Multifunctional Electronic Cigarette with Interchangeable Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic cigarette devices combined with alcohol detectors become bulky and heavy, affecting user willingness to carry them, as they serve only a single function and lack versatility.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional electronic cigarette design incorporating an outer shell, processing module, power supply module, and interchangeable components such as an E-liquid cassette, alcohol detecting device, and LED device, which allows for sequential voltage application to determine operational resistance and select appropriate device driver programs for operation, enabling multiple functions like vaping, alcohol detection, and illumination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional electronic cigarette device is combined with alcohol detector for detecting blood alcohol concentration, then the device can perform multiple functions (vaping and alcohol detection), but the device becomes heavier and larger
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by designing a single electronic cigarette device that can perform both vaping and alcohol detection functions. The device includes an interchangeable member system where different components (E-liquid cassette, alcohol detecting device, LED device) can be attached to a common connection assembly, allowing one device to serve multiple purposes without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the multifunctional device into separable modules: a base connection assembly and interchangeable members. This segmentation allows the device to maintain a compact core structure while enabling functional expansion through interchangeable components, thus avoiding the need to carry multiple separate devices and reducing overall weight.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional electronic cigarette device is combined with alcohol detector for detecting blood alcohol concentration, then the device can perform multiple functions (vaping and alcohol detection), but the device becomes larger
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by designing a single electronic cigarette device that can perform both vaping and alcohol detection functions. The device includes an interchangeable member system where different components (E-liquid cassette, alcohol detecting device, LED device) can be attached to a common connection assembly, allowing one device to serve multiple purposes without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The interchangeable members are designed to attach to and integrate with the connection assembly in a nested manner, where each functional component fits within or alongside the common structural framework. This nesting approach maximizes space utilization and minimizes the overall device volume while maintaining multiple functional capabilities.
3Extent of automation
If the device uses sequential voltage application to detect operational resistance for identifying interchangeable members, then the device can automatically select appropriate device driver programs, but the detection process requires multiple voltage steps
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs preliminary voltage application steps to detect operational resistance and identify the interchangeable member type before actual operation begins. By conducting this detection sequence in advance (applying initial voltage, then test voltage, calculating resistance), the system prepares the appropriate device driver program beforehand, ensuring automatic and optimized operation from the start without delays during usage.
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
The solution provides a compact, versatile device that can perform multiple functions, including vaping, alcohol detection, and illumination, by determining operational resistance and adjusting voltage and current accordingly, enhancing user convenience and functionality without the bulk of combined devices.
Implementation Method 1
The processing module is configured to control the power supply module to respectively apply an initial voltage and a test voltage to the connection assembly in sequential order, and calculate an operational resistance of the interchangeable member during the process of applying voltages
Implementation Method 2
the alcohol detecting device generates different sensing resistances for different blood alcohol concentrations
Implementation Method 3
during the process of applying the voltage form the initial voltage to the test voltage, the operational resistance of the LED device is dropped after the voltage exceeds a barrier voltage which has a value between the initial voltage and the test voltage
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AI summary
The present is a multifunctional electronic cigarette. In the multifunctional electronic cigarette, an interchangeable member can include one of an E-liquid cassette having an atomizing component, an alcohol detecting device and a LED device; a processing module can control the power supply module to respectively apply an initial voltage and a test voltage to the connection assembly in sequential order, and calculate an operational resistance of the interchangeable member during the process of applying voltages, and then control the power supply module to generate operation voltage and current to the interchangeable member according to the operational resistance. The operational resistance is resistance of the interchangeable member which is executing a main operational function thereof. As a result, the multifunctional electronic cigarette can have improved extendibility.