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Granted Patent B2
US 12,691,370 · App. 18/518,439 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Vaporizer device

Inventors: Adam Bowen (San Mateo, CA); Nicholas J. Hatton (Oakland, CA)
Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,691,370
App. No.
18/518,439
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vaporization device that includes an entertainment mode or modes including one or more game modes. The vaporization device may enhance the user experience. The entertainment mode may be engaged by a sequence of predetermined manipulations of the vaporization device. The entertainment mode may include one or more interactive games using the device, and/or one or more display modes. The interactive games may include a pattern-following game, a memory game, a triggered output game, or a chance game. The entertainment mode may also include games that may be played by one or more persons. The entertainment mode may modify the operation (e.g., heater control, appearance, user interface, etc.) of the device while still permitting the vaporization of vaporizable material.

Claims (23)

1 . A vaporization system, the vaporization system comprising:

a vaporizer device comprising:

a vaporizer body comprising an outer shell;

one or more light emitting diodes (LEDS) configured to be visible through one or more openings in the outer shell of the vaporizer body;

a heater to vaporize a vaporizable material;

an input and/or output interface, wherein the input and/or output interface can be manipulated by a user;

a controller disposed within the vaporizer body to regulate a temperature of the heater, wherein the controller is operable in at least a first mode, a standby mode, and a second mode,

wherein in the first mode, the controller regulates the temperature of the heater to vaporize a vaporizable material,

wherein the second mode comprises a user interaction mode comprising activation of the one or more light emitting diodes (LEDS), wherein the vaporizer device is configured to toggle from the first mode to the second mode responsive to a predetermined manipulation using the input and/or output interface, and wherein in the second mode, the controller modifies regulation of the temperature of the heater, and

wherein in the standby mode, the controller enters the standby mode after a predetermined time period during which there is no input activated at the input and/or output interface, wherein the predetermined time period has a first duration when the controller is in the first mode and has a second duration when the controller is in the second mode, wherein while in the standby mode, the controller reduces the temperature of the heater by at least a predetermined amount.

2 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the heater is disposed within the outer shell of the vaporizer body.

3 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the vaporizer system further comprises a cartridge configured to be inserted into the vaporizer body, wherein the heater is disposed within the cartridge.

4 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the input and/or output interface comprises the one or more light emitting diodes (LEDS, a sound output, and/or a vibrational output.

5 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the input and/or output interface comprises a button.

6 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the input and/or output interface comprises a capacitive sensor configured to detect skin contact with the vaporizer device.

7 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the input and/or output interface comprises a motion detector configured to detect movement of the vaporizer device.

8 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the controller maintains a temperature of the heater at a vaporization temperature for a longer time when in the second mode compared to the first mode.

9 . The vaporization system of claim 1 , wherein the second mode comprises an entertainment mode.

10 . The vaporization system of claim 9 , wherein the entertainment mode provides an output that is triggered upon entering into the entertainment mode, the output providing at least a display of a plurality of colors using the one pr more LEDS, a display of one or more patterns at the input and/or output interface, a tone or series of tones, and/or one or more vibrations.

11 . The vaporization system of claim 9 , wherein the entertainment mode comprises one or more games.

12 . The vaporization system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more games comprise a memory game, wherein the vaporizer device presents an output sequence and determines if a sequence of responses entered by the user correlates with a predetermined sequence of responses.

13 . The vaporization system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more games comprise a triggered output game, wherein the vaporizer device presents an output in response to a predetermined user input.

14 . The vaporization system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more games comprise a chance type game, wherein the vaporizer device is configured to display a random pattern of one or more of colors, tones or vibrations, in response to a predetermined user input.