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Granted Patent B2
US 10,932,499 · App. 16/003,118 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Electronic cigarette battery assembly, electronic cigarette therewith, and control method of the electronic cigarette

Inventor: Wei-Hua Qiu (ChangZhou, CN)
Assignee: JOYETECH EUROPE HOLDING GMBH
A24F47/008
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Patent No.
US 10,932,499
App. No.
16/003,118
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic cigarette battery assembly of an electronic cigarette includes a pressure sensor converting pressure information when a pressure is applied to the electronic cigarette battery assembly into sensed data, an information storage for storing preset values; and a controller for comparing the sensed data with the preset values and for controlling operating states of an atomizer based on comparison results of sensed data and preset values.

Claims (41)

1. An electronic cigarette battery assembly comprising:

a pressure sensor configured for converting pressure information when a pressure applied to the electronic cigarette by a user into sensed data;

an information storage configured for storing one or more preset values; and

a controller configured for comparing the sensed data with the preset values and configured for controlling operating states of an atomizer based on comparison results of the sensed data and the preset values;

wherein the sensed data is the sensed resistance of the pressure sensor, the information storage stores at least one preset value, the at least one preset value is a preset resistance.

2. The electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one preset value comprises a preset resistance and a preset duration.

3. The electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 1 , wherein information storage configured for storing one preset value, the preset value is a first preset resistance, the controller compares the sensed resistance with the first preset resistance, and:

when the sensed resistance is less than the first preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a first operating state; and

when the sensed resistance is greater than or equal to the first preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a second operating state.

4. The electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 1 , wherein the information storage stores N preset values, N is an integer greater than 2, the preset values comprises a second preset resistance, a third preset resistance, and a N+1 preset resistance, according to an interval the N preset resistance located, the atomizer is controlled to enter the corresponding operating state according to the interval.

5. The electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 1 , wherein the information storage stores two preset values, the preset values comprises a sixth preset resistance and a seventh preset resistance, the sixth preset resistance is less than the seventh preset resistance, the controller compares the sensed resistance with the sixth and the seventh preset resistances, and

when the sensed resistance is less than or equal to the sixth preset resistance and greater than zero, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a fifth operating state;

when the sensed resistance is less than or equal to the seventh preset resistance and greater than the sixth preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a sixth operating state;

when the sensed resistance is greater than the seventh preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a seventh operating state.

6. The electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 2 , wherein the information storage stores a group of preset values, the preset values are a first preset resistance and a preset duration, the controller compares the sensed resistance with the first preset resistance, and compares the preset duration with the sensed duration, and

when the sensed resistance is greater than or equal to the first preset resistance and the sensed duration is greater than or equal to the preset duration, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a second operating state;

when the sensed resistance is less than the first preset resistance and the sensed duration is less than the preset duration, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a first operating state.

7. The electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured for amplifying and converting the sensed data into a machine-readable information, and configured for comparing the machine-readable information with the preset values, and the atomizer is controlled to enter a corresponding operating state according to the comparison result.

8. The electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 1 , wherein based on the comparison results of the sensed data and the preset values, the atomizer is controlled into an operating state comprising one or more of a start operating state, a stop operating state, a switching operating mode state, an adjusting output voltage state, an adjusting output power state; an alarm state, and an adjusting operating temperature state and any combination thereof.

9. An electronic cigarette comprising: an atomizer; and an electronic cigarette battery assembly of claim 1 .

10. A control method for an electronic cigarette, wherein the control method comprising:

receiving pressure information when a pressure applied by a user and converting the pressure information into sensed data;

storing preset values in information storage; and

comparing the sensed data with the preset values to control operating states of the atomizer based on comparison results of sensed data and preset values;

wherein the sensed data is a sensed resistance of the pressure sensor, the information storage stores at least one preset value, the at least one preset value is a preset resistance.

11. The controlling method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one preset value comprises a preset resistance and a preset duration.

12. The controlling method of claim 10 , wherein the information storage configured for storing one preset value, the preset value is a first preset resistance, the controller compares the sensed resistance with the first preset resistance, the atomizer is controlled to enter a corresponding operating state according to the comparison result, comprising:

when the sensed resistance is less than the first preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a first operating state;

when the sensed resistance is greater than or equal to the first preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a second operating state.

13. The control method of claim 10 , wherein the information storage stores N preset values, with N is an integer greater than 2, the preset values comprises a second preset resistance, a third preset resistance, and a N+1 preset resistance, the sensed resistance is compared with the N preset resistances, the atomizer is controlled to enter a corresponding operating state according to the comparison result, comprising: according to an interval the N preset resistance located, the atomizer is controlled to enter the corresponding operating state according to the interval.

14. The control method of claim 10 , wherein the information storage stores two preset values, the preset values comprises a sixth preset resistance and a seventh preset resistance, the sixth preset resistance is less than the seventh preset resistance, the sensed data is compared with the preset values, the atomizer is controlled to enter a corresponding operating state according to the comparison result, comprising:

when the sensed resistance is less than or equal to the sixth preset resistance and greater than zero, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a fifth operating state;

when the sensed resistance is less than or equal to the seventh preset resistance and greater than the sixth preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a sixth operating state;

when the sensed resistance is greater than the seventh preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a seventh operating state.

15. The control method of claim 11 , wherein the information storage stores a group of preset values, the preset values are a first preset resistance and a preset duration, the sensed data is compared with the preset values, the atomizer is controlled to enter a corresponding operating state according to the comparison result, comprising: when the sensed resistance is greater than or equal to the first preset resistance, the controller and compares the preset duration with the sensed duration;

when the sensed resistance is less than the first preset resistance, the controller controls the atomizer to enter a first operating state.

16. The control method of claim 15 , wherein the comparing the preset duration with the sensed duration, and controlling the atomizer entering the operating state further comprise:

when the sensed duration is greater than or equal to the preset duration, the atomizer is controlled to enter a second operating state;

when the sensed duration is less than the preset duration, the atomizer is controlled to enter the first operating state.

17. The control method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises: amplifying and converting the sensed data to a machine-readable information, and comparing the machine-readable information with the preset values, and the atomizer is controlled to enter a corresponding operating state according to the comparison result.

18. The control method of claim 10 , wherein based on the comparison results of the sensed data and the preset values, the atomizer is controlled into an operating state comprising one or more of a start operating state, a stop operating state, a switching operating mode state, an adjusting output voltage state, an adjusting output power state; an alarm state, and an adjusting operating temperature state, and any combination thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2018
From: QIU, WEI-HUA
To: JOYETECH EUROPE HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 046023/0239 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201510903949.7 · Dec 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTCN2016098439 · Sep 8, 2016
Related Publication 20180289070A1 · Oct 11, 2018