Atomization method having authentication mechanism
Inventors
Tsai, Chien-Shen • Tsai, Wen-Yu • Cheng, Chieh-Sheng
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-10783995-B2
Publication Date
2020-09-22
Expiration Date
Abstract
The present invention provides an atomizing method having an authentication mechanism, including the following steps: placing an atomized medicine contained in at least one atomized medicine container into an accommodating portion of an atomizing device; configuring an authentication module of an atomizing device to perform an authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier associated with the at least one atomized medicine container to determine the authenticity of the at least one atomized medicine container, and generate the authentication result signal correspondingly; and configuring the control unit of the atomization device to determine to determine whether to control the first power module connected to the atomization module to output a first driving voltage according to the authentication result signal.
Core Innovation
An atomization method having an authentication mechanism places atomization medicine contained in at least one atomization medicine container into a containing portion of an atomizing device. An authentication module of the atomization device performs an authentication operation related to an authentication code carrier associated with the at least one atomization medicine container to determine the authenticity of the at least one atomization medicine container or the atomization medicine, and generates an authentication result signal corresponding to the authentication operation.
A control unit determines whether to control a first power module connected to the atomization module to output a first driving voltage according to the authentication result signal. If the authentication module determines that the at least one atomization medicine container or the atomization medicine is true, the control unit controls the first power module to output the first driving voltage according to the authentication result signal to directly drive an atomization element of the atomizing module to atomize the atomization medicine. If the authentication is not determined to be true, the atomization element is not driven based on the authentication result signal.
The authentication operation further includes determining whether usage limit information of the authentication code carrier reaches a predetermined limit amount. The authentication module updates the usage limit information after the at least one atomization medicine container or the atomization medicine is determined to be true. A value storing device independent to the atomization device updates the usage limit information of the authentication code carrier, where the value storing device includes a wireless value storing module, a value storing processor, a database, and a value storing interface.
The value storing interface operates to query and update the database and update the usage limit information through the wireless value storing module, thereby updating and increasing the usage limit information preset to be the predetermined limit amount to a quantity of the at least one atomization medicine container.
Claims Coverage
The document contains one independent claim, supported by dependent claims that refine the authentication mechanism, wireless identification, user input, lock/startup gating, and many-to-one linking of containers to an authentication code carrier. The main inventive features are the authentication-gated atomization drive and the separate wireless usage-limit update via a value storing device connected to a database.
Authentication-gated driving of atomization element based on authenticity result signal
An authentication module performs an authentication operation related to an authentication code carrier associated with the at least one atomization medicine container to determine authenticity and generate an authentication result signal, and a control unit controls a first power module to output a first driving voltage to directly drive an atomization element only when authenticity is determined to be true.
Usage limit information authentication with database update through independent wireless value storing device
The authentication module determines whether usage limit information of the authentication code carrier reaches a predetermined limit amount and updates the usage limit information after authenticity is determined to be true. A value storing device independent to the atomization device, including a wireless value storing module, a value storing processor, a database, and a value storing interface, queries and updates the database to update and increase the usage limit information.
Across the independent claim, authenticity of the at least one atomization medicine container or the atomization medicine is verified using an authentication code carrier and an authentication result signal. The atomization element is driven only when authenticity is determined to be true, and the authentication operation additionally manages usage limit information by querying and updating a database via an independent wireless value storing device.
Stated Advantages
Improved anti-counterfeiting.
Security against signal interception.
Convenient authentication via 2D barcode/image capture or code input interfaces.
Documented Applications
Atomization of an atomized medicine in an atomizing device only after authenticating an associated authentication code carrier.
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