阅读说明：本技术 电子烟清洁检测方法、系统、控制装置和电子烟 (Electronic cigarette cleaning detection method and system, control device and electronic cigarette ) 是由 陈家太 徐中虎 董才辉 于 2018-06-13 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请涉及一种电子烟清洁检测方法、控制装置、电子烟清洁检测系统和电子烟。电子烟清洁检测方法包括：获取电子烟的状态信息,状态信息用于指示电子烟是否被使用；根据状态信息记录电子烟被使用的抽烟次数；当抽烟次数与预设次数匹配时,输出清洁提醒信息。采用本申请可以提高电子烟的使用性能,而且,可以提高电子烟使用的便利性。(The application relates to an electronic cigarette cleaning detection method, a control device, an electronic cigarette cleaning detection system and an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette cleaning detection method comprises the following steps: acquiring state information of the electronic cigarette, wherein the state information is used for indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not; recording the smoking times of the electronic cigarette according to the state information; and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, outputting cleaning reminding information. Adopt this application can improve the performance of electron cigarette, moreover, can improve the convenience that the electron cigarette used.)

1. An electronic cigarette cleaning detection method, comprising:

acquiring state information of an electronic cigarette, wherein the state information is used for indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not;

recording the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used according to the state information;

and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, outputting cleaning reminding information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the smoking number matches a preset number, after outputting a cleaning reminding message, the method further comprises:

detecting whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received;

and if the cleaning signal is received, stopping outputting the cleaning reminding information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the cleaning signal is a level signal sent by a magnetic induction sensor when sensing a magnetic substance on the heater pipe cleaner.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received further comprises:

and if the cleaning signal is received, controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to keep a stop working state within a preset time length.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received further comprises:

and if the cleaning signal is received, recording the cleaning times.

6. A control apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program, wherein the processor when executing the computer program implements the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. The electronic cigarette cleaning and detecting system is characterized by comprising a state information sending device and a control device, wherein the state information sending device is connected with the control device;

the state information sending device is used for sending state information to the control device;

and the control device records the smoking times of the electronic cigarette according to the state information, and outputs cleaning reminding information when the smoking times are matched with the preset times.

8. The electronic cigarette cleaning and detecting system of claim 7, further comprising a magnetic induction sensor and a heating pipe cleaner provided with a magnetic substance, wherein the magnetic induction sensor is connected with the control device;

the heating pipe cleaner is used for cleaning the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette;

when the magnetic induction sensor induces the magnetic substance on the heating pipe cleaner, a cleaning signal is sent to the control device;

and when the control device receives the cleaning signal, the control device stops outputting the cleaning reminding information.

9. The electronic cigarette cleaning detection system of claim 7, further comprising a control button and/or a battery connected to the control device;

the control key is used for outputting a starting signal and a shutdown signal to the control device.

10. An electronic cigarette, comprising a heating tube and the electronic cigarette cleaning detection system of claim 7, wherein the heating tube is connected to the control device.

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to an electronic cigarette cleaning detection method, an electronic cigarette cleaning detection system, a control device and an electronic cigarette.

Background

An electronic cigarette is an electronic product that simulates a cigarette and generally has a heating tube for heating tobacco or the like to generate smoke. The electronic cigarette needs to be cleaned after being used for many times so as to prevent the heating pipe from being blocked or faulted due to contamination.

The tradition carries out the mode of cleaning to the electron cigarette, generally relies on the cigarette number of times of smoking that the user roughly counted to clean, appears easily because of the user forgets the untimely condition of cleanness, leads to the heating pipe to block up, reduces the performance of electron cigarette.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic cigarette cleaning and detecting method, system, control device and electronic cigarette, which can improve the usability of the electronic cigarette, in order to solve the problem of reducing the usability of the electronic cigarette.

An electronic cigarette cleanliness detection method, the method comprising:

acquiring state information of an electronic cigarette, wherein the state information is used for indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not;

recording the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used according to the state information;

and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, outputting cleaning reminding information.

A control apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program, the processor implementing the following steps when executing the computer program:

acquiring state information of an electronic cigarette, wherein the state information is used for indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not;

recording the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used according to the state information;

and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, outputting cleaning reminding information.

An electronic cigarette cleaning and detecting system comprises a state information sending device and a control device, wherein the state information sending device is connected with the control device;

the state information sending device is used for sending state information to the control device;

and the control device records the smoking times of the electronic cigarette according to the state information, and outputs cleaning reminding information when the smoking times are matched with the preset times.

An electron cigarette, includes that heating pipe and above-mentioned electron cigarette clean detecting system, the heating pipe is connected controlling means.

According to the electronic cigarette cleaning detection method, the control device, the electronic cigarette cleaning detection system and the electronic cigarette, whether the electronic cigarette is used or not can be determined by acquiring the state information for indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not; then, the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used are recorded according to the state information, and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, cleaning reminding information is output, so that a user is automatically prompted to clean the heating pipe. So, use this application, can use when the number of times that the user used the electron cigarette smoking to match and predetermine the number of times, intelligence reminds the user to clean, need not the user to go the cleanness of subjective decision or unclean, can avoid long-time unclean condition that leads to the heating pipe to block up because of the user forgets, reduces the risk that the heating pipe is blockked up, improves the performance of electron cigarette. Moreover, unnecessary troubles caused by frequent cleaning due to inaccurate subjective decision of a user can be avoided, and the convenience of using the electronic cigarette can be improved.

Drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic flow diagram of an electronic cigarette cleaning detection method in one embodiment;

figure 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method for electronic cigarette cleaning detection in another embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device in one embodiment;

figure 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an electronic cigarette cleaning detection system;

figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a portion of an electronic cigarette cleaning detection system in another embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a heater pipe cleaner according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, an electronic cigarette cleaning detection method is provided, which is described by taking the method as an example for a control device, and includes the following steps:

s110: and acquiring the state information of the electronic cigarette.

Wherein the status information is used to indicate whether the e-cigarette is used. An electronic cigarette is an electronic product for smoking. If the electronic cigarette is used, the electronic cigarette is used for smoking; the status information is used to indicate whether the e-cigarette is used, i.e. to indicate whether the e-cigarette is used for smoking. Specifically, the state information of the electronic cigarette can be sent to the control device by the state information detection device in real time, and the control device acquires the state information in real time so as to determine whether the electronic cigarette is used currently.

S130: and recording the smoking times of the electronic cigarette according to the state information.

The control device records the number of times the electronic cigarette is used. The smoking times are the total times of using the electronic cigarette for smoking from the current round of recording to the current moment; the current record refers to the record started after the previous record at the current time is cleared. Since the status information indicates whether the electronic cigarette is used, the control device can determine whether the electronic cigarette is used after receiving the status information; if the cigarette is used, the smoking times are increased once on the basis of the recorded smoking times.

S150: and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, outputting cleaning reminding information.

The preset times are reference critical values used for analyzing whether the smoking times are excessive or not, and can be preset according to the performance of a heating pipe of the electronic cigarette. For example, a test article of an electronic cigarette is subjected to a plurality of preliminary tests, and the number of times of the test article is set as a preset number of times when contamination is caused after the test article is used for smoking. The smoking times are matched with the preset times, which means that the smoking times and the preset times are in a preset corresponding relationship, for example, the smoking times are equal to the preset times, or the smoking times are equal to integer multiples of the preset times.

Wherein, the cleaning reminding information is used for reminding a user that the heating pipe needs to be cleaned. The cleaning reminding information can be displayed and output, and also can be output by voice broadcasting. The control device can output the cleaning reminding information through the self information output function, or can control the information output device to output the cleaning reminding information by sending a control command to the information output device.

Specifically, after step S130, when the smoking number does not match the preset number, the process returns to step S110, so as to obtain the status information again, record the smoking number, and output the cleaning reminding information until the smoking number matches the preset number.

In the electronic cigarette cleaning detection method, whether the electronic cigarette is used or not can be determined by acquiring the state information for indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not; then, the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used are recorded according to the state information, and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, cleaning reminding information is output, so that a user is automatically prompted to clean the heating pipe. So, use this application, can use when the number of times that the user used the electron cigarette smoking to match and predetermine the number of times, intelligence reminds the user to clean, need not the user to go the cleanness of subjective decision or unclean, can avoid long-time unclean condition that leads to the heating pipe to block up because of the user forgets, reduces the risk that the heating pipe is blockked up, improves the performance of electron cigarette. Moreover, unnecessary troubles caused by frequent cleaning due to inaccurate subjective decision of a user can be avoided, and the convenience of using the electronic cigarette can be improved.

Specifically, the state information detection device may detect a state parameter of the electronic cigarette, send the state parameter to the control device, and the control device may analyze the state parameter to obtain the state information. The electronic cigarette with the heating pipe is used for smoking, and the heating pipe is required to be used for heating; the temperature of the heating tube may change before and after smoking, and the pressure at the inlet of the heating tube may change during smoking due to the suction action of the user. The state information detection device can be a device for detecting the temperature of the heating pipe or the air pressure at the inlet of the heating pipe, the control device detects a temperature change value according to the temperature of the heating pipe or detects an air pressure change value according to the air pressure at the inlet of the heating pipe, and when the detected temperature change value or air pressure change value reaches a corresponding preset value, the electronic cigarette is used, and the state information of the electronic cigarette is obtained.

The state information may be transmitted to the control device after the state information detection device detects whether the electronic cigarette is used. For example, the state information detection device may be a key provided on the electronic cigarette, and the user presses the key each time the user smokes the cigarette, and the key sends the state information that the electronic cigarette is used to the control device.

In one embodiment, after step S130, the method further includes: and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to stop heating.

The heating pipe is controlled by the control device to start or stop. And controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to stop heating, so that the heating pipe stops working. When the smoking times are matched with the preset times, the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette is controlled to stop heating, the heating pipe can be automatically forbidden to be continuously used in a state that the heating pipe needs to be cleaned, the user operation shutdown is not needed, the blocking condition is further avoided, and the using performance of the electronic cigarette is improved. It is understood that the step of controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to stop heating may be performed simultaneously with the step of outputting the cleaning reminding message, and may also be performed before or after the step of outputting the cleaning reminding message.

In one embodiment, step S150 is followed by: and clearing the recorded smoking times and returning to the step S110. Correspondingly, step S150 includes: and when the smoking times are equal to the preset times, outputting cleaning reminding information.

The recorded smoking times are reset when being matched with the preset times, so that the times can be counted again conveniently; therefore, after the step S110 is returned, a new round of record is started, namely, the smoking times are recorded again, the counting is carried out in different rounds, repeated overlapping is not needed, only the smoking times are needed to be compared to be equal to the preset times during analysis, and the operation is simple. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the step of resetting the recorded smoking times may be performed simultaneously with the step of outputting the cleaning reminding information, or may be performed after detecting that the smoking times match the preset times and before the step of outputting the cleaning reminding information.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2, step S150 is followed by step S170 and step S190.

S170: it is detected whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received.

The cleaning signal is used to indicate that cleaning has been performed. If the cleaning signal is received, it indicates that the user has performed cleaning, and the user does not need to remind again, and then step S190 is performed.

S190: and stopping outputting the cleaning reminding information.

In this embodiment, step S150 continuously outputs the cleaning reminding information. Namely, if the smoking times are matched with the preset times, the cleaning reminding information is continuously output, and the cleaning reminding information is stopped to be output until the cleaning signal is received. Therefore, the reminding is stopped when the user is ensured to clean, and the reminding effect is better.

For example, when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, the control device controls the display screen to display cleaning reminding information. When the user does not perform cleaning action, the display screen always displays cleaning reminding information to remind the user of cleaning the heating pipe; and when the user uses the heating pipe cleaner to clean the heating pipe, the control device receives the cleaning signal, controls the display screen to stop displaying the cleaning reminding information, and controls the display screen to display the cleaning reminding information again until the next smoking time is matched with the preset time.

In one embodiment, the cleaning signal is a level signal sent by a magnetic induction sensor when sensing a magnetic substance on the heater pipe cleaner.

The magnetic induction sensor is used for sending a level signal to the control device when sensing the magnetic substance, and the control device receives the level signal sent by the magnetic induction sensor and then indicates that a cleaning signal is received. Through setting up magnetic substance on the heating pipe cleaner, controlling means detects whether magnetic induction sensor senses magnetic substance and whether has clean action with the analysis user, on the one hand, uses magnetic induction sensor and takes magnetic substance's heating pipe cleaner in the electron cigarette, the user only need carry out conventional clean action can, easy operation and clean convenient, on the other hand, it is simple and convenient to clean signal's detection mode intelligence. For example, after the heating tube is cooled, a user picks up a brush with a magnet, which is matched with the electronic cigarette, and brushes from the head part of the heating tube inwards, the magnet on the brush passes through the other end of the heating tube, and then the magnetic induction sensor detects that the magnet passes through, and generates a level signal to the control device to inform that the heating tube is being cleaned.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the cleaning signal may be a level signal sent by other devices. For example, it may be sent by a button that is pressed by the user each time it is cleaned, the button sending a level signal of a preset type to the control means.

In one embodiment, step S170 is followed by: and if the cleaning signal is received, controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to keep in a stop working state within a preset time.

The preset duration can be specifically set according to actual needs. For example, a test article of the electronic cigarette is subjected to multiple preliminary tests, the time length required when the temperature of the heating pipe is reduced from the temperature during smoking to the temperature without damaging the heating pipe cleaner is determined, and the time length obtained through the tests is used as the preset time length.

Receipt of a cleaning signal, i.e. detection of a cleaning action, indicates that the user is performing cleaning. The heating pipe of the electronic cigarette keeps a stop working state, namely the heating pipe does not heat. Specifically, the control device may not respond to the command for controlling the heating pipe to start within a preset time period, so as to control the heating pipe to keep the heating pipe in the stop working state within the preset time period. So, can avoid starting the heating pipe at clean in-process maloperation, ensure that the heating pipe cleaner is scalded by high temperature and is damaged, improve clear security. It is understood that the step of controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to maintain the stopped state for the preset time period may be executed simultaneously with step S190, or may be executed before or after step S190.

In one embodiment, the preset duration may be 10 seconds. That is, after receiving the cleaning signal, the heating pipe cannot be started for 10s, so as to ensure that the heating pipe cleaner is not scalded by high temperature.

In one embodiment, step S170 is followed by: and if the cleaning signal is received, recording the cleaning times.

The number of times of washing is the total number of times of receiving the cleaning signal, that is, the total number of times of detecting the user performing the washing action. Through the record washing number of times, be convenient for carry out data statistics, improve the variety of function. It is understood that the step of recording the number of times of cleaning may be performed simultaneously with step S190, or may be performed before or after step S190. Specifically, the number of times of washing is recorded, and the number of times of washing may be obtained by adding one time of washing to the number of times of washing already recorded when the cleaning signal is received.

Specifically, after the recorded number of times of cleaning is obtained, the number of times of cleaning may be stored, or the number of times of cleaning may be sent to an information display device for display, or the total number of times of historical smoking may be calculated according to the number of times of cleaning. Wherein the historical total smoking times are the total times of smoking of the electronic cigarette from the first use to the current use. For example, after step S150, the recorded smoking times are cleared, so that after each round of outputting cleaning reminding information, the smoking times are recorded again, and it is difficult to count the total number of historical smoking times; and the total times of the historical smoking can be obtained by recording the cleaning times and calculating the product of the cleaning times and the preset times.

It is understood that in other embodiments, after step S170, if a cleaning signal is received, the following 3 steps may be included: and stopping outputting the cleaning reminding information, controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to keep a working stop state within a preset time length, and recording the cleaning times. The execution sequence of the 3 steps can be set arbitrarily, and can also be executed simultaneously.

It should be understood that although the various steps in the flow charts of fig. 1-2 are shown in order as indicated by the arrows, the steps are not necessarily performed in order as indicated by the arrows. The steps are not performed in the exact order shown and described, and may be performed in other orders, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Moreover, at least some of the steps in fig. 1-2 may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages that are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, and the order of performance of the sub-steps or stages is not necessarily sequential, but may be performed in turn or alternating with other steps or at least some of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.

In one embodiment, a control device is provided, the internal structure of which may be as shown in fig. 3. The control device comprises a processor, a memory, a network interface, a display screen and an input device which are connected through a system bus. Wherein the processor of the control device is configured to provide computational and control capabilities. The memory of the control device includes a nonvolatile storage medium and an internal memory. The non-volatile storage medium stores an operating system and a computer program. The internal memory provides an environment for the operation of an operating system and computer programs in the non-volatile storage medium. The network interface of the control device is used for connecting and communicating with an external terminal through a network. The computer program is executed by a processor to implement an electronic cigarette cleaning detection method. The display screen of the control device can be a liquid crystal display screen or an electronic ink display screen, and the input device of the control device can be a touch layer covered on the display screen, a key, a track ball or a touch pad arranged on the shell of the computer equipment, an external touch pad and the like.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the architecture shown in fig. 3 is merely a block diagram of some of the structures associated with the disclosed aspects and is not intended to limit the computing devices to which the disclosed aspects apply, as particular computing devices may include more or less components than those shown, or may combine certain components, or have a different arrangement of components.

In one embodiment, there is provided a control apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, the memory having stored therein a computer program, the processor implementing the following steps when executing the computer program: acquiring state information of the electronic cigarette, wherein the state information is used for indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not; recording the smoking times of the electronic cigarette according to the state information; and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, outputting cleaning reminding information.

Wherein, the cleaning reminding information is used for reminding a user that the heating pipe needs to be cleaned. Specifically, when the processor executes the computer program, after the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used are recorded according to the state information, when the smoking times do not match the preset times, the state information of the electronic cigarette is returned to be acquired again, so that the smoking times are recorded again, and the cleaning reminding information is output until the smoking times match the preset times.

The control device can determine whether the electronic cigarette is used or not by acquiring the state information indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used or not; then, the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used are recorded according to the state information, and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, cleaning reminding information is output, so that a user is automatically prompted to clean the heating pipe. So, use this application, can use when the number of times that the user used the electron cigarette smoking to match and predetermine the number of times, intelligence reminds the user to clean, need not the user to go the cleanness of subjective decision or unclean, can avoid long-time unclean condition that leads to the heating pipe to block up because of the user forgets, reduces the risk that the heating pipe is blockked up, improves the performance of electron cigarette. Moreover, unnecessary troubles caused by frequent cleaning due to inaccurate subjective decision of a user can be avoided, and the convenience of using the electronic cigarette can be improved.

Specifically, the state information detection device may detect a state parameter of the electronic cigarette, send the state parameter to the control device, and the control device may analyze the state parameter to obtain the state information. The status information may also be a signal sent by the status information detection means after detecting whether the e-cigarette is used.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, after performing the step of recording the number of smoking times that the electronic cigarette is used according to the status information, further implements the steps of: and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to stop heating.

When the smoking times are matched with the preset times, the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette is controlled to stop heating, the heating pipe can be automatically forbidden to be continuously used in a state that the heating pipe needs to be cleaned, the user operation shutdown is not needed, the blocking condition is further avoided, and the using performance of the electronic cigarette is improved.

In one embodiment, when the processor executes the computer program, after the step of outputting the cleaning reminding information is executed, the following steps are further implemented: and resetting the recorded smoking times, and returning to obtain the state information of the electronic cigarette again.

The recorded smoking times are reset when matched with the preset times, so that the times can be counted again conveniently, namely, the smoking times are recorded again, repeated overlapping is not needed in a round counting mode, only the smoking times are needed to be compared to be equal to the preset times during analysis, and the operation is simple.

In one embodiment, when the processor executes the computer program, after the step of outputting the cleaning reminding information is executed, the following steps are further implemented: detecting whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received; and if the cleaning signal is received, stopping outputting the cleaning reminding information.

In this embodiment, if the smoking frequency is matched with the preset frequency, the cleaning reminding information is continuously output, and until the cleaning signal is received, the output of the cleaning reminding information is stopped. Therefore, the reminding is stopped when the user is ensured to clean, and the reminding effect is better.

In one embodiment, the cleaning signal is a level signal sent by a magnetic induction sensor when sensing a magnetic substance on the heater pipe cleaner.

Through setting up magnetic substance on the heating pipe cleaner, controlling means detects whether magnetic induction sensor senses magnetic substance and whether has clean action with the analysis user, on the one hand, uses magnetic induction sensor and takes magnetic substance's heating pipe cleaner in the electron cigarette, the user only need carry out conventional clean action can, easy operation and clean convenient, on the other hand, it is simple and convenient to clean signal's detection mode intelligence.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, after performing the step of detecting whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received, further performs the steps of: and if the cleaning signal is received, controlling the heating pipe of the electronic cigarette to keep in a stop working state within a preset time.

Specifically, the control device may not respond to the command for controlling the heating pipe to start within a preset time period, so as to control the heating pipe to keep the heating pipe in the stop working state within the preset time period. So, can avoid starting the heating pipe at clean in-process maloperation, ensure that the heating pipe cleaner is scalded by high temperature and is damaged, improve clear security. Specifically, the preset time period may be 10 seconds.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, after performing the step of detecting whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received, further performs the steps of: and if the cleaning signal is received, recording the cleaning times. In this embodiment, through the record washing number of times, be convenient for carry out data statistics, improve the variety of function.

For specific limitations of the steps implemented when the processor executes the computer program, reference may be made to the above limitations of the electronic cigarette cleaning detection method, which are not described herein again.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 4, an electronic cigarette cleaning detection system is provided, which includes a status information sending device 410 and a control device 420, wherein the status information sending device 410 is connected to the control device 420.

The status information sending device 410 is used for sending status information to the control device 420; the control device 420 records the smoking times of the electronic cigarette according to the state information, and outputs cleaning reminding information when the smoking times are matched with the preset times. Wherein the status information is used to indicate whether the e-cigarette is used. The cleaning reminding information is used for reminding a user that the heating pipe needs to be cleaned. Specifically, the state information sending device 410 and the control device 420 are both provided to the electronic cigarette.

Specifically, when the smoking times do not match the preset times, the control device 420 returns to reacquire the state information of the electronic cigarette, so as to record the smoking times again, and outputs the cleaning reminding information until the smoking times match the preset times.

In the above-mentioned electronic cigarette cleaning and detecting system, the control device 420 acquires the status information indicating whether the electronic cigarette is used, which is sent by the status information sending device 410, so as to determine whether the electronic cigarette is used; then, the smoking times of the electronic cigarette used are recorded according to the state information, and when the smoking times are matched with the preset times, cleaning reminding information is output, so that a user is automatically prompted to clean the heating pipe. So, use this application, can use when the number of times that the user used the electron cigarette smoking to match and predetermine the number of times, intelligence reminds the user to clean, need not the user to go the cleanness of subjective decision or unclean, can avoid long-time unclean condition that leads to the heating pipe to block up because of the user forgets, reduces the risk that the heating pipe is blockked up, improves the performance of electron cigarette. Moreover, unnecessary troubles caused by frequent cleaning due to inaccurate subjective decision of a user can be avoided, and the convenience of using the electronic cigarette can be improved.

Specifically, the state information sending device 410 may detect the state parameter of the electronic cigarette in real time and send the state parameter to the control device 420, and the control device 420 obtains the state information according to the analysis of the state parameter. For example, the state information detecting means may be a means for detecting the temperature of the heating pipe, or a means for detecting the gas pressure at the inlet of the heating pipe. The control device 420 detects a temperature variation value according to the temperature of the heating pipe or detects an air pressure variation value according to the air pressure at the inlet of the heating pipe, and when the detected temperature variation value or air pressure variation value reaches a corresponding preset value, the electronic cigarette is used, so that the used state information of the electronic cigarette is obtained.

The status information sending device 410 may also detect whether the electronic cigarette is used in real time and send the status information to the control device 420. For example, the status information detection device may be a key provided on the electronic cigarette, and the user presses the key each time the cigarette is smoked, and the key sends status information indicating that the electronic cigarette is used to the control device 420.

In one embodiment, the electronic cigarette cleaning detection system further includes an information output device (not shown), and the control device 420 can send a control command to the information output device to control the information output device to output the cleaning reminding information. Specifically, the information output device may be at least one of a display screen, a voice announcer, and an alarm.

In one embodiment, the control device 420 is further configured to control the heating tube of the electronic cigarette to stop heating when the smoking times match a preset number. Therefore, the heating pipe can be automatically forbidden to be continuously used in a state of being cleaned, the user operation is not needed to shut down, the blocking condition is further avoided, and the using performance of the electronic cigarette is improved.

In one embodiment, the control device 420 is further configured to zero the recorded smoking times and obtain the status information of the electronic cigarette again after outputting the cleaning reminding information. The recorded smoking times are reset when being matched with the preset times, so that the times can be counted again conveniently, and the operation is simple.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the electronic cigarette cleaning detection system further includes a control button 430 and/or a battery 440 connected to the control device 420; the control button 430 is used for outputting a power-on signal and a power-off signal to the control device 420. The battery 440 is used to power the control device 420. By arranging the control key 430, the convenience of the startup and shutdown operation can be improved; by providing the battery 440 to supply power to the control device 420, the control device 420 can be operated away from an external charging device, so that the electronic cigarette cleaning and detecting system is more convenient to use.

In one embodiment, the control device 420 is further configured to detect whether a cleaning signal indicating that cleaning has been performed is received; and when the cleaning signal is received, stopping outputting the cleaning reminding information.

In this embodiment, if the smoking frequency is matched with the preset frequency, the cleaning reminding information is continuously output, and until the cleaning signal is received, the output of the cleaning reminding information is stopped. Therefore, the reminding is stopped when the user is ensured to clean, and the reminding effect is better.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the electronic cigarette cleaning detection system further comprises a magnetic induction sensor 450 and a heater tube cleaner 460 provided with the magnetic substance 46, wherein the magnetic induction sensor 450 is connected to the control device 420.

The heater tube cleaner 460 is used to clean the heater tube 500 of the e-cigarette. The magnetic induction sensor 450 sends a cleaning signal to the control device 420 when it senses the magnetic substance 46 on the heater pipe cleaner 460. When receiving the cleaning signal, the control device 420 stops outputting the cleaning reminding information.

On one hand, the magnetic induction sensor 450 and the heating pipe cleaner 460 with the magnetic substance 46 are used in the electronic cigarette, so that a user only needs to perform a conventional cleaning action, the operation is easy, the cleaning is convenient, and on the other hand, the detection mode of a cleaning signal is intelligent and simple.

Specifically, the cleaning signal may be a level signal. That is, the magnetic induction sensor 450 sends a level signal to the control device 420 when it senses the magnetic substance 46 on the heater pipe cleaner 460. Specifically, the magnetic substance 46 may be a magnet, and the tube cleaner 460 may be a brush with a magnet.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the electronic cigarette cleaning detection system described above may also include other types of cleaning detection devices for detecting a cleaning action and sending a cleaning signal. For example, the cleaning detection means may be a button connected to the control means 420, which is pressed by the user each time cleaning is performed, and which sends a cleaning signal to the control means 420.

In one embodiment, the control device 420 is further configured to control the heating tube 500 of the electronic cigarette to remain in the off state for a preset time period when the cleaning signal is received. So, can avoid starting heating pipe 500 at clean in-process maloperation, guarantee heating pipe cleaner 460 does not scalded by high temperature and damages, improves clear security. Specifically, the preset time period may be 10 seconds.

In one embodiment, the control device 420 is further configured to record the number of washes upon receiving the cleaning signal. Through the record washing number of times, be convenient for carry out data statistics, improve the variety of function.

In one embodiment, an electronic cigarette is provided, which comprises a heating tube and the electronic cigarette cleaning and detecting system, wherein the heating tube is connected with a control device. It is understood that other devices may be included in the electronic cigarette, such as a housing, the heating tube, the control device and the battery are mounted in the housing, and the control button may be disposed on the housing for the user to operate and use.

Above-mentioned electron cigarette owing to adopted the clean detecting system of aforementioned electron cigarette, and the same reason can improve the performance and the convenience of using of electron cigarette.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware instructions of a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database, or other medium used in the embodiments provided herein may include non-volatile and/or volatile memory, among others. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), Programmable ROM (PROM), Electrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in a variety of forms such as Static RAM (SRAM), Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Rambus Direct RAM (RDRAM), direct bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.