Infinity-Flow And Throat Hit Modulator For Electronic Aerosol Delivery Systems
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) are known to be safer alternatives to conventional burn-down tobacco products. An ENDS product generally includes orders of magnitude less chemicals than those generated by the incomplete combustion of tobacco. As such, there is a continuing interest in developing alternative drug-delivery products that offer less harmful ENDS consumption and that are optimized for end-user and exposed non-user safety while mitigating appeal and exposure to youth and non-users. A device-based method is provided for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system wherein culminating device-based methodologies function based on ignition signaling and/or pressure-sensitive adiabatic manipulation. Further, ignition triggers generate external and/or internal regulation depending on or targeting for optimal aerosolization of nicotine, cannabinoid formulations to minimize exposure to carcinogens in smoke.
This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/867,451, filed Jun. 27, 2019, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELDEmbodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of electronic drug-delivery systems. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure relate to an intelligent regulator and methods for regulating electronic aerosolizer systems.
BACKGROUNDElectronic cigarettes, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), and vaping devices, in general, have been shown to be safer alternatives compared to conventional burn-down tobacco products. Vaping remains a mostly physical event as compared to the chemical reactions that occur during the incomplete combustion of tobacco that occurs during conventional cigarette smoking. Outside of trace, nominal, or negligible side-products, when compared to tobacco smoking, the physical event of forming an aerosol from glycerol or another aerosol-former solution will not generate the level of toxins formed during the incomplete combustion of tobacco.
Whereas tobacco smoking remains a chemical reaction with oxygen, resulting in the incomplete combustion of tobacco, vaping is a relatively low temperature, controlled aerosolization of aerosol forming agent(s) contained in an electronic cigarette device. There are nearly 9600 chemical components found in tobacco and tobacco smoke. The number of chemicals potentially found in ENDS products is a couple of hundred at best. Each individual ENDS product generally includes orders of magnitude less chemicals than those generated by the incomplete combustion of cigarettes. As such, there is a continuing interest in developing alternative smoking products that offer less harmful ENDS consumption and that are optimized for end-user and exposed non-user safety while mitigating appeal and exposure to youth and non-users.
SUMMARYElectronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) are known to be safer alternatives to conventional burn-down tobacco products. An ENDS product generally includes orders of magnitude less chemicals than those generated by the incomplete combustion of tobacco. As such, there is a continuing interest in developing alternative drug-delivery products that offer less harmful ENDS consumption and that are optimized for end-user and exposed non-user safety while mitigating appeal and exposure to youth and non-users. A device-based method is provided for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system wherein culminating device-based methodologies function based on ignition signaling and/or pressure-sensitive adiabatic manipulation. Further, ignition triggers generate external and/or internal regulation depending on or targeting for optimal aerosolization.
In an exemplary embodiment, an intelligent regulator for an electronic drug-delivery system includes a switch, a voltage detector coupled with a heating wire, a regulation device coupled to the switch and the voltage detector, respectively, a display electrically connected to an output of the regulation device, and a battery electrically connected to the switch, the voltage detector, the regulation device and the display, respectively. The regulation device sends a regulate signal to the voltage detector to make the voltage detector acquire a terminal voltage of the heating wire. After receiving a signal from the switch, whether the heating wire of an atomizer is in a short-circuit condition, an open-circuit condition or a normal condition is detected based on the acquired signal, and a detection result is output such that these conditions of the heating wire are observed directly by end-users, with optional updates to a Bluetooth integrated smartphone application tracking outputs.
In an exemplary embodiment, a device-based method for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system comprises: step S1, sending, by a switch, a high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge to a regulate device; step S2, receiving, by the regulation device, the high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge from the switch, sending a regulate signal to a voltage detector to make the voltage detector acquire a terminal voltage of a heating wire of an aerosolizer via an acquired signal, detecting whether the heating wire is in a normal or an abnormal condition, according to the acquired signal, and outputting a detection result; and step S3, displaying, by an external and/or internal display, an output signal from the regulate device to show whether the heating wire is in the normal or the abnormal condition, such that a user directly observes the condition of the heating wire.
In another exemplary embodiment, in the step S2, a built-in electronic aerosolizer system menu in the regulation device is output to the display, while whether the heating wire is in the normal or the abnormal condition is output to the display, and when the electronic aerosolizer system menu is displayed by the aforementioned display in the step S3, a following step is executed: step S4, receiving, via an external or internal input device, instructions to select start options in the menu, showing parameter values in other options in the menu, or sending a signal to the regulation device to adjust the parameter values, wherein the regulation device adjusts the corresponding parameter values after receiving the signal for adjustment from the input device, and outputs the adjusted parameter values to the display for display. In another exemplary embodiment, before the step of S1, the device-based method further comprises: step Q1, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a Universal Serial Bus (μUSB) interface is connected with a power supply with an output voltage, if the result of the detection is no, then proceeding to the step S1, and if the result of the detection is yes, proceeding to a step Q2; and the step Q2, determining, by the regulation device, whether the power supply connected with the μUSB interface is an intelligence terminal device, if the result of the determination is negative and/or signal-less, then recharging the battery, and if the result of the determination is positive and/or signaling, establishing a communication with the intelligent terminal device; wherein when the switch is switched on B times in A second(s) and when time for one ignition and/or discharge is less than C second(s), the high voltage signal sent from the switch is determined to be a valid activating signal.
In another exemplary embodiment, in the step S4, if an option of starting in the menu is selected, the device-based method further comprises: step S5, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), the regulation device regulating the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the regulation device detects the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), then proceeding to a step S6; and the step S6, the regulation device regulating a voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load such that the electronic aerosolizer system starts to be smoked. In another exemplary embodiment, after the step of S5, the device-based method further comprises step S5, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a capacity of the battery is greater than 0%, if the result of the detection is negative or signal-less, proceeding to perform a shutdown, and if the result of the detection is positive or signaling, proceeding to the step S6.
In another exemplary embodiment, parameters of the regulation device of the electronic aerosolizer system include a maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws of one day, and between the steps S5a and S6, the device-based method further comprises a step S5b of detecting whether number of draft, drag, and/or draws of the day reaches the maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws, if the detected result of S5b is yes, then the regulation device regulates the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the detected result of S5b is negative nor signaling, then proceeding to S6. In another exemplary embodiment, after supplying power to the load of the step S6, the device-based method further comprises: step S7, detecting, by the regulation device, whether the switch is switched off, if the result of detection is positive or signaling, the regulator enters the standby state, and if the result of detection is negative nor signaling, proceeding to a step S8; the step S8, detecting, by the regulation device, whether the switch is switched on for F second(s), if the result of detection is negative nor signaling, the regulation device regulating the voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load, and if the result of detection is positive, proceeding to a step S9; and the step S9, outputting, by the regulation device, a regulate signal to terminate supplying power to the load. In another exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises a step S10 wherein in the standby state, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for an ignition and/or discharge, the regulator enters a sleep state to wait to be woken up by another high voltage signal from the switch to the regulation device.
In another exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises: acquiring, by the voltage detector, a voltage of the battery; comparing the acquired voltage of the battery with a reference voltage by the voltage comparison device to obtain a voltage difference; amplifying the voltage difference after comparing and sending the amplified voltage difference to the regulation device; and converting, by the regulation device, the amplified voltage difference to get an actual value of the voltage of the battery, obtaining the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws for the voltage of the battery according to the actual value of the voltage and the output voltage required for one ignition and/or discharge of the switch, and outputting the voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws to the display for the user to directly observe the current voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws.
In an exemplary embodiment, a device-based method for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system comprises: Step S7, detecting, by a regulation device, whether a switch is switched off, after supplying power to the load, if the result of detection is yes, the regulator enters the standby state, and if the result of detection is no, proceeding to a step S8; the step S8, detecting, by the regulation device, whether the switch is switched on for F second(s), if the result of detection is no, the regulation device regulating a voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load, and if the result of detection is yes, proceeding to a step S9; and the step S9, outputting, by the regulation device, a regulate signal to terminate supplying power to the load.
In another exemplary embodiment, before the step S7, the device-based method further comprises: step S5, after an option of starting is selected, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), the regulation device regulating the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the regulation device detects the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), then proceeding to a step S6; and the step S6, the regulation device regulating a voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load such that the electronic aerosolizer system starts to be operated. In another exemplary embodiment, after the step of S5, the device-based method further comprises step S5, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a capacity of the battery is greater than 0%, if the result of the detection is no, proceeding to perform a shutdown, and if the result of the detection is yes, proceeding to the step S6. In another exemplary embodiment, parameters of the regulation device of the electronic aerosolizer system include a maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws of one day, and between the steps S5a and S6, the device-based method further comprises a step S5b of detecting whether number of draft, drag, and/or draws of the day reaches the maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws, if the detected result of S5b is yes, then the regulation device regulates the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the detected result of S5b is negative, then proceeding to S6.
In another exemplary embodiment, the device-based method further comprises: step S1, sending, by the switch, a high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge to the regulation device; step S2, receiving, by the regulation device, the high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge from the switch, sending a regulating signal to a voltage detector to make the voltage detector acquire a terminal voltage of a heating wire of an aerosolizer via an acquired signal, detecting whether the heating wire is in a normal or an abnormal condition, according to the acquired signal, and outputting a detection result; and step S3, displaying, by an external and/or internal display, an output signal from the regulation device to show whether the heating wire is in the normal or the abnormal condition, such that a user directly observes the condition of the heating wire; step S4, receiving, via an external and/or internal input device, instructions to select start options in the menu, showing parameter values in other options in the menu, or sending a signal to the regulation device to adjust the parameter values, wherein the regulation device adjusts the corresponding parameter values after receiving the signal for adjustment from the input device, and outputs the adjusted parameter values to the display for external and/or internal display.
In another exemplary embodiment, before the step of S1, the device-based method further comprises: step Q1, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a micro Universal Serial Bus (μμUSB) interface is connected with a power supply with an output voltage, if the result of the detection is negative or signal-less, then proceeding to the step S1, and if the result of the detection is yes, proceeding to a step Q2; and the step Q2, determining, by the regulation device, whether the power supply connected with the μμUSB interface is an intelligence terminal device, if the result of the determination is negative or signal-less, then recharging the battery, and if the result of the determination is yes, establishing a communication with the intelligent terminal regulator device.
In another exemplary embodiment, when the switch is switched on B times in A second(s) and when time for one ignition and/or discharge is less than C second(s), the high voltage signal sent from the switch is determined to be a valid activating signal. In another exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises: acquiring, by the voltage detector, a voltage of the battery; comparing the acquired voltage of the battery with a reference voltage by the voltage comparison device to obtain a voltage difference or load; amplifying the voltage difference after comparing and sending the amplified voltage difference to the regulation device; and converting, by the regulation device, the amplified voltage difference to get a real-time value of the voltage of the battery, obtaining the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws for the voltage of the battery according to the actual value of the voltage and the output voltage required for one ignition and/or discharge of the switch, and outputting the voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws to the display for the user to directly observe the current voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws. In another exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises a step S10 wherein in the standby state, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for an ignition and/or discharge, the regulator enters a sleep state to wait to be woken up by another high voltage signal from the switch to the regulation device.
In an exemplary embodiment, a device-based method for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system comprises: steps S1 through S10, and subsequent alternate steps Q1 and Q2, wherein culminating device-based methodologies function based on ignition signaling and/or pressure-sensitive adiabatic manipulation; and wherein ignition triggers generate external and/or internal regulation depending on or targeting for optimal aerosolization.
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While the present disclosure is subject to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. The invention should be understood to not be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONIn the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. It will be apparent, however, to one of ordinary skill in the art that the invention disclosed herein may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, specific numeric references such as “first circuit,” may be made. However, the specific numeric reference should not be interpreted as a literal sequential order but rather interpreted that the “first circuit” is different than a “second circuit.” Thus, the specific details set forth are merely exemplary. The specific details may be varied from and still be contemplated to be within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. The term “coupled” is defined as meaning connected either directly to the component or indirectly to the component through another component. Further, as used herein, the terms “about,” “approximately,” or “substantially” for any numerical values or ranges indicate a suitable dimensional tolerance that allows the part or collection of components to function for its intended purpose as described herein.
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) are known to be safer alternatives to conventional burn-down tobacco products. Although tobacco smoking results in the production of nearly 9600 chemical components, vaping is a relatively low temperature, controlled aerosolization of aerosol forming agent(s) that produces a couple of hundred chemical components at best. Each individual ENDS product generally includes orders of magnitude less chemicals than those generated by the incomplete combustion of tobacco. As such, there is a continuing interest in developing alternative smoking products that offer less harmful ENDS consumption and that are optimized for end-user and exposed non-user safety while mitigating appeal and exposure to youth and non-users.
In general, the first portion 104 includes a pair of parallel inner tubes extending longitudinally within the first portion 104 from outlets 116 disposed in a mouthpiece portion 120 to an aerosolization chamber that includes a heater. The heater may comprise a wire coil, a planar body, a ceramic body, a single wire, a cage of resistive wire or any other suitable form. A wick may be in communication with a liquid material contained in a liquid supply reservoir and in communication with the heater such that the wick disposes the liquid material in proximate relation to the heater. The wick preferably comprises a material having a capacity to draw the liquid material from the liquid supply reservoir by way of capillary action. A power supply disposed in the second portion 108 may be configured to apply voltage across the heater. A heater activation light 124 may be included in the second portion 108 and configured to illuminate when the heater is activated by the power supply. Further, in some embodiments, the heater activation light 124 may include a tricolor LED (light emitting diode) and be configured to indicate cell capacity of the power supply. The first portion 104 also preferably includes at least one air inlet to deliver air to the aerosolization chamber and the pair of parallel inner tubes.
The mouthpiece portion 120 may comprise a mouth end cap having at least two off-axis outlets 116. The mouthpiece portion 120 preferably is of a ricocheting vortex-effect variety configured to cooperate with the abovementioned pair of parallel inner tubes to optimize the pressure for various formulations to properly distribute through the microfluidic cell by capillary effect triggered by the adiabatic manipulation the mouthpiece and conduit offer per formulation viscosity. It is contemplated that the combination of the mouthpiece portion 120 and the parallel inner tubes allow for increased adiabatic expansion and compression, thereby providing a less intense, more even experience to a practitioner of the electronic cigarette 100. It is contemplated that the mouthpiece portion 120 and parallel inner tubes operate to reduce the risk of harm to exposed tissues by minimizing addiction potential of induced tactile responses instead of maximizing those and downstream dependence mechanisms.
In general, the first portion 106 includes a pair of parallel inner tubes extending longitudinally within the first portion 106 from outlets 116 disposed in a mouthpiece portion 120 to an aerosolization chamber that includes a heater. The heater may comprise a wire coil, a planar body, a ceramic body, a single wire, a cage of resistive wire or any other suitable form. A wick may be in communication with a liquid material contained in a liquid supply reservoir and in communication with the heater such that the wick disposes the liquid material in proximate relation to the heater. The wick preferably comprises a material having a capacity to draw the liquid material from the liquid supply reservoir by way of capillary action. A power supply disposed in the second portion 110 may be configured to apply voltage across the heater. A heater activation light 124 (see
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The mouthpiece portion 160 may include at least two outlets 156. The mouthpiece portion 160 preferably is of a ricocheting vortex-effect variety configured to cooperate with the abovementioned pair of parallel inner tubes to optimize the pressure for various formulations to properly distribute through the microfluidic cell by capillary effect triggered by the adiabatic manipulation the mouthpiece and conduit offer per formulation viscosity. It is envisioned that the combination of the mouthpiece portion 160 and the parallel inner tubes allow for increased adiabatic expansion and compression, thereby providing a less intense, more even experience to a practitioner of the electronic cigarette 140. It is contemplated that the mouthpiece portion 160 and parallel inner tubes operate to reduce the risk of harm to exposed tissues by minimizing addiction potential of induced tactile responses instead of maximizing those and downstream dependence mechanisms.
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The switch 180 may be electrically connected with the regulation device 188, and the regulation device 188 may be configured to detect whether the intelligent regulator should be activated according to a high voltage signal from the switch 180. The switch 180 preferably is a key-pressing switch. There are two modes of operation of the switch 180 recognized by the regulation device 188. The first mode is when the switch 180 has been switched on five times in a row for a set period of time in a shutdown condition, the intelligent regulator may be activated if the regulation device 188 detects the continuous high voltage signals from the switch 180, and the regulation device 188 outputs the menu to the display 192. If the high voltage signals produced by switching on the key-pressing switch are not continuous, or the number of the high voltage signals does not reach a setting value, the high voltage signals will be considered to be produced by wrong operations and the intelligent regulator cannot be activated. The second mode is when an end-user selects the start option in the menu after the intelligent regulator is activated, and under this option, the intelligent regulator is in a standby state ready for operation. When the end-user sends a high voltage signal to the regulation device 188 by switching on the switch 180 one time, the regulation device 188 outputs a regulate signal to make the battery supply power to a heating wire 224 comprising an atomizer after receiving the high voltage signal, and during the process, the regulation device 188 may record a start time for operating (a specific point of time to start to switch on the switch 180), an operating time (the length of time for the switch 180 being switched on), resistance of the heating wire 224 and the like. Since the intelligent regulator outputs current to the heating wire 224 so that the heating wire 224 may be heated, this should be considered as one whiff regardless of actually operating the electronic cigarette 100 by the end-user (a nicotine liquid may be introduced from a cartridge to the heating wire 224 by negative pressure created by the operation of the end-user, and the nicotine liquid may be atomized by the heat from the heating wire 224). As such, once there is a current flowing to the heating wire 224 the event may be considered as operation by the end-user, regardless if the nicotine liquid reaches the atomizer and is atomized by the heating wire 224 of the atomizer. The above description shows two important functions of the switch 180. One is to activate the intelligent regulator, and the other is to use as an actual operation of operation in a power-on state. Further, the switch 180 may also be configured to switch between the start options and a menu. For example, when the electronic cigarette 100 is in a use mode, if the end-user switches on the switch 180 five times in a set period of time, the regulation device 188 will switch the current interface to the menu interface.
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In some embodiments, the regulation device 188 may be a control device, such as a microcontroller or a digital signal processor (DSP). The regulation device 188 may be configured to send a regulate signal to the voltage detector 184 to make the voltage detector 184 acquire a terminal voltage of the heating wire 224, after receiving the high voltage signal from the switch 180, detect whether the heating wire 224 of the atomizer is in a short-circuit condition, an open-circuit condition or a normal condition, according to the type of the acquired signal from the voltage detector 184, and output a detection result. An electronic cigarette menu may be incorporated into the regulation device 188, and parameters of electronic cigarette 100 may be stored in the regulation device 188. The regulation device 188 may digitally output the electronic cigarette menu and the parameters after the intelligent regulator is activated.
The display 192 may be electrically connected to an output of the regulation device 188. The display 192 may be is configured to digitally display whether the heating wire 224 is in a short-circuit condition, an open-circuit condition or a normal condition for end-users to observe the current condition of the heating wire 224 directly. The display 192 may also be configured to digitally display the electronic cigarette menu and the parameters for end-users to observe the active state of the electronic cigarette 100. As shown in
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The battery (not shown) may be electrically connected to the switch 180, the voltage detector 184, the regulation device 188 and the display 192, respectively, and configured to supply working voltages to the switch 180, the voltage detector 184, the regulation device 188 and the display 192, respectively. Further, the battery may also supply working voltages to the charging management module 208, the voltage comparison module 212, the voltage stabilization module 216 and the voltage adjustment device 220.
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The voltage adjustment device 220 may be coupled to the regulation device 188, configured to adjust a voltage output from the voltage adjustment device 220 to the heating wire 224 of the electronic cigarette 100 to a voltage defined by an end-user, according to a pulse width modulation signal output from the regulation device 188 based on a signal for adjusting the output voltage from the input module. The voltage adjustment device 220 may include a switching buck-boost converter, a switch pin of the switching buck-boost converter is coupled to an output of the regulation device 188, and a reference voltage pin of the switching buck-boost converter is coupled to an output of the pulse width modulation signal of the regulation device 188. When the regulation device 188 detects that the heating wire 224 is in a normal condition, the end-user can define the output voltage by the input module.
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Step Q1, detecting, by the regulation device 188, whether the μUSB interface 204 is connected with a power supply with an output voltage, if the result of the detection is “No,” then proceeding to the Step S1, and if the result of the detection is “Yes,” proceeding to a Step Q2; and Step Q2, determining, by the regulation device 188, whether the power supply connected with the μUSB interface 204 is an intelligence terminal device, if the result of the determination is negative and/or signal-less, then recharging the battery, and if the result of the determination is positive and/or signaling, establishing a communication with the intelligent terminal device.
Step S1, sending, by a switch 180, a high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge to a regulation device 188, wherein when the switch 180 is switched on B times in A second(s) and when time for one ignition and/or discharge is less than C second(s), the high voltage signal sent from the switch 180 is determined to be a valid activating signal.
Step S2, receiving, by the regulation device 188, the high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge from the switch 180, sending a regulate signal to a voltage detector 184 to make the voltage detector 184 acquire a terminal voltage of a heating wire 224 of an aerosolizer via an acquired signal, detecting whether the heating wire 224 is in a normal or an abnormal condition, according to the acquired signal, and outputting a detection result. In the step S2, a built-in electronic aerosolizer system menu in the regulation device 188 is output to the display 192, while whether the heating wire 224 is in the normal or the abnormal condition is output to the display 192, and when the electronic aerosolizer system menu is displayed by the aforementioned display 192.
Step S3, displaying, by an external and/or internal display 192, an output signal from the regulation device 188 to show whether the heating wire 224 is in the normal or the abnormal condition, such that an end-user directly observes the condition of the heating wire 224.
Step S4, receiving, via an external or internal input device, instructions to select start options in the menu, showing parameter values in other options in the menu, or sending a signal to the regulation device 188 to adjust the parameter values, wherein the regulation device 188 adjusts the corresponding parameter values after receiving the signal for adjustment from the input device, and outputs the adjusted parameter values to the display 192 for display.
Step S5, if the regulation device 188 fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch 180 for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), the regulation device 188 regulating the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the regulation device 188 detects the high voltage signal from the switch 180 for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), then proceeding to a Step S6.
Step S5a, detecting, by the regulation device 188, whether a capacity of the battery is greater than 0%, if the result of the detection is negative or signal-less, proceeding to perform a shutdown, and if the result of the detection is positive or signaling, proceeding to the step S5b.
Step S5b of detecting whether number of drafts, drags, and/or draws of the day reaches the maximum number of drafts, drags, and/or draws, if the detected result of Step S5b is “Yes,” then the regulation device 188 regulates the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the detected result of Step S5b is “No,” then proceeding to Step S6.
Step S6, the regulation device 188 regulating a voltage adjustment device 220 to supply power to a load such that the electronic aerosolizer system begins operating.
Step S7, detecting, by the regulation device 188, whether the switch 180 is switched off, if the result of detection is positive or signaling, the regulator enters the standby state, and if the result of detection is negative nor signaling, proceeding to a Step S8.
Step S8, detecting, by the regulation device 188, whether the switch 180 is switched on for F second(s), if the result of detection is negative nor signaling, the regulation device 188 regulating the voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load, and if the result of detection is positive, proceeding to a Step S9.
Step S9, outputting, by the regulation device 188, a regulate signal to terminate supplying power to the load.
Step S10, in the standby state, if the regulation device 188 fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch 180 for an ignition and/or discharge, the regulator enters a sleep state to wait to be woken up by another high voltage signal from the switch 180 to the regulation device 188.
While the invention has been described in terms of particular variations and illustrative figures, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the variations or figures described. In addition, where methods and steps described above indicate certain events occurring in certain order, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the ordering of certain steps may be modified and that such modifications are in accordance with the variations of the invention. Additionally, certain of the steps may be performed concurrently in a parallel process when possible, as well as performed sequentially as described above. To the extent there are variations of the invention, which are within the spirit of the disclosure or equivalent to the inventions found in the claims, it is the intent that this patent will cover those variations as well. Therefore, the present disclosure is to be understood as not limited by the specific embodiments described herein, but only by scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A device-based method for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system with optional smartphone application integration, comprising:
- step S1, sending, by a switch, a high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge to a regulation device;
- step S2, receiving, by the regulation device, the high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge from the switch, sending a regulate signal to a voltage detector to make the voltage detector acquire a terminal voltage of a heating wire of an aerosolizer via an acquired signal, detecting whether the heating wire is in a normal or an abnormal condition, according to the acquired signal, and outputting a detection result; and
- step S3, displaying, by an external and/or internal display, an output signal from the regulate device to show whether the heating wire is in the normal or the abnormal condition, such that a user directly observes the condition of the heating wire.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step S2, a built-in electronic aerosolizer system menu in the regulation device is output to the display, while whether the heating wire is in the normal or the abnormal condition is output to the display, and when the electronic aerosolizer system menu is displayed by the aforementioned display in the step S3, a following step is executed: step S4, receiving, via an external or internal input device, instructions to select start options in the menu, showing parameter values in other options in the menu, or sending a signal to the regulation device to adjust the parameter values, wherein the regulation device adjusts the corresponding parameter values after receiving the signal for adjustment from the input device, and outputs the adjusted parameter values to the display for display.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein before the step of S1, the device-based method further comprises: step Q1, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a Universal Serial Bus (μUSB) interface is connected with a power supply with an output voltage, if the result of the detection is no, then proceeding to the step S1, and if the result of the detection is yes, proceeding to a step Q2; and the step Q2, determining, by the regulation device, whether the power supply connected with the μUSB interface is an intelligence terminal device, if the result of the determination is negative and/or signal-less, then recharging the battery, and if the result of the determination is positive and/or signaling, establishing a communication with the intelligent terminal device; wherein when the switch is switched on B times in A second(s) and when time for one ignition and/or discharge is less than C second(s), the high voltage signal sent from the switch is determined to be a valid activating signal.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein in the step S4, if an option of starting in the menu is selected, whether manually or remotely through the Bluetooth coordinated smartphone application, the device-based method further comprises: step S5, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), the regulation device regulating the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the regulation device detects the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), then proceeding to a step S6; and the step S6, the regulation device regulating a voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load such that the electronic aerosolizer system starts to be smoked.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein after the step of S5, the device-based method further comprises step S5, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a capacity of the battery is greater than 0%, if the result of the detection is negative or signal-less, proceeding to perform a shutdown, and if the result of the detection is positive or signaling, proceeding to the step S6, while updating the Bluetooth integrated smartphone application.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein parameters of the regulation device of the electronic aerosolizer system include a maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws of one day, and between the steps S5a and S6, the device-based method further comprises a step S5b of detecting whether number of draft, drag, and/or draws of the day reaches the maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws, if the detected result of S5b is yes, then the regulation device regulates the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the detected result of S5b is negative nor signaling, then proceeding to S6.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein after supplying power to the load of the step S6, the device-based method further comprises: step S7, detecting, by the regulation device, whether the switch is switched off, if the result of detection is positive or signaling, the regulator enters the standby state, and if the result of detection is negative nor signaling, proceeding to a step S8; the step S8, detecting, by the regulation device, whether the switch is switched on for F second(s), if the result of detection is negative nor signaling, the regulation device regulating the voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load, and if the result of detection is positive, proceeding to a step S9; and the step S9, outputting, by the regulation device, a regulate signal to terminate supplying power to the load.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising a step S10 wherein in the standby state, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for an ignition and/or discharge, the regulator enters a sleep state to wait to be woken up by another high voltage signal from the switch to the regulation device.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: acquiring, by the voltage detector, a voltage of the battery; comparing the acquired voltage of the battery with a reference voltage by the voltage comparison device to obtain a voltage difference; amplifying the voltage difference after comparing and sending the amplified voltage difference to the regulation device; and converting, by the regulation device, the amplified voltage difference to get an actual value of the voltage of the battery, obtaining the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws for the voltage of the battery according to the actual value of the voltage and the output voltage required for one ignition and/or discharge of the switch, and outputting the voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws to the display for the user to directly observe the current voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws.
10. A device-based method for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system, comprising:
- Step S7, detecting, by a regulation device, whether a switch is switched off, after supplying power to the load, if the result of detection is yes, the regulator enters the standby state, and if the result of detection is no, proceeding to a step S8;
- the step S8, detecting, by the regulation device, whether the switch is switched on for F second(s), if the result of detection is no, the regulation device regulating a voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load, and if the result of detection is yes, proceeding to a step S9; and
- the step S9, outputting, by the regulation device, a regulate signal to terminate supplying power to the load.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein before the step S7, the device-based method further comprises: step S5, after an option of starting is selected, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), the regulation device regulating the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the regulation device detects the high voltage signal from the switch for one ignition and/or discharge in D second(s), then proceeding to a step S6; and the step S6, the regulation device regulating a voltage adjustment device to supply power to a load such that the electronic aerosolizer system starts to be operated.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein after the step of S5, the device-based method further comprises step S5, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a capacity of the battery is greater than 0%, if the result of the detection is no, proceeding to perform a shutdown, and if the result of the detection is yes, proceeding to the step S6.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein parameters of the regulation device of the electronic aerosolizer system include a maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws of one day, and between the steps S5a and S6, the device-based method further comprises a step S5b of detecting whether number of draft, drag, and/or draws of the day reaches the maximum number of draft, drag, and/or draws, if the detected result of S5b is yes, then the regulation device regulates the regulator to enter a standby state, and if the detected result of S5b is negative, then proceeding to S6.
14. The method of claim 11, the device-based method further comprises: step S1, sending, by the switch, a high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge to the regulation device; step S2, receiving, by the regulation device, the high voltage signal of ignition and/or discharge from the switch, sending a regulating signal to a voltage detector to make the voltage detector acquire a terminal voltage of a heating wire of an aerosolizer via an acquired signal, detecting whether the heating wire is in a normal or an abnormal condition, according to the acquired signal, and outputting a detection result; and step S3, displaying, by an external and/or internal display, an output signal from the regulation device to show whether the heating wire is in the normal or the abnormal condition, such that a user directly observes the condition of the heating wire; step S4, receiving, via an external and/or internal input device, instructions to select start options in the menu, showing parameter values in other options in the menu, or sending a signal to the regulation device to adjust the parameter values, wherein the regulation device adjusts the corresponding parameter values after receiving the signal for adjustment from the input device, and outputs the adjusted parameter values to the display for external and/or internal display.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein before the step of S1, the device-based method further comprises: step Q1, detecting, by the regulation device, whether a micro Universal Serial Bus (μUSB) interface is connected with a power supply with an output voltage, if the result of the detection is negative or signal-less, then proceeding to the step S1, and if the result of the detection is yes, proceeding to a step Q2; and the step Q2, determining, by the regulation device, whether the power supply connected with the μUSB interface is an intelligence terminal device, if the result of the determination is negative or signal-less, then recharging the battery, and if the result of the determination is yes, establishing a communication with the intelligent terminal regulator device.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein when the switch is switched on B times in A second(s) and when time for one ignition and/or discharge is less than C second(s), the high voltage signal sent from the switch is determined to be a valid activating signal.
17. The method of claim 14, further comprising: acquiring, by the voltage detector, a voltage of the battery; comparing the acquired voltage of the battery with a reference voltage by the voltage comparison device to obtain a voltage difference or load; amplifying the voltage difference after comparing and sending the amplified voltage difference to the regulation device; and converting, by the regulation device, the amplified voltage difference to get a real-time value of the voltage of the battery, obtaining the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws for the voltage of the battery according to the actual value of the voltage and the output voltage required for one ignition and/or discharge of the switch, and outputting the voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws to the display for the user to directly observe the current voltage of the battery and the remaining number of draft, drag, and/or draws.
18. The method of claim 10, further comprising a step S10 wherein in the standby state, if the regulation device fails to detect the high voltage signal from the switch for an ignition and/or discharge, the regulator enters a sleep state to wait to be woken up by another high voltage signal from the switch to the regulation device.
19. A device-based method for regulating an electronic aerosolizer system, comprising: steps S1 through S10, and subsequent alternate steps Q1 and Q2, wherein culminating device-based methodologies function based on ignition signaling and/or pressure-sensitive adiabatic manipulation; and wherein ignition triggers generate external and/or internal regulation depending on or targeting for optimal aerosolization, while optional updates to a Bluetooth integrated smartphone application tracks usage.
20. A device-based method for optimizing user air-flow, comprising: using a single to multiple carburetor system of the conduit holding frame within the device with a sliding grip to adjust the amount of exposure for 0.8 mm-1.8 mm carburetor holes, vents, punctures, perforations and the like.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 29, 2020
Publication Date: Dec 31, 2020
Inventor: Zayd A. Turbi (Irvine, CA)
Application Number: 16/915,359