Method for controlling the output power of a power supply of electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11445761-B2
Application number	US-202016736926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2020
Priority date	Jan 11, 2019
Publication date	Sep 20, 2022
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022

Abstract

The present application provide a method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette, including following steps: controlling the power supply to output a first power P1 in a first time period in a first inhalation airflow flowing process, and to output a second power P2 in a subsequent second time period, where P1>P2; continuously detecting inhalation airflow; controlling the power supply to output a third power P3 in the inhalation airflow flowing process, where P1>P3; controlling the power supply to output the first power P1 in the first time period in the inhalation airflow flowing process, and to output the second power P2 in the second time period, where P1>P2; controlling the power supply to stop outputting power. According to the method of present application, energy consumption is slow, and aerosols are generated uniformly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette, comprising the following steps:
S 1 : when inhalation airflow is first detected, controlling the power supply to output a first power P 1 to a heating element in a first time period T 1 in a first inhalation airflow flowing process, and to output a second power P 2 to the heating element in a second time period T 2 immediately following the first time period T 1 in the first inhalation airflow flowing process, wherein P 1 >P 2 , and when flowing of the first inhalation airflow ends or when the power supply continuously outputs power for a time period greater than a first threshold TM, controlling the power supply to stop outputting power to the heating element; and
S 2 : continuously detecting the inhalation airflow; and
if a time interval between a time at which the inhalation airflow is detected and a time at which the power supply previously stops outputting power to the heating element is less than or equal to a second threshold TN, controlling the power supply to output a third power P 3 to the heating element in the inhalation airflow flowing process, wherein P 1 >P 3 ; or
if a time interval between a time at which the inhalation airflow is detected and a time at which the power supply previously stops outputting power to the heating element is greater than the second threshold TN, controlling the power supply to output the first power P 1 to the heating element in the first time period T 1 in the inhalation airflow flowing process, and to output the second power P 2 to the heating element in the second time period T 2 immediately following the first time period T 1 in the inhalation airflow flowing process, wherein P 1 >P 2 , and when flowing of the inhalation airflow ends or when the power supply continuously outputs power for a time period greater than the first threshold TM, controlling the power supply to stop outputting power to the heating element.

2. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling method further comprises the following steps:
starting from a moment at which the power supply stops outputting power to the heating element, when the inhalation airflow is not detected in a duration greater than a third threshold TO, controlling the electronic cigarette to enter a standby state or a turn-off state, wherein TO≥TN.

3. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 15 seconds≤TN≤60 seconds.

4. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 25 seconds≤TN≤40 seconds.

5. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein TN=30 seconds.

6. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein starting from a moment at which the power supply stops outputting power to the heating element, when the inhalation airflow is not detected in a duration exceeding the second threshold TN, determining that the time interval between the time at which the inhalation airflow is detected and the time at which the power supply previously stops outputting power to the heating element is greater than the second threshold TN, and stopping timing.

7. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 2 seconds≤TM≤10 seconds.

8. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 6 W≤P 1 ≤15 W; and 4.5 W≤P 2 ≤9 W.

9. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 7.2 W≤P 1 ≤9 W; and 6 W≤P 2 ≤8 W.

10. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 0.1 seconds≤T 1 ≤2 seconds; and 0.1 seconds≤T 2 ≤4 seconds.

11. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 0.1 seconds≤T 1 ≤1 second; and 0.1 seconds≤T 2 ≤3.5 seconds.

12. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 0.1 seconds≤T 1 ≤0.6 second; and 0.1 seconds≤T 2 ≤3.5 seconds.

13. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 4.5 W≤P 3 ≤9 W.

14. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein 6 W≤P 3 ≤8 W.

15. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein P 2 =P 3 .

16. The method for controlling the output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the first time period T 1 is started for timing since a moment at which the inhalation airflow is detected.

17. An electronic cigarette comprising a controller, wherein the controller comprises a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor; program instructions are stored in the memory;
and the processor is capable of implementing, by executing the program instructions, a method for controlling output power of a power supply of an electronic cigarette comprising:
S 1 : when inhalation airflow is first detected, controlling the power supply to output a first power P 1 to a heating element in a first time period T 1 in a first inhalation airflow flowing process, and to output a second power P 2 to the heating element in a second time period T 2 immediately following the first time period T 1 in the first inhalation airflow flowing process, wherein P 1 >P 2 , and when flowing of the first inhalation airflow ends or when the power supply continuously outputs power for a time period greater than a first threshold TM, controlling the power supply to stop outputting power to the heating element; and
S 2 : continuously detecting the inhalation airflow; and
if a time interval between a time at which the inhalation airflow is detected and a time at which the power supply previously stops outputting power to the heating element is less than or equal to a second threshold TN, controlling the power supply to output a third power P 3 to the heating element in the inhalation airflow flowing process, wherein P 1 >P 3 ; or
if a time interval between a time at which the inhalation airflow is detected and a time at which the power supply previously stops outputting power to the heating element is greater than the second threshold TN, controlling the power supply to output the first power P 1 to the heating element in the first time period T 1 in the inhalation airflow flowing process, and to output the second power P 2 to the heating element in the second time period T 2 immediately following the first time period T 1 in the inhalation airflow flowing process, wherein P 1 >P 2 , and when flowing of the inhalation airflow ends or when the power supply continuously outputs power for a time period greater than the first threshold TM, controlling the power supply to stop outputting power to the heating element.

18. The electronic cigarette according to claim 17 , wherein the controlling method further comprises the following steps:
starting from a moment at which the power supply stops outputting power t

Assignees

• Shenzhen Relx Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fu Yao

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• A24F40/50 Primary

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