Vaping Heating Curve Control for Personalized Temperature Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional vaping set heating control methods rely on fixed programs, failing to meet personalized heating requirements across different environments and scenarios, limiting user customization.

Innovation Solution

A user-customized heating control method and apparatus that obtain environmental and cigarette parameter information to select and adjust heating temperature curves, providing guidance for personalized adjustments based on real-time data and user input, optimizing the heating process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a fixed program is pre-written for controlling heating mode, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability to different environments and personalized heating requirements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The heating control system transitions from a static fixed program to a dynamic adaptive system that automatically adjusts heating parameters based on real-time environmental information (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure) and user preferences. The control module dynamically selects from multiple pre-stored heating temperature curves and allows real-time modification, enabling the system to adapt to different environments while maintaining ease of operation through automated adjustments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes heating parameters (temperature, heating rate, duration) based on environmental conditions and user customization. Multiple heating temperature curves with different parameters are pre-stored in the database, and the control module selects and adjusts these parameters dynamically. Users can also modify parameters such as preheating temperature, main heating temperature, and cooling temperature to achieve personalized heating effects while maintaining simple operation through guided adjustment interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple heating temperature curves and customization options are provided, then the adaptability and personalized heating capability are improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple heating temperature curves and control parameters are pre-calculated and stored in a database before use. The system prepares various heating programs (rapid heating, slow heating, energy-saving mode) with optimized parameters in advance, so that during actual operation, the control module only needs to select from these pre-prepared options rather than calculating parameters in real-time, thus reducing operational complexity while maintaining high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The control module acts as an intermediary between the complex heating control functions and the user. It automatically processes environmental information, selects appropriate heating curves from the database, and manages the complexity of parameter adjustments. The system provides a simplified user interface that guides users through customization without exposing the underlying complexity, effectively mediating between the need for adaptability and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

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

Enables users to tailor the vaping experience to their preferences by selecting and adjusting heating temperature curves based on environmental and cigarette parameters, enhancing the vaping experience across various environments and scenarios.

Implementation Method 1

an aerosol generation apparatus in a heat-not-burn vaping set generates an appropriate amount of aerosol by heating an aerosol generation substance by a heater

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHeating: Heating

Data Source

PatentUS20250017282A1Appliance heating control method and apparatus for user customizable vaping
Publication Date: 2025.01.16 HUBEI CHINA TOBACCO INDUSTRY CO LTD
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AI summary

An appliance heating control method and apparatus for user customizable vaping. The method comprises: acquiring appliance environment information and cigarette parameter information, and selecting, from a cigarette heating temperature curve library corresponding to the cigarette parameter information, an initial heating temperature curve that matches the appliance environment information; generating parameter adjustment guidance information on the basis of the initial heating temperature curve, and displaying the initial heating temperature curve and the parameter adjustment guidance information; and receiving a parameter adjustment instruction, adjusting the initial heating temperature curve on the basis of the parameter adjustment instruction, so as to obtain an adjusted heating temperature curve, and controlling, according to the adjusted heating temperature curve, an appliance to perform heating.