CN112353005A - Electronic cigarette oil quantity automatic induction system, detection method and electronic cigarette - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, and discloses an automatic induction system for the oil content of an electronic cigarette, which comprises an atomizer, wherein a first oil bin is arranged in the atomizer; the first induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the first oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin and generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and the first induction electrode is a single electrode; the capacitance sensing chip is connected with the first sensing electrode and used for acquiring a detection signal and converting the detection signal into an electric signal; electronic cigarette control module, be connected with the electric capacity response chip, be used for acquireing the signal of telecommunication, and judge the oil mass in first oil sump according to the signal of telecommunication, can judge the oil sump condition in the electronic cigarette atomizer oil sump, in time remind the user in order to prevent dry combustion method, and only need an electrode can realize that the oil mass detects, do not need the circuit of accurate complicacy to carry out electric capacity electric quantity conversion, use the oil mass in an electrode detection electronic cigarette oil sump in addition, also reduced the equipment degree of difficulty when reduce cost.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to an electronic cigarette oil content automatic sensing system, a detection method and an electronic cigarette.
Background
The electronic cigarette is an electronic product simulating cigarettes, and is popular among smoking enthusiasts because of the appearance, the hand feeling and the taste of the electronic cigarette. At present, the electronic cigarette on the market usually comprises an atomizer in order to achieve the effect of the model simulation cigarette, wherein the atomizer comprises an atomizing component, a heating body and an oil storage cavity for storing tobacco tar, the tobacco tar is heated by the heating body, the tobacco tar is atomized to generate smoke, and the smoke flows out through an air flow channel.
However, when the smoke in the oil storage chamber is used up or is insufficient, the atomizer is damaged and harmful gas is generated due to the continuous heating of the heating element. Whether the phenomenon of dry burning exists is judged by judging the temperature of the heating element in the prior art, however, whether the tobacco tar is used up is difficult to accurately judge due to reasons such as non-uniform temperature of the heating element, and the problem that the heating element is dry-burned when the electronic cigarette has no tobacco tar or insufficient tobacco tar amount cannot be effectively solved.
Disclosure of Invention
Accordingly, there is a need for an electronic cigarette oil amount automatic sensing system, a detection method and an electronic cigarette capable of determining the condition of the cigarette oil in the electronic cigarette, so as to solve the technical problems in the above technical background.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette oil amount automatic sensing system, comprising:
the atomizer is internally provided with a first oil bin;
the first induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the first oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin and generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and the first induction electrode is a single electrode;
the capacitance sensing chip is connected with the first sensing electrode and used for acquiring the detection signal and converting the detection signal into an electric signal;
and the electronic cigarette control module is connected with the capacitance sensing chip and used for acquiring the electric signal and judging the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal.
In one embodiment, the system further comprises:
the second oil bin is used for storing tobacco tar required by the electronic cigarette and supplying the tobacco tar to the first oil bin of the atomizer;
and the second oil bin is communicated with the first oil bin through an oil pipe.
In one embodiment, the system further comprises:
the second induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the second oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the second oil bin;
the second sensing electrode is connected with the capacitance sensing chip.
In one embodiment, the first sensing electrode contacts the tobacco tar in the first oil bin, and the second sensing electrode contacts the tobacco tar in the second oil bin.
In one embodiment, the first sensing electrode is located outside the bottom of the first oil bin, and the second sensing electrode is located outside the bottom of the second oil bin.
In one embodiment, the electronic cigarette control module comprises:
the sensitive unit is used for controlling the sensitivity of the first sensing electrode for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin;
the electronic cigarette control module is used for comparing a preset signal value of the sensitive unit with the electric signal acquired by the electronic cigarette control module, and judging the change of the oil quantity in the first oil bin according to a comparison result.
In one embodiment, the nebulizer further comprises:
the heating body, the heating body with first oil storehouse intercommunication is used for heating the tobacco tar in the first oil storehouse.
In one embodiment, the system further comprises:
and the battery module is connected with the electronic cigarette control module and used for providing electric quantity.
In one embodiment, the first sensing electrode comprises at least one of a wire, a metal sheet, and a metal mesh structure.
In addition, the invention also provides an automatic detection method of the electronic cigarette smoke, which comprises the following steps:
detecting the oil quantity in the first oil bin, generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and transmitting the detection signal to the capacitance sensing chip;
the capacitance sensing chip receives the detection signal, converts the oil quantity detection signal into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the electronic cigarette control module;
and the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal and judges the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal.
In one embodiment, the method further comprises the steps of:
and if the received electric signal is smaller than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module sends out alarm prompt information.
In one embodiment, the method further comprises:
detecting the oil quantity in the second oil bin, generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and transmitting the detection information to the capacitance sensing chip;
the capacitance sensing chip receives the detection signal, converts the oil quantity detection signal into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the electronic cigarette control module;
and the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal and judges the oil quantity of the second oil bin according to the electric signal.
In one embodiment, the method further comprises the steps of:
if the electric signal of the first oil bin is detected to be smaller than the preset signal value and the electric signal of the second oil bin is detected to be larger than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module controls the oil pipe to supply oil from the second oil bin to the first oil bin;
and if the electric signals of the first oil bin and the second oil bin are detected to be smaller than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module sends alarm prompt information.
In addition, the invention also provides an electronic cigarette which comprises the electronic cigarette oil quantity automatic induction system.
The automatic electronic cigarette oil quantity sensing system comprises an atomizer, wherein a first oil bin is arranged in the atomizer; the first induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the first oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin and generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and the first induction electrode is a single electrode; the capacitance sensing chip is connected with the first sensing electrode and used for acquiring a detection signal and converting the detection signal into an electric signal; and the electronic cigarette control module is connected with the capacitance sensing chip and used for acquiring an electric signal and judging the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal. Through using the oil mass in the first response electrode detection oil sump and generating detected signal, it converts the signal of telecommunication to transmit electric capacity response chip, by electron cigarette control module analysis signal of telecommunication, and then reachs the oil mass in the oil sump, can judge the oil sump condition in the electron smog spinning disk atomiser oil sump, in time remind the user in order to prevent dry combustion method, and only need an electrode can realize that the oil mass detects, do not need accurate complicated circuit to carry out electric capacity electric quantity conversion, and use the oil mass in an electrode detection electron cigarette oil sump, the equipment degree of difficulty has also been reduced in reduce cost.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette smoke volume automatic sensing system according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an E-liquid level auto-induction system according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a flowchart of an electronic cigarette smoke quantity auto-sensing detection method according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an E-liquid level auto-induction system according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a detection method of the electronic cigarette smoke volume automatic sensing system according to the embodiment of the invention shown in fig. 4.
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To facilitate an understanding of the present application, the present application will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the present application are set forth in the accompanying drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.
It will be understood that, as used herein, the terms "first," "second," and the like may be used herein to describe various elements, but these elements are not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first resistance may be referred to as a second resistance, and similarly, a second resistance may be referred to as a first resistance, without departing from the scope of the present application. The first resistance and the second resistance are both resistances, but they are not the same resistance.
It is to be understood that "connection" in the following embodiments is to be understood as "electrical connection", "communication connection", and the like if the connected circuits, modules, units, and the like have communication of electrical signals or data with each other.
As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" may include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises/comprising," "includes" or "including," etc., specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof. Also, as used in this specification, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of the associated listed items.
The electronic cigarette is an electronic product simulating cigarettes, and is popular among smoking enthusiasts because of the appearance, the hand feeling and the taste of the electronic cigarette. At present, the electronic cigarette on the market usually comprises an atomizer in order to achieve the effect of the model simulation cigarette, wherein the atomizer comprises an atomizing component, a heating body and an oil storage cavity for storing tobacco tar, the tobacco tar is heated by the heating body, the tobacco tar is atomized to generate smoke, and the smoke flows out through an air flow channel.
However, when the smoke in the oil storage chamber is used up or is insufficient, the atomizer is damaged and harmful gas is generated due to the continuous heating of the heating element. There are 2 main ways known to the present electronic cigarette about oil quantity detection: one is to visually observe the amount of oil through the transparent oil bin; and the other method is to detect the oil quantity by an atomizer dry burning prevention technology. One of the two modes needs to frequently check the oil quantity in the oil bin, so that the use process is complicated, and the user experience is very poor; in addition, the atomizer dry burning prevention technology has some defects when being used for detecting the oil mass, because of reasons such as non-uniform temperature of the heating element, whether the tobacco tar is used up or not is difficult to accurately judge, the tobacco tar in the oil bin and stored in the oil guide medium (cotton or ceramic body and the like) is almost required to be used up, the detection can be completed, the damage to the oil guide medium of the heating element due to high temperature is easily caused, the service life of a product is further shortened, and the mouth feel of smoke can be obviously reduced when the atomizer dry burning prevention technology is used for quickly exhausting the tobacco tar, so that the problem that the electronic cigarette is dry-burned when the tobacco tar is not available or the amount of the tobacco tar is insufficient can not be effectively solved.
Based on this, the invention provides an electronic cigarette oil quantity automatic induction system, comprising:
the atomizer is internally provided with a first oil bin;
the first induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the first oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin and generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and the first induction electrode is a single electrode;
the capacitance sensing chip is connected with the first sensing electrode and used for acquiring a detection signal and converting the detection signal into an electric signal;
and the electronic cigarette control module is connected with the capacitance sensing chip and used for acquiring an electric signal and judging the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal.
The automatic electronic cigarette oil quantity sensing system comprises an atomizer, wherein a first oil bin is arranged in the atomizer; the first induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the first oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin and generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and the first induction electrode is a single electrode; the capacitance sensing chip is connected with the first sensing electrode and used for acquiring a detection signal and converting the detection signal into an electric signal; and the electronic cigarette control module is connected with the capacitance sensing chip and used for acquiring an electric signal and judging the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal. Through using the oil mass in the first response electrode detection oil sump and generating detected signal, it converts the signal of telecommunication to transmit electric capacity response chip, by electron cigarette control module analysis signal of telecommunication, and then reachs the oil mass in the oil sump, can judge the oil sump condition in the electron smog spinning disk atomiser oil sump, in time remind the user in order to prevent dry combustion method, and only need an electrode can realize that the oil mass detects, do not need accurate complicated circuit to carry out electric capacity electric quantity conversion, and use the oil mass in an electrode detection electron cigarette oil sump, the equipment degree of difficulty has also been reduced in reduce cost.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette oil amount automatic sensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes: the electronic cigarette comprises an atomizer 110, a first oil bin 111, a first induction electrode 112, a capacitance induction chip 120, an electronic cigarette control module 130 and a battery module 140.
A first oil bin 111 is arranged inside the atomizer 110, and the first oil bin 111 is used for providing tobacco tar required by the atomizer 110; in an alternative embodiment, a heating element (not shown in the figure) is further disposed inside the atomizer 110, and the heating element is communicated with the first oil bin 111 and is used for heating the tobacco tar in the first oil bin.
The first sensing electrode 112 is disposed at the bottom of the first oil bin 111, and is used for detecting the oil amount in the first oil bin 111 and generating a detection signal indicating the oil amount, wherein the first sensing electrode 112 is a single electrode, that is, the number of the first sensing electrodes 112 is one. In an alternative embodiment, the first sensing electrode 112 comprises at least one of a wire, a metal sheet, and a metal mesh structure. Alternatively, the first sensing electrode 112 may be a conductive material with any shape or size, and is not limited herein.
The capacitance sensing chip 120 is electrically connected to the first sensing electrode 112, and is configured to obtain a detection signal generated by the first sensing electrode 112 and convert the detection signal into an electrical signal, the capacitance sensing chip 120 is electrically connected to the electronic cigarette control module 130, and then the capacitance sensing chip 120 transmits the electrical signal to the electronic cigarette control module 130, and the electronic cigarette control module 130 receives the electrical signal information and determines the oil amount of the first oil bin according to the electrical signal. Optionally, the electronic cigarette control module 130 may be a single chip or a microcontroller.
Specifically, the first sensing electrode 112 can induce the capacitance value to change by sensing the oil amount in the oil bin, in an actual situation, the smoke in the electronic cigarette is generally not pure and contains partial impurities, so the smoke of the electronic cigarette can conduct electricity, and therefore the smoke in the oil bin is used as a capacitance medium. Therefore, the change of the capacitance value is caused by the charge change in the first induction electrode induction oil bin, the detection signal representing the electric quantity is generated, the capacitance induction chip converts the detection signal into the electric signal output to be analyzed, and the change of the oil quantity in the oil bin can be accurately judged. Therefore, the change of the oil quantity in the oil bin can be measured by only using one induction electrode, a precise and complex circuit is not needed for converting capacitance and electric quantity, the assembly of a product is facilitated, the cost is reduced, and meanwhile, the assembly difficulty of the electronic cigarette is also reduced.
In one optional embodiment, the e-cigarette control module 130 further comprises a sensing unit for controlling the sensitivity of the first sensing electrode 112 to detect the amount of the oil in the oil bin. The electronic cigarette control module 130 is configured to compare a preset signal value of the sensitive unit with the electrical signal obtained by the electronic cigarette control module 130, and determine a change in the amount of oil in the first oil bin 111 according to a comparison result. The signal of telecommunication that acquires through electron cigarette control module 130 compares with the signal value of predetermineeing in the sensitive unit, can detect first oil bunker oil mass to first response electrode and have a sensitivity to judge, for example when the oil mass is less than a certain value, the oil mass is not enough to provide the burning of atomizer, and the heater can damage atomizer or its inside oily medium of leading, can influence the taste moreover. Therefore, a preset signal value is set in the sensitive unit, the situation of misjudgment can be avoided, and the service life of the atomizer and good smoke taste are further ensured. In an optional embodiment, there may be a plurality of preset signal values in the sensitive unit, and the signal value that obtains through preset signal value and first response electrode is compared for the oil mass in the atomizer can be controlled according to the signal value that first response electrode actually obtained to electron cigarette control module, prevents that the atomizer from taking place to dry combustion method, further improves the security of atomizer.
The battery module 140 is electrically connected to the e-cigarette control module 130 for providing power. Specifically, the battery module 140, the electronic cigarette control module 130, the capacitance sensing chip 120, and the first sensing electrode 112 are electrically connected, so the battery module 140 is also used to provide power supply for the above components.
In this embodiment, go to survey the oil mass in the oil storehouse through adopting an induction electrode, also reduced the equipment degree of difficulty of product when reduce cost, can arouse induction electrode electrostatic capacitance value's change according to the change of oil mass, generate a detected signal about the electric quantity, convert the electric signal output to electron cigarette controlling means by the electric capacity response chip, compare with the preset signal value and judge the change of oil mass in the oil storehouse. Through this kind of mode, the oil mass in the user's oil storehouse of warning that can be timely accurate prevents that the atomizer from taking place to dry combustion method or even damaging, further improves the security of atomizer, and when the oil mass was low excessively simultaneously, still can influence the taste of electron cigarette, and the signal value is predetermine in the setting, can also avoid the taste of electron cigarette to take place the influence.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette oil amount automatic sensing system according to another embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes: the electronic cigarette comprises an atomizer 110, a first oil bin 111, a first induction electrode 112, a capacitance induction chip 120, an electronic cigarette control module 130 and a battery module 140. The difference between this embodiment and the embodiment of fig. 1 is that the first sensing electrode 112 is located outside the bottom of the first oil bin 111 and is not in direct contact with the soot in the oil bin.
Specifically, first sensing electrode 112 sets up in the bottom outside of first oil storehouse 111, and oil mass direct contact in with the oil storehouse does not, and is optional, and first sensing electrode 112 is apart from the distance of first oil storehouse 111 bottom and is not more than 10mm, and when the oil mass in the oil storehouse reduces, the electric charge that the oil mass contained in the oil storehouse also can change, and then first sensing electrode 112 can sense the change of the interior oil mass static capacitance value of oil storehouse. In practical situations, the tobacco tar in the electronic cigarette is generally not pure and contains partial impurities, so that the tobacco tar of the electronic cigarette can be conductive, and the tobacco tar in the oil bin can be used as a capacitance medium. Therefore, the change of the capacitance value caused by the charge change in the oil bin is induced by the first induction electrode, and the change of the oil quantity in the oil bin can be accurately judged.
Through the tobacco tar indirect contact in first response electrode and the oil depot in this embodiment, be located the outside of oil depot bottom, the change through the oil mass in the oil depot can arouse the change of tobacco tar electric charge, and static capacitance value change can be sensed to first response electrode, and then the detected signal about the oil mass is generated, converts the electric signal output to electron cigarette controlling means by electric capacity response chip, compares the change of judgement oil mass in the oil depot with the preset signal value. Through this kind of mode, the oil mass in the user's oil storehouse of warning that can be timely accurate prevents that the atomizer from taking place to dry combustion method or even damaging, further improves the security of atomizer, and when the oil mass was low excessively simultaneously, still can influence the taste of electron cigarette, and the signal value is predetermine in the setting, can also avoid the taste of electron cigarette to take place the influence. And the oil quantity in the oil bin is detected through one induction electrode, and the induction electrode is not placed in the oil bin, so that the assembly difficulty of the product is further simplified, and the cost is saved.
Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an automatic electronic cigarette smoke quantity detection method provided by the present invention, which can be applied to the automatic electronic cigarette smoke quantity sensing system in the embodiment of fig. 1 or fig. 2, and the method includes the following steps:
s301, detecting the oil quantity in the first oil bin, generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and transmitting the detection signal to the capacitance sensing chip;
specifically, the first induction electrode that is located first oil sump bottom detects the oil mass in the first oil sump, and the oil mass in the first oil sump changes, and then the electric charge that is aroused in the oil sump also can change, and the change that first induction electrode can sense the interior electric charge of oil sump and then its self static capacitance value also can change, and generate the detected signal who shows the oil mass, will detect the signal and carry out signal processing on next step to electric connection transmission to electric capacity induction chip.
Step S302, the capacitance sensing chip receives the detection signal, converts the oil quantity detection signal into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the electronic cigarette control module;
specifically, the capacitive sensing chip receives a detection signal about the first oil storage amount transmitted by the first sensing electrode, and converts the signal into an electric signal for output processing. First oil sump oil mass changes promptly, and through the response of first response electrode, the output of corresponding electric capacity response chip also can change, and then can detect the oil mass in the first oil sump.
And S303, the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal and judges the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal.
After the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal output by the capacitance sensing chip, the electronic cigarette control module judges the oil amount in the first oil bin according to the electric signal and carries out corresponding processing operation on the electronic cigarette according to the oil amount information.
After the step S303 of determining the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal, the method further comprises the following steps:
if the received electric signal is smaller than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module sends out alarm prompt information.
Specifically, the electronic cigarette control module compares the received electric signal of the first oil bin with a preset signal value, so that the situations that the oil quantity in the oil bin is extremely low and is not enough for combustion, misjudgment can be caused, and the like can be avoided; and if the received electric signal is larger than the preset signal value, returning to the step S301, and continuously monitoring the oil quantity information in the first oil bin.
In addition, in an embodiment, the present invention further provides an electronic cigarette oil amount automatic sensing system, and fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the electronic cigarette oil amount automatic sensing system. In this embodiment, a second oil chamber 211, a second induction electrode 212, and an oil pipe 210 are added on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 1.
The second oil bin 211 is used for storing tobacco tar required by the electronic cigarette and supplying the tobacco tar to the first oil bin 111 of the atomizer 110; the second oil sump 211 and the first oil sump 111 are communicated through an oil pipe 210. In an alternative embodiment, an oil pump is contained in the oil pipe 210, and the oil pump in the oil pipe enables the tobacco tar in the second oil bin to be supplied to the first oil bin. The second sensing electrode 212 is arranged at the bottom of the second oil bin 211, is in direct contact with the tobacco tar in the oil bin, and is used for detecting the oil quantity of the second oil bin 211; the second sensing electrode 212 is electrically connected to the capacitive sensing chip 120.
Specifically, the second sensing electrode 212 is a single electrode, i.e., the number of the second sensing electrodes 212 is one. In an alternative embodiment, the second sensing electrode 212 comprises at least one of a wire, a metal sheet, and a metal mesh structure. Alternatively, the second sensing electrode 212 may be a conductive material with any shape or size, which is not limited herein.
The capacitance sensing chip 120 is electrically connected to the second sensing electrode 212, and is configured to acquire a detection signal generated by the second sensing electrode 212 and convert the detection signal into an electrical signal, the capacitance sensing chip 120 is electrically connected to the electronic cigarette control module, then the capacitance sensing chip 120 transmits the electrical signal to the electronic cigarette control module 130, and the electronic cigarette control module 130 receives the electrical signal information and determines the oil amount of the second oil bin 211 according to the electrical signal.
Specifically, the second sensing electrode 112 can induce the capacitance value to change by sensing the oil amount in the oil bin, in an actual situation, the smoke in the electronic cigarette is generally not pure and contains partial impurities, so the smoke of the electronic cigarette can conduct electricity, and therefore the smoke in the oil bin is used as a capacitance medium. Therefore, the change of the capacitance value is caused by the charge change in the second induction electrode induction oil bin, the detection signal representing the electric quantity is generated, the capacitance induction chip converts the detection signal into the electric signal output to be analyzed, and the change of the oil quantity in the oil bin can be accurately judged. Therefore, the change of the oil quantity in the oil bin can be measured by only using one induction electrode, a precise and complex circuit is not needed for converting capacitance and electric quantity, the assembly of a product is facilitated, the cost is reduced, and meanwhile, the assembly difficulty of the electronic cigarette is also reduced.
In one optional embodiment, the e-cigarette control module 130 further comprises a sensing unit for controlling the sensitivity of the first sensing electrode 112 and the second sensing electrode 212 for detecting the amount of the oil in the oil bin. The electronic cigarette control module 130 is configured to compare a preset signal value of the sensitive unit with the electrical signal acquired by the electronic cigarette control module 130, and determine a change in the amount of oil in the first oil bin 111 and the second oil bin 211 according to a comparison result. The signal of telecommunication that acquires through electron cigarette control module 130 compares with the signal value of predetermineeing in the sensitive unit, can detect the oil mass that first oil storehouse 111 and second response electrode 212 detected second oil storehouse 211 to first response electrode 112 and have a sensitivity to judge, for example when the oil mass is less than a certain value, the oil mass is not enough to provide the burning of atomizer, and the heater will damage atomizer or its inside oily medium of leading, can influence smog taste moreover. Therefore, a preset signal value is set in the sensitive unit, the occurrence of the above situation can be avoided, and the service life of the atomizer and good smoke taste are further ensured. In an optional embodiment, a plurality of preset signal values can be arranged in the sensitive unit, and the signal values acquired by the preset signal values and the induction electrodes are compared, so that the electronic cigarette control module can control the oil quantity in the atomizer according to the signal values actually acquired by the induction electrodes, the atomizer is prevented from being burnt, and the safety of the atomizer is further improved.
In an optional embodiment, the oil pipe 210 is electrically connected to the e-cigarette control module 130, and the e-cigarette control module 130 can control the oil pipe 210, specifically, when the e-cigarette control module 130 detects that the oil amount signal value in the first oil bin 111 is smaller than the preset signal value and the oil amount signal value in the second oil bin 211 is larger than the preset signal value, the oil pipe 210 can be controlled to transmit the smoke oil in the second oil bin 211 to the first oil bin 111. By using the method, the user is prevented from frequently adding the tobacco tar into the oil bin, the automatic oil adding function is realized, and the operation steps are simplified.
In other alternative embodiments, the first sensing electrode 112 is located outside the bottom of the first oil bin 111 and is not in direct contact with the soot in the oil bin. Specifically, the distance from the first sensing electrode 112 to the bottom of the first oil bin 111 is not more than 10 mm.
In other alternative embodiments, the second sensing electrode 212 is located outside the bottom of the second oil sump 211 and does not directly contact the soot in the sump. Specifically, the distance from the second sensing electrode 212 to the bottom of the second oil bin 211 is not more than 10 mm.
Based on the above automatic electronic cigarette oil amount sensing system, the present invention further provides an automatic electronic cigarette oil amount detecting method, which can be applied to the embodiment of fig. 4, as shown in fig. 5, the method includes the following steps:
and S501, detecting the oil quantity in the first oil bin, generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and transmitting detection information to the capacitance sensing chip.
Specifically, the first induction electrode that is located first oil sump bottom detects the oil mass in the first oil sump, and the oil mass in the first oil sump changes, and then the electric charge that is aroused in the oil sump also can change, and the change that first induction electrode can sense the interior electric charge of oil sump and then its self static capacitance value also can change, and generate the detected signal who shows the oil mass, will detect the signal and carry out signal processing on next step to electric connection transmission to electric capacity induction chip.
And step S502, detecting the oil quantity in the second oil bin, generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and transmitting detection information to the capacitance sensing chip.
Specifically, the second sensing electrode that is located second oil sump bottom detects the oil mass in the second oil sump, and the oil mass in the second oil sump changes, and then the electric charge that is aroused in the oil sump also can change, and the change that the second sensing electrode can sense the interior electric charge of oil sump and then its self static capacitance value also can change, and generate the detected signal who shows the oil mass, will detect the signal and carry out signal processing on next step to electric connection transmission to electric capacity induction chip.
Step S503, the capacitance sensing chip receives the detection signal, converts the oil quantity detection signal into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the electronic cigarette control module.
Specifically, the capacitive sensing chip receives detection signals about the oil quantity of the first oil bin and the second oil bin transmitted by the sensing electrode, and converts the signals into electric signals to output. The oil bin oil mass changes promptly, and through the response of response electrode, the output of corresponding capacitive sensing chip also can change, and then can detect the oil mass in the oil bin.
And step S504, the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal and judges the oil quantity of the oil bin according to the electric signal.
After the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal output by the capacitance sensing chip, the electronic cigarette control module judges the oil amount in the first oil bin and the oil amount in the second oil bin according to the electric signal and carries out corresponding processing operation on the electronic cigarette according to the oil amount information.
After the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal in step S504, the method further includes the following steps:
if the electric signal of the first oil bin is detected to be smaller than the preset signal value and the electric signal of the second oil bin is detected to be larger than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module controls the oil pipe to supply oil from the second oil bin to the first oil bin;
and if the electric signals of the first oil bin and the second oil bin are detected to be smaller than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module sends alarm prompt information.
Wherein in the oil mass according to the signal of telecommunication judgement oil bin, will detect the signal of telecommunication of first oil bin, the signal of telecommunication and the preset signal value of second oil bin respectively and compare, judge according to the comparative result, electron cigarette control module carries out corresponding operation, and specific decision-making process divide into four kinds of circumstances:
in the first case: and if the electrical signal of the first oil bin is detected to be greater than the preset signal value and the electrical signal of the second oil bin is detected to be greater than the preset signal value, returning to the step S501.
In the second case: and if the electric signal of the first oil bin is detected to be smaller than the preset signal value and the electric signal of the second oil bin is detected to be larger than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module controls the oil pipe to supply oil from the second oil bin to the first oil bin.
In the third case: and if the electrical signal of the first oil bin is detected to be larger than the preset signal value and the electrical signal of the second oil bin is detected to be smaller than the preset signal value, returning to the step S501.
In a fourth case: and if the electric signals of the first oil bin and the second oil bin are detected to be smaller than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module sends alarm prompt information.
In addition, the invention also provides an electronic cigarette which comprises the electronic cigarette oil quantity automatic induction system.
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.
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1. An electronic cigarette oil quantity automatic induction system, characterized by comprising:
the atomizer is internally provided with a first oil bin;
the first induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the first oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin and generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and the first induction electrode is a single electrode;
the capacitance sensing chip is connected with the first sensing electrode and used for acquiring the detection signal and converting the detection signal into an electric signal;
and the electronic cigarette control module is connected with the capacitance sensing chip and used for acquiring the electric signal and judging the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal.
2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:
the second oil bin is used for storing tobacco tar required by the electronic cigarette and supplying the tobacco tar to the first oil bin of the atomizer;
and the second oil bin is communicated with the first oil bin through an oil pipe.
3. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:
the second induction electrode is arranged at the bottom of the second oil bin and used for detecting the oil quantity of the second oil bin;
the second sensing electrode is connected with the capacitance sensing chip.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the first sensing electrode contacts the tobacco tar in a first oil bin and the second sensing electrode contacts the tobacco tar in a second oil bin.
5. The system according to claim 3, wherein the first sensing electrode is located outside the bottom of the first oil bin, and the second sensing electrode is located outside the bottom of the second oil bin.
6. The e-liquid level auto-induction system of claim 1, wherein the e-liquid control module comprises:
the sensitive unit is used for controlling the sensitivity of the first sensing electrode for detecting the oil quantity of the first oil bin;
the electronic cigarette control module is used for comparing a preset signal value of the sensitive unit with the electric signal acquired by the electronic cigarette control module, and judging the change of the oil quantity in the first oil bin according to a comparison result.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the atomizer further comprises:
the heating body, the heating body with first oil storehouse intercommunication is used for heating the tobacco tar in the first oil storehouse.
8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:
and the battery module is connected with the electronic cigarette control module and used for providing electric quantity.
9. The system according to claim 1,
the first sensing electrode comprises at least one of a metal wire, a metal sheet and a metal net structure.
10. An electronic cigarette smoke quantity automatic detection method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
detecting the oil quantity in the first oil bin, generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and transmitting the detection signal to the capacitance sensing chip;
the capacitance sensing chip receives the detection signal, converts the oil quantity detection signal into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the electronic cigarette control module;
and the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal and judges the oil quantity of the first oil bin according to the electric signal.
11. The method for automatically detecting the amount of electronic cigarette smoke according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:
and if the received electric signal is smaller than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module sends out alarm prompt information.
12. The method for automatically detecting the amount of electronic cigarette smoke according to claim 10, further comprising:
detecting the oil quantity in the second oil bin, generating a detection signal representing the oil quantity, and transmitting the detection information to the capacitance sensing chip;
the capacitance sensing chip receives the detection signal, converts the oil quantity detection signal into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the electronic cigarette control module;
and the electronic cigarette control module receives the electric signal and judges the oil quantity of the second oil bin according to the electric signal.
13. The method for automatically detecting the amount of electronic cigarette smoke according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of:
if the electric signal of the first oil bin is detected to be smaller than the preset signal value and the electric signal of the second oil bin is detected to be larger than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module controls the oil pipe to supply oil from the second oil bin to the first oil bin;
and if the electric signals of the first oil bin and the second oil bin are detected to be smaller than the preset signal value, the electronic cigarette control module sends alarm prompt information.
14. An electronic cigarette, characterized by comprising the electronic cigarette liquid amount automatic sensing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
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