WO2022095611A1

WO2022095611A1 - Battery rod, electronic atomization apparatus, detection device, and working method therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2022095611A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/118836
Authority: WO
Inventors: 方伟明
Original assignee: 深圳麦克韦尔科技有限公司
Priority date: 2020-11-05
Filing date: 2021-09-16
Publication date: 2022-05-12
Also published as: CN112545060A

Abstract

A battery rod (61), an electronic atomization apparatus, a detection device, and a working method therefor. The battery rod (61) comprises: a control chip (11), which is used to drive an atomizer (62) that is electrically connected to the battery rod (61), so as acquire parameter information on the atomizer (62) and/or other components in the battery rod (61), and convert the parameter information into parameter signals of different frequencies; a driving circuit (12), which is connected to the control chip (11) and a light-emitting unit (13) for use in acquiring the parameter signals and using the parameter signals to drive the light-emitting unit (13) to emit light so as to generate optical signals, and thereby send out the parameter signals by means of the optical signals. The battery rod (61), the electronic atomization apparatus, the detection device and the working method therefor enable the transmission of the parameter information of the electronic atomization apparatus, are convenient to use, and reduce costs.

Description

Battery rod, electronic atomization device, testing equipment and working method thereof

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority based on Chinese patent application 202011225829.3 filed on November 5, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

technical field

The present application relates to the field of electronic atomization devices, and in particular, to a battery rod, an electronic atomization device, a detection device and a working method thereof.

Background technique

During the production of electronic atomization devices, some basic parameters need to be tested to ensure product quality, such as battery voltage, atomizer resistance, output power and other parameters. In the prior art, in order to know the parameter information of the electronic atomization device, such as test parameters, suction parameters, etc., a method used is to add an additional communication module such as a Bluetooth module to the electronic atomization device to transmit the parameter information. , and the additional communication module will increase the cost and volume of the electronic atomization device; another way is to test with an external test instrument such as a multimeter through a test fixture to obtain parameter information, but its operation is complicated and inconvenient to use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present application provides a battery rod, an electronic atomization device, and a detection device for acquiring parameter information of the electronic atomization device, which are convenient to use and save costs.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the first technical solution provided by the present application is to provide a battery rod, including: a control chip for driving an atomizer electrically connected to the battery rod, so as to obtain the atomizer and/or parameter information of other components in the battery rod, and convert the parameter information into parameter signals of different frequencies; a drive circuit, connected to the control chip and the light-emitting unit, is used to obtain the parameter signals, and use the The parameter signal drives the light-emitting unit to emit light to generate an optical signal, and then the parameter signal is sent out through the optical signal.

The control chip includes: an encoding unit for encoding the parameter information to generate encoded data; a first timer, connected to the encoding unit, for generating parameter signals of different frequencies according to the encoded data .

Wherein, the parameter signals of different frequencies generated by the first timer also have different duty ratios.

Wherein, the control chip further includes: an acquisition unit, used to acquire the parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod, and send it to the encoding unit; a modulation unit, connected to the The first timer is used for outputting the parameter signals of different frequencies to the driving circuit; wherein, the encoding unit is connected to the obtaining unit.

Wherein, the frequency of the parameter signals of different frequencies is greater than 50 Hz.

Wherein, the parameter signals of different frequencies include parameter signals of at least two frequencies; or the parameter signals at least include parameter signals of three frequencies.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the second technical solution provided by the present application is to provide an electronic atomization device, comprising: a battery rod and an atomizer; the battery rod is the battery rod described in any one of the above, using is used to drive the atomizer; the atomizer includes a heating element, and the parameter information obtained by the battery rod includes the heating parameter of the heating element.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the third technical solution provided by the present application is to provide a working method of an electronic atomization device, the method is performed based on the electronic atomization device described above, and the method includes: obtaining the atomization device. convert the parameter information into parameter signals of different frequencies; use the parameter signal to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light to generate a light signal, and then use the light signal to convert the The parameter signal is sent out.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the fourth technical solution provided by the present application is to provide a detection device, comprising: an optical sensor for acquiring an optical signal generated by a battery rod of an electronic atomization device; a control unit for connecting the optical sensor The sensor is used to convert the optical signal into a digital signal, and identify the frequency of the digital signal, and then decode and obtain the parameter information of the electronic atomization device according to the identified frequency.

Wherein, the control unit includes: a second timer, used to identify the frequency of the digital signal; a decoding unit, connected to the second timer, used to decode and obtain the parameter information of the atomizer according to the identified frequency .

Wherein, the second timer starts at the first level signal of the digital signal, and stops at the next first level signal, thereby identifying the frequency of the digital signal.

Wherein, the control unit further includes: a receiving unit, connected to the optical sensor, for converting the optical signal into a digital signal; a display unit, connected to the decoding unit, for displaying the parameter information; wherein , the second timer is connected to the receiving unit.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the fifth technical solution provided by this application is to provide a working method of a detection device, the method is performed based on the detection device described in any one of the above, and the method includes: obtaining electronic atomization The light signal generated by the battery rod of the device; convert the light signal into a digital signal; identify the frequency of the digital signal, and then decode according to the identified frequency to obtain the parameter information of the electronic atomization device.

The beneficial effect of the present application is that, different from the situation in the prior art, the battery rod provided by the present application includes a control chip, and the control chip is used to obtain the parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod, and to The parameter information is converted into parameter signals of different frequencies; the drive circuit obtains the parameter signal, and uses the parameter signal to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light to generate an optical signal, and then sends the parameter signal through the optical signal go out. In this way, the transmission of parameter information of the electronic atomization device is realized, which is convenient to use and saves costs.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the application for a battery pole;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the battery rod in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the battery rod in FIG. 1;

Fig. 4a is the waveform schematic diagram of the parameter signal of different frequency;

FIG. 4b is a schematic waveform diagram of an embodiment of parameter signals of different frequencies;

5 is a schematic waveform diagram of an optical signal of a light-emitting unit;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the electronic atomization device of the present application;

7 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a working method of the electronic atomization device of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the detection device of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a specific embodiment of the detection device shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of another embodiment of the working method of the detection device of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic structural diagram of a battery rod according to a first embodiment of the present application. Specifically, the battery rod includes a control chip 11 , a driving circuit 12 and a light-emitting unit 13 . The control chip 11 drives the atomizer inserted into the battery rod to obtain parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod, and converts the parameter information into parameter signals of different frequencies; the drive circuit 12 is connected to the control chip 11 and the light-emitting unit 13, for acquiring the parameter signal, and using the parameter signal to drive the light-emitting unit 13 to emit light to generate an optical signal, and then sending the parameter signal through the optical signal.

Specifically, the control chip 11 may be an MCU chip or the like. When the atomizer is inserted into the battery rod for operation, the control chip 11 acquires parameter information of the electronic atomization device, where the parameter information includes test parameters and/or suction parameters, wherein the test parameters may be, for example, the temperature of the battery cell, the temperature of the battery cell, the Voltage, atomizer resistance, output power, etc., and the suction parameters can be, for example, the number of suction ports, suction time, and the like.

Further, please refer to FIG. 2 , wherein the control chip 11 includes: an encoding unit 111 and a first timer 112 , the encoding unit 111 is used to encode the parameter information to generate encoded data; the first timer 112 is connected to the encoding unit 111 , which is used to generate parameter signals of different frequencies according to the encoded data. Specifically, the first timer 112 can generate two parameter signals with different frequencies, for example, a parameter signal with a frequency f0 and a parameter signal with a frequency f1. In another embodiment, the first timer 112 generates a parameter signal with different frequencies. The parametric signals also have different duty cycles. Please refer to FIG. 4 a , wherein the first timer 112 can generate parameter signals with frequency f0 and different duty ratios and parameter signals with frequency f1 and different duty ratios. Among them, A represents the parameter signal with frequency f0 and different duty cycle, and B represents the parameter signal with frequency f1 and different duty cycle. In another embodiment, the first timer 112 may also generate parameter signals with a frequency of f2 and different duty cycles, as shown in FIG. 4a, wherein C represents a parameter signal with a frequency of f2 and different duty cycles, and the duty cycle For controlling the light-emitting luminance of the light-emitting unit 13 , the larger the duty ratio, that is, the longer the high level lasts, the higher the luminance of the light-emitting unit 13 is.

In one embodiment, the frequencies of the parameter signals of different frequencies are greater than 50 Hz. Specifically, the frequencies f0, f1, and f2 are greater than 50 Hz to prevent the human eye from being able to perceive the flicker. The parameter signal of frequency f0 may represent the transmission of data 0, the parameter signal of frequency f1 may represent the transmission of data 1, and the parameter signal of frequency f2 may represent the transmission of no data. In one embodiment, the frequencies f0, f1, and f2 may be, for example, 70HZ, 100HZ, and 120HZ, respectively.

Further, referring to FIG. 3 , the difference from the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 above is that in this embodiment, the control chip 11 further includes: an acquisition unit 113 and a modulation unit 114 . The acquisition unit 113 is used to acquire the parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod, and send it to the encoding unit 111, and the modulation unit 114 is connected to the first timer 112 for converting parameter signals of different frequencies. output to the drive circuit 12 . In this embodiment, the encoding unit 111 is connected to the acquiring unit 113, and the acquiring unit 113 acquires the suction parameters from the atomizer, and acquires parameter information such as test parameters from the battery rod, and sends them to the encoding unit 111, and the encoding unit 111 performs the processing on them. coding to generate coded data, the first timer 112 generates parameter signals of different frequencies according to the coded data, or parameter signals of different frequencies and different duty ratios, for example, as shown in FIG. 4a, the modulation unit 114 sends the parameter signals to the driving circuit 12. The driving circuit 12 uses the parameter signal to control the light-emitting unit 13 to emit light, thereby transmitting the parameter information of the electronic atomization device. Specifically, if the parameter information is the cell voltage, such as 3.2V, the encoded data is 11111100, which is converted into parameter signals of different frequencies, the parameter signal of frequency f0 is used to represent data 0, and the parameter signal of frequency f1 is used to represent data 0. Indicates the waveform diagram of the parameter signals of different frequencies generated by the data 1, as shown in Fig. 4b.

Further, the battery rod also includes a battery cell, a microphone head, a heating circuit, a detection circuit, etc. connected to the control chip 11 , wherein the battery cell is connected to the control chip 11 to supply power to the atomizer, and the microphone head is used to detect the user's suction Action to start the electronic atomization device to work, specifically, when the microphone head detects a change in airflow, the electronic atomization device is started to work. The heating circuit is used to control the heating element (heating wire) of the atomizer to generate heat according to the PWM signal to atomize the atomization substrate, and the detection circuit is used to detect the electrical parameters of the heating wire when it is working, and transmit it to the control chip 11 . Specifically, when the microphone head detects a change in airflow, the control chip 11 outputs a PWM signal to the heating circuit to control the heating element in the atomizer to generate heat.

Specifically, the light-emitting unit 13 may be an LED lamp, and when the light-emitting unit 13 emits light, it may be changed, for example, it may go through processes such as gradually brightening, long brightening, gradually extinguishing, and extinguishing, as shown in FIG. 5 . In the fading phase, the parameter signal of frequency f0 may indicate the transmission of data 0, the parameter signal of frequency f1 may indicate the transmission of data 1, and the parameter signal of frequency f2 may indicate no data transmission, and the duty cycle gradually increases. In the long-bright phase, the parameter signal of frequency f0 can represent the transmission of data 0, the parameter signal of frequency f1 can represent the transmission of data 1, and the parameter signal of frequency f2 can represent no data transmission, and the duty cycle is the same. The larger, the brighter the light-emitting unit. During the fade-out process, the parameter signal of frequency f0 can represent the transmission of data 0, the parameter signal of frequency f1 can represent the transmission of data 1, the parameter signal of frequency f2 can represent no data transmission, and the duty cycle is gradually reduced. Turn off stage, constant level output. In this way, the parameter information of the electronic atomization device is sent out through the light signal emitted by the light-emitting unit 13 .

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the electronic atomization device of the present application. The electronic atomization device includes a battery rod 61 and an atomizer 62 . The battery rod 61 is the battery rod described above and is used to drive the atomizer 62 ; the atomizer 62 includes a heating element 621 , and the parameters obtained by the battery rod 61 The information includes heating parameters of the heating element 621 .

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is a schematic flowchart of the first embodiment of the working method of the electronic atomization device of the present application, and the method includes:

Step S71: Obtain parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod.

Specifically, when the electronic atomization device is in use, parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod is obtained, and the parameter information includes: test parameters and/or suction parameters, wherein the test parameters may be, for example, battery cells Temperature, cell voltage, atomizer resistance, output power, etc., the suction parameters can be, for example, the number of suction ports, suction time, and the like.

Step S72: Convert the parameter information into parameter signals of different frequencies.

The parameter information is converted into parameter signals of different frequencies. Specifically, in an embodiment, the parameter signals of different frequencies may also have different duty cycles. For example, the parameter information can be converted into parameter signals with frequency f0 and different duty ratios and parameter signals with frequency f1 and different duty ratios, or can also be converted into parameter signals with frequency f2 and different duty ratios , there is no specific limitation. It should be noted that the frequencies of the parameter signals of different frequencies are greater than 50 Hz. Specifically, the frequencies f0, f1, and f2 are greater than 50 Hz to prevent the human eye from being able to perceive the flicker.

Step S73: Use the parameter signal to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light to generate an optical signal, and then use the optical signal to send the parameter signal.

The light-emitting unit is driven to emit light by parameter signals of different frequencies and/or different duty ratios to generate an optical signal, and then the parameter signal is sent out by using the optical signal. Specifically, the light-emitting unit may be an LED lamp, and when the light-emitting unit emits light, it may be changed, for example, it may go through processes such as gradually brightening, long brightening, gradually extinguishing, and extinguishing. In the fading phase, the parameter signal of frequency f0 may indicate the transmission of data 0, the parameter signal of frequency f1 may indicate the transmission of data 1, and the parameter signal of frequency f2 may indicate no data transmission, and the duty cycle gradually increases. In the long-bright phase, the parameter signal of frequency f0 can represent the transmission of data 0, the parameter signal of frequency f1 can represent the transmission of data 1, and the parameter signal of frequency f2 can represent no data transmission, and the duty cycle is the same. The larger, the brighter the light-emitting unit. During the fade-out process, the parameter signal of frequency f0 can represent the transmission of data 0, the parameter signal of frequency f1 can represent the transmission of data 1, the parameter signal of frequency f2 can represent no data transmission, and the duty cycle is gradually reduced. Turn off stage, constant level output. In this way, the parameter information of the electronic atomization device is sent out through the light signal emitted by the light-emitting unit.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the detection device of the application. Specifically, the detection device includes: an optical sensor 71 and a control unit 72 , wherein the optical sensor 71 acquires the light signal generated by the battery rod of the atomizing device; Specifically, the optical sensor is used to acquire the light signal generated by the light-emitting unit in the battery rod. The control unit 72 is connected to the optical sensor 71 for converting the optical signal into a digital signal, identifying the frequency of the digital signal, and then decoding and acquiring parameter information of the electronic atomizer device according to the identified frequency.

Specifically, please refer to FIG. 9 , wherein the control unit 72 specifically includes: a second timer 724 and a decoding unit 723 . Wherein, the second timer 724 is used to identify the frequency of the digital signal; the decoding unit 723 is connected to the second timer 724 to decode and obtain the parameter information of the atomizer according to the identified frequency.

Specifically, the second timer 724 starts at the first level signal of the digital signal, and stops at the next first level signal, thereby identifying the frequency of the digital signal. Specifically, the second timer 724 starts when the digital signal is at a high level, and stops at the next high level signal, so as to detect and identify the frequency of the digital signal. That is to say, the second timer 724 only needs to consider the frequency to obtain the parameter information, and it does not need to pay attention to the duty cycle in the frequency.

Further, the control unit 72 further includes: a receiving unit 722 and a display unit 721 . The receiving unit 722 is connected to the optical sensor 71 for converting the optical signal into a digital signal; the display unit 721 is connected to the decoding unit 723 for displaying the parameter information.

Specifically, the receiving unit 722 is connected to the optical sensor 71, obtains the optical signal from the optical sensor 71, and converts the optical signal into a digital signal; the second timer 724 is connected to the receiving unit 722, and identifies the frequency of the digital signal, and the decoding unit 723 recognizes the frequency according to the identification The frequency decoding of the atomizer obtains the parameter information of the atomizer and displays the parameter information by the display unit 721 . Specifically, if the frequency f0 is identified, it means that data 0 is received, if the frequency f1 is identified, it means that data 1 is received, and if the frequency f2 is identified, it means that there is no data.

In one embodiment, the detection device may be a test device. When the above method is applied to the field of automated testing, it is only necessary to superimpose a test program in the original application program to realize the function of obtaining parameter information, so as to judge the quality of the electronic atomization device according to the parameter information. Further, since the light signal generated by the electronic atomization device will not be recognized by the human eye, the software superimposed with the test program can be the software of the final factory electronic atomization device, that is, there is no need to write an additional set of test software. Reduce production steps.

It can be understood that the test equipment can also be other electronic equipment such as mobile terminals, such as the user's mobile phone, TV, computer, monitoring system at home, etc., so that when the electronic atomization equipment is used, it can be directly displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal. The parameter information is displayed, and the smoking parameters can be further processed to realize functions such as recognizing the smoking habit of the user.

Please refer to FIG. 10 , which is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a working method of a testing device of the present application. Specifically, it includes:

Step S101 : acquiring the light signal generated by the battery rod of the electronic atomization device.

Specifically, the test equipment includes an optical sensor, and the optical sensor is used to obtain the light signal generated by the battery rod of the electronic atomization device.

Step S102: Convert the optical signal into a digital signal.

Convert optical signals to digital signals.

Step S103: Identify the frequency of the digital signal, and then decode according to the identified frequency to obtain parameter information of the electronic atomization device.

Identify the frequency of the digital signal, and then decode according to the identified frequency to obtain parameter information of the electronic atomization device. Specifically, if the frequency f0 is identified, it means that data 0 is received, if the frequency f1 is identified, it means that data 1 is received, and if the frequency f2 is identified, it means that there is no data.

The electronic atomization device and testing equipment provided by this application, specifically, the software of the test program is superimposed on the electronic atomization device; the parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod is obtained through the software with the test program, and the The parameter information is converted into parameter signals of different frequencies, and the parameter signal is used to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light to generate an optical signal, and then the parameter signal is sent out through the optical signal. The detection device acquires the optical signal, converts the optical signal into a digital signal, identifies the frequency of the digital signal, and then decodes and obtains parameter information of the electronic atomization device according to the identified frequency. The method does not need to increase the hardware cost of the electronic atomization device, and the operation is simple. Especially when applied to the testing field, automated testing can be realized, and the testing is simple and accurate.

Specifically, in the battery rod of the electronic atomization device provided by the present application, in the suction state, the light-emitting unit 13 will light up during the suction process. The parameter signals of different frequencies and different duty ratios can be controlled by the suction state, and the transmission of the parameter signals can be realized during the normal display process of the light-emitting unit 13 . In this application, the modulation frequency of light is required to be greater than 50Hz, which will not affect the user's perception of use. That is to say, there is no difference in user experience between the optical signal with parameter signal and the optical signal without parameter signal. During the test, it can be found that the signal will be different. The optical signal with the parameter signal will measure multiple frequencies, while the optical signal without the parameter signal has only one frequency. In other application scenarios, as long as the light-emitting unit 13 emits light during the normal operation of the electronic atomization device, it can superimpose parameter signals to realize the transmission of parameter information.

The above are only the embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the patent of the present application. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present application, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, All are similarly included in the scope of patent protection of the present application.

Claims

A battery pole comprising:

A control chip is used to drive the atomizer electrically connected to the battery rod to obtain parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod, and convert the parameter information into different frequencies. parameter signal;

a drive circuit, connected to the control chip and the light-emitting unit, for acquiring the parameter signal, and using the parameter signal to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light to generate an optical signal, and then sending the parameter signal through the optical signal go out.
The battery pole of claim 1, wherein the control chip comprises:

an encoding unit for encoding the parameter information to generate encoded data;

The first timer is connected to the encoding unit and configured to generate parameter signals of different frequencies according to the encoded data.
The battery pole of claim 2, wherein the parameter signals of different frequencies generated by the first timer further have different duty cycles.
The battery pole of claim 2, wherein the control chip further comprises:

an acquisition unit, configured to acquire the parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod, and send it to the encoding unit;

a modulation unit, connected to the first timer, for outputting the parameter signals of different frequencies to the driving circuit;

Wherein, the encoding unit is connected to the obtaining unit.
The battery pole of claim 1, wherein the frequency of the parameter signals of different frequencies is greater than 50 Hz.
The battery pole according to claim 1, wherein the parameter signals of different frequencies include parameter signals of at least two frequencies; or

The parameter signals include at least three frequency parameter signals.
An electronic atomization device, comprising: a battery rod and an atomizer;

The battery rod is the battery rod according to any one of the above claims 1 to 6, which is used to drive the atomizer;

The atomizer includes a heating element, and the parameter information obtained by the battery rod includes heating parameters of the heating element.
A working method of an electronic atomization device, wherein the method is performed based on the electronic atomization device of claim 7, and the method comprises:

Obtain parameter information of the atomizer and/or other components in the battery rod;

converting the parameter information into parameter signals of different frequencies;

The light-emitting unit is driven to emit light by using the parameter signal to generate an optical signal, and then the parameter signal is sent out by using the optical signal.
A detection device, which includes:

An optical sensor for acquiring the light signal generated by the battery rod of the electronic atomizer;

A control unit, connected to the optical sensor, for converting the optical signal into a digital signal, identifying the frequency of the digital signal, and then decoding and acquiring parameter information of the electronic atomizer device according to the identified frequency.
The detection device according to claim 9, wherein the control unit comprises:

a second timer for identifying the frequency of the digital signal;

A decoding unit, connected to the second timer, for decoding and acquiring parameter information of the atomizer according to the identified frequency.
The detection device according to claim 10, wherein the second timer starts at a first level signal of the digital signal and stops at a next first level signal, thereby recognizing the digital signal Frequency of.
The detection device according to claim 10, wherein the control unit further comprises:

a receiving unit, connected to the optical sensor, for converting the optical signal into a digital signal;

a display unit, connected to the decoding unit, for displaying the parameter information;

Wherein, the second timer is connected to the receiving unit.
A working method of a detection device, wherein the method is performed based on the detection device according to any one of the above claims 9 to 12, and the method comprises:

Obtain the light signal generated by the battery rod of the electronic atomization device;

converting the optical signal into a digital signal;

Identify the frequency of the digital signal, and then decode according to the identified frequency to obtain parameter information of the electronic atomization device.