ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CASE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CASE

• US 20150196053A1
• Filed: 08/14/2014
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Qiuming Liu
• Inventors: LIU, Qiuming
• Granted Patent: US 9,504,278 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/65 Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/95 structurally associated with cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034

Abstract

An electronic cigarette case comprises an information receiving and sending module, a microprocessor and a sliding touch control module. The microprocessor is configured to collect at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of personal information data, electronic cigarette case data, and electronic cigarette data. The sliding touch control module is configured to sense a sliding touch signal of a user and transmit the sliding touch signal to the microprocessor. The microprocessor controls the information receiving and sending module to send the data collected by the microprocessor to the electronic device according to the sliding touch signal.

Claims

1. An electronic cigarette case, comprising:

an information receiving and sending module,

a microprocessor, and

a sliding touch control module;

the information receiving and sending module and the sliding touch control module connected to the microprocessor respectively; and

the information receiving and sending module communicating with an external electronic device;

the microprocessor configured to collect at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of personal information data, electronic cigarette case data and electronic cigarette data;

the sliding touch control module configured to sense a sliding touch signal of a user and transmit the sliding touch signal to the microprocessor; and

the microprocessor configured to control the information receiving and sending module to send the data collected by the microprocessor to the electronic device according to the sliding touch signal.

2. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 1, wherein the electronic cigarette case further comprises a prompting module connected to the microprocessor and configured to send out prompting information.

3. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 1, wherein the microprocessor is further configured to control the information receiving and sending module to receive electronic cigarette data sent by an electronic cigarette to collect the electronic cigarette data.

4. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 1, wherein the microprocessor is further configured to control the information receiving and sending module to receive personal information data sent by the electronic device to collect the personal information data.

5. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 4, wherein the electronic cigarette case further comprises a RFID card for storing the personal information data;

when the sliding touch control module senses the sliding touch signal, the microcontroller controlling the information receiving and sending module to send the personal information data stored in the RFID card to the electronic device.

6. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 1, wherein the electronic cigarette case further comprises a charge management module of a built-in battery and a charge management module of a battery pole that are connected to the microprocessor respectively;

the microprocessor collecting the electronic cigarette case data through the charge management module of the built-in battery and the charge management module of the battery pole.

7. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 6, wherein the information receiving and sending module includes a USB interface circuit, an I2C interface circuit, a RS232 interface circuit, a SPI interface circuit, an infrared interface circuit or a RF interface circuit.

8. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 7, wherein the electronic cigarette case comprises a case body;

wherein an opening for receiving the information receiving and sending module is defined in the case body, and an opening for receiving the prompting module is defined in the case body; and

wherein the microprocessor is received in the case body.

9. The electronic cigarette case according to claim 6, wherein the information receiving and sending module is a WiFi module, a Zigbee module, a Bluetooth module, a RF module or a NFC module.

10. A method for managing information of an electronic cigarette case comprising:

collecting at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of personal information data, electronic cigarette case data and electronic cigarette data by a microprocessor of the electronic cigarette case;

sensing a sliding touch signal of a user and transmitting the sliding touch signal to the microprocessor by a sliding touch control module of the electronic cigarette case; and

controlling an information receiving and sending module of the electronic cigarette case to send the data collected by the microprocessor to an external electronic device according to the sliding touch signal by the microprocessor.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

counting and analyzing the received data by the electronic device,

sending a analysis result to an associated device by the electronic device;

or

generating prompting information based on the analysis result by the electronic device.

12. The method according to claim 11 comprising counting and analyzing the received data by the electronic device, wherein the process for counting and analyzing comprises:

comparing the received data with a preset threshold relating to the received data; and

obtaining an user behavior data according to the received data;

wherein the user behavior data includes at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of a number of times of smoking during a preset time, a duration time of each smoking, a number of times of deep smoking, a number of times of shallow smoking, a smoking time interval, a number of times of charge and discharge of a built-in battery of the electronic cigarette case and a number of times of charge and discharge of a power supply battery of an electronic cigarette.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

sending out the prompting information by the electronic device;

receiving the prompting information by the information receiving and sending module of the electronic cigarette case; and

displaying the prompting information and/or sending out a prompt according to the prompting information by a prompting module of the electronic cigarette case.

14. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

collecting the electronic cigarette data by a microcontroller of an electronic cigarette; and

sending the electronic cigarette data to the electronic cigarette case by a data transmission module of the electronic cigarette;

wherein the electronic cigarette data includes at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of a time when each smoking signal is collected, a duration time of each collected smoking signal, an voltage value of the smoking signal and a remaining capacity of a power supply battery of the electronic cigarette.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

storing the personal information data in a RFID card; and

when the sliding touch control module senses the sliding touch signal, controlling the information receiving and sending module to send the personal information data stored in the RFID card to the electronic device by the microcontroller.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the electronic cigarette case data includes at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of a number of times of charge of the electronic cigarette case, a number of times of discharge of the electronic cigarette case, a charging and discharging capacity of the electronic cigarette case, a number of times of charge of an electronic cigarette, a charging time interval of an electronic cigarette and a remaining capacity of a built-in battery of the electronic cigarette case.

17. A system for managing information of an electronic cigarette case, the system comprising:

an electronic cigarette case; and

an external electronic device communicating with the electronic cigarette case;

the electronic cigarette case comprising;

a microprocessor,

an information receiving and sending module, and

a sliding touch control module;

the microprocessor configure to collect at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of personal information data, electronic cigarette case data, and electronic cigarette data;

the sliding touch control module configured to sense a sliding touch signal of a user and transmit the sliding touch signal to the microprocessor; and

the microprocessor configured to control the information receiving and sending module of the electronic cigarette case to send the data collected by the microprocessor to the external electronic device according to the sliding touch signal.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the electronic device counts and analyzes the received data, and sends an analysis result to an associated device;

or generates prompting information based on the analysis result.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the electronic cigarette case further comprises a prompting module configured to display prompting information received by the information receiving and sending module and/or configured to send out a prompt according to the prompting information.

20. The system according to claim 17, further comprising an electronic cigarette configured to communicate with the electronic cigarette case;

the electronic cigarette comprising a microcontroller and a data transmission module connected to the microcontroller;

the microcontroller configured to collect the electronic cigarette data,

the data transmission module configured to transmit the electronic cigarette data to the electronic cigarette case;

wherein the electronic cigarette data includes at least one kind of data selected from the group consisting of a time when each smoking signal is collected, a duration time of each collected smoking signal, an voltage value of the smoking signal and a remaining capacity of a power supply battery of the electronic cigarette.