Portable vaporizer battery having inhale feedback mechanism

Abstract

A portable vaporizer battery can include an outer housing and a connector at one end of the outer housing and configured to attach the outer housing to a heating element and a mouthpiece. The connector includes an electrode. The portable vaporizer battery includes a battery cell positioned in the outer housing and configured to provide a voltage through the electrode and at least two lights coupled to the outer housing. The portable vaporizer battery includes a feedback computing device configured to instruct a sequence of a lighting display of the at least two lights in response to detecting an inhalation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable vaporizer battery, comprising:
 an outer housing;   a connector at one end of the outer housing and configured to attach the outer housing to a heating element and a mouthpiece, the connector including an electrode;   a battery cell positioned in the outer housing and configured to provide a voltage through the electrode;   at least two lights coupled to the outer housing; and   a feedback computing device configured to instruct a sequence of a lighting display of the at least two lights in response to detecting an inhalation.   
     
     
         2 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 1 , wherein the feedback computing device includes at least one sensor configured to measure a parameter of the inhalation and output a signal indicative of the parameter. 
     
     
         3 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one sensor is an airflow sensor. 
     
     
         4 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 2 , wherein the sequence of the lighting display continues until the signal indicates the inhalation has ended. 
     
     
         5 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 2 , wherein the feedback computing device includes a selection module configured to receive the signal from the at least one sensor and select the sequence of the lighting display in response to the signal. 
     
     
         6 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 5 , wherein the selection module selects a randomized sequence. 
     
     
         7 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 5 , wherein the selected sequence of the lighting display is a sequence programmed by a user. 
     
     
         8 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a database, wherein the selection module selects a set of illumination instructions from the database, the set of illumination instructions corresponding to the sequence of the lighting display.   
     
     
         9 . The portable vaporizer battery of  claim 8 , wherein the database stores a plurality of sets of illumination instructions including indicating, for each light, a light identifier and a sequence of illumination instructions including a period of illumination. 
     
     
         10 . A method of instructing a lighting display of a portable vaporizer battery, the method comprising:
 receiving a sensor measurement from at least one sensor of the portable vaporizer battery in response to detecting an airflow;   in response to the sensor measurement being above a threshold, selecting a sequence of the lighting display;   obtaining a set of instructions corresponding to the sequence of the lighting display from a database; and   instructing, by a feedback computing device, the set of instructions via at least two lights coupled to an outer housing of the portable vaporizer battery.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising selecting a randomized sequence, the randomized sequence being based on a nonlinear representation of the airflow. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the selected sequence of the lighting display is a sequence programmed by a user. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the at least one sensor is configured to measure a parameter of the airflow and output a signal indicative of the parameter. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one sensor is an airflow sensor. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the sequence of the lighting display continues until the signal indicates the airflow has ended. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the database stores a plurality of sets of illumination instructions including indicating, for each light, a light identifier and a sequence of illumination instructions including a period of illumination. 
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor, cause a device to perform operations comprising:
 receiving a sensor measurement from at least one sensor of a portable vaporizer battery in response to detecting an airflow;   in response to the sensor measurement being above a threshold, selecting a randomized sequence of a lighting display;   obtaining a set of instructions corresponding to the randomized sequence of the lighting display from a database; and   instructing, by a feedback computing device, the set of instructions via at least two lights coupled to an outer housing of the portable vaporizer battery.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the at least one sensor is configured to measure a parameter of an airflow and output a signal indicative of the parameter. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the at least one sensor is an airflow sensor. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 17 , further comprising selecting the sequence pseudo-randomly.