Aerosol Device Display Segmentation for Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing non-combustible aerosol-generating devices lack user-friendly control mechanisms and interactive features, such as customizable displays and remote device integration, which limits user experience and device functionality.
Innovation Solution
A non-combustible aerosol-generating device with a display that always shows a default image and allows user-selectable images from a menu, controlled by control circuitry that includes a communication interface for remote device connectivity and proximity detection, enabling customizable display settings and touch-sensitive icons for device control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a display with multiple user-selectable images is implemented, then user interaction and customization are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display functionality is segmented into default images (always displayed) and user-selectable images (optional overlay). This segmentation allows the system to provide customization without requiring complete redesign of the display architecture, resolving the contradiction by separating essential display functions from optional interactive features.
Solution Approach 2:
The display is designed to serve multiple functions: displaying default operational information and simultaneously allowing user-selected images to be overlaid. This multi-functionality enables the same display hardware to provide both basic information and customized user interaction, improving ease of operation without adding separate display components that would increase device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If the display is always activated to show images, then user interaction is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display operates periodically rather than continuously - it activates when a user approaches (detected by proximity sensor) or interacts with the device, and deactivates when the user is absent. This periodic operation maintains excellent user interaction capability while dramatically reducing average energy consumption compared to continuous display activation.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system automatically activates and deactivates based on detected user presence or interaction, without requiring manual switching by the user. The proximity sensor and control circuitry work together to self-regulate display activation, ensuring the display is on only when needed, thus reducing energy consumption while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
A non-combustible aerosol-generating device is disclosed. It comprises a display for displaying an image visible to a user in an activated state, and control circuitry configured so that a default image is always displayed on the display when the display is in an activated state. The control circuitry is also configured to enable at least one user-selectable image of a plurality of user-selectable images to be displayed in addition to the default image. A non-combustible aerosol-generating system comprising the non-combustible aerosol-generating device according to the invention is also disclosed, together with a method of controlling the non-combustible aerosol-generating device.