Battery assembly, atomizing assembly of electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9894932-B2
Application number	US-201314366045-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2013
Priority date	Nov 29, 2013
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A battery assembly of an electronic cigarette according to the present application is adapted to form an electronic cigarette in combination with an atomizing assembly. The atomizer of the electronic cigarette is provided with a substance to be detected, and the battery assembly is provided with a spectrum identification device and a microcontroller. The spectrum identification device is arranged on the battery assembly and is configured to obtain spectrum information of the substance to be detected. The microcontroller is connected with the spectrum identification device and configured to determine whether the spectrum information of the substance to be detected matches a preset information, and in a case that the spectrum information of the substance to be detected matches the preset information, the microcontroller controls a circuit between the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly to be switched on to enable the electronic cigarette to work normally.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery assembly of an electronic cigarette, configured to form the electronic cigarette in combination with an atomizing assembly, wherein the atomizing assembly is provided with a substance to be detected, and the battery assembly comprises:
a spectrum identification device, arranged on the battery assembly and configured to obtain spectrum information of the substance to be detected; and
a microcontroller, electrically connected with the spectrum identification device and configured to control a circuit between the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly to be switched on in a case that the microcontroller determines that the spectrum information of the substance to be detected matches a preset information, to enable the electronic cigarette to work normally.

2. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the spectrum identification device comprises a light emitting module and a light receiving and converting module;
the light emitting module is electrically connected with the microcontroller and configured to generate light with a preset wavelength to irradiate the substance to be detected; and
the light receiving and converting module is electrically connected with the microcontroller and configured to receive second light formed by irradiating the substance to be detected with the light having the preset wavelength, and convert the second light to an electrical signal and output the electrical signal to the microcontroller, and the second light comprises diffracted light and transmitted light.

3. The battery assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the light emitting module is an infrared light emitting module, and the infrared light emitting module comprises:
an infrared light source, configured to emit infrared light;
a parabolic reflector, configured to reflect the infrared light to obtain reflected light;
a digital frequency synthesizer, electrically connected with the microcontroller and configured to perform frequency processing on a control signal sent from the microcontroller to generate a first signal;
a radio frequency driver, electrically connected with the digital frequency synthesizer and configured to perform low pass filtering and power amplification on the first signal to generate a second signal; and
an acousto-optic tunable filter, electrically connected with the radio frequency driver and configured to process the reflected light according to the second control signal to generate the light with the preset wavelength and transmit the light with the preset wavelength to the substance to be detected.

4. The battery assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the infrared light emitting module further comprises:
a modulator, arranged between the parabolic reflector and the acousto-optic tunable filter and configured to suppress noise.

5. The battery assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the light receiving and converting module comprises:
an infrared detector group, configured to detect the second light and convert the second light into an electrical signal, wherein the infrared detector group comprises a first infrared detector and a second infrared detector;
an adjustment circuit, electrically connected with the infrared detector group and configured to amplify the electrical signal, wherein the adjustment circuit comprises a first preamplifier, a second preamplifier, a two-stage amplifier and a shaping circuit;
a detection circuit, electrically connected with the adjustment circuit and configured to detect an output signal of the adjustment circuit;
a low pass filter circuit, electrically connected with the detection circuit and configured to perform filtering on an output signal of the detection circuit; and
an analog to digital conversion circuit, electrically connected with the low pass filter circuit and configured to perform analog to digital conversion on an output signal of the low pass filter circuit.

6. The battery assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the radio frequency driver comprises:
a low pass filter circuit, electrically connected with the digital frequency synthesizer;
an amplification circuit, electrically connected with the low pass filter circuit and configured to amplify an output signal of the low pass filter circuit; and
a power amplification circuit, electrically connected with the amplification circuit and configured to perform power amplification on an output signal of the amplification circuit.

7. The battery assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the light receiving and converting module further comprises:
a converging lens, configured to converge the second light to the infrared detector.

8. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the battery assembly further comprises:
a notification device, electrically connected to the microcontroller and configured to show a matching result from the microcontroller, and the notification device is an alarm or an indicator light.

9. An electronic cigarette, comprising a battery assembly and an atomizing assembly, wherein the atomizing assembly is provided with a substance to be detected, and the battery assembly comprises:
a spectrum identification device, arranged on the battery assembly and configured to obtain spectrum information of the substance to be detected; and
a microcontroller, electrically connected with the spectrum identification device and configured to control a circuit between the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly to be switched on in a case that the microcontroller determines that the spectrum information of the substance to be detected matches a preset information, to enable the electronic cigarette to work normally the battery assembly is the battery assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 8 .

10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , wherein the spectrum identification device comprises a light emitting module and a light receiving and converting module;
the light emitting module is electrically connected with the microcontroller and configured to generate light with a preset wavelength to irradiate the substance to be detected; and
the light receiving and converting module is electrically connected with the microcontroller and configured to receive second light formed by irradiating the substance to be detected with the light having the preset wavelength, and convert the second light to an electrical signal and output the electrical signal to the microcontroller, and the second light comprises diffracted light and transmitted light.

11. The electronic cigarette according to claim 10 , wherein the light emitting module is an infrared light emitting module, and the infrared light emitting module comprises:
an infrared light source, configured to emit infrared light;
a parabolic reflector, configured to reflect the infrared light to obtain reflected light;
a digital frequency synthesizer, electrically connected with the microcontroller and configured to perform frequency processing on a control signal sent from the microcontroller to generate a first signal;
a radio frequency driver, electrically connected with the digital frequency synthesizer and configured to perform low pass filtering and power amplification on the first signal to generate a second signal; and
an acousto-optic tunable filter, electrically connected with the radio frequency driver and configured to process the reflected light according to the second control signal to generate the light with the preset wavelength and transmit the light with the preset wavelength to the substance to be detected.

12. The electronic cigarette according to claim 11 , wherein the infrared light emitting mod

Assignees

• Kimree Hi Tech Inc
• Huizhou Kimree Technology Co Ltd Shenzhen Branch

Inventors

• Liu Qiuming

Classifications

• H05B1/0297

  Heating of fluids for non specified applications · CPC title

• G01N21/84

  Systems specially adapted for particular applications · CPC title

• H05B1/02

  Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to apparatus {; Control of heating devices} (thermally-actuated switches H01H37/00) · CPC title

• H05B1/0244

  Heating of fluids (H05B1/0247 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A24F47/008 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic