CN209769013U - cigarette bullet, power supply unit and electron cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a cigarette bullet, power supply unit and electron cigarette belongs to simulation smoking technical field. The power supply device of the electronic cigarette is provided with an accessory accommodating cavity with an opening and a mounting groove communicated with the accessory accommodating cavity, the upper end face of the power supply device is downwards recessed to form the accessory accommodating cavity, the upper end face of the power supply device surrounds the part of the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity to form a butting edge, a cigarette bullet is mounted in the accessory accommodating cavity through the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity, when the cigarette bullet is butted with the butting edge, the cigarette bullet is mounted in place, a butting part is arranged in the mounting groove, the upper end part of the butting part extends into the accessory accommodating cavity through the opening of the mounting groove, a detection device is further arranged in the mounting groove, and detection information of the detection device is used for indicating whether the butting part butts against an easily-broken piece or not to break; the problem of in order to discern among the consumptive accessories such as cigarette bullet must increase the use cost by increasing the circuit board among the relevant art is solved.

Description

Cigarette bullet, power supply unit and electron cigarette

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a simulation smoking technical field, in particular to cigarette bullet, power supply unit and electron cigarette.

Background

At present, electronic cigarettes are increasingly popular in the market as substitutes of tobacco products due to the characteristics of portability, large smoke amount and the like in certain degree. Partial electron cigarette includes the cigarette bullet in the market, is provided with the piece that generates heat and has the tobacco juice in the cigarette bullet, and the piece that generates heat heats the tobacco juice under power supply unit's electric drive in the electron cigarette, makes the tobacco juice atomizing form smog in order to supply the suction of electron cigarette user.

Some electronic cigarettes have a statistical function of the number of suction ports of the cigarette cartridge, and a circuit board is usually arranged in the cigarette cartridge matched with the electronic cigarette for the identification of a power supply device in the electronic cigarette; when the cartridge is mounted to the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette recognizes the cartridge by using the internal power supply device, and then counts the number of suction ports of the cartridge according to the recognition result (whether the new cartridge is the old cartridge). However, the cartridge is a disposable consumable, and the way of providing the circuit board in the cartridge increases the smoking cost for the user of the electronic cigarette.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the problem that in the prior art, a circuit board must be added to consumable accessories such as a cartridge to increase the use cost, the application provides an accessory detection method and device. The technical scheme is as follows:

In a first aspect, a method for detecting an accessory is provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device includes an electronic device body, the electronic device body is provided with an accessory accommodating cavity, a butting portion and a detection device, and the butting portion is at least partially located in the accessory accommodating cavity, and the method includes:

Acquiring detection information of the detection device, wherein the detection information is used for indicating the state of the abutting part;

Determining whether the butting part butts against a breakable part to break the breakable part according to the detection information;

If the abutting part abuts against one easy-breaking part to break the easy-breaking part, determining that a new accessory is loaded into the accessory containing cavity;

the accessory is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity for the first time, and the easy-to-break part arranged on the accessory is propped against the part in the accessory accommodating cavity to break.

Optionally, the electronic device is an electronic cigarette, the accessory has an aerosol-forming substrate stored therein, and after determining that a new accessory is installed in the accessory receiving cavity, the method further comprises:

Resetting the number of accessory suction openings recorded in the electronic cigarette to zero, and/or resetting the number of accessory residual suction openings recorded in the electronic cigarette to an upper limit suction opening number;

Updating the accessory suction port count and/or the accessory remaining suction port count in response to the detected suction signal.

Optionally, the updating the accessory suction port number and/or the accessory remaining suction port number according to the detected suction signal includes:

If it is detected that the load is connected into the load connection circuit of the electronic cigarette, updating the accessory suction opening number and/or the accessory residual suction opening number when a new suction signal is detected;

Wherein the accessory is a load of the electronic cigarette when mounted into the accessory receiving cavity and is accessed into the load access circuit.

Optionally, after the updating of the accessory suction opening number and/or the accessory remaining suction opening number according to the detected suction signal, the method further comprises:

if the number of the accessory suction openings reaches the upper limit number of the suction openings, displaying prompt information for prompting the replacement of accessories; or,

And if the number of the residual suction ports of the accessories is reduced to the lower limit number of the suction ports, displaying prompt information for prompting the replacement of the accessories.

Optionally, if the abutting portion abuts against a breakable member to break the breakable member, it is determined that a new accessory is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity, including:

If the abutting part abuts against one breaking part to break the breaking part, whether a load is connected into a load access circuit of the electronic cigarette is detected;

If the situation that the load of the electronic cigarette is connected into the load connecting circuit is detected, determining that a new accessory is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity;

Wherein the accessory is a load of the electronic cigarette when mounted into the accessory receiving cavity and is accessed into the load access circuit.

Optionally, the detecting device includes a distance sensor, and the determining, according to the detection information, whether the abutting portion abuts against a breakable member to break the breakable member includes:

if the duration time that the detection device detects that the distance between the detection device and the accessory is equal to a first preset distance is t, and the first preset time is not less than t and not more than a second preset time, the fact that the abutting portion abuts against one breaking piece is determined, and the breaking piece is broken.

Optionally, the detecting device includes a distance sensor, the electronic device body is further provided with a first elastic element elastically abutted to the abutting portion, and the determining, according to the detection information, whether the abutting portion abuts against a breaking element to break the breaking element includes:

And if the detection device detects that the distance between the detection device and the abutting part is smaller than or equal to a second preset distance and then is larger than or equal to a third preset distance, determining that the abutting part abuts against a breaking part to break the breaking part.

optionally, the detecting device includes at least one stationary contact and a movable contact fixed to the abutting portion, a second elastic member elastically abutting against the movable contact is further disposed on the electronic device body, and the determining, according to the detection information, whether the abutting portion abuts against a breakable member to break the breakable member includes:

And if the detection information of the detection device indicates that the movable contact is separated from the static contact after being contacted, determining that the abutting part abuts against a breaking part to break the breaking part.

Optionally, the detecting device includes a force sensor, the abutting portion is disposed on the force sensor, and the determining, according to the detection information, whether the abutting portion abuts against a breakable member to break the breakable member includes:

and if the force value detected by the detection device is smaller than or equal to a second threshold value after being larger than or equal to the first threshold value, determining that the abutting part abuts against a breaking part to break the breaking part.

In a second aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having one or more instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor in an electronic cigarette, implement the accessory detection method of the first aspect and any one of the optional embodiments of the first aspect.

In a third aspect, there is provided an accessory detection apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

A memory and a processor;

At least one program instruction is stored in the memory;

The processor is configured to load and execute the at least one program instruction to implement the accessory detection method according to the first aspect and any optional implementation manner of the first aspect.

The utility model provides an accessory detection method, through the detection information who obtains detection device, this detection information is used for instructing the state of this top of support; determining whether the butting part butts against a breakable part to break the breakable part according to the detection information; if the abutting part abuts against one easy-breaking part to break the easy-breaking part, determining that a new accessory is loaded into the accessory containing cavity; the problem that in the related art, the use cost is increased by adding a circuit board for identifying consumable accessories such as a cartridge and the like is solved; the effect of reducing the use cost of consumable accessories is achieved.

In order to solve the problem that the circuit board must be increased to increase use cost in consumptive accessories such as the cigarette bullet among the prior art, the embodiment of the utility model provides a still provide a cigarette bullet, power supply unit and electron cigarette. The technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, a power supply device of an electronic cigarette is provided, which is matched with a cigarette cartridge of the electronic cigarette, wherein the power supply device is provided with an accessory accommodating cavity with an opening and a mounting groove communicated with the accessory accommodating cavity, the upper end surface of the power supply device is downwards recessed to form the accessory accommodating cavity, the upper end surface of the power supply device forms a butting edge around the part of the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity, the smoke cartridge is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity through the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity, when the cigarette bullet abuts against the abutting edge, the cigarette bullet is installed in place, an abutting part is arranged in the installation groove, at least part of the upper end of the abutting part extends into the accessory accommodating cavity through the opening of the installation groove, and a detection device is further arranged in the mounting groove, and detection information of the detection device is used for indicating whether the abutting part abuts against an easily-broken piece or not so as to break the easily-broken piece.

Optionally, the detection device includes at least one stationary contact disposed at the bottom of the mounting groove and a movable contact fixed at the lower end of the abutting portion; and a second elastic piece is arranged between the lower end of the movable contact and the bottom of the mounting groove, and the abutting part can slide to the bottom of the mounting groove along the side wall of the mounting groove when being abutted by the easily-broken piece, so that the movable contact is in contact with the static contact.

Optionally, the detection device includes a force sensor, the force sensor is disposed at the bottom of the mounting groove, and the abutting portion is disposed on the force sensor.

Optionally, the detection device comprises a distance sensor.

optionally, the lower end of the abutting portion is fixed to the bottom of the mounting groove through a first elastic member, the abutting portion can slide to the bottom of the mounting groove along the side wall of the mounting groove when being abutted by the easily-breaking member, and the distance sensor is used for detecting the distance between the abutting portion and the abutting portion.

optionally, the abutting portion is fixed to the bottom of the mounting groove, and the distance sensor is used for detecting the distance between the abutting portion and the smoke cartridge.

Optionally, the power supply device is provided with an electrode column and a load access circuit connected with the electrode column; when the cigarette cartridge is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity and the electrode of the cigarette cartridge is in contact with the electrode column and is electrically connected, the cigarette cartridge is a load of the power supply device and is connected to the load access circuit.

Optionally, the power supply device further includes a processor and a counter, wherein:

The processor is used for determining that a new cartridge is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity and clearing the counting of the counter when the abutting part abuts against a breakable part to break the breakable part according to the detection information of the detection device, wherein the counter is used for counting the number of the suction ports.

the second aspect provides a cigarette bullet of electron cigarette, with the power supply unit cooperation of electron cigarette, the cigarette bullet includes the relative suction end that sets up and inserts the end, work as the cigarette bullet with during the power supply unit cooperation, it inserts to insert the end in the power supply unit, the storage has aerosol to form the matrix in the cigarette bullet, the bottom that inserts the end is provided with the chamber of acceping that the opening faces down, works as when the cigarette bullet is a new, it is provided with easy-to-break spare in the chamber to accept.

Optionally, the two opposite ends of the frangible member are fixed to two opposite side walls of the accommodating cavity.

optionally, the frangible member is a sheet or film.

In a third aspect, there is provided an electronic cigarette comprising the power supply device according to any one of the optional embodiments of the first aspect and the cartridge according to any one of the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

When the cigarette bullet is new, the easy-breaking part is arranged on the cigarette bullet, the power supply device and the electronic cigarette thereof utilize the detection device to determine whether the abutting part abuts against the easy-breaking part to break the easy-breaking part, thereby further determining whether a new accessory is arranged in the accessory accommodating cavity; the problem that in the related art, the use cost is increased by adding a circuit board for identifying consumable accessories such as a cartridge and the like is solved; the effect of reducing the use cost of consumable accessories is achieved.

drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a state of the abutting portion according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of another state of the abutting portion according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view illustrating the abutting portion mounted on the mounting groove according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for detecting an accessory according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein the reference numbers are as follows:

10. The part comprises a part accommodating cavity, 11, an installation groove, 12, a butting part, 20, a part, 21, an accommodating cavity, 22, a butting edge, 23, a static contact, 24, a dynamic contact, 25, a second elastic part, 26, a base, 27, an electrode column, 28, a breakable part, 29, an electrode, 41 and a force sensor.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As used herein, "electronic device" may include a humidifier, e-cigarette, or the like that uses a consumable accessory, and the accessory referred to herein may be a consumable accessory. Optionally, when the electronic device is a device having an atomization function, such as a humidifier or an electronic cigarette, the accessory referred to in this application may be an atomizer, a cartridge, or the like, and the aerosol-forming substrate, such as tobacco juice, tobacco paste, or tobacco shred, is stored in the accessory.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Electronic equipment includes the electronic equipment body and with electronic equipment body complex accessory 20, as shown in fig. 1, be provided with accessory holding chamber 10 on this electronic equipment body, with the mounting groove 11 of accessory holding chamber 10 intercommunication, wherein: a butting portion 12 is provided in the mounting groove 11 and a portion (e.g., a top portion) of the butting portion 12 protrudes from an opening of the mounting groove 11 into the fitting accommodation chamber 10. A frangible member 28 is provided on the fitting 20. The abutting portion 12 is capable of abutting the breaking member 28 to break the breaking member 28 during installation of the fitting 20 into the fitting receiving cavity 10. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, not shown, the mounting slot 11 may also be omitted and the abutment portion 12 may be provided directly within the accessory-receiving cavity 10, for example, the abutment portion 12 is provided on the cavity bottom wall of the accessory-receiving cavity 10. During the process of installing the fitting 20 into the fitting accommodating cavity 10, when the breakable part 28 is in contact with the abutting part 12, the fitting 20 is continuously installed, the abutting part 12 generates resistance to the installation of the fitting 20, and after the breakable part 28 is broken by the abutting part 12, the resistance of the abutting part 12 to the fitting 20 disappears or is reduced, so that the fitting 20 can be smoothly installed in place. The breaking of the breakable part 28 may be the breaking of the breakable part 28 itself, or the breaking of the breakable part 28 relative to the body of the fitting 20, and is not limited herein, as long as during the installation of the fitting 20, the abutting part 12 can firstly abut against the breakable part 28 to generate resistance to the installation of the fitting 20, and then abut against the breakable part 28, so that the resistance to the fitting 20 disappears or decreases, and finally, the fitting 20 can be installed in place.

In practical implementation, the accommodating cavity 21 of the breakable part 28 is disposed at one end of the accessory 20 for being inserted into the accessory accommodating cavity 10, opposite ends of the breakable part 28 can be respectively fixed on two opposite side walls in the accommodating cavity 21, when the accessory 20 is mounted to the electronic device body, the accommodating cavity 21 of the breakable part 28 is opposite to the mounting groove 11, and the abutting portion 12 is partially accommodated in the accommodating cavity 21. Specifically, if the accessory 20 is new, the breakable part 28 in the receiving cavity 21 is not broken, and during the process of mounting the accessory 20 to the electronic device body, the abutting part 12 in the mounting groove 11 can abut against the breakable part 28 of the accessory 20 to break the breakable part 28, and when the accessory 20 is mounted in place, the abutting part 12 is partially received in the receiving cavity 21; if the fitting 20 is old, the breakable part 28 in the receiving cavity 21 is broken, and the abutting part 12 does not need to abut against the breakable part 28 or receives a small resistance from the breakable part 28 during the process of mounting the fitting 20 to the electronic device body, and can easily extend into the receiving cavity 21.

alternatively, the break-away member 28 may be a sheet or a film, which is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

In practical implementation, as shown in fig. 1, the opening of the accommodating cavity 21 on the accessory 20 faces downward, the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity 10 faces upward, and the opening of the mounting groove 11 penetrates through the bottom wall of the accessory accommodating cavity 10 and then is communicated with the accessory accommodating cavity 10; in the process that one end of the accessory 20, which is used for inserting the accessory accommodating cavity 10, is inserted from the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity 10 to the cavity bottom of the accessory accommodating cavity 10, the abutting part 12 can extend into the accommodating cavity 21 and abut against the easy-breaking part 28 in the accommodating cavity 21, so that the easy-breaking part 28 is broken.

taking the accessory 20 as a cartridge, the electronic device body is an electronic cigarette body (in one embodiment, the electronic device body may be a power supply device of an electronic cigarette), and the electronic device is an electronic cigarette for example, the cartridge includes a suction end and an insertion end that are oppositely disposed, the bottom of the insertion end of the cartridge is provided with a receiving cavity 21, an opening of the receiving cavity 21 faces downward, and the periphery of the lower end of the cartridge is inwardly shrunk to form a step surface (not shown); the upper end surface of the electronic cigarette body is downwards recessed to form an accessory accommodating cavity 10 with an upward opening, and the upper end surface of the electronic cigarette body surrounds the part with the upward opening of the accessory accommodating cavity 10 to form a butting edge 22; the bottom of the cartridge can be inserted into the accessory receiving cavity 10 from the upper end of the electronic cigarette body, and the cartridge is mounted in place when the step surface abuts against the abutting edge 22.

In order to know whether the accessory 20 installed in the accessory receiving chamber 10 is new, a detecting device (not shown) is further provided in the installation groove 11. The detection means cooperates with the crown portion 12 to determine whether the fitting 20 is new by determining whether the frangible member 28 is broken by the crown portion 12 in the installation.

The setting of the detection device can be realized by the following four ways:

First, the abutting portion 12 is directly fixed to the bottom of the installation groove 11, and the detecting device is also provided at the bottom of the installation groove 11 for detecting the distance between the abutting portion and the fitting 20. If the fitting 20 is new and the breakable part 28 is not broken, in the actual fitting 20 installation process, the two stages are divided into two stages, in the first stage, the distance between the detection device and the fitting 20, which is detected by the detection device, is actually the distance between the detection device and the breakable part 28, the distance is gradually reduced until the distance is reduced to the minimum value when the butting part 12 and the breakable part 28 are butted against each other, and the minimum value lasts for a certain time because the butting part 12 needs a certain time to butt against and break the breakable part 28; in the second stage, after the abutting portion 12 abuts against the breaking-off member 28 and is broken, the distance between the detecting device and the fitting 20 is actually the distance between the detecting device and the bottom wall of the cavity of the receiving cavity 21. If the fitting 20 is old and the break-away piece 28 has broken, the distance between the fitting 20 and the detecting device is always the distance between the detecting device and the bottom wall of the receiving cavity 21 during the actual installation of the fitting 20. During the installation of the fitting 20, if the time that the detection device detects that the distance between the detection device and the fitting 20 is equal to the first preset distance is greater than or equal to the first preset time and less than or equal to the second preset time, the fitted fitting 20 is new, and if the time that the detection device detects that the distance between the detection device and the abutting portion 12 is equal to the first preset distance is less than the first preset time, the fitted fitting 20 is determined to be old, because the frangible member 28 has been broken, and there is no resistance or less resistance to the abutting portion 12, and the abutting portion 12 can pass through quickly. The first predetermined distance is the distance between the abutting portion 12 and the frangible member 28, which is detected by the detecting device when the abutting portion abuts against the frangible member 28. The first preset time is greater than zero, e.g., 1 s; the second predetermined time is the maximum time required to break the frangible member 28 by the abutment portion 12, for example, 3 s.

Second, the lower end of the abutting portion 12 is fixed to the bottom of the mounting groove 11 through a first elastic member, and the abutting portion 12 can slide toward the bottom of the mounting groove 11 along the side wall of the mounting groove 11 when being abutted by the frangible member 28. If the fitting 20 is new and the breakable part 28 is not broken, in the actual installation process of the fitting 20, when the abutting part 12 abuts against the breakable part 28, the abutting part 12 is firstly abutted by the breakable part 28 and slides towards the bottom of the installation slot 11 along the side wall of the installation slot 11 until the breakable part 28 is broken under the abutting action of the abutting part 12, and the abutting part 12 slides towards the opening of the installation slot 11 along the side wall of the installation slot 11 under the influence of the elastic force of the first elastic part. If the fitting 20 is old and its frangible member 28 has been broken, the frangible member 28 will have little or no resistance to the abutment 12 and little or no change in the position of the abutment 12 during the actual fitting 20 installation process. The detection device is arranged at the bottom of the mounting groove 11 and is used for detecting the distance between the detection device and the abutting part 12, for example, the detection device may comprise a distance sensor. During the installation of the accessory 20, if the detection device detects that the distance between the detection device and the abutting portion 12 is reduced to be less than or equal to the second preset distance and then is greater than or equal to the third preset distance, it is determined that the abutting portion 12 abuts against one of the frangible members 28 to break the frangible member 28, and the installed accessory 20 is new. The second predetermined distance may be set according to a distance detected by the detection means when the breakable member 28 is broken by the abutting action of the abutting portion 12. The third predetermined distance may be set according to a distance that the abutting portion 12 is reset by the elastic force of the first elastic member after the breaking member 28 is broken.

Optionally, the abutment of the side wall of the abutment portion 12 against the side wall of the mounting slot 11 ensures that the abutment portion 12 can slide along the side wall of the mounting slot 11 during installation of the fitting 20.

Optionally, a supporting portion is disposed in the mounting groove 11, the supporting portion 12 is supported by the easy-to-break member 28 and slides to the bottom of the mounting groove 11 along the side wall of the mounting groove 11 until the supporting portion stops supporting, at this time, the supporting portion 12 is convenient to support the easy-to-break member 28, so that the easy-to-break member 28 is broken.

And thirdly, the detection device comprises at least one static contact and a movable contact fixed on the abutting part, and a second elastic part elastically abutted against the movable contact is further arranged on the electronic equipment body. For example, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the detecting device includes at least one stationary contact 23 disposed at the bottom of the mounting groove 11, a movable contact 24 fixed at the lower end of the abutting portion 12, and a second elastic member 25 elastically abutting against the movable contact 24. If the fitting 20 is new and the break-away part 28 is not broken, the abutting part 12 is firstly pushed by the break-away part 28 to move the movable contact 24 towards the stationary contact 23 until the movable contact 24 and the stationary contact 23 abut against each other in the actual installation process of the fitting 20 (see fig. 2); if the fitting 20 continues to be pressed, the breakable part 28 is broken by the abutting action of the abutting part 12, and the movable contact 24 is separated from the stationary contact 23 by the elastic force of the second elastic part 25 (see fig. 3). If the fitting 20 is an old one whose frangible member 28 has been broken, then during the actual fitting 20 installation, the frangible member 28 has no or little resistance to the abutment portion 12, and the position of the abutment portion 12 does not change or changes very little, so that the movable contact 24 fixed to the lower end of the abutment portion 12 cannot come into contact with the stationary contact 23.

if the detection information of the detection device indicates that the movable contact 24 is separated from the stationary contact 23 after being contacted, it is determined that the abutting portion 12 abuts against a breaking member 28 to break the breaking member 28. The specific detection of whether the movable contact 24 is in contact with the stationary contact 23 may be implemented as follows: the electronic equipment body is provided with a detection circuit connected with the static contact 23, whether the static contact 23 is in contact with the movable contact 24 or not is detected through the detection circuit, when the movable contact 24 is in contact with the static contact 23, the detection circuit generates an electric signal, and when the movable contact 24 is separated from the static contact 23, the electric signal disappears; if the electrical signal is lost after the detection circuit generates the electrical signal, it is determined that the abutting portion 12 abuts a frangible member 28 to break the frangible member 28.

optionally, the detecting device further includes a base 26, one end of the second elastic element 25 is fixed to the movable contact 24, the other end of the second elastic element is fixed to the base 26, and the base 26 is further provided with at least one stationary contact 23, so that the detecting device can be produced first in the actual production process of the electronic device body, and then the detecting device is installed in the installation groove 11.

optionally, the abutment of the side wall of the movable contact 24 against the side wall of the mounting slot 11 ensures that the movable contact 24 can slide along the side wall of the mounting slot 11 during installation of the fitting 20.

Fourthly, referring to fig. 4, a detection device is disposed in the mounting groove 11, the detection device includes a force sensor 41, and the abutting portion 12 is disposed on the force sensor 41. During installation of the fitting 20, the force of the frangible member 28 against the anvil portion 12 increases until the frangible member 28 is broken by the anvil portion 12, and the force of the frangible member 28 against the anvil portion 12 decreases or disappears after the frangible member 28 is broken by the anvil portion 12. Wherein, the force generated by the abutting portion 12 by the breakable member 28 is transmitted to the force sensor 41, so the detection information of the force sensor 41 can indicate whether the abutting portion 12 abuts against the breakable member 28 to break the breakable member 28. If the fitting 20 is an old one whose frangible member 28 has been broken, the frangible member 28 will have little or no resistance against the crown 12 during the actual fitting 20 installation process, resulting in little or no change in the force value detected by the force sensor 41.

Specifically, if the force value detected by the detection device is smaller than or equal to the second threshold value after being greater than or equal to the first threshold value during the installation of the accessory 20, it is determined that the abutting portion 12 abuts against one of the frangible members 28 to break the frangible member 28, and the installed accessory 20 is new. The first threshold and the second threshold are set by a developer, for example, the system developer may determine the first threshold according to a detection value of the detection device when the breakable member 28 breaks, or the system developer may determine the first threshold according to a minimum acting force that acts perpendicularly on the breakable member 28 to break the breakable member 28, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment. In addition, the system developer may determine the second threshold value according to the detection value of the detection device after the break of the breakable part 28, for example, when the accessory 20 adapted to the electronic device is mounted to the electronic device body, and after the break of the breakable part 28, the breakable part 28 does not contact the abutting part 12, the second threshold value may be 0; for another example, when the accessory 20 adapted to the electronic device is mounted to the electronic device body, after the breakable member 28 is broken, the breakable member 28 is still at least partially located on the abutting portion 12 although it has been broken from the wall of the body of the accessory 20, and a second threshold value may be determined according to a detection value of the detection device at that time, and the second threshold value may be smaller than or equal to the detection value.

optionally, the side wall of the abutting portion 12 abuts against the side wall of the mounting groove 11.

Optionally, when the controller (not shown in the figures) in the electronic device according to the present application determines that the abutting portion 12 abuts against one of the breaking pieces 28 to break the breaking piece 28 according to the detection information of the detecting device, the controller directly determines that a new accessory 20 is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity 10; or, when the controller in the electronic device determines that the abutting part 12 abuts against one breaking part 28 to break the breaking part 28 according to the detection information of the detection device, whether the load is connected into the load access circuit of the electronic device is detected; if the load of the electronic device is connected to the load in the load connection circuit, it is determined that the accessory housing chamber 10 is filled with a new accessory 20. Any accessory 20 is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity 10, and is a load of the electronic device when electrically connected to the load access circuit, and is accessed to the load access circuit.

The electronic equipment body is provided with an electrode column and a load access circuit connected with the electrode column; when the accessory 20 is installed in the accessory receiving cavity 10, the electrode of the accessory 20 can contact the electrode column on the body of the electronic device, and the accessory 20 is the load of the electronic device and is connected to the load access circuit.

The electronic equipment provided by the utility model utilizes the detection device to determine whether the abutting part 12 abuts against one breaking part 28 to break the breaking part 28, thereby further determining whether a new accessory 20 is arranged in the accessory accommodating cavity 10; the problem that in the related art, in order to identify the consumable accessories 20 such as the cartridges, the circuit board must be added to the accessories 20 to increase the use cost is solved; the effect of reducing the use cost of the consumable accessory 20 is achieved.

Optionally, when the electronic device related to this application is an electronic cigarette, the electronic device body related to this application may be a power supply device of the electronic cigarette, and the accessory 20 may be a cartridge, and this internal battery assembly that is provided with of this electronic device.

please refer to fig. 5, which shows a flowchart of a method of detecting an accessory according to an embodiment of the present application, and the embodiment illustrates that the accessory detecting method is applied to the electronic device. As shown in fig. 5, the accessory detection method may include:

step 510, obtaining detection information of the detection device, where the detection information is used to indicate a state of the top-abutting portion.

And step 520, determining whether the abutting part abuts against a breakable part to break the breakable part according to the detection information.

in the process that any accessory matched with the electronic equipment body is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity for the first time, the easy-to-break part arranged on the any accessory matched with the electronic equipment body is propped against the top in the accessory accommodating cavity to break.

This step can be achieved in several ways:

First, in the case that the detecting device includes a dynamic contact and a static contact, the step 520 may be implemented as follows: and if the detection information of the detection device indicates that the movable contact is separated from the static contact after being contacted, determining that the abutting part abuts against a breaking part to break the breaking part.

Whether the movable contact is contacted with the static contact or not can be detected in the following modes: the electronic equipment body is provided with a detection circuit connected with the static contact, and whether the static contact is contacted with the movable contact or not is detected through the detection circuit; the detection circuit generates an electrical signal when the stationary contact is in contact with the moving contact.

The second kind, detection device includes force sensor, and detection device sets up in the bottom of mounting groove, and the top sets up on force sensor, then step 520's realization can be for: if the force value detected by the detection device is smaller than or equal to the second threshold value after being larger than or equal to the first threshold value, the abutting part abuts against one breaking part to break the breaking part.

the first threshold and the second threshold are set by a developer, for example, the system developer may determine the first threshold according to a detection value of the detection device when the breakable member is broken, or the system developer may determine the first threshold according to a minimum acting force that acts perpendicularly on the breakable member to break the breakable member, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment. In addition, a system developer can determine a second threshold value according to a detection value of the detection device after the breakage of the breakable part, for example, when an accessory adapted to the electronic device is mounted to the electronic device body, and the breakable part is not in contact with the abutting part after the breakage of the breakable part, the second threshold value can be 0; for another example, when the accessory adapted to the electronic device is mounted to the electronic device body, after the breakable member is broken, the breakable member is still at least partially located on the abutting portion although the breakable member has been broken from the wall of the body of the accessory, and a second threshold value may be determined according to a detection value of the detection device at that time, and the second threshold value may be smaller than or equal to the detection value.

Thirdly, be provided with on the electronic equipment body and support the first elastic component that holds with top portion elasticity, for example, the lower extreme of top portion is fixed in the bottom of mounting groove through first elastic component, and detection device sets up in the bottom of mounting groove, and detection device is used for detecting under the condition of its and the distance between the top portion, for example, detection device includes distance sensor, then the realization of step 520 can be for: if the detection device detects that the distance between the detection device and the abutting part is smaller than or equal to a second preset distance and then larger than or equal to a third preset distance, the abutting part is determined to abut against a breaking part to break the breaking part. The second preset distance can be set according to the distance detected by the detection device when the breakable part breaks under the propping action of the propping part. The third preset distance can be set according to the distance that the abutting part resets under the elastic action of the first elastic part after the breakable part breaks.

Fourth, the abutting portion is directly fixed at the bottom of the mounting groove, and the detecting device is also arranged at the bottom of the mounting groove and is used for detecting the distance between the detecting device and the accessory, for example, the detecting device may include a distance sensor, and then the step 520 may be implemented as follows: if the duration time that the detection device detects that the distance between the detection device and the accessory is equal to a first preset distance is t, and the first preset time is not less than t and not more than a second preset time, the fact that the abutting portion abuts against one breaking piece is determined, and the breaking piece is broken. The first preset time is greater than zero, e.g., 1 s; the second predetermined time is the maximum time required to break the frangible member by the abutment portion, for example, 3 s.

And 530, if the abutting part abuts against one easy-breaking part to break the easy-breaking part, determining that a new accessory is loaded into the accessory containing cavity.

Optionally, in order to avoid that other objects (not including the above-mentioned accessories of the electronic device) abut against the abutting portion to cause the electronic device to misjudge that the accessory is inserted into the accessory accommodating cavity, the electronic device further determines whether the accessory accommodating cavity is provided with the accessory through the load access circuit. Step 530 may be replaced with: if the abutting part abuts against one breaking part to break the breaking part, whether a load is connected into a load access circuit of the electronic equipment is detected; and if the load access circuit of the electronic equipment is detected to access the load, determining that a new accessory is loaded in the accessory accommodating cavity.

to sum up, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application obtains the detection information of the detection device, where the detection information is used to indicate the state of the topping portion; if the detection information indicates that the abutting part abuts against one easy-breaking part to break the easy-breaking part, determining that a new accessory is loaded into the accessory containing cavity; the problem that in the related art, in order to identify consumable accessories such as smoke cartridges and the like, circuit boards need to be added to the accessories to increase the use cost is solved; the effect of reducing the use cost of consumable accessories is achieved.

in one example, the electronic device is an electronic cigarette, and the electronic cigarette has a statistical function of accessory suction information, where the accessory suction information includes the number of accessory suction openings and/or the number of remaining accessory suction openings. When the electronic cigarette detects that new accessories are installed in the accessory accommodating cavity, the number of accessory suction ports recorded in the electronic cigarette is reset to zero, and/or the number of remaining accessory suction ports recorded in the electronic cigarette is reset to the upper limit number of suction ports.

the upper limit suction opening number may be set by a developer or may be customized by a user, for example, the developer may determine the maximum suction opening number supported by the accessory according to the amount of liquid stored in the accessory adapted to the electronic cigarette, and determine the maximum suction opening number as the upper limit suction opening number, for example, the developer may set the upper limit suction opening number to 200. Optionally, a counter for counting the number of accessory suction openings is arranged in the electronic cigarette; when the electronic cigarette determines that a new accessory is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity, the counting of the counter is cleared.

Optionally, the number of accessory suction openings and/or the number of accessory remaining suction openings is updated in response to the detected suction signal. The specific implementation can be as follows: each time a new suction signal is detected, the recorded number of suction openings of the fitting is controlled to be increased by 1 and/or the remaining number of suction openings of the fitting is controlled to be decreased by 1.

Optionally, when the electronic cigarette detects that the abutting portion abuts against one breakable member to break the breakable member, and directly determines that a new accessory is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity, in order to avoid that another object (the accessory not including the electronic cigarette) abuts against the abutting portion to trigger the resetting of the accessory suction information by mistake, the electronic cigarette also determines whether the accessory accommodating cavity is installed with the accessory through the load access circuit. Wherein, the electronic cigarette body is provided with an electrode column and a load access circuit connected with the electrode column; when the accessory is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity, the electrode of the accessory can be in contact with the electrode column on the electronic cigarette body, and the accessory is a load of the electronic cigarette and is connected into the load access circuit. The specific implementation can be as follows: when the new accessory is installed in the accessory accommodating cavity according to the detection information of the detection device, whether a load is connected into a load access circuit of the electronic cigarette is detected; if the load of the electronic cigarette is connected into the load in the circuit, accessory smoking information recorded in the electronic cigarette is reset.

For example, referring to fig. 1, at least one electrode 29 is disposed at the bottom of one end of the accessory 20 for being inserted into the accessory accommodating cavity 10, at least one electrode column 27 is disposed at the bottom of the accessory accommodating cavity, and the electrode column 27 disposed at the bottom of the accessory accommodating cavity 10 matches with the electrode 29 on the accessory 20; when the fitting 20 is placed in the fitting accommodating chamber 10, the electrode column 27 provided at the bottom of the fitting accommodating chamber 10 is in contact with the electrode 29 on the fitting 20.

Optionally, a power supply is arranged in the electronic cigarette body, and the power supply is connected with the load access circuit; in the case of a load being inserted into the load insertion circuit (i.e., the accessory receiving cavity is inserted into the accessory), the electronic cigarette can control the power supply to supply power to the accessory (e.g., a cartridge) according to the lighting signal.

Optionally, after resetting the accessory smoking information recorded in the electronic cigarette, if it is detected that the load is connected to the load connection circuit of the electronic cigarette, the accessory smoking information is updated when the smoking signal is detected. For example, if a user of the electronic cigarette puts a new accessory into the accessory accommodating cavity of the electronic cigarette body, the electronic cigarette resets accessory smoking information recorded in the electronic cigarette; the electronic cigarette pulls out the accessory installed in the accessory accommodating cavity of the electronic cigarette body (for example, to facilitate the storage of the accessory and the electronic cigarette body), and when the electronic cigarette user installs the accessory into the accessory accommodating cavity again, the accessory suction information recorded in the electronic cigarette is not reset, and the accessory suction information recorded in the electronic cigarette is continuously updated according to the detected suction signal.

Optionally, after updating the accessory suction information, if the accessory suction port number reaches the upper limit suction port number, a prompt message for prompting replacement of the accessory is presented. The presentation manner of the prompt information may be any one of text presentation, voice prompt, indicator light prompt, vibration prompt, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment.

optionally, after updating the accessory suction information, if the number of remaining suction ports of the accessory is reduced to the lower limit number of suction ports, a prompt message for prompting replacement of the accessory is presented. The lower limit of the number of pumping ports may be set by a developer, or may be customized by a user, for example, the developer may set the lower limit of the number of pumping ports to 0 or 1, or another integer close to 0.

In one example, if the electronic cigarette detects that the accessory device is arranged in the accessory accommodating cavity through the load access circuit, but does not detect that the accessory arranged in the accessory accommodating cavity is a new accessory through the detection device, prompt information for prompting whether to reset the accessory suction information is displayed; upon receiving the confirm reset signal, accessory puff information recorded within the electronic cigarette is reset.

an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which one or more instructions are stored, and the one or more instructions are executed by a processor in the electronic device to implement the accessory detection method in any of the above embodiments.

An embodiment of the utility model provides a fitting detection device still, the device includes: a memory and a processor; at least one program instruction is stored in the memory; the processor is configured to load and execute the at least one program instruction to implement the accessory detection method according to any of the embodiments.

The terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying a number of the indicated technical features. Thus, a defined feature of "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

it will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by a program instructing relevant hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. A power supply device of an electronic cigarette is matched with a cigarette bullet of the electronic cigarette and is characterized in that an accessory containing cavity with an opening and a mounting groove communicated with the accessory containing cavity are arranged on the power supply device, the upper end surface of the power supply device is downwards recessed to form the accessory accommodating cavity, the upper end surface of the power supply device forms a butting edge around the part of the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity, the smoke cartridge is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity through the opening of the accessory accommodating cavity, when the cigarette bullet abuts against the abutting edge, the cigarette bullet is installed in place, an abutting part is arranged in the installation groove, at least part of the upper end of the abutting part extends into the accessory accommodating cavity through the opening of the installation groove, and a detection device is further arranged in the mounting groove, and detection information of the detection device is used for indicating whether the abutting part abuts against an easily-broken piece or not so as to break the easily-broken piece.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the detecting device comprises at least one static contact arranged at the bottom of the mounting groove and a dynamic contact fixed at the lower end of the abutting part; and a second elastic piece is arranged between the lower end of the movable contact and the bottom of the mounting groove, and the abutting part can slide to the bottom of the mounting groove along the side wall of the mounting groove when being abutted by the easily-broken piece, so that the movable contact is in contact with the static contact.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein the detecting device comprises a force sensor, the force sensor is disposed at a bottom of the mounting groove, and the abutting portion is disposed on the force sensor.

4. The power supply device of claim 1, wherein said detection device comprises a distance sensor.

5. The power supply device according to claim 4, wherein the lower end of the abutting portion is fixed to the bottom of the mounting groove through a first elastic member, the abutting portion can slide to the bottom of the mounting groove along the side wall of the mounting groove when being abutted by the easily-breaking member, and the distance sensor is used for detecting the distance between the abutting portion and the abutting portion.

6. The power supply device according to claim 4, wherein: the abutting portion is fixed to the bottom of the mounting groove, and the distance sensor is used for detecting the distance between the abutting portion and the smoke cartridge.

7. The power supply device according to claim 1, wherein an electrode column and a load access circuit connected with the electrode column are arranged on the power supply device; when the cigarette cartridge is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity and the electrode of the cigarette cartridge is in contact with the electrode column and is electrically connected, the cigarette cartridge is a load of the power supply device and is connected to the load access circuit.

8. The power supply device of claim 1, further comprising a processor and a counter, wherein:

the processor is used for determining that a new cartridge is loaded into the accessory accommodating cavity and clearing the counting of the counter when the abutting part abuts against a breakable part to break the breakable part according to the detection information of the detection device, wherein the counter is used for counting the number of the suction ports.

9. The utility model provides a cartridge of electron cigarette, cooperates with the power supply unit of electron cigarette, its characterized in that, the cartridge includes the relative suction end that sets up and inserts the end, works as the cartridge with during power supply unit cooperation, it inserts to insert the end in the power supply unit, the storage has aerosol to form the matrix in the cartridge, the bottom that inserts the end is provided with the chamber of acceping that the opening faces down, works as when the cartridge is a new, it is provided with easy-to-break spare in the chamber to accept.

10. The cartridge of claim 9, wherein the frangible member is secured at opposite ends to opposite sidewalls of the receiving cavity.

11. The cartridge of claim 9, wherein the frangible member is a sheet or film.

12. An electronic cigarette, characterized in that the electronic cigarette comprises a power supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 and a cartridge according to any one of claims 9 to 11.