Vaping Case with Remote Control Circuitry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal carrying cases for e-vaping devices lack advanced communication and control features, limiting their functionality in managing device status, charging, and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A personal carrying case equipped with communication interfaces that establish links with e-vaping devices and remotely located computer devices, allowing for control of device elements, status monitoring, and user interaction through graphical interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If communication interfaces and control devices are added to the personal carrying case, then device management capability and user interaction are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The personal carrying case is designed to perform multiple functions: it stores the e-vaping device, charges the power supply section through electrical contacts, and provides remote control capabilities via communication interfaces. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the case a universal device that combines storage, charging, and control functions, thereby improving device management capability without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device within the carrying case acts as an intermediary between the user's remote device (smartphone, tablet) and the e-vaping device. It receives control commands through the second communication interface and executes them by controlling elements of the e-vaping device through the first communication interface. This intermediary approach enables sophisticated device management while keeping the case's internal structure relatively simple.
2Ease of operation
If remote control features are implemented, then user interaction and monitoring capabilities are improved, but information transmission requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control device is configured to receive information from elements of the e-vaping device via the first communication interface and communicate status information to the remote device through the second communication interface. This feedback mechanism allows the system to monitor device status (such as power supply charge level, device operational state) and provide real-time updates to the user, thereby improving ease of operation while managing information transmission requirements through structured data exchange.
3Duration of action of moving object
If the carrying case provides charging functionality, then device availability and usage duration are improved, but energy management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The personal carrying case charges the power supply section of the e-vaping device in advance during storage periods when the device is not being used. The electrical contacts within the case automatically establish charging connections, and the control device monitors and manages the charging process. This preliminary action ensures the device is ready for immediate use without requiring separate charging operations, thereby extending effective usage duration while keeping the charging system simple and automatic.
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AI summary
A personal carrying case (100) for holding an e-vaping device (101) includes communication interfaces (114) configured to establish communication links (210, 320) with the e-vaping device (101) and a remotely-located computer device (220). Control circuitry (118) included in the case (100) may control an element of the e-vaping device (101) according to a control command received from the computer device (220). The control circuitry (118) may control the e-vaping device element via an e-vaping device communication link (320), and the control circuitry (118) may receive the control command via a computer device communication link (210).