CN108208937B - Electronic cigarette control method and control device and electronic cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a control method and a control device of an electronic cigarette and the electronic cigarette, and belongs to the technical field of electronic cigarettes. The control method comprises the following steps: the electronic cigarette is connected with a target electric device through a protocol converter, the protocol converter is used for adapting the electronic cigarette with the target electric device, and the control method comprises the following steps: acquiring a power supply adjusting instruction; and controlling the electronic cigarette to output the electric energy to the target electric equipment through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjusting instruction. The problem of the function that electron cigarette can provide among the correlation technique too single is solved, reach the effect of the function of abundant electron cigarette.

Description

Electronic cigarette control method, control device and electronic cigarette

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, and in particular, to a control method, control device and electronic cigarette of an electronic cigarette.

Background technique

An electronic cigarette is an electronic product that imitates cigarettes. It can generate smoke by atomizing liquid smoke, and the smoke can be inhaled by the user of the electronic cigarette from the mouthpiece, so as to achieve the purpose of simulating smoking.

However, the electronic cigarette in the prior art only provides the function of simulating smoking, and the functions provided by the electronic cigarette are too single.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the problem that the functions provided by the electronic cigarette in the prior art are too single, the embodiments of the present invention provide a control method, a control device and an electronic cigarette for the electronic cigarette. The technical solution is as follows:

In a first aspect, a method for controlling an electronic cigarette is provided. The electronic cigarette is connected to a target electrical device through a protocol converter, and the protocol converter is used to adapt the electronic cigarette to the target electrical device. The control methods include:

Obtain power supply adjustment instructions;

The electrical energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical device through the protocol converter is controlled according to the power supply adjustment instruction.

Optionally, the controlling the electrical energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical device through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjustment instruction includes:

Acquiring a target power supply requirement in the power supply adjustment instruction, where the target power supply requirement includes at least one of supply current, power supply, and supply voltage;

Output power to the target electrical device according to the target power supply requirement.

Optionally, the controlling the electrical energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical device through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjustment instruction includes:

Acquire safe use information of the target electrical equipment, where the safe use information includes at least one of a safe working voltage range, a safe working current range, and a safe working power range;

According to the power supply adjustment instruction and the safe use information, the electrical energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical device through the protocol converter is controlled.

Optionally, the obtaining the safe use information of the target electrical equipment includes:

receiving the safety usage information sent by the target electrical device;

or,

Acquire the device information of the target electrical device, and obtain the safe use information of the target electrical device from the server according to the device information, where the device information includes the device identification, device type and device name of the target electrical device at least one of;

or,

Obtain the security usage information input by the user.

Optionally, the control method further includes:

receiving a first control instruction, where the first control instruction includes working parameters of the target electrical equipment;

Send the first control instruction to the target electrical equipment, where the first control instruction is used to trigger the target electrical equipment to operate according to the working parameters.

Optionally, the control method further includes:

receiving a second control instruction;

The power output to the target electrical equipment through the protocol converter is controlled according to the second control instruction, so that the target electrical equipment executes the target operation corresponding to the second control instruction.

Optionally, the obtaining the power supply adjustment instruction includes:

Receive the power supply adjustment instruction sent by the electronic device, where the power supply adjustment instruction is generated by the electronic device according to the voice signal collected by the electronic device; or,

Receive the power supply adjustment instruction sent by the server, where the power supply adjustment instruction is generated by the server according to the voice signal sent by the electronic device.

In a second aspect, a control device is provided, the control device comprising:

memory and processor;

at least one program instruction is stored in the memory;

The processor, by loading and executing the at least one program instruction, implements the first aspect and the electronic cigarette control method involved in any optional embodiment of the first aspect.

In a third aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein one or more instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the one or more instructions are executed by a processor in the electronic cigarette, the first One aspect and a method for controlling an electronic cigarette involved in any optional embodiment of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an electronic cigarette is provided, which includes the control device involved in the second aspect.

The beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention are:

By obtaining the power supply adjustment instruction; controlling the electric energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical equipment according to the power supply adjustment instruction; so that the electronic cigarette has the function of supplying power to the target electrical equipment, which solves the problem that the functions provided by the electronic cigarette in the related art are too single. problem, to achieve the effect of enriching the functions of electronic cigarettes.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without creative effort.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a method flowchart of a control method provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The "electronic devices" mentioned in this article can include smart phones, tablet computers, smart TVs, e-book readers, MP3 players (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III), MP4 (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III) Experts Group Audio Layer IV, Motion Picture Expert Compression Standard Audio Layer 4) Players, Laptops and Desktops, etc.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a control system including an electronic cigarette and an electrical device.

The electrical equipment involved in this article may be electrical equipment such as electric fans, mini electric fans, LED desk lamps, electric screwdrivers, televisions, infrared transmitters, and the like.

Optionally, the electronic cigarette is provided with a protocol converter, and the protocol converter is used to adapt the electronic cigarette to the electrical equipment. That is to say, the physical interface on the protocol converter can be connected with the physical interface on the powered device, and the protocol converter is also used for conversion between the communication protocol of the electronic cigarette and the communication protocol of the powered device .

For example, when the electrical device is an infrared transmitter, the protocol converter converts the electronic cigarette to send a TV turn-on command into a command for triggering the infrared transmitter to emit an infrared signal, and the infrared signal is used to trigger the TV to turn on. .

Optionally, the electronic cigarette is provided with a hardware interface for connecting with a protocol converter, the electronic cigarette can be connected with a protocol converter through the hardware interface, and the protocol converter is also provided with electrical equipment. The connected interface enables the protocol converter to be adapted to the electrical equipment, so the electronic cigarette can establish a connection with the electrical equipment through the protocol converter, that is, the protocol converter can be used to adapt the electronic cigarette to the electrical equipment. match.

When the electronic cigarette is connected to an electrical device through a protocol converter, it can output electric energy to the electrical device through the protocol converter. For example, the protocol converter of the electronic cigarette can be connected to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface of a connecting line, and the other end of the connecting line is connected to the electrical equipment. Optionally, the connection line can also be used to transmit data.

Optionally, the electronic cigarette can communicate with the electrical device in the following ways:

The first is that the electronic cigarette communicates with the electrical device through a protocol converter.

Second, electronic cigarettes use wireless transmission technology to communicate with electrical equipment. The wireless transmission technology mentioned here can be such as Bluetooth, WIFI (Wireless-Fidelity, wireless fidelity) technology direct connection, NFC (Near Field Communication, short-distance communication) wireless communication technology), infrared and other short-range wireless transmission technology.

Optionally, the control system includes an electronic device, and an application program for controlling the electrical equipment in the control system is installed on the electronic device.

Optionally, the electronic cigarette may communicate with the electronic device using wireless transmission technology.

Optionally, the control system further includes a server, which is a background server of the above application program, and the server can be connected to the electronic cigarette and the electronic device respectively through a wired or wireless network. Optionally, the background server may be one server, or may be a server cluster composed of multiple servers.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1 , the control system includes an electronic cigarette 110 , a server 120 , an electronic device 130 and a plurality of electrical devices, which are LED (Light Emitting Diode, light-emitting diode) desk lamps 140 respectively. , an electric screwdriver 150 and a TV 160 .

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which shows a method flowchart of a method for controlling an electronic cigarette provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2, the control method of the electronic cigarette may include:

Step 210, receiving a power supply adjustment instruction.

Step 210 can be implemented in the following two ways:

A first implementation manner of step 210: receiving a power supply adjustment instruction sent by the electronic device.

Generally speaking, an application program installed on the electronic device can be used to control at least one electrical device, and the electronic device can provide the user with the at least one electrical device in the application program for the user to select. After connecting the target electrical device with the electronic cigarette, the user can select the target electrical device from the at least one electrical device.

Taking the target electrical device as an LED light as an example, the electronic device displays the icon or name of each electrical device in the at least one electrical device in the display interface of the application program. After connecting the LED light to the electronic cigarette, the user selects the icon corresponding to the LED light in the application, and the electronic device uses the LED light table lamp as the target electrical device.

After the electronic device obtains the target electrical device, it can obtain the power supply adjustment instruction in the following two ways:

1. The power supply adjustment instruction includes at least one of the adjustment amount of the supply power, the adjustment amount of the supply voltage, the adjustment amount of the supply current, the direction of the supply current and the direction of the supply voltage.

Optionally, the adjustment amount of the electric power, the adjustment amount of the supply voltage, the adjustment amount of the supply current, the direction of the supply current and the direction of the supply voltage may be set by the user, or the electronic device may be set according to the executable operation of the target electric device. Generated by the target action selected by the user.

The application on the electronic device provides at least one executable operation for each powered device for the user to select. For example, the executable operations provided for an LED desk lamp may include operations such as increasing the brightness, decreasing the brightness, doubling the brightness, reducing the brightness by 50%, turning on, turning off, etc.; for another example, the executable operations provided for the electric screwdriver may Including operations such as increasing the rotational speed, decreasing the rotational speed, changing the direction of rotation, increasing the torque, reducing the torque, opening, closing, etc.; for another example, the executable operations provided for the mini fan may include increasing the wind speed, reducing the wind speed, changing the Wind speed, changing wind direction, and timing shutdown, etc. For another example, the executable operations provided for the TV may include operations such as turning on, turning off, increasing the volume, decreasing the volume, and switching channels.

The electronic device generates a power supply adjustment instruction according to the target operation. Take the target electrical equipment as an LED desk lamp and the target operation as an instruction to increase the brightness of the LED desk lamp as an example. When the electronic device detects that the target operation is to increase the brightness of the LED desk lamp, it generates a power supply adjustment instruction, and the power supply adjustment instruction includes the adjustment amount of the power supply current +5 mA.

2. The application provides the function of setting target power supply requirements for at least one powered device, and the power supply requirements mentioned here may include at least one of power supply, supply voltage, supply current, supply current direction, and supply voltage direction. After acquiring the target electrical device and the target power supply requirement, the electronic device generates a power supply adjustment instruction by using the target power supply requirement.

For example, the electronic device may display an icon of at least one electric device. After detecting that the icon of the LED desk lamp in the at least one electric device is selected, the electronic device uses the LED desk lamp as the target electric device and displays the power supply of the LED desk lamp. A request setting interface, which includes an input box and a confirmation button for inputting the supply current. When the electronic device detects the operation signal generated when the confirmation button is operated, it obtains the power supply current input in the input box, and generates a control command by using the device identification of the LED desk lamp and the power supply current.

Electronic devices can send power supply adjustment instructions to electronic cigarettes in the following ways:

1. The electronic device uses the short-range wireless transmission technology to send the power supply adjustment command to the electronic cigarette.

Electronic devices and electronic cigarettes can be bound in advance.

Optionally, the electronic device can store the device identification of the electronic cigarette bound to it, and use the short-range wireless transmission technology to send the power supply adjustment instruction carrying the device identification of the electronic cigarette to the electronic cigarette. There may be multiple electronic cigarettes that have received the power supply adjustment instruction, and step 220 may be performed on the electronic cigarettes that have the device identifier in the power supply adjustment instruction among the multiple electronic cigarettes.

Optionally, each electronic cigarette can store the device identification of the electronic device bound to it, and the electronic device can send the power supply adjustment instruction carrying its device identification to the electronic cigarette using the short-range wireless transmission technology. There may be multiple electronic cigarettes that have received the power supply adjustment instruction, and the electronic cigarette that stores the device identifier in the power supply adjustment instruction among the multiple electronic cigarettes can perform step 220 .

2. The electronic device sends the power supply adjustment instruction to the server; the server sends the power supply adjustment instruction to the electronic cigarette.

Optionally, the device identification of the electronic cigarette bound to the electronic device is pre-stored in the electronic device, and the device identification of the electronic cigarette is carried in the server sent to the server; the server forwards the device identification to the electronic cigarette according to the device identification of the electronic cigarette. Power supply adjustment command.

Optionally, the server may store the device identifiers of the electronic cigarettes and electronic devices that are bound to each other correspondingly. The electronic cigarette sends a power supply adjustment instruction carrying its device identification to the server, and the server determines the electronic cigarette bound to the electronic device according to the device identification of the electronic device in the power supply adjustment instruction, and forwards the power supply adjustment instruction to the electronic cigarette.

The second implementation manner of step 210: the electronic cigarette is provided with a display screen and an operation keyboard, and the electronic cigarette obtains a power supply adjustment instruction according to a user operation.

The specific implementation of the electronic cigarette acquiring the power supply adjustment instruction may refer to the first implementation manner of step 210, the implementation manner of the electronic device acquiring the power supply adjustment instruction, which will not be repeated here.

Step 220: Control the electrical energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical device through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjustment instruction.

The two cases are described below:

In the first case, the power supply adjustment instruction includes a target power supply requirement.

In the case that the target power supply request includes a power supply voltage, the protocol converter outputs an output voltage whose voltage value is the same as or similar to the power supply voltage in the power supply request.

In the case that the target power supply requirement includes a supply current, the protocol converter outputs an output current whose current value is the same as or similar to the supply current in the power supply requirement.

When the target power supply request includes power supply, the output voltage and output current output by the protocol converter are controlled so that the output power output from the protocol converter is equal to or similar to the power supply power in the target power supply request.

The electronic device generates the power supply adjustment instruction according to the executable operation selected by the user (herein referred to as the target operation). The power supply adjustment instruction is used to instruct the electronic cigarette how to adjust the power output through the protocol converter, so that the target electrical device can perform the target operation.

Taking the target electrical equipment as an LED desk lamp, and the power supply adjustment instruction instructing to increase the brightness of the LED desk lamp as an example, the current output power supply current of the electronic cigarette is 5mA. When the electronic cigarette receives the power supply adjustment command, the output current provided by the electronic cigarette is increased by 5 mA. That is to say, the power supply current required for the LED desk lamp determined by the electronic cigarette to increase the brightness of the LED desk lamp is 10 mA. The electronic cigarette outputs a current of 10mA to the LED desk lamp through the protocol converter.

In the second case, the power supply adjustment instruction includes at least one of the adjustment amount of the supply power, the adjustment amount of the supply voltage, and the adjustment amount of the supply current.

To sum up, the method provided in this embodiment solves the problem by obtaining the power supply adjustment instruction; controlling the electric energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical equipment according to the power supply adjustment instruction; enabling the electronic cigarette to have the function of supplying power to the target electrical equipment In the related art, the functions that the electronic cigarette can provide is too single, so as to achieve the effect of enriching the functions of the electronic cigarette.

It should be noted that the electronic cigarette uses its protocol converter to supply power to the target electrical equipment, so that the use site of the target electrical equipment is no longer restricted. Taking the target electrical device as an electric screwdriver as an example, in the prior art, the technical personnel need to connect the electric screwdriver to the mains power supply socket before using the electric screwdriver. In this application, after connecting the electric screwdriver to the protocol converter of the electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette supplies power to the electric screwdriver to make the electric screwdriver work normally, and the use of the electric screwdriver is no longer restricted by the site.

In an example, the implementation of step 210 may also be: collecting a voice signal; determining a target electrical device and a target power supply requirement according to the voice signal; generating a power supply adjustment instruction according to the target power supply requirement and the target electrical device, and the power supply adjustment instruction It includes at least one of the device identification, device type, and device name of the target electrical device.

Optionally, after collecting the voice signal, the electronic device sends the collected voice signal to the server; the server determines the target electrical device and the target power supply requirement according to the voice signal; generates a power supply adjustment instruction according to the target power supply requirement and the target electrical device. , sending the power supply adjustment instruction to the electronic cigarette, where the power supply adjustment instruction includes at least one of the device identification, device type and device name of the target electrical device.

Optionally, in an example, the electronic cigarette further outputs electrical energy to the target electrical device according to the obtained safety usage information of the target electrical device. That is to say, step 220 can be replaced by: controlling the electrical energy output by the electronic cigarette to the target electrical device through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjustment instruction and the safe use information of the target electrical device.

The specific implementation can be as follows: obtaining the safe use information of the target electrical equipment, the safe use information including one of the safe working voltage range, the safe working current range and the safe working power range; controlling the electronic device according to the power supply adjustment instruction and the safe use information The electrical energy output by the cigarette to the target electrical device makes the output voltage, output current and output power output through the protocol converter on the electronic cigarette conform to the safe use information.

That is to say, when the safe use information includes the safe working voltage range, the output voltage is controlled not to exceed the safe working voltage range; when the safe use information includes the safe working current range, the output current is controlled not to exceed the safe working voltage range. The safe working current range; when the safe use information includes a safe working power range, control the output power not to exceed the safe working power range.

Electronic cigarettes can obtain information on the safe use of target electrical equipment in the following ways:

First, the target electrical device sends its locally stored safety usage information to the electronic cigarette; the electronic cigarette receives the safety usage information. Optionally, the target powered device may also send its device name and/or device type to the electronic cigarette together with the safety usage information.

The target electrical device can send the safe use information to the electronic cigarette through a protocol converter or wireless transmission technology.

Second, the electronic cigarette obtains the device information of the target electrical device, the device information includes at least one of device identification, device type, and device name; sends a query request carrying the obtained device information to the server; The query request queries the safety use information of the target electrical equipment, and sends the safety use information to the electronic cigarette.

Optionally, when the target powered device is connected with the protocol converter of the electronic cigarette, the target powered device sends its device identification or device type or device name to the electronic cigarette.

Third, the electronic cigarette obtains the safe use information entered by the user on the electronic cigarette. For example, the electronic cigarette may display an input box for inputting safety use information on its display screen, and the electronic cigarette obtains the safety use information input by the user from the input box.

In one example, after obtaining the safety usage information from the target electrical device or server, the electronic cigarette also sends the safety usage information to the electronic device for confirmation by the user; when obtaining the safety usage information confirmed by the electronic device, the control is performed through protocol conversion The output voltage, output current and output power of the output of the device comply with the confirmed safe use information.

After receiving the safety use information, the electronic device displays the safety use information. The user can confirm the safety use information of the target electrical equipment on the electronic device; when the safety use information displayed on the electronic device is incorrect, the user can directly modify it on the electronic device.

Optionally, in the process of displaying the safety use information on the electronic device, when an operation for confirming the safety use information is detected, the displayed safety use information is sent to the electronic cigarette as the safety use information confirmed by the user.

For example, the electronic device also displays a confirmation button on the display interface displaying the safety use information, and when detecting an operation generated when the confirmation button is pressed, the displayed safety use information will be used as the user-confirmed safety use information. Information sent to e-cigarettes.

Optionally, during the process of displaying the safety use information by the electronic device, when an operation for confirming the safety use information is detected, determine whether the safety use information displayed by the electronic device has been modified; if not, send a confirmation to the electronic cigarette. The confirmation signal is used to indicate that the full use information sent by the electronic cigarette to the electronic device is correct; otherwise, the modified safe use information is sent to the electronic cigarette.

In one example, after obtaining the safe use information of the target electrical device, the electronic cigarette obtains the target power supply requirement of the target electrical device; the target power supply requirement exceeds the safe working voltage range and/or the safe operating voltage range in the safe use information. In the safe working current range and/or the safe working power range, stop outputting power to the target electrical device through the protocol converter and/or display a reminder message.

Optionally, the reminder message may be a text prompt message, a voice prompt message, or a vibrator vibration of the electronic cigarette, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment. The user can disconnect the protocol converter of the electronic cigarette from the target electrical device according to the reminder message. The user can also modify the power supply requirements of the target electrical device according to the reminder message, select a target to perform operations for the target electrical device, and so on.

Taking the target electrical device as the LED desk lamp, when the power supply current in the target power supply requirement of the LED desk lamp exceeds the safe working current range, the text message "Please reset the power supply current of the LED desk lamp" is displayed on the display screen of the electronic cigarette.

Optionally, the electronic cigarette can also send the reminder message to the electronic device, and the electronic device displays the reminder message.

In one example, after the electronic device acquires the target powered device, the electronic device may acquire a first control instruction for controlling the target powered device, where the first control instruction includes the working parameters of the target powered device. The specific implementation may be as follows: an application program on the electronic device provides a function of setting working parameters of the target powered device for the target powered device (the powered device selected by the user on the electronic device). For example, the working parameters of an electric screwdriver may include rotational speed, rotation direction, and torque; for another example, the working parameters of an electric fan may include wind speed, wind type, wind direction, and the like. After acquiring the target electrical equipment and the operating parameters of the target electrical equipment, the electronic device generates a first control instruction by using the operating parameters of the target electrical equipment.

Optionally, the first control instruction may further include relevant information of the target electrical device.

Wherein, the electronic cigarette can send the first control instruction to the target electrical equipment by using the wireless communication technology, and the electronic cigarette can also send the first control instruction to the target electrical equipment through the protocol converter. When the target electrical equipment receives the first control instruction, it operates according to the working parameters in the first control instruction.

Optionally, before the target electrical device operates according to the working parameters in the first control instruction, the relevant information included in the first control instruction is also acquired. When the relevant information includes the device identification and/or device type of the target electrical device, the target electrical device operates according to the working parameters in the first control instruction.

In one example, the electronic cigarette can acquire a second control instruction generated according to the target operation, and control the electrical energy output to the target electrical equipment through the protocol converter according to the second control instruction, so that the target electrical equipment can perform the second control The target operation corresponding to the instruction.

Take the target electrical equipment as an LED desk lamp, the target operation as increasing the brightness of the LED desk lamp, and the second control instruction instructing to increase the brightness of the LED desk lamp as an example. At present, the power supply current output by the electronic cigarette is 5mA. When the electronic cigarette receives the second control command, the output current provided by the electronic cigarette is increased by 5 mA, so that the brightness of the LED desk lamp is increased. That is to say, the power supply current required for the LED desk lamp determined by the electronic cigarette to increase the brightness of the LED desk lamp is 10 mA. The electronic cigarette outputs a current of 10mA to the LED desk lamp through the protocol converter.

Optionally, the second control instruction may also be used to trigger the target electrical device to perform the target operation corresponding to the second control instruction. The electronic cigarette can also send the second control instruction to the target electrical device, so that the target electrical device executes the target operation corresponding to the second control instruction.

Optionally, the second control instruction may also include relevant information of the target electric device, and the relevant information may include the identification of the target electric device and/or the information used to indicate the device type of the target electric device. The types of equipment in question may be, for example, televisions, fans, drills, fans, and infrared transmitters, among others.

Optionally, the target electrical device further acquires the relevant information included in the second control instruction before executing the target operation. When the relevant information includes the device identification and/or device type of the target powered device, the target powered device then performs the target operation.

In an example, the acquisition of the second control instruction by the electronic device may further be: collecting a voice signal; determining a target power-consuming device and a target power-consuming operation according to the voice signal; generating a second control according to the target power-consuming device and the target power-consuming operation instruction. For example, an application on an electronic device can provide a voice button, and the user speaks the name of the target electrical device and the target operation during the process of pressing the voice button; the electronic device detects the operation generated when the voice button is pressed In the process of signal transmission, voice collection is performed, and the voice content of the collected voice signal is analyzed. Extract the name and target operation of the target electrical equipment in the voice content, and generate a second control instruction according to the name and target operation of the target electrical equipment.

Optionally, after collecting the voice signal, the electronic device sends the collected voice signal to the server; the server generates a second control instruction according to the voice signal, and sends the second control instruction to the electronic cigarette.

In an example, the electronic cigarette is further provided with an infrared transmitter, and the electronic cigarette uses the infrared transmitter to transmit an infrared signal corresponding to the third control instruction, and the infrared signal is used to trigger the target electrical device to execute the third control instruction according to the infrared signal. The target operation corresponding to the control instruction. The target electrical device mentioned here is the electronic cigarette or the electrical device selected by the user on the electronic device, the target operation is the executable operation selected by the user on the electronic cigarette or the electronic device, and the third control instruction is based on the selected by the user. and generated by the target powered device.

Take the target electrical device as the TV and the user as the target electrical device to select the executable operation (that is, the target operation) as the power-on as an example. When the third control command is used, the third control command is used to instruct the electronic cigarette to control the TV to turn on, then the electronic cigarette can use the infrared transmitter to emit an infrared signal for triggering the TV to start, so that the user can hold the electronic cigarette to turn on the infrared transmitter. Aim at the TV to turn on the TV.

Optionally, within a preset time period after receiving the third control instruction, the electronic cigarette uses the infrared transmitter to transmit an infrared signal corresponding to the third control instruction. Among them, the preset duration can be set by the developer or customized by the user; the user can customize it on the electronic cigarette or electronic device.

In one example, the electronic cigarette can also be connected to an infrared transmitter (that is, the target electrical device) through a protocol converter. When the electronic cigarette receives the third control instruction, it controls the infrared transmitter to emit the corresponding third control instruction. infrared signal. For example, the electronic cigarette sends an infrared signal to the TV to switch the TV channel through the infrared transmitter.

Taking the third control command for instructing the electronic cigarette to control the TV to turn on as an example, the electronic cigarette can use the infrared transmitter to emit an infrared signal for triggering the TV to start, so that the user can hold the electronic cigarette and aim the infrared transmitter at the TV to turn on the TV.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic cigarette also has a voice function, and can also receive power supply adjustment instructions in the form of voice signals and first control instructions in the form of voice signals; and parse them to obtain power supply adjustment instructions and first control instructions. A control command, and then the corresponding operation is performed.

The present invention also provides a control device, which includes: a memory and a processor; the memory stores at least one program instruction; the processor implements any of the above implementations by loading and executing the at least one program instruction The control method involved in the example.

The present invention also provides an electronic cigarette, which further includes the control device.

The present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein one or more instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the one or more instructions are executed by a processor in the electronic cigarette, any of the above-mentioned functions are implemented. A control method according to an embodiment.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are only for description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above embodiments can be completed by hardware, or can be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium mentioned may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall be included in the protection of the present invention. within the range.

Claims (8)

1. A control method of an electronic cigarette is characterized in that the electronic cigarette is connected with a target electric device through a protocol converter, the protocol converter is used for adapting the electronic cigarette with the target electric device and converting a communication protocol of the electronic cigarette with the communication protocol of the electric device, and the control method comprises the following steps:

acquiring a power supply adjusting instruction; the power supply adjusting instruction is generated by the electronic equipment according to a target operation selected by a user in the executable operations of the target electric equipment;

controlling the electronic cigarette to output electric energy to the target electric equipment through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjusting instruction;

the controlling the electronic cigarette to output the electric energy to the target electric equipment through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjusting instruction comprises:

acquiring safe use information of the target electric equipment, wherein the safe use information comprises at least one of a safe working voltage range, a safe working current range and a safe working power range;

controlling the electric energy output to the target electric equipment by the electronic cigarette through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjusting instruction and the safe use information;

the acquiring of the safe use information of the target electric equipment comprises:

acquiring equipment information of the target electric equipment, and acquiring safe use information of the target electric equipment from a server according to the equipment information, wherein the equipment information comprises at least one of an equipment identifier, an equipment type and an equipment name of the target electric equipment;

in the process of displaying the safe use information by the electronic equipment, when the operation for confirming the safe use information is detected, the displayed safe use information is sent to the electronic cigarette as the safe use information confirmed by the user.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the electric power output by the electronic cigarette to the target electric device through the protocol converter according to the power supply adjustment instruction comprises:

acquiring a target power supply requirement in the power supply adjustment instruction, wherein the target power supply requirement comprises at least one of power supply current, power supply power and power supply voltage;

and outputting electric energy to the target electric equipment according to the target power supply requirement.

3. The control method according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising:

receiving a first control instruction, wherein the first control instruction comprises working parameters of target electric equipment;

and sending the first control instruction to the target electric equipment, wherein the first control instruction is used for triggering the target electric equipment to operate according to the working parameters.

4. The control method according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising:

receiving a second control instruction;

and controlling the electric energy output to the target electric equipment through the protocol converter according to the second control instruction, so that the target electric equipment executes the target operation corresponding to the second control instruction.

5. The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the obtaining of the power supply adjustment instruction includes:

receiving the power supply adjusting instruction sent by the electronic equipment, wherein the power supply adjusting instruction is generated by the electronic equipment according to the collected voice signal; or,

and receiving the power supply adjusting instruction sent by the server, wherein the power supply adjusting instruction is generated by the server according to the voice signal sent by the electronic equipment.

6. A control device, characterized in that the control device comprises:

a memory and a processor;

at least one program instruction is stored in the memory;

the processor, by loading and executing the at least one program instruction, implements the control method of the electronic cigarette of any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. A computer readable storage medium having one or more instructions stored therein, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by a processor within an electronic cigarette, implement the method of controlling an electronic cigarette of any of claims 1-5.

8. An electronic cigarette, characterized in that the electronic cigarette comprises the control device of claim 6.

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