on the light-emitting array are the one or more sub-regions to be illuminated; wherein the second ball axis is parallel to the first surface, and the third ball axis is coplanar and perpendicular to the second ball axis; the radial sub-regions extend radially along the first through-hole, and the radial sub-regions corresponding to the third ball axis include radial sub-regions capable of covering the projection of the third ball axis onto the first surface.

[0015] The electronic atomizing device provided according to some embodiments of this application further includes an airflow sensor. A nozzle is provided on the housing to discharge the aerosol. The airflow sensor is used to detect whether there is aerosol flowing through the nozzle and output a corresponding second electrical signal. The controller responds to the second electrical signal and determines one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be lit based on the second electrical signal and lights them up.

[0016] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device has a first through-hole formed on a first surface of the housing, and at least a portion of the light-emitting array is disposed on the first surface. In order to determine and illuminate one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array based on the second electrical signal, the controller is further configured to: when the second electrical signal indicates that aerosol is flowing through the nozzle, control two or more circumferential sub-regions arranged along the direction from the first through-hole to the nozzle on the light-emitting array to be illuminated sequentially and for a second duration; wherein the circumferential sub-regions extend circumferentially along the first through-hole.

[0017] According to some embodiments of the present application, the electronic atomizing device includes an interactive element that is a slider assembly; the operating part is a magnetic slider included in the slider assembly; the slider assembly further includes a slider receiving part and a Hall sensor disposed within the housing; the slider is located in the slider receiving part and is movable within the slider receiving part; the Hall sensor is used to sense the change in magnetic field strength caused by the movement of the slider and generate the first electrical signal.

[0018] According to some embodiments of the electronic atomization device provided in this application, the interactive element senses the user's sliding operation and illuminates the corresponding sub-area of ​​the light-emitting array based on the user's sliding operation, so that the illuminated sub-area corresponds to the user's sliding operation, thereby enhancing the interactive experience and the sense of technology. On the other hand, the illuminated sub-area in the light-emitting array can also correspond to the state of the aerosol flowing through the mouthpiece, providing the user with timely feedback on the aerosol state information during the atomization process, thus enhancing the user experience. Attached Figure Description

[0019] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic atomizing device shown in some embodiments;

[0020] Figure 2 is a partial schematic diagram of the internal structure of an electronic atomizing device shown in some embodiments;

[0021] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of an electronic atomizing device supporting interactive functions shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0022] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the interactive circuit structure shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0023] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the interactive circuit structure shown in some other embodiments of this application;

[0024] Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an electronic atomization device with a trackball interactive element shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0025] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram (front view) of the trackball structure shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0026] Figure 8 is a schematic diagram (three-dimensional view) of the trackball structure shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0027] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the slider assembly structure shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0028] Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of a light-emitting array sub-region shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0029] Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the airflow sensor installation position shown in some embodiments of this application;

[0030] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of a light-emitting array sub-region shown in some other embodiments of this application.

[0031] Components labeled in the diagram: 110 Housing; 111 First through hole; 120 Nozzle; 130 Atomizing assembly; 131 Atomizer; 132 Matrix chamber; 133 Aerosol channel; 140 Interactive element; 141 Ball; 142 Ball housing; 143 Light source; 144 Photodetector; 145 Link; 146 Slider; 147 Hall sensor; 148 Slider housing; 150 Light-emitting array; 20 Controller; 21 Encoder; 22 Drive circuit; 50 Circuit board; 51 First button; 61 Mounting ring; 62 Elastic element; 70 Airflow sensor. Detailed Implementation

[0032] The present application will now be described in further detail with reference to specific embodiments and accompanying drawings. Similar elements in different embodiments are referred to by associated and similar element designations.

[0033] An electronic atomizing device is a device that atomizes an atomizing matrix into an aerosol using an atomizing component 130. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic atomizing device according to some embodiments. As shown in Figure 1, the electronic atomizing device has a housing 110. The atomizing component 130 is disposed in the housing 110, and the atomizing component 130 can atomize the atomizing matrix into an aerosol when energized. In some embodiments, a mouthpiece 120 is disposed on the housing 110, and the atomized aerosol can be discharged through the mouthpiece 120. Alternatively, in some other electronic atomizing devices, the atomizing component 130 may be a heating element, a heating needle, or a ring-shaped electromagnetic heater, etc., and the atomizing matrix may be a tobacco segment. The atomizing component 130 heats the tobacco segment to generate an aerosol. In this case, the electronic atomizing device does not include the mouthpiece 120, and a portion of the tobacco segment itself can also serve as the mouthpiece 120.

[0034] In some embodiments, the housing 110 and the nozzle 120 are two different components. In other words, the nozzle 120 can be mounted on the housing 110 by snap-fit, adhesive, or other means. In other embodiments, a portion of the housing 110 may protrude outward and have a through hole to form the nozzle 120. It can be understood that in this case, the nozzle 120 and the housing 110 are integrally formed, and the difference between the two lies mainly in their function or purpose. For example, the nozzle 120 is used to deliver aerosol, while the housing 110 provides a accommodating or mounting area for components such as the atomizing assembly 130.

[0035] Figure 2 is a partial schematic diagram of the internal structure of an electronic atomizing device shown in some embodiments. As shown in Figure 2, in some embodiments, the atomizing component 130 may include an atomizer 131, a substrate chamber 132, and an aerosol channel 133. The atomizer 131 may be an electrothermal atomizer, a vibratory atomizer, or a pressure atomizer, etc. In some embodiments, the atomizing substrate may be in liquid or solid form and can form an aerosol under physical action such as heating, high-frequency vibration, or pressure. The substrate chamber 132 can contain the atomizing substrate, and at least a portion of the atomizer 131 may be located within the substrate chamber 132 to contact the atomizing substrate. Taking a liquid atomizing substrate and an electrothermal atomizer as examples, the electrothermal atomizer may further include a ceramic core and a heating wire or heating mesh attached to the ceramic core. The ceramic core is immersed in the atomizing substrate and has small pores. When the heating wire or heating mesh is energized, its temperature rises, causing the atomizing substrate in the small pores of the ceramic core to heat and atomize to form an aerosol. In some embodiments, one end of the aerosol channel 133 may be located in the matrix chamber 132, and the other end may be connected to the through hole of the nozzle 120 through the air passage in the nozzle 120, or the other end of the aerosol channel 133 may be directly connected to the through hole of the nozzle 120.

[0036] In some application scenarios, electronic atomizing devices can be carried by users. To improve the user experience, interactive functions of electronic atomizing devices can be added, so that the electronic atomizing devices can respond to user operations and output feedback information in a timely manner.

[0037] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of an electronic atomizing device supporting interactive functions according to some embodiments of this application. As shown in Figure 3, the electronic atomizing device provided in some embodiments of this application may further include a light-emitting array 150, an interactive element 140, and a controller 20.

[0038] A light-emitting array 150 is disposed on a housing 110. In some embodiments, the housing 110 may have more than one side surface, as shown in FIG3. In one embodiment, the housing 110 is generally cuboid in shape and has four side surfaces: front, rear, left, and right. The front side surface may be the side that the electronic atomizing device frequently faces the user during use, and may also be referred to as the first surface. The light-emitting array 150 may be disposed on the front side surface of the housing 110 (e.g., covering a portion of the front side surface), or the main part of the light-emitting array 150 (e.g., more than 50%) may be disposed on the front side surface, with the remaining part distributed on the left or right side surface, or the light-emitting array 150 may be distributed on the aforementioned four side surfaces. In some embodiments, the light-emitting array 150 may be composed of multiple point light sources (e.g., light-emitting diodes (LEDs)) or multiple surface light sources (e.g., a light-emitting panel with a light-emitting surface larger than that of an LED), wherein a single point light source or surface light source can be considered a light-emitting unit. For example, the light-emitting array 150 may be an LED display screen, an OLED display screen, etc. The light-emitting array 150 may have two or more sub-regions. In some embodiments, the light-emitting array 150 can be divided into two or more sub-regions, each sub-region may include multiple point light sources, or each sub-region may include one or more surface light sources. It can be understood that in some embodiments, these sub-regions do not have clear physical boundaries; the different sub-regions are mainly distinguished by their control independence. For example, when the first sub-region is lit, the second sub-region can remain off. Alternatively, the brightness of the first sub-region can be controlled to be higher than that of the second sub-region. Another example is controlling the light-emitting units in the first sub-region to light up sequentially from top to bottom, and controlling the light-emitting units in the second sub-region to light up sequentially from left to right. Yet another example is keeping the first sub-region lit while the second sub-region switches between lit and off states, and so on.

[0039] In some embodiments, the light-emitting array 150 can be divided into two or more sub-regions along different directions. For example, the light-emitting array 150 can be divided into several horizontal (or transverse) sub-regions along the vertical direction shown in Figure 3, or into several vertical (parallel to the vertical) sub-regions along the horizontal direction. In some embodiments, the light-emitting array 150 can be divided into two or more sub-regions along two or more directions, and the resulting two or more sub-regions can have common light-emitting units. For example, along the vertical direction, the light-emitting array 150 can be divided from bottom to top into a first horizontal sub-region, a second horizontal sub-region, and a third horizontal sub-region; along the horizontal direction, the light-emitting array 150 can be divided from left to right into a first vertical sub-region and a second vertical sub-region. For example, the first vertical sub-region shares a common light-emitting unit with the first horizontal sub-region, the second horizontal sub-region, and the third horizontal sub-region, respectively.

[0040] In some embodiments, the light-emitting units of the light-emitting array 150 can be monochromatic (e.g., white) point light sources or surface light sources. For example, the same monochromatic light source can be provided in both the first and second sub-regions. Different types of filters or filter films can be provided on the light-emitting units in different sub-regions, so that the sub-regions can emit light of more than one color when illuminated. As an example, a red filter is provided in the first sub-region and a purple filter is provided in the second sub-region. When the first sub-region is illuminated, it emits red light, and when the second sub-region is illuminated, it emits purple light. When the light-emitting array 150 is a display screen, different types of driving signals can be used to make the corresponding sub-regions emit light of a specific color.

[0041] Referring again to Figure 3, at least a portion of the interactive element 140 is located outside the housing 110, used to sense the movement of the interactive contact from a first position to a second position and output a corresponding first electrical signal. The first position and the second position can be different positions in space. The interactive contact can be a contact part or area between a user's body part (such as a finger) or other tool (such as a stylus) and the interactive element 140. In some embodiments, the interactive contact can be relatively stationary relative to the portion of the interactive element 140 located outside the housing 110, or it can move relative to the aforementioned portion. As an example, when a user's finger slides on the interactive element 140, it can be considered that the interactive contact has moved from the first position to the second position relative to the interactive element 140. Alternatively, if a user's finger can cause a partial movement of the interactive element 140, it can be considered that the interactive contact is relatively stationary relative to the aforementioned partial movement, and moves from the first position to the second position, either by moving the finger or by following the movement of the finger. The first electrical signal can be associated with one or more of the following: the first position, the second position, and the movement trajectory from the first position to the second position. In some embodiments, the process of continuous contact between the aforementioned body part or tool and the interactive element 140 can be considered as a complete interaction. The first position can be the starting position of the interactive touch point in the interaction process, and the second position can be the ending position of the interactive touch point in the interaction process. In other embodiments, the first position and the second position can be intermediate positions reached by the interactive touch point in the aforementioned interaction process, with the first position being the position reached earlier and the second position being the position reached later. In some embodiments, the movement trajectory can be a straight line, an arc, a broken line, etc.

[0042] The controller 20 can be disposed within the housing 110, and is used to receive a first electrical signal and determine one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array 150 to be illuminated based on the first electrical signal, and to illuminate these regions. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the interactive circuit structure shown in some embodiments of this application. As shown in Figure 4, the interactive circuit may include an interactive element 140, a controller 20, and a light-emitting array 150. The interactive element 140 and the light-emitting array 150 are respectively signal-connected to the controller 20. The controller 20 can receive and identify the first electrical signal from the interactive element 140, and then determine one or more pieces of information, including a first position, a second position, and the movement trajectory between them, and determine one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array 150 and illuminate them based on this information.

[0043] In some embodiments, the controller 20 may be a microcontroller, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), or a processor such as a CPU or a GPU. Taking a microcontroller as an example, the controller 20 can receive a first electrical signal through an ADC (analog-to-digital converter) port, encode the first electrical signal, and then output drive signals on a preset number of I / O (input / output) ports. The preset number of I / O ports can correspond one-to-one with the sub-regions of the light-emitting array 150 and be used to output drive signals to the corresponding sub-regions. For example, when an I / O port outputs a drive signal with logic "1", the corresponding sub-region is lit up; when it outputs a drive signal with logic "0", the corresponding sub-region is turned off. Taking a preset quantity of 8 as an example, after processing the first electrical signal, the controller 20 can output different logic drive signals on the 8 I / O ports, such as [0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0]. When the 8 I / O ports are considered as a whole, the controller 20 can be regarded as outputting a drive sequence, such as [0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0]. Correspondingly, in the 8 sub-regions of the light-emitting array 150, 4 are lit and the other 4 are turned off. Taking the controller 20 as a processor as an example, the processor can convert the first electrical signal into a digital signal through the ADC circuit and process the digital signal to obtain the drive sequence. In some optional embodiments, the interaction circuit may also include a drive circuit 22. The drive sequence output by the controller 20 is electrically adapted by the drive circuit 22 (such as converting the drive signals corresponding to each bit of the drive sequence into electrical signals that meet the driving voltage or current index of the light-emitting unit) before being output to each sub-region.

[0044] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the interactive circuit structure shown in some other embodiments of this application. Compared with the interactive circuit shown in Figure 4, the interactive circuit shown in Figure 5 uses an encoder 21 and a drive circuit 22 instead of a controller 20. The encoder 21 is used to encode the first electrical signal into a drive sequence of a preset number of bits. The preset number of bits is the same as the number of sub-regions of the light-emitting array 150, and each bit of the drive sequence corresponds one-to-one with a sub-region of the light-emitting array 150. Each signal output by the encoder 21 is output to the corresponding sub-region through the drive circuit 22.

[0045] In some embodiments, the controller 20 may also illuminate one or more sub-regions to be illuminated based on a preset timing sequence. In some embodiments, the drive sequence output by the controller 20 may vary over time.

[0046] In some embodiments, the controller 20 may sequentially arrange one or more sub-regions to be illuminated along a first direction on the light-emitting array 150, as determined by the first electrical signal. The first direction corresponds to a movement trajectory or a path from a first position to a second position other than the movement trajectory. Furthermore, the controller 20 may sequentially illuminate these sub-regions according to their arrangement along the first direction. Based on Figure 3, the light-emitting array 150 is divided into a first vertical sub-region, a second vertical sub-region, ..., and an eighth vertical sub-region along the horizontal direction. When the controller 20 determines, based on the first electrical signal, that the interactive contact moves from the leftmost first position to the rightmost second position along a straight line, the controller 20 can determine that the first direction is the horizontal rightward direction of the light-emitting array 150 (it can be considered that the first direction is parallel to the movement trajectory). It can output the driving sequence [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0], [0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0], [0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0], [0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0], [0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0], [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0] in sequence over time, thereby realizing the control of lighting up the third to sixth vertical sub-regions in sequence. For example, when the controller 20 determines, based on the first electrical signal, that the interactive contact moves from a first position further to the left along a straight line to a second position further to the right (the movement trajectory at this time can be considered longer than the movement trajectory in the previous example), it can output the driving sequence [1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0], [0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0], [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0], [0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0], ..., [0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0], [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0] in sequence over time, thereby controlling the first vertical sub-region to the eighth vertical sub-region to be lit for a certain period of time and then turned off. In some alternative embodiments, when the interactive contact moves from the first position to the second position on the interactive element 140 along an S-shaped trajectory, the first direction can still be determined to be parallel to the straight path from the first position to the second position.

[0047] Some embodiments of this application respond to user interaction operations by determining the sub-area to be lit based on one or more of the first position, second position, and movement trajectory between the two of the interactive touch point, and lighting up these sub-areas in a certain timing sequence. This can create light effects or light and shadow trajectories on the electronic atomizing device that correspond to user operations, increasing the product's fun and technological feel.

[0048] Referring again to Figure 3, in some embodiments, the housing 110 has a first through-hole 111. The interactive element 140 includes an operating part, at least a portion of which is exposed outside the housing 110 through the first through-hole 111. The portion exposed through the first through-hole 111 in Figure 3 may be the operating part of the interactive element 140 or a portion thereof. The user can perform interactive operations on the operating part exposed outside the housing 110. For example, the user can slide their finger in this area. When the operating part is fixed relative to the housing 110, the interactive contact can move relative to the surface of the operating part. When the operating part is a movable component, the interactive contact can move with the operating part. Regardless of how the operating part is configured, the interactive element 140 can output a first electrical signal when it senses the movement of the interactive contact.

[0049] In some embodiments, the operating portion of the interactive element 140 may be a touch sensing portion. For example, the touch sensing portion may be a resistive touch element, a capacitive touch element, a surface acoustic wave touch element, or an optical touch element. The touch sensing portion can sense the position of the interactive contact and output a corresponding electrical signal. In some embodiments, the interactive element 140 may further include a processing circuit to filter, amplify, or otherwise process the electrical signal output by the touch sensing portion and output it as a first electrical signal. In other embodiments, the interactive element 140 may include a touch sensing portion, and the electrical signal output by the touch sensing portion can be used as the first electrical signal. In some embodiments, the touch sensing portion may be hemispherical, and thus protrude from the first through hole 111 beyond the housing 110 and be fixedly disposed relative to the housing 110. When a user's finger slides on the touch sensing portion, the interactive contact can move from a first position to a second position relative to the surface of the touch sensing portion. It should be noted that in this application, the operating portion of the interactive element 140 and the light-emitting array 150 are not two parts of the same component. The operation section of the interactive element 140 and the light-emitting array 150 are independent of each other or separately arranged, and the two transmit signals through circuits. Therefore, the operation gestures of the operation section of the interactive element 140 will not obstruct the display of the light-emitting array 150, ensuring that the light-emitting array 150 has a larger responsive light-emitting area.

[0050] In some embodiments, the interactive element 140 may be a trackball. Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an electronic atomizing device with a trackball interactive element 140 according to some embodiments of this application. In this embodiment, the operating part of the interactive element 140 may be a ball 141 included in the trackball. The ball 141 may move relative to the housing 110, such as rolling or rotating relative to the housing 110. A portion of the ball 141 may be located outside the housing 110 through the first through hole 111. When the user moves the ball 141, the interactive contact may follow the ball 141 from a first position to a second position. In some embodiments, the diameter of the ball 141 is not less than the diameter of the first through hole 111 to prevent the ball 141 from falling out of the first through hole 111.

[0051] Figures 7 and 8 illustrate the trackball structure of some embodiments of this application from different angles. As shown in Figures 7 and 8, in addition to the ball 141, the trackball may also include a ball receiving portion 142, a light source 143, and a light detection element 144. The ball 141 is located in the ball receiving portion 142 and can rotate therein. The light source 143 is used to emit a first light beam towards the ball 141, and the light detection element 144 is used to detect a second light beam reflected by the ball 141 and obtain a first electrical signal based on the second light beam. The ball receiving portion 142 may be bowl-shaped, and a second through hole is provided on the ball receiving portion 142. The light emitting side of the light source 143 and the detection side of the light detection element 144 both face the second through hole and are located outside the ball receiving portion 142. In some embodiments, the light emitting side of the light source 143 may be the side that emits the first light beam, for example, the light emitting side may be the side where the light outlet of the light source 143 is located. The detection side of the photodetector 144 can be the side that receives the second light beam, for example, the detection side can be the side where the light inlet is located on the photodetector 144. The fact that both the light emitting side of the light source 143 and the detection side of the photodetector 144 face the second through hole allows the first light beam to pass through the second through hole and illuminate the rolling ball 141, and allows the second light beam to pass through the second through hole and be reflected by the rolling ball 141 into the photodetector 144.

[0052] In some embodiments, the light source 143 can be an infrared photodiode. When a forward voltage is applied to the infrared photodiode (e.g., when the anode voltage is higher than the cathode voltage), the infrared photodiode can emit infrared light. The infrared light illuminates the rolling ball 141, and as the rolling ball 141 moves, the reflection state (e.g., reflection direction) of the infrared light changes. The light detection element 144 can be an infrared light receiver. The infrared light receiver can convert the received infrared light into a first electrical signal. The intensity of the first electrical signal can be related to the light intensity entering the infrared light receiver. The intensity of the second beam entering the infrared light receiver after reflection is related to the area of ​​the first beam acting on the rolling ball 141. Thus, the first electrical signal can reflect the movement state of the rolling ball 141, carrying information about the first position, second position, or movement trajectory of the interactive contact. In some alternative embodiments, the light source 143 can be any light-emitting element, and the light detection element 144 can be an image sensor, such as a CCD image sensor or a CMOS image sensor. The image sensor can generate a computer-recognizable image signal based on the second light beam, which can be regarded as a first electrical signal. The controller 20 can determine the texture changes of the area on the ball 141 illuminated by the first light beam based on the image signal, and thus determine the motion state of the ball 141. In some alternative embodiments, the mounting positions of the light source 143 and the light detection element 144 can be interchanged. Alternatively, in one possible implementation, the light source 143 can also be infrared invisible light, so that no red light will overflow from the gap when the ball 141 is operated, affecting the aesthetics.

[0053] Referring again to Figure 7, in some embodiments, a first button 51 is also provided inside the housing 110. The first button 51 may be located below the ball receiving portion 142. The ball receiving portion 142 has a connecting rod 145 facing the first button 51. When the ball 141 is pressed, the ball receiving portion 142 moves downward and triggers the first button 51 through the connecting rod 145. In some embodiments, the ball receiving portion 142 may be fixed inside the housing 110 by an elastic element 62. When the pressure on the ball 141 is released, the ball receiving portion 142 may reset. Taking Figure 7 as an example, the ball receiving portion 142 can be connected to the mounting ring 61 via an elastic element 62. The elastic element 62 can be a spring, a flexible hinge, or a similar structure. The mounting ring 61 can be fixedly connected to the edge of the first through hole 111 of the housing 110 by means of snap-fit, adhesive, screw connection, or other methods. When the ball 141 is pressed down, the ball receiving portion 142 moves downwards, the elastic element 62 deforms, and converts mechanical energy into elastic potential energy. When the pressure is released, the elastic potential energy of the elastic element 62 is converted back into mechanical energy and resets, causing the ball receiving portion 142 and the ball 141 to reset together. In some embodiments, to increase structural stability, there can be multiple elastic elements 62, distributed circumferentially along the mounting ring 61 and the edge of the bowl-shaped ball receiving portion 142, stably connecting the ball receiving portion 142 to the mounting ring 61.

[0054] The first button 51 can be located on the circuit board 50 in the housing 110 and coupled to other electronic components on the circuit board 50 (such as controllers, power supplies, etc.). When the first button 51 is triggered, it can generate a corresponding electrical signal, thereby turning the light-emitting array 150 on or off. Alternatively, when the first button 51 is triggered, it can turn the atomizing component 130 on or off. Or, when the first button 51 is triggered, it can generate a corresponding electrical signal, thereby turning the power supply on or off, so that the light-emitting array 150 and the atomizing component 130 are turned on or off simultaneously.

[0055] Some embodiments of this application simultaneously implement different interactive operations such as sliding, clicking and pressing through the interactive element 140, which enriches the interactive functions of the electronic atomization device while simplifying the product appearance.

[0056] In some alternative embodiments, the interactive element 140 may be a slider assembly. Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the slider assembly structure shown in some embodiments of this application. As shown in Figure 9, the slider assembly may include a magnetic slider 146, a Hall sensor 147, and a slider receiving portion 148. The slider 146 may serve as the operating part of the interactive element 140. The slider receiving portion 148 and the Hall sensor 147 are disposed inside the housing 110, the slider 146 is located in the slider receiving portion 148, and the slider 146 is movable within the slider receiving portion 148. A portion of the slider 146 may be exposed outside the housing 110 through a first through hole 111 on the housing 110. When a user's finger moves the slider 146, the interactive contact may move from a first position to a second position following the slider 146. Referring to Figure 9 as an example, the slider receiving portion 148 can be fixed to the inner side of the front surface of the housing 110, and the slider 146 is pressed against the inner side of the front surface of the housing 110, allowing the slider 146 to move relative to the housing 110 in a plane parallel to the front surface of the housing 110. In some embodiments, the slider receiving portion 148 has a sheet-like main body portion and a protruding edge portion relative to the main body portion. The protruding edge portion can be fixed to the inner side of the front surface of the housing 110 by means of bonding, welding, etc. The slider 146 can be placed between the main body portion of the slider receiving portion 148 and the front surface of the housing 110. In some embodiments, the shape of the main body portion of the slider receiving portion 148 can be consistent with the shape of the slider 146, such as both being rectangular or circular, etc. The area of ​​the main body portion of the slider receiving portion 148 is larger than that of the slider 146, so that the slider 146 placed between the main body portion of the receiving portion and the front surface of the housing 110 can be translated.

[0057] In some embodiments, the magnetic slider 146 may be made of a permanent magnet material. For example, the permanent magnet material may include rare earth permanent magnet materials, samarium cobalt, alnico, ferrite permanent magnet materials, etc. In other embodiments, the magnetic slider 146 may include a sheet structure of any material and a permanent magnet element fixedly disposed on the sheet structure.

[0058] A Hall sensor is used to sense the change in magnetic field strength caused by the movement of slider 146 and generate the first electrical signal. As shown in FIG9, Hall sensor 147 can be disposed inside housing 110, below slider 146. When slider 146 translates, it can cause a change in the magnetic field strength sensed by Hall sensor, thereby outputting a first electrical signal that reflects information such as the first position, second position, or movement trajectory from the first position to the second position of the interactive contact. In some embodiments, Hall sensor 147 can be disposed on circuit board 50 and coupled to other electronic devices on circuit board 50, such as controller 20 or encoder 21, to output the first electrical signal. In some embodiments, slider receiving portion 148 can be made of non-magnetic material, which has the characteristic of not changing the magnetic field strength. The magnetic field strength generated by slider 146 can penetrate slider receiving portion 148 without deformation to reach Hall sensor 147. In other embodiments, the material of the slider receiving portion 148 is not limited, and its main body has a third through hole, so that at least part of the magnetic field generated by the slider 146 can be unaffected or shielded by the material of the slider receiving portion 148, and thus be sensed by the Hall sensor 147.

[0059] The interactive functions of the electronic atomizing device shown in some embodiments of this application will be further described below, taking the interactive element 140 as a trackball as an example. Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the sub-regions of the light-emitting array 150 shown in some embodiments of this application. As shown in Figure 10, the light-emitting array 150 may have two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through hole 111, and the radial sub-regions extend radially along the first through hole 111. In some embodiments, the two or more radial sub-regions may be radial sub-region 1501, radial sub-region 1502, radial sub-region 1503, ..., and radial sub-region 1507. It should be understood that the dashed lines shown in Figure 10 are intended to indicate the boundaries between adjacent sub-regions, and these boundary lines may not actually exist in the actual product.

[0060] Referring to Figure 6, in some embodiments, the user can rotate the ball 141 in the trackball relative to the housing 110 in any direction. For example, the user can rotate the ball 141 to move the interactive contact from a first position to a second position following the ball 141 around its first central axis. The central axis is an axis or straight line passing through the center of the ball, and the first central axis is perpendicular to the first surface or front surface of the housing 110 (or can be understood as perpendicular to the plane of the paper in Figure 6). In this case, the movement trajectory of the interactive contact from the first position to the second position can be considered as the double-arrow arc (dotted dotted line) in Figure 10. When the control unit receives the first electrical signal output by the trackball, it processes the first electrical signal to determine that the interactive contact has moved from the first position to the second position following the ball 141 around its first central axis, and then controls the radial sub-regions 1501, 1502, ..., and 1507 to light up sequentially and remain lit for a first duration. This embodiment allows the radial sub-regions on the light-emitting array 150 to be sequentially illuminated when the user moves the ball 141 circumferentially along the first through-hole 111, presenting an overall "sweeping" light trajectory. In some embodiments, the first duration can be short, such that the next radial sub-region is illuminated only after the previous radial sub-region is extinguished; or the first duration can be long, such that the previous radial sub-region remains illuminated when the next radial sub-region is illuminated. By adjusting the first duration, the light-emitting array 150 can produce a variety of light effects.

[0061] In some embodiments, a user can toggle the ball 141 to move the interactive contact from a first position to a second position following the ball 141 around its second pivot axis. The second pivot axis is parallel to the first surface. When the ball 141 is toggled in this manner, the interactive contact exhibits a movement trajectory as shown by the double-arrowed straight line (short dashed line) in Figure 10. The projection of this trajectory onto the first plane is parallel to the third pivot axis, which is coplanar and perpendicular to the second pivot axis. When the control unit receives the first electrical signal output by the trackball, it processes the first electrical signal to determine that the interactive contact has moved from the first position to the second position following the ball 141 around its second pivot axis. This allows the control unit to illuminate the radial sub-regions 1501, 1502, ..., and 1507 that correspond to the third pivot axis (e.g., radial sub-region 1504). The radial sub-region corresponding to the third pivot axis may include a radial sub-region capable of covering the projection of the third pivot axis onto the first surface. This embodiment allows the corresponding radial sub-region on the light-emitting array 150 to be illuminated when the user moves the ball 141 radially along the first through hole 111, presenting a "push-pull" light trajectory. In some embodiments, multiple light-emitting units in the radial sub-region corresponding to the third ball axis can be illuminated in a certain time sequence and last for a third duration, such as illuminating multiple light-emitting units sequentially from top to bottom or from the middle to the periphery and lasting for a third duration, which can further present a rich variety of light trajectories in the corresponding radial sub-region.

[0062] It is easy to understand that when the interactive element 140 includes a hemispherical touch sensing unit, it can respond to user interaction operations in a manner similar to a trackball. In some embodiments, the control unit is configured to control two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through-hole 111 on the light-emitting array 150 to be sequentially illuminated and continuously illuminated for a first duration when the first electrical signal output by the touch sensing unit reflects that the interactive contact point has moved from a first position relative to the surface of the hemispherical touch sensing unit around a second through-hole axis of the hemispherical touch sensing unit to a second position. Alternatively, the control unit is configured to control the radial sub-regions corresponding to the third through-hole axis of the hemispherical touch sensing unit in two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through-hole 111 on the light-emitting array 150 to be illuminated when the first electrical signal reflects that the interactive contact point has moved from a first position relative to the surface of the hemispherical touch sensing unit around a second through-hole axis of the hemispherical touch sensing unit to a second position.

[0063] In other embodiments, the luminous efficacy of the light-emitting array 150 can also reflect the operating status of the electronic atomizing device. For example, different sub-regions on the light-emitting array 150 can be illuminated based on the aerosol state at the mouthpiece 120 in the electronic atomizing device. In some embodiments, the aerosol state at the mouthpiece 120 can be sensed by an airflow sensor 70. Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of the installation position of the airflow sensor 70 shown in some embodiments of this application. As shown in Figure 11, the airflow sensor 70 can be placed in the aerosol channel 133 of the atomizing assembly 130. When the user inhales, the aerosol can be discharged from the mouthpiece 120 through the aerosol channel 133 at a certain flow rate or flow rate. At this time, the airflow sensor 70 can output a second electrical signal reflecting whether there is aerosol flowing through the mouthpiece 120. The controller 20 can receive the second electrical signal and determine one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array 150 to be illuminated based on the second electrical signal, and illuminate these sub-regions.

[0064] In some embodiments, the airflow sensor 70 may specifically be a flow sensor or a pressure sensor, and the second electrical signal may further reflect the flow rate of the aerosol or the generated air pressure. The number and timing of the illuminated sub-regions may be related to the flow rate or air pressure. Taking flow rate as an example, when the second electrical signal indicates a large flow rate of aerosol through the mouthpiece 120, it can be determined that more sub-regions are illuminated, or the illuminated sub-regions can be made to light up and turn off at a faster rate, thereby causing the light trajectory on the light-emitting array 150 to change at a faster rate. When the second electrical signal indicates a small flow rate of aerosol through the mouthpiece 120, it can be determined that fewer sub-regions are illuminated, or the illuminated sub-regions can be made to light up and turn off at a slower rate, thereby causing the light trajectory on the light-emitting array 150 to change at a slower rate. Correlating the light trajectory of the light-emitting array 150 with the aerosol flow rate or pressure can provide feedback to the user on the amount of aerosol inhaled, allowing the user to adjust the amount consumed.

[0065] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of a sub-region of the light-emitting array 150 shown in some other embodiments of this application. As shown in Figure 12, the light-emitting array 150 may have two or more circumferential sub-regions arranged along the direction from the first through-hole 111 to the nozzle 120 (or radially along the first through-hole 111), the circumferential sub-regions extending circumferentially along the first through-hole 111. In some embodiments, the two or more circumferential sub-regions may be circumferential sub-region 1508, circumferential sub-region 1509, circumferential sub-region 1510, ..., and radial sub-region 1512. It should be understood that the dashed lines shown in Figure 12 are schematic boundaries between adjacent sub-regions, and these boundaries may not actually exist in the actual product.

[0066] In some embodiments, when a user inhales aerosol, causing aerosol to flow through the mouthpiece 120, the controller 20, upon receiving a second electrical signal output from the airflow sensor 70, processes the signal to determine that aerosol is flowing through the mouthpiece 120. This allows the controller to sequentially illuminate the circumferential sub-regions 1508, 1509, ..., and 1512 for a second duration. This embodiment allows the circumferential sub-regions on the light-emitting array 150 to be illuminated sequentially when the user inhales the aerosol, creating a light trajectory consistent with the aerosol flow direction. In some embodiments, the second duration can be shorter, such that the next adjacent circumferential sub-region is illuminated only after the previous one is extinguished; or the second duration can be longer, such that the previous adjacent circumferential sub-region remains illuminated when the next circumferential sub-region is illuminated. In some embodiments, the second duration can be adjusted based on the flow rate or air pressure reflected by the second electrical signal, allowing the light-emitting array 150 to produce a variety of light effects in accordance with the aerosol inhalation speed or flow rate.

[0067] The beneficial effects that the embodiments of this application may bring include, but are not limited to: (1) setting an interactive element 140 and a light-emitting array 150 on the electronic atomizing device, generating a variety of light trajectories on the light-emitting array 150 by sensing the user's interactive operation, thereby enhancing the fun and technological feel of the product; (2) sensing the state of the aerosol flowing through the mouthpiece 120 by the airflow sensor 70, and controlling the light-emitting array 150 to present a light trajectory of the corresponding shape based on this, which can accurately provide feedback to the user on the amount of aerosol consumed, so that the user can adjust according to actual needs; (3) adopting a spherical or hemispherical structure for the interactive element 140, effectively expanding the movement trajectory of the interactive touchpoint and enriching the interactive light effect; (4) the interactive element 140 can also simultaneously turn the light-emitting array 150 and / or the atomizing component 130 on or off, enriching the interactive function; (5) providing more than one sub-region division and control method for the light-emitting array 150, realizing smooth light effects in multiple modes, and providing a better user experience. It should be noted that different embodiments may produce different beneficial effects. In different embodiments, the beneficial effects may be any one or a combination of the above, or any other possible beneficial effects.

Claims

1. An electronic atomizing device, characterized in that, Includes a housing; the housing is provided with an atomizing component, which is used to atomize the atomizing matrix into an aerosol; The electronic atomization device also includes a light-emitting array, interactive elements, and a controller; The light-emitting array is disposed on the housing and has two or more sub-regions; At least a portion of the interactive element is located outside the housing, and is used to sense the movement of the interactive contact from a first position to a second position and output a corresponding first electrical signal; The first electrical signal is associated with one or more of the following: the first position, the second position, and the movement trajectory from the first position to the second position; The controller is disposed within the housing, responds to the first electrical signal and determines, based on the first electrical signal, one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be illuminated, and illuminates the one or more sub-regions to be illuminated.

2. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, In order to determine one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be illuminated based on the first electrical signal, the controller is further configured to: Based on the first electrical signal, a first direction corresponding to the movement trajectory is determined, or a first direction corresponding to a path from the first position to the second position other than the movement trajectory is determined; One or more sub-regions arranged sequentially along the first direction in the light-emitting array are defined as one or more sub-regions to be lit. In order to illuminate one or more sub-areas to be illuminated, the controller is further configured to: According to the arrangement order of the one or more sub-regions to be lit along the first direction, the one or more sub-regions to be lit are lit sequentially.

3. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The interactive element includes an operation unit; The housing has a first through hole, and at least a portion of the operating part is exposed outside the housing through the first through hole; When the interactive contact moves with the operating part, or when the interactive contact moves relative to the surface of the operating part, the interactive element outputs the first electrical signal.

4. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The interactive element is a trackball; the operation unit is a ball included in the trackball, and the trackball also includes a ball receiving part, a light source, and a light detection element disposed in the housing; The ball is located in the ball receiving portion and is able to rotate therein; The light source is used to emit a first light beam toward the rolling ball, and the photodetector is used to detect a second light beam reflected by the rolling ball and obtain the first electrical signal based on the second light beam.

5. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The ball receiving portion is bowl-shaped, and a second through hole is provided on the ball receiving portion. The light emitting side of the light source and the detection side of the light detection element are both facing the second through hole and located outside the ball receiving portion, so that the first light beam shines on the ball through the second through hole, and the second light beam is reflected into the light detection element by the ball through the second through hole.

6. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The housing also contains a first button; The first button is located below the ball receiving portion; The ball receiving part is fixed in the housing by an elastic element. The ball receiving part has a connecting rod facing the first button. When the ball is pressed, the ball receiving part moves downward and triggers the first button through the connecting rod. When the pressing is released, the ball receiving part resets.

7. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The first button is used to turn the light-emitting array on or off, and / or the first button is used to turn the atomizing component on or off.

8. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The first through hole is formed on the first surface of the housing, and at least a portion of the light-emitting array is disposed on the first surface; In order to determine one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be illuminated based on the first electrical signal, the controller is further configured to: When the first electrical signal reflects that the interactive contact moves from the first position to the second position following the ball around the first ball axis, two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through hole on the light-emitting array are determined to be one or more sub-regions to be lit. In order to illuminate one or more sub-areas to be illuminated, the controller is further configured to: Control the two or more radial sub-regions arranged circumferentially along the first through hole on the light-emitting array to be lit sequentially and continuously for a first duration; Wherein, the first through-ball mandrel is perpendicular to the first surface; the radial sub-region extends radially along the first through hole.

9. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The first through hole is formed on the first surface of the housing, and at least a portion of the light-emitting array is disposed on the first surface; In order to determine one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be illuminated based on the first electrical signal, the controller is further configured to: When the first electrical signal reflects that the interactive contact moves from the first position to the second position following the ball around the second ball axis of the ball, the radial sub-regions corresponding to the third ball axis of the ball in two or more radial sub-regions arranged along the first through hole on the light-emitting array are determined to be one or more sub-regions to be lit. Wherein, the second through-ball axis is parallel to the first surface, and the third through-ball axis is coplanar with and perpendicular to the second through-ball axis; the radial sub-region extends radially along the first through hole, and the radial sub-region corresponding to the third through-ball axis includes a radial sub-region capable of covering the projection of the third through-ball axis on the first surface.

10. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 3, characterized in that, It also includes an airflow sensor. The housing is provided with a suction nozzle, which is used to export aerosols. The airflow sensor is used to detect whether there is aerosol flowing through the suction nozzle and output a corresponding second electrical signal. The controller responds to the second electrical signal and determines one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array to be lit based on the second electrical signal and lights them up.

11. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The first through hole is formed on the first surface of the housing, and at least a portion of the light-emitting array is disposed on the first surface; In order to determine and illuminate one or more sub-regions on the light-emitting array based on the second electrical signal, the controller is further configured to: When the second electrical signal indicates that aerosol is flowing through the nozzle, the system controls two or more circumferential sub-regions arranged along the direction from the first through hole to the nozzle on the light-emitting array to be lit sequentially and for a second duration. The circumferential sub-region extends circumferentially along the first through hole.

12. The electronic atomizing device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The interactive element is a slider assembly; the operating part is a magnetic slider included in the slider assembly; the slider assembly also includes a slider receiving part and a Hall sensor disposed within the housing; The slider is located in the slider receiving portion, and the slider is movable within the slider receiving portion; The Hall sensor is used to sense the change in magnetic field strength caused by the movement of the slider and to generate the first electrical signal.

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