VAPORIZATION DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED GAMES

• US 20170259170A1
• Filed: 03/10/2017
• Published: 09/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PAX Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: PAX Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: BOWEN, Adam, HATTON, Nicholas J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,231,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/50 Control or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/60 Devices with integrated user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 42/60 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0049 Objects with a second use as toy or game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0063 Cigarette lighters
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2454 with LED
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2477 Tone generators, oscillators
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2485 using a general-purpose personal computer
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2488 Remotely playable
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8094 Unusual game types, e.g. virtual cooking
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/001 Games or toys connected to, or combined with, other objects; Objects with a second use as a toy or game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32

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

1. A vaporization system including interactive entertainment, the system comprising:

a vaporizer device comprises;

a heater configured to vaporize a vaporizable material;

an output on the device;

an input in or on the device configured to be manipulated by a user; and

a controller adapted to regulate the temperature of the heater, wherein the controller comprises a normal mode and an entertainment mode comprising one or more games configured to be played using the input and output; and

a user interface adapted to control a smartphone, wherein the user interface includes a controlling the entertainment mode.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the output comprises one or more of:

a plurality of LEDS, a sound output, and a vibrational output.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the output comprises a plurality of LEDS.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the input comprises one or more of:

a button, a capacitive sensor configured to detect skin contact with the device, and a motion detector configured to detect movement of the device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the input comprises a motion detector configured to detect movement of the device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to maintain the temperature of the heater at a vaporization temperature for a longer time when the device is in the entertainment mode compared to the normal mode.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a standby mode wherein the controller is configured to enter the standby mode after a predetermined time period during which the input is not activated, wherein the controller is configured to reduce the temperature of the heater by a predetermined amount when in the standby mode.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more games comprise a pattern-following game wherein the device presents an output and determines if a response entered by the user on the input correlates with a predetermined response.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more games comprise a memory game wherein the device presents an output sequence and determines if a sequence of responses entered by the user on the input correlates with a predetermined sequence of responses.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more games comprises a triggered output game wherein the device presents an output in response to a predetermined user input.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more games comprises a chance type game, wherein the device is configured to display a random pattern of one or more of colors, tones or vibrations, in response to a predetermined user input.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the entertainment mode comprises a display game wherein the output comprises a plurality of LEDs and wherein the device is configured to cycle the LEDs through a predetermined sequence of colors in response to a predetermined user input.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the entertainment mode comprises a tone game wherein the output comprises a plurality of tones and wherein the device is configured to play a predetermined sequence of tones in response to a predetermined user input.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the entertainment mode comprises an entertainment output that is triggered upon entering into the entertainment mode, the entertainment output comprising one or more of:

a display of a plurality of colors and/or patterns on the output, a tone or series of tones, a vibration or series of vibrations.

15. A vaporization device comprising:

a heater configured to vaporize a vaporizable material;

an output on the device;

an input on the device configured to be manipulated by a user; and

a controller adapted to regulate the temperature of the heater

wherein the device comprises a normal mode and an entertainment mode comprising one or more games configured to be played using the input and output,

further wherein the controller is configured to maintain the temperature of the heater at a vaporization temperature for a longer time when the device is in the entertainment mode compared to the normal mode.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the device is configured to be toggled between the normal mode and the entertainment mode by applying one or more predetermined user manipulations to the input.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the input comprises an accelerometer, and further wherein the device is configured to be toggled between the normal mode and the entertainment mode by rolling or rotating the device.

18. A method of playing games on a vaporization device having an output, an input, a heater to vaporize a vaporizable material and a controller configured to regulate the heater, the method comprising:

operating the vaporization device in a normal mode wherein the controller regulates the temperature of the heater to vaporize a vaporizable material;

activating an entertainment mode on the vaporization device by selecting the entertainment mode from a user interface of a hand-held communications device and transmitting a signal from the hand-held communications device to the vaporization device; and

playing a game with the device using the output while the device is in the entertainment mode,

wherein the controller is configured to operate the heater to allow vaporization of vaporizable material when in the entertainment mode.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising selecting a game using a second predetermined user manipulation to the input when the device is in the entertainment mode.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the predetermined user manipulation comprises rolling or rotating the device along its long or short axis.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein playing a game with the device comprises playing an interactive game using the input and output.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein playing the game comprises playing one or more of:

a display of a plurality of colors and/or patterns on the output, a tone or series of tones, a vibration or series of vibrations.

23. A method of playing games on a vaporization device having an output, an input, a heater to vaporize a vaporizable material and a controller configured to regulate the heater, the method comprising:

operating the vaporization device in a normal mode wherein the controller regulates the temperature of the heater to vaporize a vaporizable material;

entering a standby mode after a period of inactivity having a first duration, wherein the controller reduces the temperature of the heater by a first predetermined amount;

activating an entertainment mode on the vaporization device by applying a predetermined user manipulation to the input;

playing an interactive game with the device using the input and output while the device is in the entertainment mode,

entering a standby mode after a period of inactivity having a second duration that is longer than the first duration when the device is in entertainment mode, wherein the controller reduces the temperature of the heater by a first predetermined amount.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising selecting a game using a second predetermined user manipulation to the input when the device is in the entertainment mode.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the predetermined user manipulation comprises rolling or rotating the device along its long or short axis.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein playing the game comprises playing one or more of:

a display of a plurality of colors and/or patterns on the output, a tone or series of tones, a vibration or series of vibrations.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein playing the interactive game comprise playing a pattern-following game wherein the device presents an output and determines if a response entered by a user on the input correlates with a predetermined response.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein playing the interactive game comprise playing a memory game wherein the device presents an output sequence and determines if a sequence of responses entered by a user on the input correlates with a predetermined sequence of responses.

29. The method of claim 23, wherein playing the interactive game comprise playing a triggered output game wherein the device presents an output in response to a predetermined user input.

30. The method of claim 23, wherein playing the interactive game comprise playing a chance type game, wherein the device is configured to display a random pattern of one or more of colors, tones or vibrations, in response to a predetermined user input.