Electronic vapor device warning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9943116-B2
Application number	US-201615353545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2016
Priority date	Nov 17, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

Provided are systems, methods and/or electronic vapor devices configured to analyze matter of at least one of smoke, vapor or other material in order to at least one of analyze, classify, compare, validate, refute and catalog said matter, then reference conditions in order to send system alerts triggered by defined analytical parameters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic vapor device comprising:
a device processor operable for controlling the electronic vapor device;
at least one container configured to store a vaporizable material;
a mixing component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the mixing component is in fluid communication with the at least one container for receiving at least a portion of the vaporizable material therefrom, wherein the mixing component is operable to withdraw a selected amount of vaporizable material from the at least one container;
a vaporizing component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the vaporizing component is in fluid communication with the mixing component for receiving at least a portion of the selected amount of vaporizable material withdrawn from the at least one container by the mixing component, wherein the vaporizing component is operable to vaporize the vaporizable material received therein;
at least one sensing component operatively connected to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the at least one sensing component is operable to detect a plurality of environment data associated with at least one physical characteristic of an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device;
at least one vapor outlet coupled to the vaporizing component and configured to receive vapor generated by the vaporizing component, the at least one vapor outlet operable to expel the generated vapor from the electronic vapor device; and
at least one power source operatively coupled to the vaporizing component, wherein the at least one power source is operable to generate a supply of power for operation of at least the mixing component and the vaporizing component;
wherein the device processor is further operable to receive a least a portion of the detected environment data from the at least one sensing component, determine, based on at least a portion of the detected environment data, at least one negative environmental condition, and generate at least one alert notification in response to the at least one determined negative environmental condition.

2. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensing component is selected from the group of sensing components consisting of: a biochemical/chemical sensor, a genetic sensor, a thermal sensor, a radiation sensor, a mechanical sensor, an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, an electrical sensor, and combinations thereof.

3. The electronic vapor device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one sensing component is operable to detect at least one of: a particular constituent present in an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device, a temperature of an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device, an optical property present in an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device, an atmospheric property present in an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device, a magnetic property present in an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device, an electrical property present in an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device, and combinations thereof.

4. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein at least one alert notification is selected from the group consisting of at least one of: a haptic notification, an audio notification, a visual notification, and combinations thereof.

5. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the at least one determined negative environmental condition, the device processor is further operable to determine at least one action response to the at least one determined negative environmental condition based on a type of the at least one determined negative environmental condition.

6. The electronic vapor device of claim 5 , wherein the device processor is operable to:
determine at least one device configuration for operation of the electronic vapor device in accordance with the at least one determined action response; and
generate at least one control signal for controlling at least one operational parameter of the electronic vapor device in accordance with the at least one determined device configuration.

7. The electronic vapor device of claim 5 , further comprising an input/output device operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor; wherein the input/output device is configured to transmit at least one of at least a portion of the detected environment data, at least one determined negative environmental condition, at least one alert notification, at least one action response, and combinations thereof to at least one remote device for processing thereof.

8. The electronic vapor device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one remote device is at least one of an electronic communication device, an alarm system, a security system, a home automation system, an environment mitigation system, and combinations thereof.

9. The electronic vapor device of claim 8 , wherein the device processor is further operable to:
determine at least one device parameter for operation of the at least one remote device in accordance with the at least one determined action response; and
generate at least one control signal for controlling at least one operational parameter of the at least one device in accordance with the at least one determined device configuration;
wherein the input/output device is operable to transmit the at least one control signal to the at least one remote device for processing thereof.

10. The electronic vapor device of claim 8 , wherein an environment mitigation system is selected from the group consisting of: a fire suppression system, a filtration system, a fan, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, a vacuum system, an access control system, and combinations thereof.

11. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic vapor device is selected from the group of electronic vapor devices consisting of: an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic vapor device integrated with an electronic communication device, a robotic vapor device, and a micro-size electronic vapor device.

12. A method for operating an electronic vapor device having a vaping mode and an environment monitoring mode, wherein the electronic vapor device comprises (a) a device processor for controlling the electronic vapor device, (b) at least one container configured to store a vaporizable material, (c) a mixing component operable to withdraw a selected amount of vaporizable material from the at least one container, (d) a vaporizing component configured to receive vaporizable material withdrawn from at least one container by the mixing component, wherein the vaporizing component is operable to vaporize vaporizable material received therein and expel generated vapor therefrom, (e) at least one sensing component operable to detect a plurality of environment data associated with at least one physical characteristic of an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device, and (f) at least one power source operable to generate a supply of power for operation of at least the mixing component and the vaporizing component, the method comprising the steps of:
activating, by the device processor, an environment monitoring mode of the electronic vapor device;
detecting, by the at least one sensing component, a plurality of environment data associated with at least one physical characteristic of an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device;
determining, by the device processor, based on at least a portion of

Assignees

• Lunatech Llc

Inventors

• Cameron John
• Becker Dean
• Fein Gene

Classifications

• F24F2011/0091

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• A62C37/36

  an actuating signal being generated by a sensor separate from an outlet device · CPC title

• A24F47/008 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• F24F11/0017

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F22B1/285

  the water being fed by a pump to the reservoirs · CPC title