Vaporizer Power Assembly RF Tracking via Presence Indication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vaporizer and aerosol delivery devices lack effective methods for locating or tracking misplaced units, leading to inefficiencies and user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A vaporizer power assembly with a microcontroller that includes a radio frequency communication interface, allowing for presence indication requests and responses, enabling users to locate the device through emitted presence indications such as audio, light, or vibration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If no tracking system is implemented in vaporizer devices, then device complexity remains low, but users cannot locate misplaced devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements two-way communication between the vaporizer device and mobile device through radio frequency interfaces. The mobile device can send presence indication requests and receive responses, providing feedback about device location status to the user
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the user and the vaporizer device. The mobile device application serves as a mediator that communicates with the vaporizer through radio frequency, eliminating the need for complex display or interaction interfaces on the vaporizer itself
2Ease of operation
If presence indication features are added to vaporizer devices, then users can locate devices more easily, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses periodic communication where the mobile device sends presence indication requests at intervals rather than continuously. The vaporizer device responds only when requested, avoiding continuous power consumption from constant transmission or display activation
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device application handles the complexity of location tracking and presence indication management, allowing the vaporizer device to maintain a simple, low-power state. The mobile device performs the service of tracking and communicating device status
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 allows users to efficiently locate and track vaporizer power assemblies, enhancing user convenience and reducing the likelihood of devices being misplaced.
Implementation Method 1
a radio frequency communication interface, allowing for presence indication requests and responses
Implementation Method 2
enabling users to locate the device through emitted presence indications such as audio, light, or vibration
Data Source
AI summary
A vaporizer power assembly includes a cartridge interface, a battery, a radio frequency communication interface, an output, an input and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to transmit power and/or heat from the battery through the cartridge interface in accordance with one or more signals from the input and cause the output of the vaporizer power assembly to emit a presence indication in response to receiving a presence indication request with the radio frequency communication interface. A case housing or partially houses the cartridge interface, the battery, the radio frequency communication interface, the output, the input and the microcontroller.