Power Adjustment Method for Atomization Device and Atomization Device

This application is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2024/136749 filed on Dec. 4, 2024, which claims priorities to Chinese Patent Application No. 202410674827.4 filed on May 28, 2024, and Chinese Patent Application No. 202421187717.7 filed on May 28, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic atomization technologies, and in particular to a power adjustment method for an atomization device and the atomization device.

Atomization devices are capable of atomizing aerosol-forming substrates for users to inhale. With the increasing popularity of the atomization devices, the users' requirements for the atomization devices are increasingly high.

The taste characteristics of the atomization devices, such as throat hitting sensation, mouth hitting sensation, and pungent sensation, are the main experience parameters of the atomization devices. Different users have different taste requirements. However, the current atomization devices have limited diversity in the taste characteristics, making it difficult to meet the users' varied taste requirements.

The present disclosure provides a power adjustment method for an atomization device and an atomization device to solve the problem of insufficient taste characteristics of existing atomization devices.

On the one hand, the present disclosure provides a power adjustment method for an atomization device, the power adjustment method comprising: receiving the first adjustment instruction and adjusting an output power of the first atomizer according to the first adjustment instruction; receiving a second adjustment instruction and adjusting an output power of the second atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction. The second atomizer is used for receiving the taste conditioning aerosol-forming substrate.

In some embodiments, adjusting the output power of the second atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction further comprises: synchronously controlling the display module to display current power information of the second atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction.

In some embodiments, the second atomizer has at least three power levels, and the display module has at least three display units, the number of display units being the same as the number of power levels of the second atomizer. The power adjustment method further comprises: increasing or decreasing the power level of the second atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction corresponds to increasing or decreasing the number of illuminations of the display unit.

In some embodiments, the second atomizer has at least three power levels, the display module has at least three display units, and the at least three power levels of the second atomizer are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the at least three display units. The power adjustment method further comprises: increasing or decreasing the power level of the second atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction, and illuminating the display unit of the second atomizer corresponding to the power level.

In some embodiments, adjusting the output power of the first atomizer according to the first adjustment instruction includes: the output power of the first atomizer and the intake area of the air inlet are synchronized to increase or decrease according to the first adjustment instruction.

In some embodiments, adjusting the output power of the second atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction includes: increasing the output power of the second atomizer and decreasing the output power of the first atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction; decreasing the output power of the second atomizer and increasing the output power of the first atomizer according to the second adjustment instruction. The total output power of the first atomizer and the second atomizer is set within a preset range with the power level of the first atomizer remaining constant.

In some embodiments, the first adjustment instruction further comprises at least one of an attitude parameter instruction and a sway frequency parameter instruction. The power adjustment method further comprises: the output power of the first atomizer is adjusted according to at least one of the attitude parameter instruction and the sway frequency parameter instruction; and/or, the second adjustment instruction further comprises at least one of an attitude parameter instruction and a sway frequency parameter instruction. The power adjustment method further comprises: the output power of the second atomizer is adjusted according to at least one of the attitude parameter instruction and the sway frequency parameter instruction.

In some embodiments, the first adjustment instruction further comprises at least one of a ventilation duration instruction and a ventilation frequency instruction for the first atomizer. The power adjustment method further comprises: the output power of the first atomizer is adjusted according to at least one of the ventilation duration instruction and the ventilation frequency instruction; and/or, the second adjustment instruction further comprises at least one of a ventilation duration instruction and a ventilation frequency instruction for the first atomizer. The power adjustment method further comprises: the output power of the second atomizer is adjusted according to at least one of the ventilation duration instruction and the ventilation frequency instruction.

On the other hand, the present disclosure also provides a atomization device, the atomization device comprising a first atomizer, a second atomizer, and a control assembly; the control assembly being electrically coupled to the first atomizer to control the output power of the first atomizer; the control assembly being electrically coupled to the second atomizer to control the output power of the second atomizer. The second atomizer is used for receiving the taste conditioning aerosol-forming substrate.

In some embodiments, the control assembly comprises a first controller and a second controller, the first controller being electrically connected to the first atomizer to control the output power of the first atomizer, and the second controller being electrically connected to the second atomizer to control the output power of the second atomizer.

In some embodiments, the viscosity of the aerosol-forming substrate in the second atomizer is greater than the viscosity of the aerosol-forming substrate in the first atomizer.

In some embodiments, the flavor modifying aerosol-forming substrate housed within the second atomizer does not include the following ingredients: flavorings and nicotine.

In some embodiments, the first controller is provided with a plurality of levels for adjusting at least the magnitude of the output power of the first atomizer; the second controller is provided with a plurality of levels for controlling at least the second atomizer to be in an on state or an off state.

In some embodiments, the atomization device further comprises: housing, the housing being provided with air inlet; an air inlet adjustment member, the air inlet adjustment member being slidably provided and used to adjust the air intake area of the air inlet; and a sliding adjustment part, the first controller being electrically connected to the sliding adjustment part, the air inlet adjustment member being fixedly connected to the sliding adjustment part, the air inlet adjustment member moving to drive the sliding adjustment part to switch between at least a first position state and a second position state; when the air inlet adjustment member slides to a maximum intake area of the air inlet, the sliding adjustment part is in the first position state and the first controller adjusts the output power of the first atomizer to be in maximum level; when the air inlet adjustment member slides to a minimum air intake area of the air inlet, the sliding adjustment part is in the second position state and the first controller adjusts the output power of the first atomizer to be in minimum level.

In some embodiments, the volume of the first atomizer is greater than the volume of the second atomizer, and the first nebulizing power is greater than the second nebulizing power.

In some embodiments, the atomization device further comprises: an operating portion, the operating portion being a press button module, the second controller being electrically connected to the operating portion for adjusting the output power of the second atomizer; and/or, a display module, the output power of the second atomizer being provided with at least three power levels, the display module being provided with at least three display units; the second controller being electrically connected to the display units and displaying the current power levels of the output power of the second atomizer by means of the display units corresponding to the output power of the second atomizer.

In some embodiments, the atomization device comprises a controller assembly, the controller assembly comprising the first controller and the second controller, the atomization device further comprising: an airflow sensor, the controller assembly being electrically connected to the airflow sensor provided that the controller assembly is used to control the on/off state of the first atomizer and the second atomizer.

In some embodiments, at least one of the first controller and the second controller is configured to acquire airflow signals; the airflow signal comprises at least one of the ventilation duration information and ventilation frequency information of the first atomizer.

In some embodiments, the atomization device further comprises a gravity sensor, at least one of the first controller and the second controller being electrically connected to the gravity sensor and receiving a positional signal output by the gravity sensor; the positional signal comprises at least one of attitude parameter information and sway frequency information of the atomization device.

In some embodiments, the atomization device comprises a display module as well as a main control circuit board; the display module, the main control circuit board, the second atomizer and the first atomizer are fixedly mounted in sequence along a first linear direction.

In some embodiments, the first controller and the second controller are two functional partitions of an integrated chip on the main control board; In some embodiments, the main control circuit board is provided with two integrated chips, one of which is the first controller and the other integrated chip is the second controller.

The power adjustment method for an atomization device and the atomization device provided in the present disclosure have at least the following advantages: by providing two kinds of atomizers, the first atomizer and the second atomizer, one of the first atomizer and the second atomizer can be used in order to atomize one kind of aerosol-forming substrate, and two different tastes of aerosol-forming substrate can also be atomized by using the first atomizer and the second atomizer. Since the first controller is capable of regulating and controlling the output power of the first atomizer of the first atomizer, i.e. by increasing or decreasing the output power of the first atomizer, the concentration of atomization of the aerosol-forming substrate in the first atomizer can be adjusted to achieve the adjustment of the taste of the pumping of the atomization device. On this basis, it is also possible to increase or decrease the second atomization power by the second controller, thereby adjusting the atomization concentration of the aerosol-forming substrate in the second atomizer, so as to make the mist produced by the two aerosol-forming substrates have different mixing ratios, and similarly to achieve the adjustment of the mouthfeel of the atomization device for vaping.

Thus, by independent control of the first controller and the second controller, when the atomization device uses one aerosol-forming substrate for atomization, the concentration of the mist of the aerosol-forming substrate is varied so as to make the atomization device have a different pumping taste. Moreover, when the atomization device uses two aerosol-forming substrates for atomization, the power control enables the aerosol concentration of the two aerosol-forming substrates to be changed individually, so that the mixed aerosols have different mixing ratios, which further improves the diversity of the pumping texture of the atomization device, and thus enhances the experience of using the product.

The present disclosure may be further explained in detail by combining the accompanying drawings and some embodiments. In the following embodiments, many details are described to facilitate a better understanding of the present disclosure. However, those of ordinary skill in the art can easily recognize that some of the features can be omitted in different situations, or replaced by other members, materials, or methods. In some cases, some operations related to the present disclosure are not displayed or described in the specification, so as to avoid the core part of the present disclosure from being overwhelmed by excessive description. For those of ordinary skill in the art, a detailed description of these related operations is not necessary, and they can fully understand the relevant operations based on the description in the specification and general technical knowledge in the field.

In addition, the features, operations, or characteristics described in the specification can be combined in any appropriate way to form various implementation methods. Meanwhile, the operations or actions described in the method description can also be sequentially exchanged or adjusted in a way that is obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, the various orders in the specification and drawings are only for the purpose of clearly describing a certain embodiment and do not necessarily mean that they are necessary orders, unless otherwise specified that one of the orders must be followed.

The numbering of members in the present disclosure, such as “first”, “second”, etc., is only used to distinguish the described objects and does not have any order or technical meaning. The terms “connection” and “connecting” referred to in the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, include both direct and indirect connections. Unless otherwise specified, the meaning of “multiple” refers to two or more.

In the description of the present disclosure, the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms, such as “center”, “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inside”, “outside”, etc., are based on the methods or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings. It is only intended to facilitate the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure and simplify the description, but does not indicate or imply that the device or the element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it cannot be understood as a limitation on the embodiments of the present disclosure.

As illustrated in, the present disclosure further provides a power adjustment method for an atomization device, an atomization device, and a computer-readable storage medium.

In an aspect, as illustrated in, the present disclosure provides an atomization device. The atomization deviceincludes a first atomizer, a second atomizer, and a control assembly. The control assemblyincludes a first controllerand a second controller. The first controlleris electrically connected to the first atomizer, so as to control a first atomization power (i.e. output power) of the first atomizer. The second controlleris electrically connected to the second atomizer, so as to control a second atomization power (i.e. output power) of the second atomizer. A taste adjustment aerosol-forming substrate is disposed in the second atomizer.

The atomization deviceprovided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, by providing two kinds of atomizers, the first atomizerand the second atomizer, one of the first atomizerand the second atomizercan be used in order to atomize one kind of aerosol-forming substrate, and two different flavors of the aerosol-forming substrate can also be atomized by using the first atomizerand the second atomizer. Since the first controlleris capable of regulating and controlling the output power of the first atomizer of the first atomizer, i.e. by increasing or decreasing the output power of the first atomizer, the concentration of atomization of the aerosol-forming substrate in the first atomizercan be adjusted in order to achieve the adjustment of the taste of the atomization devicefor pumping. On this basis, the second atomization power can also be increased or decreased by the second controller, so as to adjust the atomization concentration of the aerosol-forming substrate in the second atomizer, so as to enable the mist produced by the two aerosol-forming substrates to have different mixing ratios, and similarly to achieve the adjustment of the vaping taste of the atomization device.

Thus, through the independent control of the first controllerand the second controller, when the atomization deviceuses one aerosol-forming substrate for atomization, the concentration of the mist of the aerosol-forming substrate is varied to give the atomization devicea different suction taste. Moreover, when the atomization deviceuses two aerosol-forming substrates for atomization, the power control enables the aerosol concentration of the two aerosol-forming substrates to be changed independently, so as to make the mixed aerosols have different mixing ratios, which further improves the diversity of the vaping texture of the atomization device, and thus enhances the experience of using the product.

In some embodiments, as shown in, the atomization devicemay include a power supply device, and the power supply devicemay be battery-powered or grid-powered. The power supply deviceis electrically connected to a first atomizervia a first controller, and the power supply deviceis further electrically connected to a second atomizervia a second controller. This is not limited.

In some embodiments, the first controlleris provided with a plurality of levels for regulating at least the amount of the output power of the first atomizer. Correspondingly, the second controlleris provided with a plurality of levels for at least regulating the second atomizerto be in an on state or an off state.

In some embodiments, taking the first atomizeras the main atomizer, the plurality of levels of the first controlleris used to adjust the size of the output power of the first atomizer, but not to make the output power of the first atomizer zero.

The corresponding second atomizeris a flavor adjusting atomizer, which can be used to adjust the unique flavor of the vaping mouthfeel by adding aerosol-forming substrates of different flavors (e.g. one or more of a co ice aerosol-forming substrate, a co sweet aerosol- forming substrate, and a co sour aerosol-forming substrate, etc.). Thus, the second atomizercan be controlled to be turned on via the second controllerto blend different flavors of vaping mouthfeel. The second atomizercan also be controlled off by the second controllerto make the vaping mouthfeel a flavor of the base aerosol-forming substrate.

On this basis, the magnitude of the output power of the second atomizer can also be adjusted by the second controller. That is, by varying the mixing ratio of the flavor mist in the mixed mist to adjust the diversity of the vaping taste.

In some embodiments, the first controllercontrols the first atomizerto atomize at n types of output power of the first atomizer through n levels, and the second controllercontrols the second atomizerto atomize at m types of output power of the second atomizer through m levels. The atomization devicehas nom kinds of vaping taste, which greatly increases the problem of insufficient taste characteristics of the atomization device. So that the atomization deviceof the present disclosure adapts to different user needs through diverse vaping tastes, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of the product.

On this basis, the diversity of the vaping mouthfeel of the atomization devicecan be further increased by varying the different taste-adjusting aerosol-forming substrates in the second atomizer. If the types of flavor-adjusting aerosol-forming substrates are three, that is, the total vaping mouthfeel of the atomization deviceis 3·n·m types.

It should be noted that the main ingredient of the taste-modifying aerosol-forming substrate and the base aerosol-forming substrate is one or more of food-grade or pharmaceutical- grade propylene glycol (also known as glycerol), propylene glycol, and polyethylene glycol to facilitate atomization and mixing with air.

The base aerosol-forming substrate may also include ingredients such as essence and nicotine for adapting the taste needs of different users. And the taste conditioning aerosol- forming substrate also includes flavor additives to provide different taste profiles thereby increasing the number of adapted users. In some embodiments, one or more flavor additives are added to enable the taste conditioning aerosol-forming substrate to have one or more of the taste effects of an ice aerosol-forming substrate, a co-sweet aerosol-forming substrate, and a co-sour aerosol-forming substrate, among others.

Among other things, ingredients such as essence and nicotine are generally not contained within the flavor-modifying aerosol-forming substrate.

In some embodiments, the first controllermay have three levels, high, medium, and low, to enable the first atomizerto have three different output power of the first atomizers. The second controllermay have four levels, high, medium, low, and off (i.e. zero second atomization power), to enable the second atomizerto have four different second atomization powers. At this point, with the second atomizerfilled with one flavor-adjusting aerosol-forming substrate, the output power of the first atomizer and the output power of the second atomizer are varied to enable the atomization deviceto have twelve different vaping tastes. That is, the competitiveness by product is provided by diversifying the taste characteristics to suit different user needs.

It is noted that in the present disclosure embodiment, the members of the control assembly, such as the first controllerand the second controller, may all be considered part of the atomization device.

In some embodiments, as shown in, the atomization devicefurther comprises a housing, the housingbeing provided with an air inlet. in conjunction with