Heating control for vaporizing device
AssigneeNjoy, LLC
InventorReynaldo QUINTANA
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Abstract
The temperature of a vaporizing device, e.g., the temperature of a heating element of the vaporizing device, may be controlled according to various aspects of the present disclosure. The vaporizing device may comprise a heating element, a power source, at least one sensor in electronic communication with the heating element and the power source, and a processor configured to control the temperature of the heating element. The method of controlling the temperature may comprise receiving a resistance measurement of the heating element from the at least one sensor, determining the temperature of the heating element based on the resistance measurement, and adjusting the amount of power supplied to the heating element based on the determined temperature of the heating element.
Claims20
A vaporizing device comprising:
- a heating element;
- a power source;
- and
- control circuitry including a processor and at least one sensor, the control circuitry configured to,
- obtain a measurement indicative of a temperature of the heating element,
- determine, based on the measurement, a temperature of the heating element,
- control an amount of power provided from the power source to the heating element based on a difference between the determined temperature and a target temperature,
- determine one or more historical usage characteristics of the device using data obtained via the at least one sensor, and
- vary a time interval between successive occurrences of at least one of obtaining the measurement, determining the temperature, or controlling the amount of power based on the determined historical usage characteristics.
A method of controlling a temperature of a heating element of a vaporizing device having a power source, a memory, and at least one sensor, the method comprising:
- obtaining a measurement indicative of a temperature of the heating element;
- determining, based on the measurement, a temperature of the heating element;
- controlling an amount of power supplied from the power source to the heating element based on a difference between the determined temperature and a target temperature;
- determining one or more historical usage characteristics of the device using data obtained via the at least one sensor;
- and
- varying a time interval between successive occurrences of at least one of obtaining the measurement, determining the temperature, or controlling the amount of power based on the determined historical usage characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.