Monitoring the composition of a puff from an electronic vaporizer

Abstract

An electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) is disclosed, to vaporize a substance to be inhaled by a user when the user puffs from the vaporizer. The vaporizer is configured to receive a cartridge ( 11 ) with a vaporizable substance and with an identification tag ( 23 ) associated with the composition of the substance. The vaporizer comprises a controller for obtaining a data set comprising a puff duration parameter, and a communications module configured to send the data set and an identification tag of a cartridge coupled to the vaporizer to a puff composition monitoring system. A system and a method for monitoring the composition of at least one puff performed by a user with an electronic vaporizer are also disclosed.

1 . A system for monitoring the composition of a puff performed by a user with an electronic vaporizer, the vaporizer being configured to receive a cartridge ( 11 ), the cartridge comprising a vaporizable substance and an identification tag ( 23 ) associated with the composition of the vaporizable substance, the system comprising:
 a repository ( 33 ) of mapping between vapor generation condition parameters and puff compositions, for each identification tag;   a controller configured to:
 receive from the electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) the identification tag ( 23 ) of a cartridge ( 11 ) coupled to the electronic vaporizer ( 1 ), and vapor generation condition parameters, the parameters comprising a puff duration parameter; 
 access the repository ( 33 ) of mapping between vapor generation condition parameters and puff compositions, for each identification tag; 
 retrieve, from the repository ( 33 ), the puff composition corresponding to the received vapor generation condition parameters and the received identification tag. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the vapor generation condition parameters received from the electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) further comprise a temperature parameter. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to any of  claims 1  or  2 , wherein the controller is further configured to send the composition of the puff to a health monitoring system and/or present the composition of the puff in a display of the system. 
     
     
         4 . A method for monitoring the composition of a puff performed by a user with an electronic vaporizer ( 1 ), the electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) being coupled to a cartridge ( 11 ) comprising a vaporizable substance and an identification tag ( 23 ) associated with the composition of the vaporizable substance, the method comprising:
 obtaining, from the electronic vaporizer ( 1 ):
 the identification tag ( 23 ) of the cartridge ( 11 ); and 
 vapor generation condition parameters comprising a puff duration parameter representative of the duration of the puff; 
 accessing a repository ( 33 ) of mapping between vapor generation condition parameters and puff compositions, for each identification tag; 
 retrieving, from the repository ( 33 ), the puff composition corresponding to the obtained vapor generation condition parameters and to the identification tag ( 23 ). 
   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the vapor generation condition parameters further comprise a temperature parameter. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the vaporizer comprises an atomizer ( 32 ) with an electrical resistance element, the temperature parameter being the temperature of the electrical resistance element, and obtaining the temperature parameter comprises detecting a resistance value of the electrical resistance element and determining the temperature parameter based on the detected resistance and the voltage applied to the electrical resistance element. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the vaporizer comprises an atomizer ( 32 ) with an electrical resistance element, the temperature parameter being the temperature of the electrical resistance element, and obtaining the temperature parameter comprises sensing the temperature of the electrical resistance element, and determining the temperature parameter based on the sensed temperature. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to any of  claims 5 to 7 , comprising determining the temperature parameter at a starting time of the puff and/or at the end time of the puff. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to any of  claims 4 to 8 , further comprising sending the retrieved puff composition to a health monitoring system and/or to a display of the electronic vaporizer. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to any of  claims 4 to 9 , wherein the repository ( 33 ) further maps the vapor generation condition parameters and the puff compositions, for each identification tag, with at least one additional parameter selected from the manufacturing date of the cartridge, the material of the electrical resistance element, the material of a cotton piece of the atomizer, or the suction power of the puff. 
     
     
         11 . A computer program product comprising instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the steps of the method of any of  claims 4 to 10 . 
     
     
         12 . A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the steps of the method of any of  claims 4 to 10 . 
     
     
         13 . An electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) to vaporize a substance to be inhaled by a user when the user puffs from the vaporizer, the vaporizer being configured to receive a cartridge ( 11 ), the cartridge comprising a vaporizable substance and an identification tag ( 23 ) associated with the composition of the vaporizable substance, the vaporizer comprising:
 a sensor module for reading the identification tag ( 23 ), and for obtaining vapor generation condition parameters comprising a puff duration parameter; and   a communications module configured to send the vapor generation condition parameters and the identification tag ( 23 ) of a cartridge ( 11 ) coupled to the vaporizer, to a puff composition monitoring system.   
     
     
         14 . The electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) according to  claim 13 , wherein the vapor generation condition parameters obtained by the sensor module further comprise a temperature parameter. 
     
     
         15 . The electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) according to  claim 14 , wherein the vaporizer ( 1 ) further comprises an atomizer ( 32 ), the atomizer comprising at least one electrical resistance element configured to be energized in order to vaporize the vaporizable substance, wherein the sensor module obtains the temperature parameter by obtaining the temperature of the electrical resistance element, or receiving the resistance value of the electrical resistance element. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to any of  claims 1 to 3 , wherein the puff compositions mapped within the repository comprise the amount in weight of at least one compound. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the temperature parameter corresponds to the temperature of the vapor at the beginning and/or the end of the puff. 
     
     
         18 . The electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) according to  claim 14 , wherein the temperature parameter corresponds to the temperature of the vapor at the beginning and/or the end of the puff. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) according to any of  claim 13 to 15 , wherein the vaporizer ( 1 ) further comprises an electronic display configured to display the retrieved puff composition. 
     
     
         20 . The electronic vaporizer ( 1 ) according to  claim 19 , wherein the electronic display is configured to display at least one vapor generation condition parameter used to retrieve the puff composition.