Control circuit for a vapor provision system
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorMartin Conrad Mullin
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Abstract
A control circuit for a vapor provision system includes comprises a first controller with capability to control a first set of components in the vapor provision system; a second controller with capability to control a second set of components in the vapor provision system, at least one component in the second set being also in the first set; and a communication link between the first controller and the second controller by which at least one controller can monitor operation of the other controller; wherein one or both controllers is operable to, via the communication link, detect a fault with the capability of the other controller to control the at least one component and, in response, assume control of the at least one component.
Claims16
A control circuit for a vapor provision system comprising:
- a first controller with capability to control a first set of components in the vapor provision system;
- a second controller with capability to control a second set of components in the vapor provision system, at least one component in the second set being also in the first set;
- and
- a communication link between the first controller and the second controller by which at least one of the first controller or the second controller can monitor operation of the other of the first controller or the second controller,
- wherein:
- the first controller and the second controller have capability to control the at least one component by switching it between an on state and an off state;
- and
- one or both of the first controller and the second controller is operable to, via the communication link, detect a fault with the capability of the other of the first controller or the second controller to control the at least one component and, in response, assume control of the at least one component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.