WO2020113482A1

WO2020113482A1 - Atomizing system having authentication mechanism and method

Info

Publication number: WO2020113482A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/119427
Authority: WO
Inventors: 黄治平
Original assignee: 心诚镁行动医电股份有限公司
Priority date: 2018-12-05
Filing date: 2018-12-05
Publication date: 2020-06-11

Abstract

An atomizing system having an authentication mechanism and a method. The atomizing system having the authentication mechanism comprises an atomizable medicament container, a user device, and an atomizing apparatus. The user device comprises a communication module, an optical authentication module, and a first acoustic communication module. The optical authentication module is configured to perform a first optical authentication operation related to an authentication code carrier so as to acquire first optical authentication information. The communication module is used for requesting a cloud server for the authentication of the first optical authentication information so as to determine the authenticity of the atomizable medicament container. The first acoustic communication module is used for encoding an atomizing apparatus startup signal into a first acoustic signal and transmitting same. A second acoustic communication module of the atomizing apparatus is used for receiving the first acoustic signal and decoding same to produce the atomizing apparatus startup signal. A control module is used for controlling the atomizing module on the basis of the atomizing apparatus startup signal to atomize an atomizable medicament.

Description

Atomization system and method with authentication mechanism

Technical field

The invention relates to an atomization system and method, in particular to an atomization system and method with an authentication mechanism.

Background technique

Medical nebulizers are mainly used for drug delivery through the respiratory system. The atomizer atomizes the medicine liquid into tiny particles with a certain particle size, and can deliver the medicine from the patient's mouth and nose to enter the patient's respiratory system through the breathing mode and achieve the treatment purpose through the circulatory system.

However, due to the high price of commercially available drugs, some unscrupulous merchants are often attracted to counterfeit many of the drugs. Due to the ease of product counterfeiting and high illegal gains, many of the counterfeit cases of the drugs include uninterrupted domestic and foreign.

For example, the main anti-counterfeiting methods of domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies are to start on the packaging of medicines or labels on the outside of medicines to increase the difficulty of counterfeiting. By increasing the cost of counterfeiting, attempts are made to prevent counterfeit medicines, including 1D/2D barcode volumes Standards, laser labels, anti-counterfeit bottle caps, anti-counterfeit ink printing, etc., but because these counterfeiting technologies are not difficult to counterfeit, counterfeiters can quickly master the method of cracking, so they cannot completely eradicate the forgery of many of the drugs.

Among them, counterfeit drugs may also cause physical harm to consumers and cause loss of life and property. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an atomization system and method that can improve existing anti-counterfeiting mechanisms and ensure that consumers will not use counterfeit medicines.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an atomization system and method with an authentication mechanism for the deficiencies of the prior art.

In order to solve the above technical problems, one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention is to provide an atomization system with an authentication mechanism, which includes at least one atomized medicine container, a user device, and an atomization device. At least one atomized medicine container has an authentication code carrier associated with the atomized medicine container, and contains the atomized medicine. The user device includes a communication module, an optical authentication module, and a first acoustic wave communication module. The communication module is connected to the cloud server through a network, and the optical authentication module is configured to perform a first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier to obtain first optical authentication information, wherein the communication module is used to request the first optical authentication from the cloud server The authentication operation of the information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns the authentication success signal. The first acoustic wave communication module is used to encode the atomization device activation signal as the first acoustic wave signal and send it when the communication module receives the authentication success signal. The atomization device includes an atomization module, a second sonic communication module and a control module. The atomizing module has an accommodating part and an atomizing component. The accommodating part is used for accommodating the atomized medicine, and the atomizing component is used for atomizing when the atomized medicine is placed in the accommodating part. The second sound wave communication module is used to receive the first sound wave signal and decode it to generate an atomization device activation signal. The control module is used for controlling the atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine according to the activation signal of the atomization device.

Preferably, wherein, after the control module controls the atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine, the control module further generates a start state signal, and the second sound wave communication module converts the start state The signal is encoded as a second acoustic wave signal and transmitted. The first acoustic wave communication module receives the activation state signal and decodes it to display an activation state of the atomizing device on the user device.

Preferably, wherein the first acoustic wave communication module and the second acoustic wave communication module both include: an acoustic wave signal generator for transmitting acoustic wave signals; an acoustic wave signal receiver for receiving acoustic wave signals; and an acoustic wave The signal processing module is used for decoding the received acoustic wave signal to generate a signal, and encoding the signal to generate an acoustic wave signal.

Preferably, the sound wave signal includes at least one of an audible sound wave, an inaudible sound wave, a dual-tone multi-frequency sound wave, and ultrasonic waves.

Preferably, wherein the first optical authentication operation includes identifying an authentication code of the authentication code carrier with the optical authentication module to obtain the first optical authentication information.

Preferably, the authentication code includes at least one of a barcode, a two-dimensional code and a dot matrix graphic.

Preferably, wherein the user device further includes an authentication module, the optical authentication module is further configured to perform a second optical authentication operation associated with a user to obtain a second optical authentication information, wherein the authentication The module is used to perform an authentication operation on the second optical authentication information. After the authentication is completed, the user device may perform the first authentication operation.

Preferably, the second optical authentication operation includes at least one of gesture authentication, facial recognition authentication and fingerprint recognition authentication.

Preferably, the user device further includes an authentication information input interface for a user to input authentication information on the authentication code carrier, wherein the communication module is used to request the cloud server for the authentication information An authentication operation of authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns the authentication success signal.

Preferably, wherein the user device further includes an authentication module, and the user device further includes an authentication information input interface for a user to input authentication information on the authentication code carrier, wherein the authentication module It is used to perform authentication on the authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the first acoustic wave communication module is configured to directly encode the atomization device activation signal And send the first sound wave signal.

In order to solve the above technical problem, another technical solution adopted by the present invention is to provide an atomization method with an authentication mechanism, which includes: placing an atomized medicine contained in at least one atomized medicine container into an atomization device In the accommodating part; the communication module of the user device is connected to the cloud server through the network; the optical authentication module of the user device is used to perform the first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier to obtain the first optical authentication information; the communication module Requesting the cloud server for the authentication operation of the first optical authentication information to determine the authenticity of at least one atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns an authentication success signal; using the first sonic communication module of the user device, When the communication module receives the authentication success signal, the atomization device activation signal is encoded into the first sound wave signal and sent; the second sound wave communication module with the atomization device receives the first sound wave signal and decodes to generate the atomization device A start signal; and the control module of the atomizing device controls the atomizing component of the atomizing module according to the start signal of the atomizing device to atomize the atomized medicine.

Preferably, wherein, after the control module controls the atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine, the method further includes: generating a start state signal with the control module; and using the second sound wave communication module to The activation state signal is encoded as a second acoustic wave signal and transmitted; and the activation state signal is received and decoded by the first acoustic wave communication module to display a first of the atomization device on the user device Startup status.

Preferably, the atomization method with an authentication mechanism further includes: using the optical authentication module to further perform a second optical authentication operation associated with a user to obtain a second optical authentication information; and using the user An authentication module of the device is used to perform an authentication operation on the second optical authentication information. After the authentication is completed, the user device may perform the first authentication operation.

Preferably, the atomization method with an authentication mechanism further includes: inputting authentication information on the authentication code carrier with an authentication information input interface of the user device; and using the communication module to the cloud server An authentication operation on the authentication information is requested to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns the authentication success signal.

Preferably, the atomization method with an authentication mechanism further includes: inputting authentication information on the authentication code carrier with an authentication information input interface of the user device, and performing with an authentication module of the user device The authentication operation of the authentication information is used to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container, and after the authentication is completed, the atomization device activation signal is directly encoded with a first sonic communication module of the user device And send the first sound wave signal.

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that, in the atomizing system and method provided with an authentication mechanism provided by the present invention, an optical authentication module can be matched with an authentication code carrier with optical authentication information to improve the anti-counterfeit identifier and product history data. Anti-counterfeiting effect.

In addition, the technology of the present invention can use a common audio system to implement information authentication and sound wave communication functions between the user device and the atomizing device. By using the device that has built-in audio related circuits, the present invention can use the existing audio related circuits to further communicate with the atomizing device. In addition to improving the security of the authentication mechanism, it is also more convenient for users to use .

Furthermore, in the atomization system and method with authentication mechanism of the present invention, the camera, camera or fingerprint recognition module commonly used in existing smartphones can be used to extract the user's gestures or biological features as the second optical authentication For information and authentication, you can perform authentication in advance to ensure security before performing the aforementioned first authentication operation.

In addition, an authentication information input interface is additionally provided for users to input the authentication information on the authentication code carrier, which also adds flexibility to the authentication method.

In order to further understand the features and technical content of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of the present invention. However, the drawings provided are for reference and description only, and are not intended to limit the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to a first embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of one function of an atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a flowchart of an atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of authentication of an atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3C is another flowchart of the atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one function of an atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a flowchart of an atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to a second embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of authentication of an atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to a second embodiment of the invention.

detailed description

The following are specific specific examples to illustrate the implementation of the "atomization system and method with authentication mechanism" disclosed by the present invention. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments. Various details in this specification can also be based on different viewpoints and applications, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention. In addition, the drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn according to actual sizes, and are declared in advance. The following embodiments will further describe related technical contents of the present invention in detail, but the disclosed contents are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that although terms such as “first”, “second”, and “third” may be used herein to describe various components or signals, these components or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are mainly used to distinguish one component from another component, or one signal from another signal. In addition, the term "or" as used herein may include any combination of any one or more of the associated listed items, depending on the actual situation.

For clarity of explanation, in some cases, the present technology may be presented as an independent functional block including functional blocks, including devices, device components, steps or routes in methods implemented in software, or a combination of hardware and software.

In some embodiments, the computer-readable storage device, medium, and memory may include cables or wireless signals containing bit streams and the like. However, when mentioned, non-transitory computer-readable storage media specifically exclude media such as energy, carrier signals, electromagnetic waves, and the signal itself.

The method according to the above-described embodiment is implemented using computer-executable instructions stored or otherwise obtainable from a computer-readable medium. Such instructions may include, for example, instructions and data that cause or otherwise configure a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, or a special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or set of functions. Part of the computer resources used can be accessed via the network. The computer-executable instructions may be, for example, binary, intermediate format instructions, such as assembly language, firmware, or source code. Examples of computer readable media that can be used to store instructions during the method according to the described embodiments, information used, and/or information created include magnetic or optical disks, flash memory, USB provided with non-volatile memory Devices, networked storage devices, etc.

The devices implementing these disclosed laws may include hardware, firmware, and/or software, and may take any of various forms. Typical examples of this form include notebook computers, smart phones, small personal computers, personal digital assistants, and so on. The functions described herein can also be implemented in peripheral devices or built-in cards. By way of further example, this function can also be implemented on different chips or different circuit boards executed on a single device.

The instructions, the medium for transmitting such instructions, the computing resources for executing them, or other structures for supporting such computing resources are means for providing the functions described in these publications.

First embodiment

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to a first embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the first embodiment of the present invention provides an atomization system 1 with an authentication mechanism, which includes an atomized medicine container 10, a user device 12, and an atomization device 14.

The aerosolized medicine container 10 has an authentication code carrier 100 associated with the aerosolized medicine container 10 and contains the aerosolized medicine 102. Generally speaking, the aerosolized medicine container 10 can be a bottled container with a bottle mouth, and the authentication code carrier 100 can be an authentication label provided on the bottle cap to be used separately from the bottled container, but the invention is not limited to this, authentication The code carrier 100 may also be an authentication label detachably provided on the outside of the bottled container.

1, the user device 12 includes a communication module 120, a processor 122, an optical authentication module 124, and a first sonic communication module 126. On the premise that the embodiment of the present invention is an unrestricted embodiment, various examples can be further implemented in a wide variety of operating environments, which in some cases may include one or more servers that can be used to run any number of applications Computer, user computer or computing device. The user device 12 may include any number of general-purpose personal computers that run a standard operating system, such as desktop or notebook computers, and mobile phones, wireless, and handheld devices that run mobile software and can support a large number of networks and transport communication protocols. Such a system may also include several workstations running any of various commercially available operating systems and other known applications for development and database management purposes. These devices may also include other electronic devices capable of communicating through the network, such as virtual terminals, thin clients, game systems, and other devices.

The functions of the processor 122 included in the user device 12 may be implemented by using one or more processing units. The processor 260 may be a programmable unit, such as a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a digital signal processor (DSP) chip, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or the like. The functions of the processor can also be implemented by one or several electronic devices or ICs. In other words, the functions performed by the processor 122 may be implemented in the hardware domain or the software domain or a combination of the hardware domain and the software domain.

The communication module 120 is connected to the cloud server 18 through the network 16. Among them, the communication module 120 can be transmitted through a near-end network, such as WIFI, Bluetooth, etc., connected to the network 16 and communicate with the cloud server 18. In addition, in the example of using the cloud server 18, the cloud server 18 can run any of various servers or mid-tier applications (including HTTP servers, FTP servers, CGI servers, data servers, Java servers, and business applications) Program server. The cloud server 29 can also execute programs or scripts in response to requests from user devices, such as by executing one or more web applications, which can be implemented as one or more scripts or programs written in any programming language , Such as Java, C, C#, or C++, or any scripting language, such as Perl, Python, or TCL, and combinations thereof. In addition, the cloud server 18 may also include a database server.

The optical authentication module 124 is used to perform a first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier 100 to obtain first optical authentication information. For example, the first optical authentication operation includes identifying the authentication code of the authentication code carrier 100 with the optical authentication module 124 to obtain the first optical authentication information. The authentication code includes at least one of a barcode, a two-dimensional code, and a dot matrix graphic.

After obtaining the first optical authentication information, the communication module 120 may request the cloud server 18 to perform an authentication operation on the first optical authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized drug container 10. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server 18 returns the authentication The success signal S11 notifies the user device 12 that the atomization of the medicine container 10 is true.

In addition, the user device 12 further includes a first acoustic wave communication module 126, which is used to encode and transmit the atomization device activation signal into the first acoustic wave signal S12 when the communication module 120 receives the authentication success signal S11.

The atomizing device 14 includes an atomizing module 140, a second sonic communication module 148, and a control module 146. The atomizing module 140 has an accommodating portion 142 and an atomizing assembly 144. The accommodating portion 142 is used to accommodate the atomized medicine 102, and the atomizing assembly 144 is used to atomize the atomized medicine 102 when placed in the accommodating portion 142 Change.

The second acoustic wave communication module 148 is used to receive the first acoustic wave signal S12 and decode it to generate an atomization device activation signal. The control module 146 is used to control the atomization module 140 to atomize the atomized medicine 102 according to the activation signal of the atomization device. Similarly, the functions of the control module 146 included in the atomizing device 14 can be implemented by using one or more processing units. The processor 260 may be a programmable unit, such as a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a digital signal processor (DSP) chip, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or the like. The functions of the processor can also be implemented by one or several electronic devices or ICs. In other words, the functions performed by the control module 146 may be implemented in the hardware domain or the software domain or a combination of the hardware domain and the software domain.

In addition, after the control module 146 controls 140 the atomization module to atomize the aerosolized drug 102, the control module 146 can further generate an activation state signal, and the second acoustic wave communication module 148 encodes the activation state signal into the second acoustic wave signal S13 and sends The first sound wave communication module 126 receives the activation state signal S13 and decodes it to display the activation state of the atomizing device 14 on the user device 12.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of one function of an atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in the atomization system 1 with an authentication mechanism, the first acoustic wave communication module 126 includes an acoustic wave signal generator 1262, an acoustic wave signal receiver 1264, and an acoustic wave signal processing module 1260. The acoustic wave signal generator 1262 is used to transmit acoustic wave signals, the acoustic wave signal receiver 1264 is used to receive acoustic wave signals, and the acoustic wave signal processing module 1260 is used to decode the received acoustic wave signals to generate signals and encode the signals. Generate sound waves.

For example, the sound wave signal processing module 1260 in the first sound wave communication module 126 of the present invention can modulate the communication signal into a high-frequency sound wave, such as an ultrasonic wave/ultrasound-like sound wave with a frequency range higher than the audio sound wave frequency range , And then transmitted by the sound wave signal generator 1262. On the other hand, the first sound wave communication module 126 can also use the sound wave signal receiver 1264 to receive the high frequency sound wave, and then the sound wave signal processing module 1260 demodulates it to retrieve the communication signal therein, and then the user device 12 can Based on this communication signal, the user device 12 communicates with the atomization device 14 by operating and interacting.

Therefore, similarly, the second sonic communication module 148 of the atomizing device 14 also includes an sonic signal generator 1482, an sonic signal receiver 1484, and an sonic signal processing module 1480, and has the same function as the first sonic communication module 126 described above, so Not repeat them here. Specifically, the sound wave signal includes at least one of an audible sound wave, an inaudible sound wave, a dual-tone multi-frequency sound wave, and ultrasonic waves. Corresponding to the case of adopting dual-tone multi-frequency sound waves, the first acoustic wave communication module 126 and the second acoustic wave communication module 148 may be dual-tone multi-frequency acoustic wave transceivers, but the invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 3A is a flowchart of an atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of authentication of the atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIGS. 3A and 3B, the first embodiment of the present invention also provides an atomization method with an authentication mechanism, which includes at least the following steps:

Step S100: The nebulized medicine 102 is placed in the accommodating portion 142 of the nebulizing device 14.

Step S101: Connect the communication module 120 to the cloud server 18 through the network 16.

Step S102: Perform the first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier 100 with the optical authentication module 124 to obtain the first optical authentication information. For example, the authentication label 1002 on the authentication code carrier 100 can be obtained, such as at least one of a barcode, a two-dimensional code, and a dot matrix pattern, and the optical authentication module 124 can recognize or interpret the authentication label 1002 to obtain the first optical Certification Information.

Step S103: The cloud server 18 determines the authenticity of the atomized medicine container 10 or the atomized medicine. More specifically, the communication module 120 may request the cloud server 18 to perform an authentication operation on the first optical authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container 10. If the cloud server 18 determines that the atomized medicine container 10 is false, enter Step S104, the authentication procedure is terminated. If the cloud server 18 determines that the atomized medicine container 10 is true, it proceeds to step S105.

Step S105: After the authentication is completed, the cloud server 18 returns an authentication success signal S11.

Step S106: When the communication module 120 receives the authentication success signal S11, the atomization device activation signal is generated correspondingly, and the atomization device activation signal is encoded into the first sound wave signal S12 by the first acoustic wave communication module S126 and sent.

Step S107: The second sound wave communication module 148 of the atomizing device 14 receives and decodes the first sound wave signal to generate an atomizing device activation signal.

Step S108: the control module of the atomizing device controls the atomizing component of the atomizing module to atomize the atomized medicine according to the activation signal of the atomizing device.

3C, which is another flowchart of the atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, after step S108, the following steps may be further included:

Step S109: The control module 146 generates a start state signal. The activation state signal may carry information including the activation state of each component in the atomizing device 14 or the remaining amount of the atomized medicine 102.

Step S110: The second sound wave communication module 148 encodes the startup state signal into a second sound wave signal S13 and sends it.

Step S111: The first sound wave communication module 126 receives and decodes the activation state signal to display the activation state of the atomizing device 14 on the user device 12.

Therefore, in the atomization method with the authentication mechanism of the present invention, the optical authentication module can be matched with an authentication code carrier with optical authentication information to improve the anti-counterfeiting effect of the anti-counterfeiting identifier and product history data.

Second embodiment

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one function of an atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the user device 12 further includes an authentication module 128, and the optical authentication module 124 may perform a second optical authentication operation associated with the user USER to obtain second optical authentication information. More specifically, the authentication module 128 is used to perform an authentication operation on the second optical authentication information. After the authentication is completed, the user device 12 may perform the aforementioned first authentication operation. The second optical authentication operation may include at least one of gesture authentication, facial recognition authentication, and fingerprint recognition authentication. As shown in the figure, the camera or camera commonly used in existing smart phones can be used to extract the gesture GES of the user USER as the second optical authentication information, and perform authentication operations for the gesture GES. Among them, the database in the user device 12 may store a plurality of gestures defined by the owner of the atomizing device 14 to perform authentication in advance to ensure security before performing the aforementioned first authentication operation.

On the other hand, the user device 12 further includes an authentication information input interface 129 for the user USER to input the authentication information 1004 on the authentication code carrier 100, and then the communication module 120 may request the cloud server 18 to authenticate the authentication information to To determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine 102 or the atomized medicine container 10, after the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns an authentication success signal S11. When the communication module 120 has no communication capability and is not connected to the cloud server 18, the authentication module 128 can be used to perform authentication operations on the authentication information 1004, for example, the authentication information 1004 and the data in the database built in the user device 12 The comparison is performed to determine the authenticity of the corresponding atomized medicine 102 or the atomized medicine container 10 through the authentication information 1004. Among them, the data used for comparison in the database can be attached when the application for authentication is installed, or after the application for authentication is installed, the communication module 120 has the communication capability and is downloaded when the cloud server 18 is connected Or update.

FIG. 5A is a flowchart of an atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to a second embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of authentication of an atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to the second embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIGS. 5A and 5B, the second embodiment of the present invention also provides an atomization method with an authentication mechanism, which includes at least the following steps:

Step S200: Use the optical authentication module 124 to perform a second optical authentication operation associated with the user USER to obtain second optical authentication information.

Step S201: Perform an authentication operation on the second optical authentication information with the authentication module 128. After the authentication is completed, the user device 12 may perform the first authentication operation. The second optical authentication operation includes at least one of gesture authentication, facial recognition authentication, and fingerprint recognition authentication. If the authentication fails, step S202 is entered to terminate the authentication procedure. If the authentication is successful, it proceeds to step S203.

Step S203: The authentication information 1004 on the authentication code carrier 100 is input through the authentication information input interface 129. At the same time that the user USER inputs the authentication information 1004, the first sound wave communication module 126 of the user device 12 may also synchronously generate a sound wave signal corresponding to the authentication information 1004 to start the sound wave communication with the atomizing device 14. Here, when the communication module 120 has communication capabilities and is connected to the cloud server 18 via the network, step S204 can be entered, and when the communication module 120 has no communication capabilities and is not connected to the cloud server 18, then step can be entered S207.

Step S204: The communication module 120 requests the cloud server 18 for an authentication operation on the authentication information 1004 to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container 10. If the cloud server 18 determines that the aerosolized medicine container 10 is false, it proceeds to step S205 and terminates the authentication procedure. If the cloud server 18 determines that the atomized medicine container 10 is true, it proceeds to step S206.

Step S206: After the authentication is completed, the cloud server 18 returns an authentication success signal S11, and proceeds to step S106 in FIG. 3A.

On the other hand, if the communication module 120 has no communication capability and is not connected to the cloud server 18 via the network, step S207 is performed: the authentication module 128 is used to perform authentication of the authentication information 1004 to determine the aerosolized drug container 10 Authenticity. As described above, the authentication information 1004 can be compared with the data in the database built in the user device 12 to determine the authenticity of the corresponding atomized medicine 102 or the atomized medicine container 10 through the authentication information 1004. If the authentication module 128 determines that the aerosolized medicine container 10 is false, it proceeds to step S208 and terminates the authentication procedure. If the authentication module 128 determines that the aerosolized medicine container 10 is true, it proceeds to step S106 in FIG. 3A.

In some embodiments, steps S103 to S105 and steps S200 to S201 are not necessary, and step S203 can be directly executed to input the authentication information 1004 on the authentication code carrier 100 without first performing the aforementioned second optical authentication operation.

Therefore, in the atomization system and method with authentication mechanism of the present invention, the camera, camera or fingerprint recognition module commonly used in existing smart phones can be used to extract the user's gesture or biological feature as the second optical authentication information , And carry out the authentication operation, before performing the aforementioned first authentication operation, pre-authenticate to ensure safety.

In addition, in addition to the authentication method provided in the first embodiment, an authentication information input interface is provided to input authentication information on the authentication code carrier, which further increases the flexibility of the authentication method.

Advantageous effects of the embodiment

In addition, the technology of the present invention can utilize a common audio system to implement information authentication and sound wave communication functions between the user device and the atomizing device. By using a device that has built-in audio-related circuits, the present invention can use existing audio-related circuits to further communicate with the atomization device. In addition to improving the security of the authentication mechanism, it is also more convenient for users to use .

In addition, an authentication information input interface is additionally provided for users to input the authentication information on the authentication code carrier, which further increases the flexibility of the authentication method.

The content disclosed above is only a preferred and feasible embodiment of the present invention, and therefore does not limit the scope of protection of the claims of the present invention, so all equivalent technical changes made by using the description and drawings of the present invention are included in this Within the scope of protection of the claims of the invention.

Claims

An atomization system with an authentication mechanism is characterized in that the atomization system with an authentication mechanism includes:

At least one atomized medicine container, having an authentication code carrier associated with the atomized medicine container, and containing an atomized medicine;

A user device, including:

A communication module, connected to a cloud server through the network;

An optical authentication module configured to perform a first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier to obtain a first optical authentication information, wherein the communication module is used to request the cloud server for the first An authentication operation of optical authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container, and after the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns an authentication success signal; and

A first acoustic wave communication module for encoding an atomization device activation signal into a first acoustic wave signal and transmitting when the communication module receives the authentication success signal; and

An atomizing device, including:

An atomizing module has an accommodating portion and an atomizing component, the accommodating portion is used to accommodate the atomized medicine, and the atomizing component is used to place the atomized medicine in the container Fogging when placed in the center;

A second acoustic wave communication module connected to the control unit for receiving the first acoustic wave signal and decoding to generate the atomization device activation signal; and

A control module for controlling the atomizing module to atomize the atomized medicine according to the activation signal of the atomizing device.
The atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 1, wherein after the control module controls the atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine, the control module further generates a startup state Signal, the second acoustic wave communication module encodes the activation state signal into a second acoustic wave signal and sends it, and the first acoustic wave communication module receives the activation state signal and decodes it to the user device Display a starting state of the atomizing device.
The atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the first acoustic wave communication module and the second acoustic wave communication module both include:

A sonic signal generator for sending sonic signals;

A sound wave signal receiver for receiving sound wave signals; and

An acoustic wave signal processing module is used to decode the received acoustic wave signal to generate a signal, and encode the signal to generate an acoustic wave signal.
The atomizing system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the sound wave signal includes at least one of an audible sound wave, an inaudible sound wave, a dual-tone multi-frequency sound wave, and ultrasonic waves.
The atomizing system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the first optical authentication operation includes identifying an authentication code of the authentication code carrier with the optical authentication module to obtain the first Optical certification information.
The atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the authentication code includes at least one of a barcode, a two-dimensional code, and a dot matrix graphic.
The atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the user device further comprises an authentication module, the optical authentication module is further configured to perform a second optical authentication associated with a user Operation to obtain a second optical authentication information,

The authentication module is used to perform an authentication operation on the second optical authentication information. After the authentication is completed, the user device may perform the first authentication operation.
The atomizing system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 7, wherein the second optical authentication operation includes at least one of gesture authentication, facial recognition authentication, and fingerprint recognition authentication.
The atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the user device further includes an authentication information input interface for a user to input authentication information on the authentication code carrier,

The communication module is used to request the cloud server to perform an authentication operation on the authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns the authentication success signal .
The atomization system with an authentication mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the user device further includes an authentication module, and the user device further includes an authentication information input interface for a user to An authentication information input on the authentication code carrier,

The authentication module is used to authenticate the authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the first sonic communication module is configured to directly The activation signal of the conversion device is encoded into the first sound wave signal and transmitted.
An atomization method with an authentication mechanism, characterized in that the atomization method with an authentication mechanism includes:

With at least one atomized medicine container, the contained one atomized medicine is placed in a containing portion of an atomizing device;

Connect to a cloud server through a network with a communication module of a user device;

Using an optical authentication module of the user device to perform a first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier to obtain a first optical authentication information;

The communication module requests the cloud server to perform an authentication operation on the first optical authentication information to determine the authenticity of the at least one atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns an authentication Success signal

With a first acoustic wave communication module of the user device, when the communication module receives the authentication success signal, an atomization device activation signal is encoded into a first acoustic wave signal and sent;

A second sound wave communication module of the atomizing device receives the first sound wave signal and decodes to generate the atomizing device activation signal; and

A control module of the atomization device controls an atomization component of the atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine according to the activation signal of the atomization device.
The atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to claim 11, wherein after the control module controls the atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine, the method further comprises:

The control module generates a start state signal;

Encoding and starting the start state signal into a second sound wave signal with the second sound wave communication module; and

The first sound wave communication module receives the activation state signal and decodes it to display an activation state of the atomization device on the user device.
The atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to claim 11, wherein the first acoustic wave communication module and the second acoustic wave communication module both include:

A sonic signal generator for sending sonic signals;

A sound wave signal receiver for receiving sound wave signals; and

An acoustic wave signal processing module is used to decode the received acoustic wave signal to generate a signal, and encode the signal to generate an acoustic wave signal.
The atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to claim 13, wherein the sound wave signal includes at least one of an audible sound wave, an inaudible sound wave, a dual-tone multi-frequency sound wave, and ultrasonic waves.
The atomizing method with an authentication mechanism according to claim 11, wherein the first optical authentication operation includes identifying an authentication code of the authentication code carrier with the optical authentication module to obtain the first Optical certification information.
The atomizing method with an authentication mechanism according to claim 15, wherein the authentication code includes at least one of a barcode, a two-dimensional code, and a dot matrix graphic.
The atomization method with authentication mechanism according to claim 11, wherein the atomization method with authentication mechanism further comprises:

Using the optical authentication module to further perform a second optical authentication operation associated with a user to obtain a second optical authentication information; and

An authentication module of the user device is used to perform an authentication operation on the second optical authentication information. After the authentication is completed, the user device can perform the first authentication operation.
The atomization method with an authentication mechanism according to claim 17, wherein the second optical authentication operation includes at least one of gesture authentication, face recognition authentication, and fingerprint recognition authentication.
The atomizing method with authentication mechanism according to claim 11, wherein the atomizing method with authentication mechanism further comprises:

Input an authentication information on the authentication code carrier with an authentication information input interface of the user device; and

The communication module requests the cloud server to perform an authentication operation on the authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, the cloud server returns the authentication success signal.
The atomizing method with authentication mechanism according to claim 11, wherein the atomizing method with authentication mechanism further comprises:

Input an authentication information on the authentication code carrier with an authentication information input interface of the user device,

The authentication operation of the authentication information is performed by an authentication module of the user device to determine the authenticity of the atomized medicine container. After the authentication is completed, a first sonic communication module of the user device is directly used , Encode the atomization device activation signal into the first sound wave signal and send it.