Power control method and system for a non-combustion heating smoking device

Abstract

A power control method and system for a non-combustion heated smoking device is used to solve the problem of low compatibility of conventional non-combustion heated smoking devices. The method includes the steps of receiving tobacco characteristics input by a user, acquiring first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics, receiving environmental characteristics input by a user, acquiring second control information associated with the environmental characteristics, and controlling the heating power of the non-combustion heated smoking device based on the first control information and the second control information.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the technical field of tobacco products, and specifically, to a power control method and system for a non-combustion heating smoking device.

Background Art

[0002] Unlike conventional rolled tobacco, non-combustion heated rolled tobacco, which is designed based on the concept of "non-combustion heating", is a "low-temperature rolled tobacco" that can heat the tobacco just enough to produce a tobacco flavor without burning it. Usually, when ordinary rolled tobacco is smoked, a lot of harmful substances are generated at a high temperature of 350°C to 600°C, while for low-temperature rolled tobacco, the temperature is always below 300°C when smoked, and the harmful substances are reduced. In addition, non-combustion heated rolled tobacco has a flavor and smoking feel that are relatively close to those of conventional rolled tobacco, can make smokers feel the real tobacco flavor, and is more acceptable.

[0003] As described above, non-combustion heated rolled tobacco uses an external heat source to heat the tobacco without burning it to generate a tobacco-flavored gas, and there are methods such as charcoal heating and electric heating. The key is to equip a dedicated smoking device for non-combustion heated rolled tobacco and accurately control the heating temperature and time, so as to achieve "non-combustion heating" in this way.

[0004] Conventional manufacturers of non-combustion heated rolled tobacco usually manufacture a non-combustion heated smoking device suitable for the non-combustion heated rolled tobacco when manufacturing the non-combustion heated rolled tobacco, and the non-combustion heated smoking device often only fits the non-combustion heated rolled tobacco produced by its own manufacturer. When using the non-combustion heated smoking device to smoke non-combustion heated rolled tobacco that does not fit it, the tobacco flavor cannot be fully obtained, and it often affects the user experience. Therefore, the compatibility of conventional non-combustion heated smoking devices is low.

[0005] It should be noted that the above content belongs to the scope of the inventor's technical knowledge and does not necessarily constitute the prior art.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] This application provides a power control method and system for a non-combustion heating smoking device to solve the problem of low compatibility of non-combustion heating smoking devices.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] The power control method for a non-combustion heating smoking device according to an embodiment of this application includes: receiving the tobacco characteristics input by the user; obtaining first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics; receiving the environmental characteristics input by the user; obtaining second control information associated with the environmental characteristics; and controlling the heating power of the non-combustion heating smoking device based on the first control information and the second control information.

[0008] The non-combustion heating smoking device system according to an embodiment of this application includes: a receiving unit applicable to receiving the tobacco characteristics input by the user and further applicable to receiving the environmental characteristics input by the user; a processing unit applicable to obtaining first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics and obtaining second control information associated with the environmental characteristics; a non-combustion heating smoking device including a heating element and a control unit capable of controlling the heating power of the heating element based on the first control information and the second control information.

[0009] The power control method and system of the non-combustion heating type smoking device according to the embodiment of the present application determine the first control information corresponding to the tobacco characteristics according to the tobacco characteristics input by the user, and determine the second control information corresponding to the environmental characteristics according to the environmental characteristics input by the user. Further, based on the first control information and the second control information, the heating power for controlling the non-combustion heating type smoking device is determined.

[0010] As can be seen from the above, for different non-combustion heating type cigarettes, the corresponding first and second control information is obtained based on parameters such as the corresponding tobacco characteristics and environmental characteristics. Next, based on the obtained first and second control information, the heating power required when heating the non-combustion heating type cigarette to be heated currently can be determined more specifically. In this way, the non-combustion heating type smoking device can be applied to various different types of non-combustion heating type cigarettes, improving the compatibility of the non-combustion heating type smoking device, that is, solving the problem of low compatibility of conventional non-combustion heating type smoking devices.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0011] The drawings described here are provided for a further understanding of the present application, form a part of the present application, and the exemplary embodiments and their descriptions of the present application are for interpreting the present application and do not unduly limit the present application. In the drawings,

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0012] To more clearly understand the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this application, the following will clearly and fully explain the technical solutions of this application with reference to specific embodiments of this application and the corresponding drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, of the embodiments of this application. Based on the embodiments of this application, all other embodiments that can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the patent scope of this application.

[0013] To improve the compatibility of non-combustion heating smoking devices, embodiments of this application provide a power control method for non-combustion heating smoking devices. The execution entity of this method may be a non-combustion heating smoking device (hereinafter referred to as a "smoking device"), or a terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer that can communicate with the smoking device. The user inputs data through the smoking device or the terminal, and thereby the smoking device or the terminal can determine the heating power corresponding to the data required during the heating of the non-combustion heating cigarette (hereinafter referred to as a "cigarette") based on the received information.

[0014] In the embodiments of this application, the devices for realizing data collection and processing may be the same or different. As described above, both the terminal and the smoking device can realize data collection. In the case of a device that has completed data collection, the device can transmit the data to other devices for processing or complete the processing locally.

[0015] In a possible embodiment, after the terminal completes data collection, the collected data is transmitted to devices such as a smoking device or a server that can realize data transmission with the terminal for processing, so as to obtain a data processing result, that is, to obtain the heating power required to heat the cigarette. Then, if the data processing process is not in the smoking device, in order to ensure that the smoking device subsequently heats the cigarette according to the obtained heating power, the device that has completed the data processing needs to transmit the obtained processing result to the smoking device, so that the smoking device heats the cigarette according to the corresponding heating power.

[0016] When the smoking device realizes data collection, although the power storage capacity of the smoking device is limited, the data processing process generally needs to consume a large amount of electricity. Considering that the processing capacity of the smoking device itself is relatively limited, after the smoking device obtains the corresponding data, the data is transmitted to a terminal or server with relatively strong processing capacity to execute the corresponding processing process. After obtaining the corresponding processing result, that is, the heating power required to heat the cigarette, the obtained heating power may be transmitted to the smoking device, so that the smoking device heats the cigarette according to the corresponding heating power.

[0017] In addition, between the terminal and the smoking device, can data transmission be realized by means such as Bluetooth or wireless LAN, or between the terminal and the smoking device, the corresponding data transmission process can be realized by data transmission of a third-party device such as a server. In the embodiments of the present application, the data transmission method, data transmission format, data transmission timing, etc. between each device are not limited.

[0018] For the sake of simplicity of description, the embodiments of the present application will be described with the terminal as the execution subject.

[0019] FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a power control method for a non-combustion heating type smoking device according to an embodiment of the present application. Specifically, the method includes S101 to S105. Here, after executing S101, S102 is executed, after executing S103, S104 is executed, and after executing S102 and S104, S105 is executed. That is, the terminal can first determine the first control information according to the input tobacco characteristics, and then determine the second control information according to the input environmental characteristics. Alternatively, the terminal can first determine the second control information according to the input environmental characteristics, and then determine the first control information according to the input tobacco characteristics. In the embodiments of the present application, the timings for obtaining the tobacco characteristics and environmental characteristics, and the timings for obtaining the first control information and the second control information are not limited.

[0020] S101: Receive the tobacco characteristics input by the user.

[0021] The terminal may be configured to receive the tobacco characteristics of the rolled tobacco input by the user. Here, the tobacco characteristics refer to the characteristics of the rolled tobacco itself, such as the size and model number of the rolled tobacco. In the embodiments of the present application, the tobacco characteristics input by the user should include at least one of the size characteristics and the model number characteristics of the rolled tobacco. Specifically, the size characteristics may include the diameter, length, etc. of the rolled tobacco, and the model number characteristics may include the brand, model number, etc. of the rolled tobacco.

[0022] In addition, when the terminal acquires the tobacco characteristics of the rolled tobacco, for each tobacco characteristic, the terminal may provide the user with a plurality of options of the tobacco characteristic for the user to select. For example, the terminal may display three options of 8 cm, 10 cm, and 12 cm for the length characteristic to the user. For the brand characteristic, the terminal may display three options of brand A, brand B, and brand C to the user. In this way, the user can select an option that matches the rolled tobacco to be heated from the options provided by the terminal. Here, the number of options of each tobacco characteristic provided by the terminal to the user can be determined as needed, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0023] Alternatively, the terminal may provide the user with a text box, allow the user to write the tobacco characteristics of the rolled tobacco to be heated in the text box provided by the terminal, and acquire the information written by the user. Here, the terminal may provide the user with corresponding sub - text boxes according to each tobacco characteristic, and allow the user to write the tobacco characteristics corresponding to the corresponding sub - text boxes. Alternatively, the terminal may provide the user with one text box, allow the user to write all the tobacco characteristics that it can provide in the text box, and notify the user to separate different tobacco characteristics with characters such as spaces and commas, thereby facilitating the terminal to extract the multiple tobacco characteristics written by the user.

[0024] S102. Obtain first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics.

[0025] Since cigarettes with different tobacco characteristics can make users feel a better tobacco taste after being heated by different heating methods, after the terminal obtains the tobacco characteristics of the cigarette input by the user, it can determine the corresponding first control information according to the received tobacco characteristics. Here, the first control information indicates information associated with the heating power required for the cigarette with the above tobacco characteristics, and may also be a parameter that affects the heating method such as the heating time and the reference heating power.

[0026] In the embodiments of the present application, the correspondence between a plurality of predetermined tobacco characteristics and power reference control information may be stored in advance. Here, the predetermined tobacco characteristics indicate the tobacco characteristics of various different types of cigarettes. The power reference control information indicates the reference heating power required for cigarettes with different tobacco characteristics under ideal environmental conditions. The correspondence refers to that one predetermined tobacco characteristic corresponds to one power reference control information, or a plurality of predetermined tobacco characteristics correspond to the same power reference control information.

[0027] After the terminal receives the tobacco characteristics input by the user, according to the received tobacco characteristics, it can search for the predetermined tobacco characteristics and power reference control information that match the received tobacco characteristics from the plurality of first control information stored in advance, and use the searched predetermined tobacco characteristics and power reference control information as the first control information.

[0028] In one implementation form, one predetermined tobacco feature may include a plurality of tobacco features. In the actual operation process, the user may not input all the tobacco features of the predetermined tobacco feature. In order for the terminal to determine the only predetermined tobacco feature that matches the input tobacco feature according to the tobacco features input by the user, and thereby determine the first control information associated with the input tobacco feature, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal may pre-determine the number of tobacco features that the user needs to input based on the number of tobacco features included in the predetermined tobacco feature, or the terminal may pre-determine one or more tobacco features that the user needs to input based on the priority of each tobacco feature included in the predetermined tobacco feature.

[0029] For example, the predetermined tobacco feature includes six features: the length, diameter, brand, model number, lot number, and manufacturing date of the wrapped tobacco. To ensure that the terminal can determine the only predetermined tobacco feature according to the features input by the user, the terminal may notify the user to input at least any four of the above six tobacco features, or the terminal may notify the user to input at least three features: the brand, length, and model number of the wrapped tobacco. By selectively inputting other features other than these three features, the accuracy of determining the only predetermined tobacco feature that matches it is improved.

[0030] When the tobacco features input by the user are few and the terminal cannot determine the only predetermined tobacco feature that matches the input tobacco features according to the input tobacco features, the terminal can determine a plurality of predetermined tobacco features that match the input tobacco features.

[0031] In a possible form, the terminal can return information that failed to match to the user. Also, in order for the terminal to be able to determine the only predetermined tobacco feature to match from the plurality of predetermined tobacco features that have been determined to match, the terminal is based on the number of tobacco features included in the predetermined tobacco feature or the priority of the tobacco features not input by the user among the tobacco features included in the predetermined tobacco feature. The user is notified of what features need to be input. For example, the terminal notifies the user to provide one or more of the highest-priority tobacco features among the tobacco features not input by the user according to the order of priority of each tobacco feature not input by the user in the predetermined tobacco feature.

[0032] In another possible form, in order to reduce the operations on the user side, corresponding power reference control information can be determined according to the plurality of determined predetermined tobacco features that match. When each power reference control information corresponding to each of the plurality of determined predetermined tobacco features that match is the same, the terminal can use the power reference control information as the power reference control information corresponding to the input tobacco feature. When each power reference control information corresponding to each of the plurality of determined predetermined tobacco features that match is not completely the same, the terminal can determine the average value of these plurality of power reference control information and use the average value as the power reference control information corresponding to the input tobacco feature.

[0033] For example, the tobacco features input by the user are 8 cm in length and brand A. The predetermined tobacco features that match determined by the terminal according to the tobacco features input by the user include the following.

[0034] Predetermined tobacco feature 1: 8 cm in length, 10 mm in diameter, brand A, model number x, Predetermined tobacco feature 2: 8 cm in length, 10 mm in diameter, brand A, model number y, Predetermined tobacco feature 3: 8 cm in length, 8 mm in diameter, brand A, model number z.

[0035] If the power reference control information corresponding to these three predetermined tobacco characteristics is all 10W, it can be determined that the power reference control information corresponding to the input tobacco characteristics is 10W. If the power reference control information corresponding to these three predetermined tobacco characteristics is 8W, 10W, and 9W respectively, the average value of these three power reference control information, that is, 9W, can be used as the power reference control information corresponding to the input tobacco characteristics.

[0036] If the characteristics input by the user meet the discrimination needs of the terminal, but the predetermined correspondence relationship stored in advance does not describe a predetermined tobacco characteristic that matches the input tobacco characteristics, the terminal can return information indicating that the matching has failed to the user. In addition, the terminal can determine one predetermined tobacco characteristic with a high degree of correlation with the input tobacco characteristics from a plurality of predetermined tobacco characteristics stored in advance, and recommend the power reference control information corresponding to this one predetermined tobacco characteristic to the user.

[0037] Here, the form of determining one predetermined tobacco characteristic with a high degree of correlation with the input tobacco characteristics may include the following embodiments.

[0038] The terminal selects the tobacco characteristics with the highest priority and the specified number of items from the input tobacco characteristics, and uses them as the reference tobacco characteristics. Based on the reference tobacco characteristics, one or more predetermined tobacco characteristics including the reference tobacco characteristics can be determined from a plurality of predetermined tobacco characteristics stored in advance. Here, the value of the specified number of items is smaller than the value of the number of input tobacco characteristics. For example, if the value of the number of input tobacco characteristics is 5, the value of the specified number of items may be a positive integer less than 5, for example, 3.

[0039] Here, when one predetermined tobacco feature including the reference tobacco feature is determined from a plurality of predetermined tobacco features stored in advance, this one predetermined tobacco feature can be recommended to the user using the foregoing embodiments as a predetermined tobacco feature having a high correlation with the input tobacco feature. Here, the description of the realization process is omitted. When a plurality of predetermined tobacco features including the reference tobacco feature are determined from a plurality of predetermined tobacco features stored in advance, these plurality of predetermined tobacco features can be used as a plurality of determined predetermined tobacco features that match the plurality of input tobacco features, and finally, the corresponding power reference control information can be obtained using the foregoing embodiments.

[0040] For example, the predetermined tobacco features include six features: the length, diameter, brand, model number, lot, and manufacturing date of the wrapped tobacco, and their priorities are in descending order as brand, diameter, model number, length, manufacturing date, and lot. When the tobacco features input by the user are a length of 8 cm, a diameter of 10 mm, brand A, and model number x, the terminal uses the three features of brand, diameter, and model number as the reference tobacco features, and determines the same predetermined tobacco features as these three features from a plurality of predetermined tobacco features stored in advance, and uses them as the predetermined tobacco features with a high correlation.

[0041] Note that the content associated with the data in the predetermined tobacco features stored in advance may be a specific numerical value or a range. For example, the predetermined tobacco feature includes a length feature, and the length feature may be a specific numerical value such as 8 cm, 9 cm, 10 cm, etc. when stored, or may be a range such as 8 - 10 cm, 10 - 12 cm, etc.

[0042] In the embodiments of the present application, according to different tobacco features of the wrapped tobacco, the corresponding power reference control information is determined so that the smoking device can determine different reference heating powers for different wrapped tobaccos, thereby adapting to different wrapped tobaccos and improving compatibility.

[0043] S103. Receive the environmental features input by the user.

[0044] When heating a roll-up cigarette, in addition to the tobacco characteristics of the roll-up cigarette itself, the environment in which the roll-up cigarette is placed can affect the humidity of the tobacco in the roll-up cigarette, the speed at which the tobacco heats up, etc. Therefore, since the roll-up cigarette cannot produce the same taste as the tobacco taste in an ideal environment, it is necessary to adaptively adjust the heating power required for the smoking device when heating the roll-up cigarette so that the roll-up cigarette can produce a good tobacco taste even in a non-ideal environment.

[0045] Therefore, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal can also receive environmental characteristics input by the user. Here, the environmental characteristics refer to the environmental characteristics when the smoking device heats the roll-up cigarette, for example, characteristics that can reflect external environments such as geographical location, environmental temperature, and environmental humidity. In the embodiments of the present application, since the geographical location has a great influence on the heating power required when the smoking device heats the roll-up cigarette, in order to provide the user with a good tobacco taste, by adjusting the heating power according to the environmental characteristics, the influence of different environments on the heating of the roll-up cigarette can be reduced. Generally, the environmental characteristics that the user needs to input should at least include the geographical location where the roll-up cigarette is placed.

[0046] Also, considering that the data such as the geographical location, environmental temperature, and environmental humidity manually input by the user may be inaccurate, therefore, in one embodiment, in addition to being able to complete the acquisition of environmental characteristics by the user's manual input, the acquisition of geographical location, environmental temperature, environmental humidity, etc. can also be realized by the functions provided by the terminal itself and the applications running on the terminal.

[0047] Here, the method for obtaining the geographical location includes, but is not limited to, the terminal adopting one or more technologies such as global positioning system positioning, base station positioning, and Bluetooth positioning based on the functions it has. Alternatively, it can be obtained through an application with a positioning function such as map software installed on the terminal. Similarly, the method for obtaining the environmental temperature and environmental humidity includes, but is not limited to, being realized by the detection function of the terminal itself or being obtained through an application with functions related to temperature and humidity detection such as weather forecast software installed on the terminal. It should be noted that in any case, the process of the above terminal obtaining environmental characteristics needs to be carried out after obtaining the permission of the system or other applications.

[0048] S104. Obtain second control information associated with the environmental characteristics.

[0049] Since the influence of different environmental characteristics on the heating power required for the roll-your-own cigarette is different, in the embodiments of the present application, after the terminal receives the environmental characteristics input by the user, it can determine the second control information corresponding to the environmental characteristics according to the received environmental characteristics.

[0050] Also, the influence on different roll-your-own cigarettes by the same environmental characteristics may be different. For example, for every 10°C decrease in the environmental temperature, the heating power required for roll-your-own cigarette 1 increases by 1W, and the heating power required for roll-your-own cigarette 2 increases by 0.5W. Here, roll-your-own cigarette 1 and roll-your-own cigarette 2 are roll-your-own cigarettes with different tobacco characteristics. Therefore, the terminal can determine the second control information corresponding to the environmental characteristics input by the user according to the differences in the roll-your-own cigarettes.

[0051] In the embodiments of the present application, predetermined regional characteristics, predetermined tobacco characteristics, and power adjustment control information may be stored in advance. Here, one predetermined regional characteristic corresponds to a plurality of predetermined tobacco characteristics. For one predetermined regional characteristic, the terminal can determine the only power adjustment control information corresponding to the predetermined tobacco characteristic according to one predetermined tobacco characteristic corresponding to the predetermined regional characteristic.

[0052] After receiving the environmental characteristics input by the user, the terminal searches for a predetermined regional characteristic that matches the received environmental characteristics from a plurality of pieces of second control information stored in advance according to the received environmental characteristics and the received tobacco characteristics, searches for a predetermined tobacco characteristic that matches the received tobacco characteristic for the predetermined tobacco characteristic corresponding to the predetermined regional characteristic, determines the power adjustment control information corresponding to the predetermined tobacco characteristic, and uses the detected predetermined regional characteristic and the power adjustment control information as the second control information.

[0053] In one embodiment, in order to enable the terminal to determine a unique predetermined regional characteristic that matches the input environmental characteristics according to the environmental characteristics input by the user, referring to the method of S102, the number of environmental characteristics that the user needs to input is determined in advance, or the necessary environmental characteristics that the user needs to input are determined in advance, or the terminal returns supplementary input information to the user, notifies the user of what characteristics need to be input, or determines a predetermined regional characteristic with a high degree of correlation with the environmental characteristics input by the user, thereby determining the power adjustment control information corresponding to the environmental characteristics input by the user. In the embodiments of the present application, the description of specific embodiments is omitted here.

[0054] Here, the geographical location among the predetermined regional characteristics stored in advance may be a region divided based on a map. After the terminal receives the geographical location input by the user or determines the geographical location where it is located by itself, it can determine the region to which the geographical location belongs, thereby determining the predetermined regional characteristic to be matched. In one embodiment, the environmental temperature and environmental humidity in the predetermined regional characteristics stored in advance may be specific numerical values or value ranges. In the embodiments of the present application, there is no limitation on how to divide the region of the geographical location and the value ranges of the environmental temperature and environmental humidity.

[0055] In the embodiments of the present application, considering the influence of the environment where the rolled tobacco is placed on the rolled tobacco, power adjustment control information corresponding to the environmental characteristics is determined, thereby adjusting the heating power of the smoking device and enabling the rolled tobacco to produce a better tobacco flavor in different environments.

[0056] S105. Control the heating power of the non-combustion heating type smoking device based on the first control information and the second control information.

[0057] In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal can determine the heating power required for the smoking device when heating the rolled tobacco in the current environment based on the first control information and the second control information associated with the determined rolled tobacco. The terminal transmits the determined result to the smoking device to heat the smoking device.

[0058] Specifically, the terminal can increase or decrease based on the first control information, using the second control information as the adjustment step size, and determine the heating power according to the data after the increase or decrease. For example, if the power reference control information determined according to the tobacco characteristics of the rolled tobacco is 10W and the power adjustment control information determined according to the environmental characteristics is -2W, it can be determined that the heating power of the smoking device for heating the rolled tobacco is 8W.

[0059] Alternatively, the terminal can multiply or divide based on the first control information, using the second control information as the coefficient, and determine the heating power according to the data after the multiplication or division. For example, if the power reference control information determined according to the tobacco characteristics of the rolled tobacco is 10W and the power adjustment control information determined according to the environmental characteristics is 80%, it can be determined that the heating power of the smoking device for heating the rolled tobacco is 8W.

[0060] Alternatively, the terminal may determine the weights of the first control information and the second control information according to the magnitudes of the influences of the first control information and the second control information on the heating power, and determine the heating power according to the data after the first control information and the second control information are weighted. For example, if the power reference control information determined according to the tobacco characteristics of the rolled tobacco is 10 W, its weight is 0.8, the power adjustment control information determined according to the environmental characteristics is 8 W, and its weight is 0.2, it can be determined that the heating power of the smoking device for heating the rolled tobacco is 9.6 W.

[0061] Considering that the tobacco characteristics of the rolled tobacco itself usually play a decisive role in the heating power of the smoking device, while the environmental characteristics only play an auxiliary role, therefore, in one embodiment, the weight of the first control information may be greater than the weight of the second control information.

[0062] The embodiments of the present application can determine the power reference control information required to heat the rolled tobacco according to the tobacco characteristics of various different rolled tobaccos. Also, considering the influence of the environment on the rolled tobacco, the power adjustment control information for heating the rolled tobacco is determined according to different environmental characteristics, so that the smoking device can adjust based on the power adjustment control information under different environmental conditions based on the power reference control information, thereby determining the final heating power of the smoking device. The smoking device can be adapted to various different types of rolled tobacco, improving the compatibility of the smoking device, and making the tobacco flavor of the rolled tobacco better according to the change of the environment.

[0063] In the embodiments of the present application, the correspondence between the predetermined tobacco characteristics stored in advance and the power reference control information, and the correspondence between the predetermined regional characteristics, the predetermined tobacco characteristics and the power adjustment control information may be stored in a third-party device such as a server, or may be stored in the terminal or the smoking device.

[0064] In addition, the stored data can be updated periodically or aperiodically. In one embodiment, in order to reduce the impact of data update on the normal use of the smoking device and the terminal by the user, when the user usually does not use the smoking device much, the data can be updated at the time of the terminal (for example, 2 am, etc.). Alternatively, considering that a certain amount of electricity is consumed for data transmission, therefore, when the battery levels of the smoking device and the terminal are sufficient or during charging, data update can be performed.

[0065] As one possible data update method, after the terminal determines the heating power of the smoking device according to the tobacco characteristics and environmental characteristics input by the user, the terminal may ask the user whether to make adjustments and record the data for adjusting the user's heating power. The terminal can periodically analyze the historical data of these heating power adjustments. In this period, if more than a certain percentage of all users using the smoking device adjust the heating power and the range of adjustment during the adjustment by these users is within a certain range, the stored data can be updated according to the data for adjusting these heating powers. Here, both the above percentage and the adjustment range can be set as required, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0066] In addition, the expression forms of the first control information and the second control information may be specific numerical values or heating curves, etc. For example, in the first control information, the reference heating power is 10W, and in the second control information, the adjusted heating power corresponding to the reference heating power is 2W. Also, for example, the first control information is the numerical value indicated by the apex of the heating curve in the initial state, and the second control information is the numerical value for adjusting the value of the apex of the heating curve based on the initial state.

[0067] In one embodiment, the method for determining the heating power based on the first control information and the second control information may be determined by a table as shown in the following table.

[0068] TIFF0007712910000001.tif85170

[0069] For example, when the received tobacco feature is 8 cm in length and brand A, the first control information associated with the tobacco feature is 11W, 8W, and 10W in the first row of Table 1. When the received environmental feature is region C and 20 °C, the second control information associated with the environmental feature is 10W, 10.5W, and 9W in the third column of Table 1. The heating power of the smoking device determined based on the first control information and the second control information is 10W.

[0070] Also, when determining the heating power of the smoking device, the smoking habits of the user may also be considered. The requirements for the strength of the tobacco flavor and the amount of smoke emitted vary among users. For each user, usually, the smoking device used by the user is fixed. Therefore, each time the user smokes, the smoking device records the correspondence between the tobacco feature, the environmental feature, and the heating power of the smoking device, and can store these data locally, or transmit and store them in an associated terminal, server, etc. In this way, when the terminal receives the tobacco feature and environmental feature input by the user and determines the heating power of the smoking device, it can adjust the determined heating power according to the above historical data.

[0071] Furthermore, as a possible implementation, the terminal can determine the heating reference power in the first control information according to the tobacco feature input by the user and use it as the heating power of the smoking device. At the same time, the terminal can ask the user whether it is necessary to adjust the heating power, record the data adjusted by the user, and upload the adjustment data to the server corresponding to its geographical location.

[0072] The server can determine the region corresponding to the terminal from a plurality of pre-divided regions according to the geographical location included in the data uploaded by the terminal. Therefore, the server can obtain a plurality of terminals corresponding to the region, that is, users, for each region, and adjust the heating power determined according to the input tobacco feature.

[0073] Therefore, the server can analyze and determine one adjustment parameter for each region according to the historical data of the adjustment of the determined heating power by a large number of received users. The adjustment parameter indicates the influence of the environment of the region on the heating power required for the roll-up tobacco. The server can send the adjustment parameter to the terminal. Subsequently, the terminal can, according to the tobacco characteristics input by the user, determine the first control information and then adjust the first control information according to the adjustment parameter, that is, by using the adjustment parameter as the aforementioned second control information, the user experience can be improved. Here, the usage method of the adjustment parameter can refer to the description of the usage method of the second control information above, and the embodiments of the present application will be omitted here.

[0074] Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a non-combustion heating smoking device system according to an embodiment of the present application. Specifically, the non-combustion heating smoking device system includes a receiving unit 100, a processing unit 200, a smoking device 300, and a storage unit 400. The receiving unit 100 is applicable to receive the tobacco characteristics input by the user, and is further applicable to receive the environmental characteristics input by the user. The processing unit 200 is applicable to obtain the first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics and to obtain the second control information associated with the environmental characteristics. The smoking device 300 includes a heating element 310 and a control unit 320 capable of controlling the heating power of the non-combustion heating smoking device based on the first control information and the second control information. The tobacco characteristics include size characteristics and / or tobacco model number characteristics, and the environmental characteristics include geographical location, environmental temperature, and / or environmental humidity. The storage unit 400 is applicable to store the power reference control information corresponding to the predetermined tobacco characteristics and the power adjustment control information corresponding to the predetermined regional characteristics. The processing unit 100 determines the power reference control information corresponding to the tobacco characteristics input by the user according to the correspondence between the tobacco characteristics input by the user and the power reference control information.

[0075] In the memory unit 400, one predetermined regional feature corresponds to a plurality of power adjustment control information, and the plurality of power adjustment control information further corresponds to the predetermined tobacco feature respectively.

[0076] The step of the processing unit 100 obtaining the second control information associated with the environmental feature includes determining power adjustment control information according to the environmental feature input by the user.

[0077] The step of the control unit 320 controlling the heating power of the non-combustion heating smoking device based on the first control information and the second control information includes controlling the heating power of the non-combustion heating smoking device based on the determined power reference control information and the power adjustment control information.

[0078] The memory unit 400 includes a server, and the power reference control information and / or the power adjustment control information are stored in the server.

[0079] It should be noted that the system structure shown in FIG. 2 is only an example of the structure for realizing the above power control method of the non-combustion heating smoking device, that is, the receiving unit 100, the processing unit 200 and the memory unit 400 are arranged in the terminal. The terminal obtains the heating power by processing, by the processing unit 200, the tobacco feature and the environmental feature input by the user received by the receiving unit 100, and the data locally stored in the memory unit 400, and transmits the determined heating power to the smoking device 300, and the smoking device 300 heats the rolled tobacco according to the heating power. As described above, the devices for completing data collection and data processing may be the same or different, that is, the collection and processing processes may be executed on the same device or distributed and executed on a plurality of devices, and the embodiments of the present application do not limit this.

[0080] The above are only examples of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and changes are possible to the present application. Any amendments, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made without departing from the spirit and principle of the present application should be included within the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the power of a non-combustion heating smoking device, comprising: receiving tobacco characteristics input by a user; obtaining first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics; receiving environmental characteristics input by a user; obtaining second control information associated with the environmental characteristics; determining the second control information corresponding to the environmental characteristics input by the user according to the tobacco characteristics; determining the weights of the first control information and the second control information, and determining the heating power of the non-combustion heating smoking device according to the data after the first control information and the second control information are weighted.

2. The tobacco characteristics include size characteristics and / or tobacco model number characteristics, The environmental characteristics include geographical location, environmental temperature and / or environmental humidity. The control method according to claim 1.

3. Before obtaining the first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics, further comprising: storing power reference control information corresponding to predetermined tobacco characteristics; storing power adjustment control information corresponding to predetermined regional characteristics; The step of obtaining the first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics includes: determining power reference control information corresponding to the tobacco characteristics according to the correspondence between the tobacco characteristics and the power reference control information, and using the determined power reference control information corresponding to the tobacco characteristics as the first control information. The control method according to claim 1.

4. The control method according to claim 3, further comprising storing the power reference control information and / or the power adjustment control information in a server.

5. A non-combustion heating smoking device system, comprising: a receiving unit applicable to receiving tobacco characteristics input by a user and further applicable to receiving environmental characteristics input by a user; a processing unit applicable to obtaining first control information associated with the tobacco characteristics and obtaining second control information associated with the environmental characteristics, the processing unit determining the second control information corresponding to the environmental characteristics input by the user according to the tobacco characteristics. A non-combustion heating type smoking device system comprising a heating element and a control unit configured to determine weights of the first control information and the second control information, and determine heating power of the non-combustion heating type smoking device according to data after the first control information and the second control information are weighted.

6. The tobacco characteristics include size characteristics and / or tobacco model number characteristics. The non-combustion heating type smoking device system according to claim 5, wherein the environmental characteristics include geographical location, environmental temperature, and / or environmental humidity.

7. Further comprising a storage unit applicable to storing power reference control information corresponding to predetermined tobacco characteristics and power adjustment control information corresponding to predetermined regional characteristics. The non-combustion heating type smoking device system according to claim 5, wherein the processing unit determines power reference control information corresponding to the tobacco characteristics according to the correspondence between the tobacco characteristics and the power reference control information, and uses the determined power reference control information corresponding to the tobacco characteristics as the first control information.

8. The non-combustion heating type smoking device system according to claim 7, wherein the storage unit comprises a server in which the power reference control information and / or the power adjustment control information are stored.

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