Inhalation device including substance usage controls
AssigneeLogic Technology Development, LLC
InventorEli Alelov
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Abstract
A smoke inhalation apparatus may include a cartridge comprising a release device configured to release a substance, a light device configured to simulate burning of a tip of a cigar or cigarette, a controller operatively and communicatively coupled to the release device and the light device, and a power source configured to provide power to the cartridge, the controller, and the light device. The light device may be configured to vary a level of intensity of light emitted based on an amount of airflow between the inlet hole and the outlet hole.
Claims19
A smoke inhalation apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge comprising a release device that is a heating element configured to vaporize a variable amount of a substance thereby releasing the variable amount of the substance;
- a light device configured to simulate burning of a tip of a cigar or cigarette;
- a sensor configured to detect an airflow passing between an air inlet hole and an air outlet hole of the smoke inhalation apparatus;
- a controller operatively and communicatively coupled to the heating element and the light device, the controller being configured to:
- (i) receive data from the sensor, and (ii) determine the variable amount of the substance released by the heating element based on the data;
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- a power source configured to provide power to the cartridge, the controller, the light device, and the heating element;
- wherein the light device is configured to vary a level of intensity of light emitted based on an amount of airflow between the air inlet hole and the air outlet hole, and the power source is configured to vary an amount of the power provided to the heating element between a plurality of nonzero values based on the amount of airflow.
A smoke inhalation apparatus comprising:
- a cartridge comprising a release device that is a heating element configured to vaporize a variable amount of a substance thereby releasing the variable amount of the substance, the smoke inhalation apparatus having a housing comprising an air inlet hole and an air outlet hole;
- a sensor configured to detect an airflow passing between the air inlet hole and the air outlet hole;
- a light device disposed on an exterior surface of the housing, the light device configured to emit a variable level of intensity of light based on a rate of passage of airflow between the air inlet hole and the air outlet hole;
- a controller operatively and communicatively coupled to the heating element and the light device, the controller being configured to:
- (i) receive data from the sensor, and (ii) determine the variable amount of the substance released by the heating element based on the data;
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- a power source configured to provide power to the heating element, the power source being configured to vary an amount of the power provided to the heating element between a plurality of nonzero values based on the rate of passage of airflow.
A method simulating burning of tobacco for a smoke inhalation apparatus having a cartridge comprising a release device that is a heating element configured to vaporize a variable amount of a substance thereby releasing the variable amount of the substance, the method comprising:
- detecting with a sensor an amount of airflow between an air inlet hole and an air outlet hole of the smoke inhalation apparatus;
- releasing the variable amount of the substance into the airflow;
- varying a level of intensity of light emitted from a light device coupled to the housing based on the amount of airflow between the air inlet hole and the air outlet hole;
- varying an amount of power provided to the heating element between a plurality of nonzero values based on the amount of airflow;
- sending data from the sensor to a controller of the smoke inhalation apparatus;
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- determining with the controller the variable amount of the substance released by the heating element based on the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.