Electronic cigarette control method and device

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic cigarette control method and device. The control method of the electronic cigarette comprises the following steps: acquiring sensing information of the electronic cigarette to a user; determining the use state of the user on the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information; determining the starting state of the electronic cigarette according to the use state; pre-work is started according to the starting state; wherein the pre-work comprises at least one of the following steps: pre-heating tobacco tar, pre-heating an atomizing core and unlocking oil injection. The control method of the electronic cigarette can shorten the time for the user to wait for the completion of the pre-work.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of atomization technology, and in particular to a control method and device for an electronic cigarette. Background Art

[0002] Electronic cigarettes can atomize the e-liquid for inhalation. The design of some existing electronic cigarettes is not reasonable. Before inhaling the aerosol, users need to manually trigger the button to preheat the e-liquid, preheat the atomizer core, or unlock the oil filling. After the pre-work is completed, the atomizer core will atomize the e-liquid into aerosol for inhalation. Since the pre-work takes a certain amount of time to complete, users need to wait for a long time during this process, resulting in a poor user experience. Summary of the invention

[0003] The main purpose of the present application is to provide a control method and device for an electronic cigarette to solve the technical problem that the user has to wait a long time for the pre-work to be completed.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the first aspect of the present application provides a control method for an electronic cigarette, wherein the electronic cigarette comprises a sensor monitoring module, a state determination module and a pre-operation control module, and the control method for the electronic cigarette comprises the following steps:

[0005] The sensor monitoring module obtains the sensing information of the electronic cigarette on the user;

[0006] The state determination module determines the user's use state of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information;

[0007] The pre-operation control module determines the start-up state of the electronic cigarette according to the use state, and starts the pre-operation according to the start-up state;

[0008] Wherein, the pre-work includes at least one of the following: preheating the smoke oil, preheating the atomizer core and unlocking the oil filling.

[0009] Optionally, the sensing information includes proximity sensing information and / or contact sensing information.

[0010] Optionally, the proximity sensing information includes at least one of the following: information about environmental changes caused by the user and biometric information related to the user.

[0011] Optionally, the environmental change information caused by the user includes at least one of the following: air pressure change information, temperature change information, humidity change information and sound change information; the user-related biometric information includes at least one of the following: body shape information, facial features information and pupil pattern information.

[0012] Optionally, the contact sensing information includes at least one of the following: pressure information of the user's finger on the electronic cigarette, fingerprint information, body temperature information, sweat information, contact area information and contact position information.

[0013] Optionally, the electronic cigarette also includes a normal working control module. After the pre-work is started according to the starting state, the control method of the electronic cigarette also includes: after the pre-work is completed, the user inhales the electronic cigarette, and the duration of the inhalation is T1. During the period of T1, the normal working control module controls the electronic cigarette to operate at a normal output power. After the inhalation stops, the pre-work control module starts the pre-work, and the pre-work duration is T2, waiting for the user to inhale the electronic cigarette, and repeating the above process.

[0014] Optionally, determining the usage status of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information includes: acquiring a matching value between the sensing information and preset information; and determining the usage status according to the matching value.

[0015] Optionally, determining the usage state according to the matching value includes: in response to the matching value being less than a preset threshold, determining that the usage state is a sleep state; in response to the matching value being greater than or equal to a preset threshold, determining that the usage state is a wake-up state.

[0016] Optionally, determining the startup state of the electronic cigarette according to the use state includes: in response to the use state being a dormant state, determining the startup state as not starting pre-operation; in response to the use state being an awake state, determining the startup state as starting pre-operation.

[0017] Optionally, the pre-work also includes at least one of: connecting to Bluetooth, connecting to a wireless network, a sound emitting device emitting sound, a light emitting device emitting light, and a display screen displaying an image.

[0018] In a second aspect, the present application provides a control device for an electronic cigarette, the control device for an electronic cigarette comprising:

[0019] The sensor monitoring module is used to obtain the sensing information of the electronic cigarette on the user;

[0020] A state determination module, used to determine the user's use state of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information;

[0021] a pre-operation control module, used to determine the start-up state of the electronic cigarette according to the use state and start the pre-operation according to the start-up state; and

[0022] The normal working control module is used to control the electronic cigarette to work under normal output power. The normal working control module is started when the user inhales normally, and the normal working control module is stopped when the user stops inhaling. The pre-work includes at least one of the following: preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomizer core, and unlocking the oil filling.

[0023] In the control method of the electronic cigarette of the present application, when the user approaches or touches the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette senses the user's approach or touch, and automatically performs pre-work of preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomizer core and / or unlocking the oil filling, thereby enabling the pre-start of the pre-work to shorten the user's waiting time and improve the user's usage experience; when the user leaves the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette senses the user's departure and automatically stops preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomizer core and / or unlocking the oil filling, thereby avoiding leakage of the e-liquid and improving the safety of electronic cigarette use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings without paying any creative work.

[0025] Figure 1 A control method for an electronic cigarette in an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 2 It is a control device of an electronic cigarette in one embodiment of the present application.

[0027] Description of Figure Numbers:

[0028] Label name Label name 100 Controls 110 Sensor monitoring module 120 Status determination module 130 Pre-operation control module 140 Normal operation control module

[0029] The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of this application will be further explained in conjunction with embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0031] It should be noted that all directional indications in the embodiments of the present application (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement status, etc. between the components under a certain specific posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings). If the specific posture changes, the directional indication will also change accordingly.

[0032] In addition, the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. in this application are only for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, "and / or" in the full text includes three solutions. Taking A and / or B as an example, it includes technical solution A, technical solution B, and technical solution that satisfies both A and B; in addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the ability of ordinary technicians in this field to implement. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be implemented, it should be deemed that such combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection required by this application.

[0033] See also Figure 1 The present application proposes a control method for an electronic cigarette, which includes: S1, obtaining sensing information of the electronic cigarette on a user; S2, determining the user's use status of the electronic cigarette based on the sensing information; S3, determining the start-up status of the electronic cigarette based on the use status; S4, starting pre-work based on the start-up status, wherein the pre-work includes at least one of the following: preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomizer core, and unlocking the oil filling.

[0034] In the control method of the electronic cigarette of the present application, when the user approaches or touches the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette senses the user's approach or touch, and automatically performs pre-work of preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomizer core and / or unlocking the oil filling, thereby enabling the pre-start of the pre-work to shorten the user's waiting time and improve the user's usage experience; when the user leaves the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette senses the user's departure and automatically stops preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomizer core and / or unlocking the oil filling, thereby avoiding leakage of the e-liquid and improving the safety of electronic cigarette use.

[0035] The electronic cigarette is provided with a sensor, and the electronic cigarette obtains sensing information through the sensor. The sensor may be at least partially exposed on the shell of the electronic cigarette, thereby being able to obtain sensing information relatively well. The sensor may include at least one.

[0036] The sensing information includes proximity sensing information, that is, the sensor may include a proximity sensor. When a user approaches the electronic cigarette, the proximity sensor on the electronic cigarette can sense it, and the electronic cigarette responds accordingly, and can start the pre-work, shorten the user's waiting time, and improve the user's experience.

[0037] Proximity sensing information may include information about environmental changes caused by the user. It is understandable that when a user approaches an electronic cigarette, the environment around the electronic cigarette will change. By acquiring environmental change information, the user's approach can be sensed. The environmental change information caused by the user may include at least one of the following: air pressure change information, temperature change information, humidity change information, and sound change information, that is, the sensor may include at least one of the following: air pressure sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, and sound sensor. Specifically, when a user approaches an electronic cigarette, the air flow around the electronic cigarette will be accelerated and the air pressure will change; the user's body temperature is generally higher than normal temperature, and when the user approaches the electronic cigarette, the temperature around the electronic cigarette will rise; the user's exhaled gas contains moisture, which causes the humidity of the environment around the electronic cigarette to rise, and the user's breathing, heartbeat, speaking and other sounds affect the sound environment around the electronic cigarette; thus, the environmental change information caused by the user is obtained through the sensor of the electronic cigarette, and the electronic cigarette can sense the user's approach to respond.

[0038] Proximity sensing information may also include user-related biometric information. The biometric information of different users is different. By pre-establishing an information base, the biometric information of users can be collected. When a person approaches the e-cigarette, the biometric information is collected and matched with the data in the information base to determine whether the person is an e-cigarette user and respond. In this way, interference with pre-work triggering by non-e-cigarette users such as children, pets or mobile machines (such as sweepers) can be avoided. User-related biometric information may include at least one of the following: body shape information, facial features information and pupil pattern information. Therefore, biometric information has individual differences and is easy to collect.

[0039] The sensing information includes contact sensing information. That is, when the user touches the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette can sense the user's contact and then start pre-operation. The contact sensing information includes at least one of the following: the user's pressure information on the electronic cigarette, the user's fingerprint information, the temperature information of the user's finger, the sweat information of the user's finger, the area information of the user's finger contacting the electronic cigarette, and the position information of the user's finger contacting the electronic cigarette. The sensor may include at least one of the following: a pressure sensor (a piezoresistive sensor, a ceramic pressure sensor, or a diffused silicon pressure sensor), an optical fingerprint collector, a thermistor, a radio frequency sensor, etc.

[0040] The sensing information may also include information about the position change of the electronic cigarette. When the electronic cigarette is stationary, picked up, or falls, the position of the electronic cigarette changes. Therefore, when the electronic cigarette accidentally falls or is lost, it can respond to improve the safety of using the electronic cigarette. Specifically, an accelerometer can be set on the electronic cigarette to obtain the position change information of the electronic cigarette.

[0041] S2 determines the user's use status of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information, including: S21, obtaining a matching value between the sensing information and the preset information, S22, determining the use status according to the matching value. Thus, by calculating the matching value between the sensing information and the preset information, the pre-operation can be controlled to start.

[0042] The usage status can be determined by calculating the matching value of a single sensing information and its preset information, or by calculating the average matching value of multiple sensing information and its preset information, so as to improve the accuracy of determining the usage status.

[0043] S22 determines the use state of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information, including: in response to the sensing value being less than the preset threshold, determining that the use state is a dormant state; S3 determines the start state according to the use state, including: in response to the use state being a dormant state, determining that the start state is not starting pre-work; S4 starts pre-work according to the start state, including: in response to the start state being not starting pre-work, not starting pre-work. Thus, when the user does not approach, touch, or no longer touch the electronic cigarette, the sensing value obtained by the sensor is less than the preset threshold, the electronic cigarette does not start pre-work, does not preheat the smoke oil, preheat the atomizer core, and / or unlock the oil filling, which can avoid the leakage of smoke oil and improve the safety of electronic cigarette use.

[0044] S22 determines the use state of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information, including: in response to the matching value being greater than or equal to the preset threshold, determining that the use state is the awake state; S3 determines the start state according to the use state, including: in response to the use state being the awake state, determining that the start state is the start pre-work; S4 starts the pre-work according to the start state, including: in response to the start state being the start pre-work, starting the pre-work. When the user approaches or touches the electronic cigarette, the sensing value obtained by the sensor is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, and the electronic cigarette starts the pre-work, preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomizer core and / or unlocking the oil filling, thereby shortening the user's waiting time and improving the user's use experience by starting the pre-work.

[0045] The pre-work also includes at least one of: connecting to Bluetooth, connecting to a wireless network, a sound-generating device generating sound, a light-emitting device generating light, and a display screen displaying a picture. In this way, the intelligence of the electronic cigarette can be improved. Specifically, when the electronic cigarette senses the approach or contact of the user, it can automatically search for the default connection or the connected Bluetooth and / or wireless network, and connect, thereby improving the intelligence of the electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette can also automatically emit light, sound, and / or display, indicating that the electronic cigarette has sensed that the user is about to use the electronic cigarette, so that the electronic cigarette has a better sense of human-computer interaction.

[0046] The electronic cigarette also includes a normal working control module. After the pre-work is started according to the start-up state, the control method of the electronic cigarette also includes: after the pre-work is finished, the user takes a puff on the electronic cigarette, and the puffing time is T1. During the period of T1, the normal working control module controls the electronic cigarette to work at a normal output power. After the puffing stops, the pre-work control module starts the pre-work, and the pre-work time is T2, waiting for the user to take a puff on the electronic cigarette, and repeating the above process. Therefore, each time the user takes a puff, the electronic cigarette has completed the pre-work in advance.

[0047] Specifically, after starting the pre-work according to the start-up state, the control method of the electronic cigarette also includes: S5, obtaining the working time of the pre-work; S6, determining the preparation state of the electronic cigarette according to the working time of the pre-work; S7, starting the electronic cigarette to work at normal power according to the preparation state. Therefore, the start of the electronic cigarette working at normal power can be controlled by monitoring the working time of the pre-work. After starting the electronic cigarette to work at normal power, the control method of the electronic cigarette also includes: S8, the sensor monitoring module again obtains the sensing information of the electronic cigarette to the user.

[0048] S6, determining the preparation state of the electronic cigarette according to the working time of the pre-work includes: in response to the working time of the pre-work being greater than or equal to the preset working time, determining the preparation state of the electronic cigarette as the completed preparation state; S7, starting the electronic cigarette to work at normal power according to the preparation state includes: in response to the completed preparation state, starting the electronic cigarette to work at normal power. Thus, when the pre-work is completed, the electronic cigarette can be started in time to work at normal power.

[0049] S6, determining the preparation state of the electronic cigarette according to the working time of the pre-work includes: in response to the working time of the pre-work being less than the preset working time, determining the preparation state of the electronic cigarette as an incomplete preparation state; S7, starting the electronic cigarette to work at normal power according to the preparation state includes: in response to the incomplete preparation state, not starting the electronic cigarette to work at normal power. Thus, before the pre-work is completed, the electronic cigarette is not started to work at normal power, so that the normal power work of the electronic cigarette can have a better working effect.

[0050] When the pre-work is finished, the user takes a puff of the electronic cigarette. It can be understood that the user's puff is a continuous but discontinuous process. After the user's puff is finished, the electronic cigarette's sensing information of the user is obtained again, the user's use status of the electronic cigarette is determined again according to the sensing information, the start status of the electronic cigarette is determined again according to the use status, and the pre-work is started again according to the start status, so that the start control of the pre-work can be performed during the entire puffing process of the user. In this way, every time the user puffs, the electronic cigarette has completed the pre-work in advance.

[0051] In S8, the sensor monitoring module obtains the induction information of the electronic cigarette to the user again, and the contact sensing information may include the contact information of the user to the mouthpiece. The user's use status of the electronic cigarette may include the suction status. The control method of the electronic cigarette includes: obtaining the user's contact information to the mouthpiece, determining that the user's use status of the electronic cigarette is the suction status according to the user's contact information to the mouthpiece, and in response to the suction status, determining that the start state of the electronic cigarette is the non-start state, and stopping the start pre-work. Therefore, in the above process, if the pre-work has not ended, the user starts to inhale, which is also called the user is unwilling to wait for the pre-work. At this time, the pre-work ends, and the normal working control module immediately controls the electronic cigarette to work at normal output power, which does not affect the use of the electronic cigarette. On the contrary, it can also increase the taste of the electronic cigarette heating atomization, which can increase the user's interest.

[0052] Of course, the user's perception of starting to inhale can also be obtained through the microphone sensor. When the normal working control module obtains the airflow flow signal, it can transmit a signal to the pre-working control module to stop starting the pre-working.

[0053] See also Figure 2 The present application proposes an electronic cigarette control device 100, which includes a sensor monitoring module 110, a state determination module 120 and a pre-work control module 130: the sensor monitoring module 110 is used to obtain the sensing information of the electronic cigarette on the user; the state determination module 120 is used to determine the user's use status of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information; the pre-work control module 130 is used to determine the start-up state of the electronic cigarette according to the use status and start the pre-work according to the start-up state; wherein the pre-work includes at least one of the following: preheating the e-liquid, preheating the atomization core and unlocking the oil filling. The electronic cigarette control device 100 of the present application adopts the above-mentioned electronic cigarette control method, which can pre-start the pre-work, shorten the user's waiting time, and improve the user's use experience.

[0054] The electronic cigarette also includes a normal working control module 140, which is used to control the electronic cigarette to work under normal output power. The normal working control module 140 is started when the user puffs normally, and stops when the user stops puffing. After the pre-work is completed, the user puffs on the electronic cigarette for a time period of T1. During the period of T1, the normal working control module 140 controls the electronic cigarette to work under normal output power. After the puffing stops, the pre-work is started, and the pre-work time period is T2, waiting for the user to puff on the electronic cigarette. If the user puffs for the second time, the second puff time period is T3, and the normal working control module 140 controls the electronic cigarette to work under normal output power. During the period of T3, the pre-work is not started. After T3, the puffing stops, and the pre-work is started. The pre-work time period is T4, waiting for the user to puff on the electronic cigarette for the third time.

[0055] The present application proposes an electronic cigarette control device, which includes a memory and a processor: the memory stores a computer program; the processor is used to execute the computer program to implement the above-mentioned electronic cigarette control method. The electronic cigarette control device proposed in the present application implements the above-mentioned electronic cigarette control method, can pre-start the pre-work, shorten the user's waiting time, and improve the user's experience.

[0056] The present application proposes a computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the above-mentioned electronic cigarette control method is implemented. The computer-readable storage medium proposed in the present application implements the above-mentioned electronic cigarette control method, which can pre-start the pre-work, shorten the user's waiting time, and improve the user's experience.

[0057] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application. All equivalent structural changes made by using the contents of the present application specification and drawings under the inventive concept of the present application, or directly / indirectly applied in other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A control method for an electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette comprising a sensor monitoring module, a state determination module and a pre-operation control module, characterized in that: The electronic cigarette control method comprises the following steps: The sensor monitoring module obtains the sensing information of the electronic cigarette on the user; The state determination module determines the user's use state of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information; The pre-operation control module determines the start-up state of the electronic cigarette according to the use state, and starts the pre-operation according to the start-up state; Wherein, the pre-work includes at least one of the following: preheating the smoke oil, preheating the atomizer core and unlocking the oil filling.

2. The electronic cigarette control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sensing information includes proximity sensing information and / or contact sensing information.

3. The electronic cigarette control method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The proximity sensing information includes at least one of the following: environmental change information caused by the user and biometric information related to the user. The environmental change information caused by the user includes at least one of the following: air pressure change information, temperature change information, humidity change information and sound change information; the biometric information related to the user includes at least one of the following: body shape information, facial features information and pupil pattern information.

4. The electronic cigarette control method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The contact sensing information includes at least one of the following: pressure information of the user's finger on the electronic cigarette, fingerprint information, body temperature information, sweat information, contact area information and contact position information.

5. The electronic cigarette control method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises a normal working control module, characterized in that: After starting the pre-operation according to the starting state, the electronic cigarette control method further includes: After the pre-work is completed, the user inhales the electronic cigarette for a duration of T1. During T1, the normal working control module controls the electronic cigarette to operate at a normal output power. After the inhalation stops, the pre-work control module starts the pre-work for a duration of T2, waiting for the user to inhale the electronic cigarette, and repeating the above process.

6. The electronic cigarette control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Determining the usage status of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information includes: Obtaining the matching value between the sensing information and the preset information; The usage status is determined according to the matching value.

7. The electronic cigarette control method according to claim 6, characterized in that: Determining the usage status according to the matching value includes: In response to the matching value being less than a preset threshold, determining that the use state is a dormant state; In response to the matching value being greater than or equal to a preset threshold, the use state is determined to be a wake-up state.

8. The electronic cigarette control method according to claim 7, characterized in that: Determining the activation state of the electronic cigarette according to the usage state includes: In response to the use state being a dormant state, determining the start state to be not starting pre-operation; In response to the use state being the awake state, the start state is determined to be start pre-operation.

9. The electronic cigarette control method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The pre-work also includes at least one of: connecting to Bluetooth, connecting to a wireless network, a sound emitting device emitting sound, a light emitting device emitting light, and a display screen displaying a picture.

10. A control device for an electronic cigarette, characterized in that: include: The sensor monitoring module is used to obtain the sensing information of the electronic cigarette on the user; A state determination module, used to determine the user's use state of the electronic cigarette according to the sensing information; A pre-operation control module, used to determine the start-up state of the electronic cigarette according to the use state and start the pre-operation according to the start-up state; as well as A normal working control module is used to control the electronic cigarette to work under normal output power. The normal working control module is started when the user inhales normally, and the normal working control module is stopped when the user stops inhaling; Wherein, the pre-work includes at least one of the following: preheating the smoke oil, preheating the atomizer core and unlocking the oil filling.

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