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US 12,532,913 B1Granted
Smart humidifier for humidor
OwnerKarim Tarazi, Nader Nabil Rayesinventors
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Abstract
A smart humidifier (e.g., for humidors, such as cigar humidors) has a built in refillable water tank, a wick disposed in the tank in fluid communication with liquid in the tank, and an automizer operable to convert liquid in the wick to a mist that is dispersed out of a housing of the humidifier. The humidifier includes a sensor that senses relative humidity of a space adjacent the humidifier, and a microcontroller unit controls an operation of the atomizer to adjust the humidity in the space to maintain the humidity within a preferred humidity range.
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A smart portable humidor humidifier, comprising:
- a housing;
- a refillable tank configured to be filled with a liquid via an opening and disposed in the housing;
- a wick disposed in a chamber in the tank and in fluid communication with liquid in the tank;
- an atomizer disposed in the housing between an aperture and an end of the wick, the atomizer being actuatable to vibrate against the end of the wick to convert the liquid in the wick to a mist;
- a sensor operable to sense a relative humidity of a space adjacent the housing;
- a battery;
- an electronic display;
- a user interface electrically connected to the electronic display;
- and
- a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the atomizer, the battery the sensor, the electronic display and the user interface, the microcontroller configured to operate the atomizer based on the sensed relative humidity to adjust the relative humidity, the microcontroller configured to:
- operate in a standby state with the atomizer in an unpowered state when the sensed humidity is within a preferred humidity range,
- collect telemetry data comprising humidity, temperature and tank water level data following a wake up event,
- determine whether the atomizer is idle and ready for operation,
- determine whether the sensed humidity is within a preferred range following a determination that the atomizer is idle and ready,
- operate in a humidifying state with the atomizer actuated for a period of time when the sensed humidity is outside the preferred humidity range to increase a humidity in the space, and
- return to the standby state.
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A smart portable humidor humidifier, comprising:
- a housing;
- a refillable tank configured to be filled with a liquid and disposed in the housing;
- a wick disposed in a chamber in the tank and in fluid communication with liquid in the tank;
- an atomizer disposed in the housing between an aperture and an end of the wick, the atomizer being actuatable to vibrate against the end of the wick to convert the liquid in the wick to a mist;
- a sensor operable to sense a relative humidity of a space adjacent the housing;
- a battery;
- and
- a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the atomizer, the battery the sensor, the microcontroller configured to operate the atomizer based on the sensed relative humidity to adjust the relative humidity, the microcontroller configured to:
- operate in a standby state with the atomizer in an unpowered state when the sensed humidity is within a preferred humidity range,
- collect telemetry data comprising humidity, temperature and tank water level data following a wake up event,
- determine whether the atomizer is idle and ready for operation,
- determine whether the sensed humidity is within a preferred range following a determination that the atomizer is idle and ready,
- operate in a humidifying state with the atomizer actuated for a period of time when the sensed humidity is outside the preferred humidity range to increase a humidity in the space, and
- return to the standby state.
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A smart portable humidor humidifier, comprising:
- a housing;
- a refillable tank configured to be filled with a liquid and disposed in the housing;
- a wick disposed in a chamber in the tank and in fluid communication with liquid in the tank;
- an atomizer disposed in the housing between an aperture and an end of the wick, the atomizer being actuatable to vibrate against the end of the wick to convert the liquid in the wick to a mist;
- a sensor operable to sense a relative humidity of a space adjacent the housing;
- a battery;
- and
- a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the atomizer, the battery the sensor, the microcontroller configured to operate the atomizer based on the sensed relative humidity to adjust the relative humidity, the microcontroller configured to:
- operate in a standby state with the atomizer in an unpowered state when the sensed humidity is within a preferred humidity range,
- determine whether the atomizer is idle and ready for operation,
- determine whether a sensed humidity is within a preferred range following a determination that the atomizer is idle and ready,
- operate in a humidifying state with the atomizer actuated for a period of time when the sensed humidity is outside the preferred humidity range to increase a humidity in the space, and
- return to the standby state.
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