Aerosol Provision Feedback Control for Consistent Inhalation Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aerosol provision systems, such as e-cigarettes, lack the ability to account for user behavior in delivering aerosol and aerosol-generating material, which can be influenced by mood and inhalation patterns, leading to inconsistent user experience.
Innovation Solution
An aerosol provision system integrated with a computer that collects user behavior data to determine default inhalation patterns and delivers notifications to adjust settings based on user behavior, including suggested adjustments for power supply, aerosol-generating material, and flavorants.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If user behavior data is collected and processed to determine default inhalation patterns and deliver personalized notifications, then user experience consistency and satisfaction are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a computer as an intermediary component that handles the complex tasks of collecting user behavior data, determining default inhalation patterns, and generating personalized notifications. This separates the computational complexity from the core aerosol generation function, allowing the device to deliver personalized user experience without making the aerosol provision system itself overly complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where user behavior data is continuously collected, analyzed to determine default inhalation patterns, and used to generate notifications that inform users of their behavior patterns. This feedback mechanism enables the system to adapt to user preferences and maintain consistent user experience across different usage sessions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides personalized notifications and adjustments based on user behavior, then adaptability to user preferences is improved, but loss of information increases due to the need to collect and process extensive user behavior data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data processing and analysis functions into a separate computer component, which handles the collection, storage, and analysis of user behavior data. This separation allows the aerosol provision system to focus on its core function while the computer manages the information processing requirements, reducing the information loss that would occur if all processing were done within the constrained aerosol device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and analyzing user behavior data in advance to determine default inhalation patterns before needing to deliver personalized notifications. This preliminary data processing enables the system to be highly adaptable to user preferences without losing critical behavioral information, as the patterns are established beforehand.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user experience by aligning aerosol delivery with user behavior patterns, providing personalized notifications and adjustments to improve consistency and satisfaction.
Implementation Method 1
an aerosol generator, e.g. a heating element, arranged to aerosolize a portion of aerosol-generating material to generate an aerosol in an aerosol generation region of an air channel through the aerosol provision system
Implementation Method 2
air is drawn into the device through one or more inlet holes and along the air channel to the aerosol generation region
Data Source
AI summary
A system including an aerosol provision system and a computer is disclosed. The aerosol provision system is configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol-generating material. The computer is configured to obtain user behavior data relating to an amount of an ingredient delivered from the aerosol-generating material to a user of the aerosol provision system. The computer determines default user behavior with respect to the amount of the ingredient to be delivered on the basis of the obtained user behavior data. The computer identifies, based on the obtained user behavior, under what conditions to deliver a notification to the user, the notification informing the user of a current user behavior.