Detachable E-Cigarette Architecture for Anti-Counterfeit Life Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic cigarettes face issues of resource waste, counterfeiting, and inconsistent quality due to the discarding of vaporizer parts when liquid is depleted, without allowing refillable liquid storage components.
Innovation Solution
An electronic cigarette design comprising a detachable liquid storage part, vaporizer, and battery part, equipped with NFC tags, ID encryption units, and a microcontroller for tracking consumption and verifying authenticity, ensuring controlled service life and preventing counterfeit use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the vaporizer part is discarded when the cigarette liquid runs out, then authentic guarantee and consumer protection are ensured, but great waste of resources occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic cigarette system is divided into three detachable parts: battery part, vaporizer part, and liquid storage part. The liquid storage part can be replaced independently when depleted, while the vaporizer part with expensive components (ceramic vaporizing cores, precious metal heating components) can be reused, thus resolving the contradiction between ensuring authenticity and preventing resource waste
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a mechanism where the liquid storage part is discarded after use while the vaporizer part is recovered and reused. The microcontroller tracks consumption through puff counters and power consumption monitoring, enabling the system to distinguish between consumable liquid and reusable hardware components
2Reliability
If the vaporizer part is discarded when the cigarette liquid runs out, then quality assurance is maintained, but resource waste increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the device into replaceable liquid storage and reusable vaporizer components, the system maintains quality control through service life limitation while preventing waste of expensive vaporizing components
Solution Approach 2:
The microcontroller implements feedback mechanisms through puff counters, power consumption counters, and service life tracking to monitor vaporizer usage and enforce quality limits, allowing controlled reuse without compromising quality assurance
3Reliability
If NFC tags and ID encryption units are added for anti-counterfeiting and service life control, then counterfeit prevention and quality control are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The microcontroller serves multiple functions: it controls the puff counter, power consumption counter, service life tracking, NFC communication, and encryption/decryption operations. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity despite adding anti-counterfeiting features
Solution Approach 2:
NFC tags and ID encryption units act as intermediaries for authentication and data storage, enabling counterfeit prevention and service life control without requiring complex hardware modifications to the core vaporizing mechanism
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AI summary
An anti-counterfeiting electronic cigarette having a limitation of service life and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic cigarette comprises a liquid storage part, a vaporizer, and a battery part, which are sequentially detachably connected; The liquid storage part is provided with an NFC electronic tag set with a dynamic anti-counterfeiting code, and a first information storage for storing data including a first cigarette liquid consumption simulation count value; The vaporizer is provided with an ID encryption unit set with an identification code, and a second information storage for storing data including a second cigarette liquid consumption simulation count value; The battery part is provided with a microcontroller, an airflow sensor, and an NFC antenna, the microcontroller is provided with an NFC identification module, an NFC read/write control module, an ID encryption unit communication module, an ID encryption unit identification module, and an ID encryption unit read/write control module.