Aerosol-generation device, and method and system thereof

Abstract

This application provides an aerosol-generation device, and a method and system thereof. The aerosol-generation device includes a housing, having an opening; a cavity, configured to receive or remove an aerosol-generation product through the opening; a heater, configured to heat at least a part of the aerosol-generation product received in the cavity to generate an aerosol for inhalation; a color detection apparatus, configured to emit light to the cavity and detect reflection of the light to generate a color signal; and a controller, configured to obtain the color signal generated by the color detection apparatus, and generate a control signal according to the color signal to control operation of the heater. This application detects the insertion or removal of the aerosol-generation product into or from the cavity through the color detection apparatus, and then controls operation of the heater.

1 . An aerosol-generation device, comprising:
 a housing, having an opening;   a cavity, configured to receive or remove an aerosol-generation product through the opening;   a heater, configured to heat at least a part of the aerosol-generation product received in the cavity to generate an aerosol for inhalation;   a color detection apparatus, configured to emit light to the cavity and detect reflection of the light to generate a color signal; and   a controller, configured to obtain the color signal generated by the color detection apparatus, and generate a control signal according to the color signal to control operation of the heater.   
     
     
         2 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 generate a product inserted-in-place signal in a case that a second color signal and a first color signal generated by the color detection apparatus are sequentially obtained within a first preset time; and control the heater to start heating according to the product inserted-in-place signal.   
     
     
         3 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 determine a type of the aerosol-generation product received in the cavity according to the first color signal; determine corresponding temperature configuration information according to the type of the aerosol-generation product; and control power supplied to the heater according to the temperature configuration information.   
     
     
         4 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 generate a product pull-out signal in a case that the second color signal and a third color signal generated by the color detection apparatus are sequentially obtained within a second preset time; and control the heater to stop heating according to the product pull-out signal.   
     
     
         5 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 generate a product non-inserted-in-place signal in a case that only the second color signal generated by the color detection apparatus is obtained within a second preset time; and control the heater to stop heating and record a completed heating time of the heater according to the product non-inserted-in-place signal.   
     
     
         6 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 generate a product reinserted-in-place signal in a case that the second color signal and the first color signal generated by the color detection apparatus are sequentially obtained within a third preset time; calculate a remaining heating time of the heater according to the completed heating time of the heater; and control the heater to perform heating according to the product reinserted-in-place signal and the remaining heating time of the heater.   
     
     
         7 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 control the heater to be in an off state in a case that only a second color signal generated by the color detection apparatus is obtained within a first preset time or in a case that a second color signal and a fourth color signal generated by the color detection apparatus are sequentially obtained within a first preset time.   
     
     
         8 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 generate prompt information in a case that only the second color signal generated by the color detection apparatus is obtained within the first preset time or in a case that the second color signal and the fourth color signal generated by the color detection apparatus are sequentially obtained within the first preset time; and   the aerosol-generation device further comprises:   a prompt module, configured to receive the prompt information and prompt a user that there is an abnormality.   
     
     
         9 . The aerosol-generation device according to  claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-generation device further comprises:
 an input module, configured to receive a start instruction inputted by a user to generate a start signal; and   the controller, further configured to receive the start signal, and control the color detection apparatus to start according to the start signal.   
     
     
         10 . A method for controlling an aerosol-generation device, comprising:
 obtaining a color signal generated by a color detection apparatus; and   generating a control signal according to the color signal to control operation of a heater.   
     
     
         11 . An aerosol-generation system, comprising:
 an aerosol-generation product, wherein an outer surface of the aerosol-generation product has a first color and a second color; and   the aerosol-generation device according to  claim 1 .