ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND ATOMIZATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20170049155A1
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Inventors: LIU, Qiuming
• Granted Patent: US 9,756,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/30 Devices using two or more structurally separated inhalable precursors, e.g. using two liquid precursors in two cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/40 Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/50 Control or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/60 Devices with integrated user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0244 Heating of fluids H05B1/0247 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/021 Heaters specially adapted for heating liquids

Abstract

An electronic cigarette and an atomization control method thereof are provided. The electronic cigarette includes a smoking end; a voice recognition module generating different selection signals in response to received voices, an atomization module including first and second atomization components, and first and second liquid storage spaces filled with different cigarette liquid; a microcontroller connected to the voice recognition module, an air flow sensor connected to the microcontroller and generating a first pulse signal; and a battery module. The microcontroller is connected to the first atomization component in response to a first selection signal or connected to the second atomization component in response to a second selection signal, and generates a first control signal in response to the first pulse signal. The atomization component connected to the microcontroller atomizes the cigarette liquid in the liquid storage space corresponding to the first control signal in response to the first control signal.

Claims

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising:

an electronic cigarette body;

a smoking end, a voice recognition module and an atomization module which are provided in the electronic cigarette body, wherein the voice recognition module is configured to generate different selection signals in response to received voices, the different selection signals comprise a first selection signal and a second selection signal, the atomization module comprises at least a first atomization component and a second atomization component, and a first liquid storage space and a second liquid storage space filled with different cigarette liquid are provided in the first atomization component and the second atomization component respectively;

a microcontroller connected to the voice recognition module and configured to be connected to the first atomization component in response to the first selection signal or connected to the second atomization component in response to the second selection signal; and

an airflow sensor and a battery module which are provided in the electronic cigarette body, wherein the air flow sensor is connected to the microcontroller and configured to generate a first pulse signal, and the battery module is configured to supply power to the microcontroller, the first atomization component and the second atomization component, wherein

the microcontroller is further configured to generate a first control signal in response to the first pulse signal, and the atomization component connected to the microcontroller is configured to atomize the cigarette liquid in the liquid storage space corresponding to the first control signal in response to the first control signal.

2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein

the voice recognition module is further configured to generate a third selection signal in response to the received voice;

and

the microcontroller is further configured to be connected to both the first atomization component and the second atomization component in response to the third selection signal.

3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein

the first atomization component further comprises a first heating wire component configured to atomize the cigarette liquid in the first liquid storage space;

the first atomization component further comprises a second heating wire component configured to atomize the cigarette liquid in the second liquid storage space; and

two ends of the first liquid storage space are respectively adjacent to two ends of the second liquid storage space, wherein the first liquid storage space and the second liquid storage space are arranged in a parallel and side by side manner in the electronic cigarette body.

4. The electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein

the first atomization component further comprises:

a first atomizer bracket, wherein a first thread segment is provided at an end of the first atomizer bracket close to the battery module, a first matching thread is provided at an end of the battery module close to the first atomizer bracket, and the first atomizer and the battery module are detachably connected to each other by cooperation between the first thread segment and the first matching thread; and

the first liquid storage space is arranged on the first atomizer bracket;

the second atomizer component further comprises;

a second atomizer bracket, wherein a second thread segment is provided at an end of the second atomizer bracket close to the battery module, a second matching thread is provide at an end of the battery module close to the second atomizer bracket, and the second atomizer and the battery module are detachably connected to each other by cooperation between the second thread segment and the second matching thread; and

the second liquid storage space is arranged on the second atomizer bracket.

5. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein

the voice recognition module comprises a voice receiver and a voice recognition unit;

the voice receiver is configured to receive a voice signal and convert the received voice signal into an electrical signal; and

the voice recognition unit is configured to generate the first selection signal or the second selection signal in response to the electrical signal and transmit the first selection signal or the second selection signal to the microcontroller.

6. The electronic cigarette according to claim 5, wherein the battery module further comprises:

a button configured to receive an operation instruction from a user; and

a micro-touch switch connected to the button and configured to generate a starting signal in response to the operation instruction, wherein

the micro-touch switch is connected to the voice receiver to control the voice receiver to receive the voice signal in response to the starting signal.

7. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein

a low voltage protection module is further provided in the electronic cigarette body;

a first reminding device connected to the low voltage protection module is further provided on an external surface of the electronic cigarette body; and

the low voltage protection module is configured to control a working state of the first reminding device.

8. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein

an overcurrent protection module is further provided in the electronic cigarette body;

a second reminding device connected to the overcurrent protection module is further provided on an external surface of the electronic cigarette body; and

the overcurrent protection module is configured to control a working state of the second reminding device.

9. A method for controlling atomization of an electronic cigarette, wherein at least two atomization components are provided in the electronic cigarette, each of the atomization components is provided with a separate liquid storage space filled with different cigarette liquid, and the method comprises:

acquiring, by the electronic cigarette, a voice signal;

generating, by the electronic cigarette, a selection signal in response to the voice signal, wherein different selection signals correspond to different atomization components;

selecting, by the electronic cigarette, the atomization component corresponding to the generated selection signal in response to the generated selection signal; and

controlling, by the electronic cigarette, the selected atomization component to work when detecting that an internal pressure of the electronic cigarette changes.

10. The method for controlling atomization of an electronic cigarette according to claim 9, wherein

the electronic cigarette comprises a first atomization component and a second atomization component;

and

the selecting, by the electronic cigarette, the atomization component corresponding to the generated selection signal in response to the generated selection signal comprises;

selecting the first atomization component in a case that the selection signal is a first selection signal;

selecting the second atomization component in a case that the selection signal is a second selection electrical signal; and

selecting both the first atomization component and the second atomization component in a case that the selection signal is a third selection electrical signal.