Atomization system and method having authentication mechanism
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Publication Number
US-11227682-B2
Publication Date
2022-01-18
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Abstract
An atomization system and an atomization method are provided. The atomization system having an authentication mechanism includes an atomized drug container, a user device, and an atomizing device. The user device includes a communication module, an optical authentication module and a first acoustic wave communication module. The optical authentication module is configured to perform a first optical authentication operation associated with an authentication code carrier to obtain first optical authentication information, and the communication module is configured to request a cloud server to perform an authentication operation for the first optical authentication information to determine the authenticity of the atomized drug container.
Core Innovation
The disclosed invention relates to an atomization system having an authentication mechanism for an atomized medicine container containing atomized medicine. An authentication code carrier is associated with the atomized medicine container, and a user device performs a first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier to obtain first optical authentication information. The communication module of the user device connects with a cloud server through a network and requests the cloud server to perform an authentication operation for the first optical authentication information to determine authenticity, after which the cloud server returns an authentication success signal.
After the authentication operation is completed, the user device encodes an atomizing device activation signal into a first acoustic wave signal to be transmitted when the communication module receives the authentication success signal. The atomization device includes a second acoustic communication module configured to receive and decode the first acoustic signal to produce a starting signal for the atomization device. The control module controls an atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine according to the starting signal for the atomization device.
The system further configures the optical authentication module to perform a second optical authentication operation associated with a user to obtain second optical authentication information. The second optical authentication operation includes at least one of gesture authentication, face recognition authentication, and fingerprint identification authentication. The disclosed approach ties optical authentication and cloud-verified authenticity to acoustic signaling that produces a starting signal controlling atomization.
Claims Coverage
The partial content provides two independent claims: an atomization system with an authentication mechanism and an atomization method with an authentication mechanism. Across these independent claims, the main inventive features include cloud-verified first optical authentication using an authentication code carrier, acoustic encoding of an atomizing device activation signal upon receiving an authentication success signal, decoding of the acoustic signal to produce a starting signal for atomization control, and an optional second optical authentication operation associated with a user.
Cloud-connected first optical authentication via an authentication code carrier
The optical authentication module performs a first optical authentication operation related to the authentication code carrier to obtain first optical authentication information, and the communication module requests the cloud server to perform an authentication operation for the first optical authentication information to determine authenticity of the at least one atomized medicine container, wherein the cloud server returns an authentication success signal after the authentication operation is completed.
Acoustic encoding of atomizing device activation upon authentication success
A first acoustic wave communication module encodes an atomizing device activation signal into a first acoustic wave signal to be transmitted when the communication module receives the authentication success signal.
Acoustic decoding to produce a starting signal for atomization control
A second acoustic communication module receives the first acoustic signal and decodes the first acoustic signal to produce a starting signal for the atomization device, and a control module controls the atomization module to atomize the atomized medicine according to the starting signal for the atomization device.
Second optical authentication associated with the user
The optical authentication module performs a second optical authentication operation associated with a user to obtain second optical authentication information, wherein the second optical authentication operation includes at least one of gesture authentication, face recognition authentication, and fingerprint identification authentication.
The independent claim set covers an authentication mechanism in which first optical authentication of an authentication code carrier is verified by a cloud server and, upon authentication success, acoustic signaling is used to generate a starting signal that controls atomization; the optical authentication module can additionally perform a second optical authentication operation associated with the user using gesture authentication, face recognition authentication, and fingerprint identification authentication.
Stated Advantages
Documented Applications
Anti-counterfeit authentication for atomized medicine containers, where cloud-verified authenticity gates acoustic signaling that controls the atomization device.
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