SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZER ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. An electronic vaping device comprising:
- a heating element configured to elevate a temperature of a liquid and convert a portion of the liquid into a vapor to be inhaled by a user of the electronic vaping device;
a controller that controls delivery of electric energy from a power source to the heating element according to an input from the user;
a sensor system that measures at least a first operational parameter of the heating element during operation of the heating element to convert the portion of the liquid into the vapor;
a computer-readable medium in local communication with the controller, wherein the computer-readable medium stores;
(i) reservoir information indicative of a configuration of a reservoir storing the liquid, and (ii) a plurality of operational parameters of the electronic vaping device for each of a plurality of puffs, the operational parameters comprising at least the first operational parameter; and
a communication interface in communication with the computer-readable medium to transmit the reservoir information and the plurality of operational parameters of the electronic vaping device for the plurality of puffs to a remote computer terminal.
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Abstract
Provided are a system and method of reproducing individual puffs based on empirical data collected by a plurality of electronic vaping devices during use of the vaping devices by users to inhale vapors. The method involves receiving, over a communication network for each of the plurality of electronic vaping devices: (i) reservoir information indicative of a configuration of a reservoir storing a liquid that is at least partially converted into the vapor, and (ii) a plurality of operational parameters for each of a plurality of puffs drawn by the users. The operational parameters include a first operational parameter measured by a sensor system provided to the respective electronic vaping device. An evaluation vaping device is controlled to reproduce a puff by generating a vapor based on the received reservoir information and the received plurality of operational parameters in effect during the puff that is being reproduced.
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1. An electronic vaping device comprising:
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a heating element configured to elevate a temperature of a liquid and convert a portion of the liquid into a vapor to be inhaled by a user of the electronic vaping device; a controller that controls delivery of electric energy from a power source to the heating element according to an input from the user; a sensor system that measures at least a first operational parameter of the heating element during operation of the heating element to convert the portion of the liquid into the vapor; a computer-readable medium in local communication with the controller, wherein the computer-readable medium stores;
(i) reservoir information indicative of a configuration of a reservoir storing the liquid, and (ii) a plurality of operational parameters of the electronic vaping device for each of a plurality of puffs, the operational parameters comprising at least the first operational parameter; anda communication interface in communication with the computer-readable medium to transmit the reservoir information and the plurality of operational parameters of the electronic vaping device for the plurality of puffs to a remote computer terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of reproducing puffs based on empirical data collected by a plurality of electronic vaping devices during use of the vaping devices by users to inhale vapors, the system comprising:
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receiving, over a communication network for each of the plurality of electronic vaping devices;
(i) reservoir information indicative of a configuration of a reservoir storing a liquid that is at least partially converted into the vapor, and (ii) a plurality of operational parameters for each of a plurality of puffs drawn by the users, the operational parameters comprising at least a first operational parameter measured by a sensor system provided to the respective electronic vaping device; andcontrolling operation of an evaluation vaping device to generate reproduced vapors that are representative of vapors generated by remotely-located vaping devices during the plurality of puffs under actual operating conditions, wherein the reproduced vapor is generated based on the received reservoir information and the received plurality of operational parameters. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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