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US 12,004,269 B2Granted
Vaporization device with lip sensing
AssigneePax Labs, Inc.
InventorsNicholas J. Hatton, James Monsees, Adam Bowen
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Abstract
Apparatuses, including systems and devices (“vaporizers”), for vaporizing material to form an inhalable aerosol that include capacitive lips sensing to regulate the temperature of the vaporizer, including transiently boosting the temperature. Methods of operating a vaporizer having a capacitive lip sensor are also described.
Claims19
A vaporizer device, comprising:
- a reservoir configured to hold a vaporizable material;
- a heater configured to heat the vaporizable material;
- a mouthpiece in communication with the reservoir;
- a capacitance sensor configured to output a plurality of sensor readings;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- detect use of the vaporizer device by a user via the capacitance sensor, wherein the use comprises contact with the mouthpiece;
- and
- regulate a temperature of the heater to a preselected temperature by at least applying a temperature control loop having inputs including a running average of the plurality of sensor readings, the temperature of the heater, and the preselected temperature.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting, via a capacitance sensor coupled to a vaporizer device, use of the vaporizer device by a user, the use comprising contact with a mouthpiece the vaporizer device, the vaporizer device comprising:
- a reservoir configured to hold a vaporizable material;
- a heater configured to heat the vaporizable material;
- the mouthpiece in communication with the reservoir;
- the capacitance sensor configured to output a plurality of sensor readings;
- and
- regulating a temperature of the heater to a preselected temperature by at least applying a temperature control loop having inputs including a running average of the plurality of sensor readings, the temperature of the heater, and the preselected temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.