CN111685393A - Electronic cigarette control method, electronic cigarette control device and electronic cigarette - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the application provides an electronic cigarette control method, an electronic cigarette control device and an electronic cigarette, wherein the electronic cigarette comprises a body and a pressure sensing module arranged in the body, and the electronic cigarette control method comprises the following steps: acquiring a pressure signal detected by a pressure sensing module; determining an operation gesture of a user according to the pressure signal; and executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture. The electronic cigarette control method, the electronic cigarette control device and the electronic cigarette can realize control operation on different functions of the electronic cigarette, and the whole interaction process is convenient and fast. In addition, the pressure sensing module is arranged in the electronic cigarette holder, so that the appearance consistency of the electronic cigarette is improved, the waterproof and dustproof effects can be achieved, and meanwhile, the cost can be effectively reduced.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to an electronic cigarette control method, an electronic cigarette control device and an electronic cigarette.
Background
The electronic cigarette is an electronic product simulating cigarettes, generates smoke through atomized cigarette liquid for inhalation, can meet different requirements of smokers on tobacco tar with different concentrations and different tastes, and is widely popular among smokers. However, electronic cigarettes on the market all adopt the interactive mode of entity button, miaow head or touch screen at present, and the entity button is opened the heating, is loosened the button and stops the heating through pressing the button, if electronic cigarettes are equipped with the display screen, can adjust parameters such as smog volume through the mode of button selection, nevertheless the entity button has experience effect poor, dustproof waterproof, interactive mode defects such as deadlock. The miaow head sets up in the airflow channel of electron cigarette, opens the heating after the miaow head detects the air current, and the air current stops the back and stops the heating, can simulate the smoking action of real cigarette, and the miaow head can only open and close the heating, can't realize more mutual. Although the touch screen can realize checking or adjusting parameters such as the smoke amount in a screen clicking mode, the touch screen is high in cost, and due to the fact that the area of the touch screen is small, the problems of difficulty in touch operation, poor interaction experience and the like exist.
Disclosure of Invention
An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic cigarette control method, an electronic cigarette control device, and an electronic cigarette, so as to solve the above problems. The embodiment of the application realizes the aim through the following technical scheme.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic cigarette control method, where the electronic cigarette includes a body and a pressure sensing module disposed in the body, and the electronic cigarette control method includes: acquiring a pressure signal detected by a pressure sensing module; determining an operation gesture of a user according to the pressure signal; and executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the application provides an electronic cigarette control device, where the electronic cigarette includes a body and a pressure sensing module arranged on the body, and the electronic cigarette control device includes an obtaining module, a determining module and an executing module, where the obtaining module is used to obtain a pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module; the determining module is used for determining the operation gesture of the user according to the pressure signal; the execution module is used for executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic cigarette, where the electronic cigarette includes a body and a pressure sensing module disposed on the body, and the electronic cigarette further includes the electronic cigarette control device.
Compared with the prior art, the electronic cigarette control method provided by the embodiment of the application can determine the operation gesture of the user according to the pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module, control operation of different functions of the electronic cigarette can be realized by executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture, and the whole interaction process is convenient and fast. In addition, the pressure sensing module is arranged in the electronic cigarette holder, so that the appearance consistency of the electronic cigarette is improved, the waterproof and dustproof effects can be achieved, and meanwhile, the cost can be effectively reduced.
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Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette provided in an embodiment of the present application.
Figure 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an electronic cigarette provided by an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of the electronic cigarette provided in the embodiment shown in fig. 2.
Figure 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an electronic cigarette provided by another embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 5 shows a flowchart of an electronic cigarette control method provided in an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 6 shows a flowchart of step S20 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of step S30 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 8 shows a flowchart of step S312 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 9 shows another flowchart of step S30 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 10 shows a flowchart of step S322 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 11 shows another flowchart of step S322 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 12 shows a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette control device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 13 shows another schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette provided in the embodiment of the present application.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative and are only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.
In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
In order to better understand the electronic cigarette control method, the electronic cigarette control device, and the electronic cigarette provided in the embodiments of the present application, the electronic cigarette provided in the embodiments of the present application will be described first, and the electronic cigarette control method and the electronic cigarette control device are applicable to the electronic cigarette.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, an electronic cigarette 100 includes a body 10 and a pressure sensing module 20, where the pressure sensing module 20 is disposed in the body 10.
The pressure sensing module 20 is used for sensing the pressure applied to the body 10, and the pressure sensing module 20 may employ a pressure sensor, such as a resistive pressure sensor, a capacitive pressure sensor, an inductive pressure sensor, or an ultrasonic pressure sensor. In other embodiments, the pressure sensing module 20 may also sense the pressure applied to the body 10 using a push switch.
As an example, the pressure sensor is also called a force sensor, and the pressure sensing module 20 may use a single force sensor as a pressure sensing element, the resistance value of the force sensor changes with the change of the pressure, and the pressure measurement can be realized by detecting the resistance value of the force sensor. The force-sensitive sensor can also adopt four force-sensitive resistors to form a pressure-sensitive element by bridging according to a Wheatstone full-bridge bridging mode, when the force-sensitive sensor is under the action of pressure, the resistance values of the four force-sensitive resistors are changed, corresponding electric signal change is generated at the output end of the Wheatstone bridge, and the pressure signal measurement can be realized through the subsequent circuit processing. The wheatstone full bridge is adapted to detect a slight change in resistance, and can improve the detection sensitivity of the pressure sensing module 20. The force-sensitive sensor can also adopt two force-sensitive resistors to form a pressure-sensitive element by bridging according to a Wheatstone half-bridge bridging mode, and can also realize the measurement of pressure signals.
Fig. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic cigarette provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the body 10 may include an appearance surface 11 and an inner surface 12 which are opposite to each other, and the pressure sensing module 20 may be disposed on the inner surface 12 to improve the appearance consistency of the electronic cigarette 100, and achieve the waterproof and dustproof effects.
Fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of the electronic cigarette provided in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and in combination with fig. 2 and 3, in this embodiment, the pressure sensing module 20 includes at least three circumferential force-sensitive sensors 21 and at least one axial force-sensitive sensor 22, the at least three circumferential force-sensitive sensors 21 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the body 10, and the at least one axial force-sensitive sensor 22 and any one circumferential force-sensitive sensor 21 are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the body 10. Various operation gestures of the user on the body can be determined according to the pressure signals detected by the at least three circumferential force-sensitive sensors 21 and the one axial force-sensitive sensor 22, such as long press, short press, single-point press, multi-point press, single press, multiple presses, sliding and the like, and the specific process is detailed in the related description of the electronic cigarette control method provided by the embodiment of the application.
In the present embodiment, the cross section of the body 10 is circular, and the at least three circumferential force sensors 21 may include a first force sensor 211, a second force sensor 212 and a third force sensor 213, and the first force sensor 211, the second force sensor 212 and the third force sensor 213 are spaced apart along the circumference of the body 10. The at least one axial force sensitive sensor 22 may include a fourth force sensitive sensor 221, the fourth force sensitive sensor 221 being spaced apart from the second force sensitive sensor 212 along the axial direction of the body 10. The spacing between at least three circumferential force sensitive sensors 21 may or may not be equal.
Fig. 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an electronic cigarette provided in another embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments, a cross-section of the body 10 may be an ellipse, the body 10 includes a face shell 13 and a bottom shell 14, the first force-sensitive sensor 211, the second force-sensitive sensor 212 and the third force-sensitive sensor 213 may be disposed at intervals on the face shell 13, and the fourth force-sensitive sensor 221 (shown in fig. 3) may be disposed at intervals with the second force-sensitive sensor 212 along an axial direction of the face shell 13. Thus, the user can perform touch operation on the face cover 13.
Of course, the body 10 may have other shapes as long as it can ensure that the user can perform the sliding operation between at least three circumferential force sensors 21 along the circumferential direction of the body 10 and between the circumferential force sensors 21 and the axial force sensors 22 along the axial direction of the body 10.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart of an electronic cigarette control method provided in an embodiment of the present application, which may be applied to an electronic cigarette 100, and please refer to fig. 1 to 5, the electronic cigarette control method may include steps S10 to S30.
Step S10, acquiring the pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module 20.
In this embodiment, the pressure sensing module 20 is disposed in the body 10, and the pressure sensing module 20 can adopt a force-sensitive sensor, and when a user performs a touch operation, the force-sensitive sensor can detect a pressure applied to the body 10 by the user and generate a pressure signal. Wherein the pressure signal is specifically an electrical signal.
And step S20, determining the operation gesture of the user according to the pressure signal.
Generally, when a user performs a long-press operation or a short-press operation, the duration of the electric signal output by the force sensitive sensor is different, the long duration can be determined as a long-press gesture, and the short duration can be determined as a short-press gesture. When a user performs single-point pressing or multi-point pressing operation, the number of the force-sensitive sensors with output pressure signals meeting the preset effective threshold is different, and when the pressure signals output by only 1 force-sensitive sensor meet the preset effective threshold, a single-point pressing gesture can be determined; when the pressure signals output by more than 1 force-sensitive sensor meet a preset effective threshold value, a multi-point pressing gesture can be determined. When a user performs single pressing or multiple pressing operations, the number of the electric signals output by the force-sensitive sensor in a preset time period is different, the single pressing gesture can be determined when the number of the electric signals is only one, and the multiple pressing gesture can be determined when the number of the electric signals is multiple. When the user performs a sliding operation, the pressed sequences of the force-sensitive sensors are not consistent, for example, the pressure signal output by the first force-sensitive sensor 211 meets a requirement that the pressure signal is greater than a preset effective threshold first, and the pressure signal output by the second force-sensitive sensor 212 meets a requirement that the pressure signal is greater than the preset effective threshold later, it can be determined that the user is performing a sliding gesture from the first force-sensitive sensor 211 toward the second force-sensitive sensor 212. Accordingly, an operational gesture of the user may be determined from the pressure signals detected by the pressure sensing module 20, and the operational gesture may include one or more of a long press, a short press, a single-point press, a multi-point press, a single press, a plurality of presses, and a swipe. Of course, some other operation gestures may also be recognized according to the pressure signal, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.
And step S30, executing the electronic cigarette control command corresponding to the operation gesture.
In this embodiment, the e-cigarette control command is predefined, there may be multiple response mechanisms, and the operation control can be performed on multiple functions of the e-cigarette 100, and step S30 may include:
according to the electronic cigarette control instruction, the electronic cigarette 100 is controlled to perform at least one operation of opening and closing of an atomizer, temperature control of the atomizer, atomization amount control of the atomizer, heating duration control of the atomizer, heating power control of the atomizer, establishment of connection between the electronic cigarette and a mobile terminal, switching of a display interface of the electronic cigarette, and adjustment of page parameters of the current display interface of the electronic cigarette. Of course, some other functions of the electronic cigarette 100 may also be implemented according to the electronic cigarette control instruction, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.
The electronic cigarette control instruction corresponds to the operation gesture one to one, for example, the long-press operation and the short-press operation may be respectively associated with a control instruction for controlling the opening and closing of the atomizer, and when the operation gesture of the user is recognized as the long-press gesture, the electronic cigarette 100 outputs the control instruction corresponding to the long-press gesture, that is, the atomizer may be opened for heating. When the operation gesture is recognized as the short-press gesture, the electronic cigarette 100 outputs a control instruction corresponding to the short-press gesture, and the atomizer can be turned off.
According to the electronic cigarette control method provided by the embodiment of the application, the operation gesture of the user can be determined according to the pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module 20, the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture is executed, the control operation of different functions of the electronic cigarette 100 can be realized, and the whole interaction process is convenient and fast. In addition, the pressure sensing module 20 is disposed in the body 10, so that the appearance consistency of the electronic cigarette 100 is improved, and meanwhile, the waterproof and dustproof effects can be achieved.
Fig. 6 shows a flowchart of step S20 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 to 6, and step S20 may include step S21 and step S22.
And step S21, determining at least one of the pressure value, the pressure position, the pressure duration, the pressure times in the preset time and the time interval between two adjacent pressure according to the pressure signal.
And step S22, determining an operation gesture of the user according to the at least one piece of pressure information, wherein the operation gesture comprises at least one of long pressing, short pressing, single-point pressing, multi-point pressing, single pressing, multiple pressing and sliding.
To facilitate the user to determine the touch position, in some embodiments, the electronic cigarette 100 may be identified with a first touch position, a second touch position, a third touch position, and a fourth touch position on the external surface 11 by graphics or symbols. The first touch position may be a setting position of the first force-sensitive sensor 211, the second touch position may be a setting position of the second force-sensitive sensor 212, the third touch position may be a setting position of the third force-sensitive sensor 213, and the fourth touch position may be a setting position of the fourth force-sensitive sensor 221.
In some embodiments, when the circumferential force-sensitive sensors 21 include four or more force-sensitive sensors, the first touch position may be disposed between two force-sensitive sensors, and an average value of pressure values, pressure-applied time periods, and the like detected by the two force-sensitive sensors may be used as the pressure value and the pressure-applied time period of the first touch position.
When a user performs touch operation, according to pressure signals detected by the first force-sensitive sensor 211, the second force-sensitive sensor 212, the third force-sensitive sensor 213, and the fourth force-sensitive sensor 221, pressure information such as a pressure value, a pressure receiving duration, a pressure receiving frequency within a preset time, and a time interval between two adjacent pressure receiving times, which are respectively borne by the corresponding first touch position, second touch position, third touch position, and fourth touch position, can be determined.
For example, when the pressure values of the first touch position and the third touch position are greater than a preset effective threshold (e.g., 3N), and the pressure values of the second touch position and the fourth touch position are less than the preset effective threshold, it can be determined that the first touch position and the third touch position are pressed positions, and the operation gesture is a two-point press. When the pressure value of only one touch position is larger than the preset effective threshold value, the operation gesture can be determined to be a single-point pressing gesture. The multi-point press gesture can also include a three-point press gesture, a four-point press gesture, and the like. The pressure value of the touch position is larger than a preset effective threshold value, and the touch position can be identified as a pressed position, so that the problem of mistaken touch of a user can be effectively avoided.
When the pressed duration of the pressed position is greater than or equal to the set duration, it may be determined that the operation gesture is a long-press gesture. When the pressed duration of the pressed position is less than the set duration, it may be determined that the operation gesture is a short-press gesture. The long press gesture comprises a single-point long press gesture and a multi-point long press gesture, and the short press gesture comprises a single-point short press gesture and a multi-point short press gesture.
When the pressed position is pressed for a single number of times within the preset time, it may be determined that the operation gesture is a single pressing gesture. When the pressed times of the pressed position in the preset time are multiple, it can be determined that the operation gesture is a multiple pressing gesture, and the multiple pressing gesture includes two times of pressing, three times of pressing, and the like.
In addition, whether the operation gesture is sliding or not can be judged according to the sequence of the pressed gestures. For example, the pressure value of the first touch position first meets the requirement that the pressure value is greater than the preset effective threshold, and the pressure value of the second touch position later meets the requirement that the pressure value is greater than the preset effective threshold, so that the operation gesture can be determined to be a circumferential sliding gesture of sliding from the first touch position to the second touch position.
The electronic cigarette control method provided by the embodiment of the application can identify various operation gestures such as long pressing, short pressing, single-point pressing, multi-point pressing, single pressing, multi-time pressing, sliding and the like by arranging the three circumferential force sensitive sensors 21 and the axial force sensitive sensor 22 in the electronic cigarette 100, and the sliding operation further comprises rotary sliding and linear sliding, so that a rich interaction mode can be provided for a user, the volume of the force sensitive sensors is small, the internal space of the electronic cigarette 100 cannot be excessively occupied, and the electronic cigarette control method is easy to realize. Meanwhile, different operation gestures can be associated with different electronic cigarette control instructions, and after the recognizable operation gestures are increased, the number of the electronic control instructions can be increased, more functions of the electronic cigarette 100 can be operated and controlled, and the use functions of the electronic cigarette 100 are greatly enriched. In addition, the user can slide along the circumferential direction and the axial direction of the body 10, so that the touch area of the electronic cigarette 100 is increased, and the use by the user is facilitated.
Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of step S30 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 to 7, and step S30 may further include step S311 and step S312.
Step S311, when the operation gesture is a multi-point pressing gesture, determining whether at least two pressed positions of the multi-point pressing gesture are symmetrical to each other. For example, it is determined whether the two pressed positions are axisymmetric with respect to the axis of the body 10, or whether they are centrosymmetric with respect to any point on the axis of the body 10, or whether they are rotationally symmetric with respect to any point on the axis of the body 10 by 120 °.
Step S312, if yes, execute the electronic cigarette control command corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture.
As an example, when the user presses the electronic cigarette 100 at a single point, there is a possibility that one finger contacts the first touch position for holding the electronic cigarette 100 and another finger presses the electronic cigarette 100 at a single point at the second touch position, and when the force of the finger is large, the pressure values of the first touch position and the second touch position are both greater than the preset effective threshold, which may cause the electronic cigarette 100 to incorrectly identify the single-point pressing error of the user as a multi-point pressing. The electronic cigarette control method executes the corresponding control command after judging that the pressed positions of the multi-point pressing gestures are mutually symmetrical, so that the single-point pressing can be prevented from being mistakenly identified as the multi-point pressing, and the condition of mistaken touch is reduced.
Fig. 8 shows a flowchart of step S312 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, and in conjunction with fig. 1 to 8, step S312 may include step S3121 to step S3123.
And S3121, determining pressure values of at least two pressure bearing positions according to the pressure signals.
And S3122, when the pressure values of the at least two pressed positions are both larger than a first threshold value, executing a first control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture.
And S3123, when the pressure values of the at least two pressed positions are smaller than a second threshold value, executing a second control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture. Wherein the first threshold is greater than or equal to the second threshold.
As an example, the multi-point press gesture is a two-point press, and when the pressure values of the two pressed positions are both greater than a first threshold (e.g., 7N), a first control instruction is executed. And executing a second control instruction when the pressure values of the two pressure-bearing positions are smaller than a second threshold (such as 5N). From this, can be according to the different control command of output of pressurized position pressure value, richen the service function of electron cigarette. It should be noted that, since the pressure value of the touch position is larger than the preset effective threshold value, the touch position can be identified as the pressed position, and the second threshold value needs to be larger than the preset effective threshold value while being smaller than or equal to the first threshold value.
Fig. 9 shows another flowchart of step S30 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 to 9, and step S30 may further include step S321 and step S322.
Step S321, when the operation gesture is a sliding gesture, obtaining corresponding sliding parameters according to the pressure signal, wherein the sliding parameters include at least one of a sliding track, a sliding speed, a sliding direction and a sliding distance.
Taking the first touch position, the second touch position, the third touch position and the fourth touch position as the setting positions of the first force sensor 211, the second force sensor 212, the third force sensor 213 and the fourth force sensor 221, respectively, as an example, when a user slides from the second touch position to the third touch position, if the pressure values output by the second force sensor 212 and the third force sensor 213 are both greater than the preset effective threshold value, since the second touch position is pressed first, the second touch position can be determined as the first pressed position, the third touch position can be determined as the second pressed position, the sliding track can be determined as the rotational sliding along the circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette 100, the sliding direction is from the second touch position to the third touch position, the sliding distance is equal to the arc length between the second touch position and the third touch position, the sliding speed can be calculated according to the arc length between the second touch position and the third touch position and the pressing duration, the starting time point of the pressing duration is the moment when the pressure value at the first pressed position starts to be larger than the preset effective threshold value in the incremental change process, and the ending time point is the moment when the pressure value at the second pressed position starts to be smaller than the preset effective threshold value in the incremental change process.
When a user slides along the first touch position, the second touch position and the third touch position in sequence, if the pressure values of the first touch position, the second touch position and the third touch position are all larger than a preset effective threshold value, according to the sequence of compression, the first touch position can be determined to be the first compressed position, the second touch position is the second compressed position, and the third touch position is the third compressed position, the sliding track can be determined to be the rotary sliding along the circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette 100, the sliding direction is from the first touch position to the third touch position, and the sliding distance is equal to the total arc length among the first touch position, the second touch position and the third touch position. The sliding speed can be calculated according to the total arc length and the pressing time length, the starting time point of the pressing time length is the moment when the pressure value at the first pressed position starts to be larger than the preset effective threshold value in the incremental change process, and the ending time point is the moment when the pressure value at the third pressed position starts to be smaller than the preset effective threshold value in the incremental change process. The rest of the rotational sliding along the circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette 100 can refer to the above process, and will not be described herein.
When a user slides from the second touch position to the fourth touch position, according to the sequence of pressing, the second touch position is determined to be the first pressed position, the fourth touch position is the second pressed position, the sliding track can be determined to be linear sliding along the axial direction of the electronic cigarette 100, the sliding direction is from the second touch position to the fourth touch position, the sliding distance can be equal to the distance between the second touch position and the fourth touch position, the sliding speed can be calculated according to the distance between the second touch position and the fourth touch position and the pressing duration, the time when the pressure value of the first pressed position at the starting time point of the pressing duration is increased gradually is greater than the preset effective threshold, the time when the pressure value of the second pressed position at the ending time point is decreased gradually starts to be less than the preset effective threshold, and the rest linear sliding along the axial direction of the electronic cigarette 100 can refer to the above process, and will not be described in detail herein.
And step S322, executing an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the sliding gesture and the sliding parameter.
For example, when the sliding speed of the rotational sliding along the circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette 100 meets the condition, the display interfaces of the screen, such as the power display interface, the smoking number display interface, the time display interface, the heating display interface, and the like, may be switched. In addition, the value of the current page display parameter may be adjusted according to the sliding direction of the linear sliding along the axial direction of the electronic cigarette 100, for example, the second touch position slides towards the fourth touch position to increase the heating power of the nebulizer, and the fourth touch position slides towards the second touch position to decrease the heating power of the nebulizer.
The electronic cigarette control method provided by the embodiment of the application can acquire the sliding parameters of the sliding gesture according to the pressure signal, further execute the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the sliding gesture and the sliding parameters, provide rich interaction modes for a user, and can perform operation control on more electronic cigarette functions after the recognizable interaction modes are added, so that the use functions of the electronic cigarette 100 are enriched.
Fig. 10 shows a flowchart of step S322 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 to 10, and step S322 may include step S3221 and step S3222.
Step S3221 is to determine a type of the sliding track according to the pressure signal, where the type of the sliding track includes at least one of linear sliding along an axial direction of the electronic cigarette 100 and rotational sliding along a circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette 100.
Step S3222 executes an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the type of the slide trajectory.
The electronic cigarette control method provided by the embodiment of the application can execute different control instructions according to different sliding tracks, can perform operation control on different electronic cigarette functions, is intuitive and convenient to operate along axial linear sliding of the electronic cigarette and circumferential rotary sliding of the electronic cigarette, and can be used by a user conveniently. For a specific process of determining whether the type of the sliding track is linear sliding along the axial direction of the electronic cigarette 100 or rotational sliding along the circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette 100, reference may be made to relevant descriptions of the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here.
Fig. 11 shows another flowchart of step S322 in the electronic cigarette control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 to 11, and step S322 may further include step S3223 to step S3225.
Step S3223 determines whether the sliding speed is greater than the speed threshold.
The sliding speed can be calculated according to the distance between the two pressed positions or the arc length and the pressing duration, please refer to the related description of the above embodiments, and will not be described herein again.
Step S3224, when the sliding speed is greater than the speed threshold, switching the display interface of the electronic cigarette 100 according to the sliding direction.
For example, when the sliding speed is greater than the speed threshold and the sliding direction is that the second touch position faces the first touch position, the current page may be switched to the previous page of the current page. When the sliding speed is greater than the speed threshold value and the sliding direction is towards the third touch position towards the second touch position, the current page can be switched to the next page of the current page.
Step S3225, when the sliding speed is less than or equal to the speed threshold, switching a first parameter displayed on the current display interface of the electronic cigarette 100 to a second parameter corresponding to the current sliding distance according to a change of the sliding distance; the first parameter and the second parameter respectively comprise at least one of atomizing amount, heating power, heating time and heating temperature.
As an example, the first parameter may include a fogging amount, the second parameter may include heating power and heating duration, and when the sliding distance is a first sliding distance from the first touch position to the second touch position, the fogging amount displayed on the current interface of the electronic cigarette 100 may be switched to the heating power corresponding to the first sliding distance, and a user may know the magnitude of the heating power. When the sliding distance is a third sliding distance from the first touch position to the third touch position through the second touch position, the atomization amount displayed on the current interface of the electronic cigarette 100 can be switched to the heating duration corresponding to the second sliding distance, and the user can know the size of the heating duration. Therefore, the first parameters displayed on the current page can be directly switched into different second parameters for displaying through different sliding distances, multiple sliding operations are not needed, and the operation is convenient and fast.
According to the electronic cigarette control method provided by the embodiment of the application, the operation gesture of the user can be determined according to the pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module 20, the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture is executed, the control operation of different functions of the electronic cigarette 100 can be realized, and the whole interaction process is convenient and fast. In addition, the pressure sensing module 20 is disposed in the body 10, so that the appearance consistency of the electronic cigarette 100 is improved, and meanwhile, the waterproof and dustproof effects can be achieved, and meanwhile, the cost can be effectively reduced.
Fig. 12 shows a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette control device according to an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 and 12, in which the electronic cigarette control device 200 includes an obtaining module 210, a determining module 220, and an executing module 230, and the electronic cigarette control device 200 may apply the electronic cigarette 100.
The obtaining module 210 is configured to obtain a pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module 20, the determining module 220 is configured to determine an operation gesture of the user according to the pressure signal, and the executing module 230 is configured to execute an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture.
In this embodiment, the execution module 230 is specifically configured to control, according to the electronic cigarette control instruction, the electronic cigarette to perform at least one of turning on and off of the atomizer, controlling the temperature of the atomizer, controlling the atomization amount of the atomizer, controlling the heating duration of the atomizer, controlling the heating power of the atomizer, establishing a connection between the electronic cigarette and the mobile terminal, switching a display interface of the electronic cigarette, and adjusting a page parameter of a current display interface of the electronic cigarette.
In this embodiment, the determining module 220 includes a calculating module and a result outputting module, wherein:
the calculation module is used for determining at least one of pressure information in a pressure value, a pressure position, pressure duration, pressure times within preset time and time interval between two adjacent pressure times according to the pressure signal;
and the result output module is used for determining the operation gesture of the user according to the at least one piece of pressed information, wherein the operation gesture comprises at least one of long pressing, short pressing, single-point pressing, multi-point pressing, single pressing, multiple pressing and sliding.
In this embodiment, the executing module 230 includes a multi-point pressing executing module, which is configured to determine whether at least two pressed positions of the multi-point pressing gesture are symmetrical to each other when the operating gesture is a multi-point pressing gesture; and if so, executing an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture.
In this embodiment, the multi-point press executing module includes:
the multi-point pressing calculation module is used for determining pressure values of at least two pressed positions according to the pressure signals;
the multi-point pressing first execution module is used for executing a first control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture when the pressure values of at least two pressed positions are larger than a first threshold value;
the multi-point pressing second execution module is used for executing a second control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture when the pressure values of the at least two pressed positions are smaller than a second threshold value; wherein the first threshold is greater than or equal to the second threshold. In this embodiment, the executing module 230 further includes:
the sliding gesture calculation module is used for acquiring corresponding sliding parameters according to the pressure signals when the operation gesture is a sliding gesture, wherein the sliding parameters comprise at least one of a sliding track, a sliding speed, a sliding direction and a sliding distance;
and the sliding gesture execution module is used for executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the sliding gesture and the sliding parameter.
In this embodiment, the sliding gesture execution module is further configured to determine the type of the sliding track according to the pressure signal, and execute an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the type of the sliding track. Wherein the type of the sliding track comprises at least one of linear sliding along the axial direction of the electronic cigarette and rotary sliding along the circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette.
In some embodiments, the swipe gesture performing module is further configured to determine whether the swipe speed is greater than a speed threshold; when the sliding speed is greater than the speed threshold, switching a display interface of the electronic cigarette according to the sliding direction; when the sliding speed is smaller than or equal to the speed threshold, switching a first parameter displayed on a current display interface of the electronic cigarette into a second parameter corresponding to the current sliding distance according to the change of the sliding distance; the first parameter and the second parameter respectively comprise at least one of atomizing amount, heating power, heating time and heating temperature.
As will be clear to those skilled in the art, the electronic cigarette control device 200 provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process in the foregoing method embodiment, and for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the device and the module described above may refer to corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiment, and are not described herein again.
The electronic cigarette control device 200 provided by the embodiment of the application can determine the operation gesture of the user according to the pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module 20, and control operation of different functions of the electronic cigarette 100 can be realized by executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture, so that the whole interaction process is convenient and fast. In addition, the pressure sensing module 20 is disposed in the body 10, so that the appearance consistency of the electronic cigarette 100 is improved, a waterproof and dustproof effect can be achieved, and the cost can be effectively reduced.
Referring to fig. 13, the electronic cigarette 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure further includes an electronic cigarette control device 200, and the electronic cigarette control device 200 may be disposed in the main body 10 and electrically connected to the pressure sensing module 20.
For detailed structural features of the electronic cigarette 100, please refer to the detailed description in the above embodiments. Since the electronic cigarette 100 includes the electronic cigarette control device 200, all the advantages of the electronic cigarette control device 200 are provided, and are not described herein again.
Although the present application has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. The electronic cigarette control method is characterized in that the electronic cigarette comprises a body and a pressure sensing module arranged in the body, and the electronic cigarette control method comprises the following steps:
acquiring a pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module;
determining an operation gesture of a user according to the pressure signal;
and executing an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture.
2. The electronic cigarette control method of claim 1, wherein the determining an operational gesture of a user from the pressure signal comprises:
determining at least one of pressure value, pressure position, pressure duration, pressure times in preset time and time interval between two adjacent pressures according to the pressure signal;
and determining an operation gesture of the user according to the at least one piece of pressed information, wherein the operation gesture comprises at least one of long pressing, short pressing, single-point pressing, multi-point pressing, single pressing, multiple pressing and sliding.
3. The electronic cigarette control method of claim 1, wherein the executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture comprises:
and controlling the electronic cigarette to open and close the atomizer, controlling the temperature of the atomizer, controlling the atomization amount of the atomizer, controlling the heating time of the atomizer, controlling the heating power of the atomizer, establishing connection between the electronic cigarette and a mobile terminal, switching a display interface of the electronic cigarette, and adjusting at least one of page parameters of the current display interface of the electronic cigarette according to the electronic cigarette control instruction.
4. The electronic cigarette control method of claim 2, wherein the executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture comprises:
when the operation gesture is a multi-point pressing gesture, judging whether at least two pressed positions of the multi-point pressing gesture are mutually symmetrical;
and if so, executing an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture.
5. The electronic cigarette control method of claim 4, wherein the executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the multi-point press gesture comprises:
determining pressure values of the at least two pressurized positions according to the pressure signals; when the pressure values of the at least two pressed positions are both larger than a first threshold value, executing a first control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture;
when the pressure values of the at least two pressed positions are smaller than a second threshold value, executing a second control instruction corresponding to the multi-point pressing gesture;
wherein the first threshold is greater than or equal to the second threshold.
6. The electronic cigarette control method of claim 2, wherein the executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture comprises:
when the operation gesture is a sliding gesture, acquiring corresponding sliding parameters according to the pressure signal, wherein the sliding parameters comprise at least one of a sliding track, a sliding speed, a sliding direction and a sliding distance;
and executing an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the sliding gesture and the sliding parameter.
7. The electronic cigarette control method of claim 6, wherein the executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the swipe gesture and the swipe parameter comprises:
judging the type of the sliding track according to the pressure signal, wherein the type of the sliding track comprises at least one of linear sliding along the axial direction of the electronic cigarette and rotary sliding along the circumferential direction of the electronic cigarette;
and executing an electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the type of the sliding track.
8. The electronic cigarette control method of claim 6, wherein the executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the swipe gesture and the swipe parameter comprises:
judging whether the sliding speed is greater than a speed threshold value;
when the sliding speed is larger than the speed threshold, switching a display interface of the electronic cigarette according to the sliding direction;
when the sliding speed is smaller than or equal to the speed threshold, switching a first parameter displayed on a current display interface of the electronic cigarette into a second parameter corresponding to the current sliding distance according to the change of the sliding distance; the first parameter and the second parameter respectively comprise at least one of atomizing amount, heating power, heating time and heating temperature.
9. The utility model provides an electron cigarette controlling means, its characterized in that, the electron cigarette include the body with set up in the pressure sensing module of body, electron cigarette controlling means includes:
the acquisition module is used for acquiring the pressure signal detected by the pressure sensing module;
the determining module is used for determining the operation gesture of the user according to the pressure signal;
and the execution module is used for executing the electronic cigarette control instruction corresponding to the operation gesture.
10. An electronic cigarette, comprising a body and a pressure sensing module disposed on the body, the electronic cigarette further comprising the electronic cigarette control device of claim 9.
11. The electronic cigarette of claim 10,
the pressure sensing module comprises at least three circumferential force-sensitive sensors and at least one axial force-sensitive sensor, the at least three circumferential force-sensitive sensors are arranged along the circumferential direction of the body at intervals, and the axial force-sensitive sensors and any one of the circumferential force-sensitive sensors are arranged along the axial direction of the body at intervals.
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