CN-122001919-A - Control method, aerosol generating device and control system thereof

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of aerosol generating devices, and discloses a control method, an aerosol generating device and a control system thereof. The method comprises the steps of establishing local area network communication connection with a user terminal and being configured as a Web server, receiving a first webpage request sent by the user terminal, responding to the first webpage request, returning a webpage file of an authentication identification webpage to the user terminal, enabling a browser application program of the user terminal to display the authentication identification webpage, enabling the authentication identification webpage to be used for verifying whether the age of a user reaches the legal use age of the aerosol generating device, receiving authentication result information sent by the user terminal, and converting the aerosol generating device from a locking state to an unlocking state or keeping the aerosol generating device in the locking state based on the authentication result information. Therefore, the embodiment of the application can realize the age verification of the purchasing user of the aerosol generating device, and the user terminal is not required to be provided with the age verification APP applied to the aerosol generating device.

Inventors

• ZENG KAI

Assignees

• 深圳市合元科技有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20241108

Claims (20)

1. 1. A control method of an aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating device having a locked state in which generation of aerosol is prohibited and an unlocked state in which generation of aerosol is permitted, the method comprising: establishing a local area network communication connection with a user terminal and being configured as a Web server; Receiving a first webpage request sent by the user terminal; returning a web page file of an authentication identification web page to the user terminal in response to the first web page request, so that a browser application program of the user terminal can display the authentication identification web page, wherein the authentication identification web page is used for verifying whether the age of the user reaches the legal use age of the aerosol generating device or not, and And receiving authentication result information sent by the user terminal, and switching the aerosol generating device from a locked state to an unlocked state or keeping the aerosol generating device in the locked state based on the authentication result information.
2. 2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the first web page request includes web address information corresponding to a web page file of the authentication identification web page.
3. 3. A control method according to claim 2, characterized in that the aerosol-generating device or its package or its instructions are provided with a coded identification generated from the web address information.
4. 4. A control method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the type of the first web page request is an HTTP request or an HTTPs request.
5. 5. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising disconnecting the aerosol-generating device from the local area network communication with the user terminal when the user terminal initiates age verification.
6. 6. The control method according to claim 5, further comprising reestablishing a LAN communication connection with the user terminal before said receiving the authentication result information transmitted from the user terminal.
7. 7. The control method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises: receiving a second webpage request sent by the user terminal; And responding to the second webpage request, and returning a webpage file of a device webpage to the user terminal so that a browser application program of the user terminal can display the device webpage, wherein the device webpage is used for displaying device parameter information and device state information of the aerosol generating device.
8. 8. The control method according to claim 7, characterized in that the method further comprises: receiving a control instruction sent by the user terminal; executing corresponding operation based on the control instruction; Wherein the control instruction is generated by the user terminal in response to an input operation received by the device web page.
9. 9. The control method according to claim 1, wherein, The authentication result information comprises authentication success information and authentication failure information, wherein the authentication success information is used for indicating that the age of a user reaches the legal age of the aerosol-generating device; Before receiving the authentication result information sent by the user terminal, the method further comprises: When the authentication result information comprises authentication success information, receiving a fingerprint input instruction sent by the user terminal; and receiving the administrator fingerprint information input by the user, and sending the administrator fingerprint information to the user terminal.
10. 10. The control method according to claim 9, characterized in that the method further comprises: Receiving a fingerprint management request sent by the user terminal; Transmitting fingerprint information input by a user to the user terminal; Receiving a third webpage request sent by the user terminal when the fingerprint information is consistent with the administrator fingerprint information; and responding to the third webpage request, and returning a webpage file of a fingerprint management webpage to the user terminal, wherein the fingerprint management webpage is used for adding or deleting non-administrator fingerprint information.
11. 11. An aerosol-generating device having a locked state in which generation of aerosol is inhibited and an unlocked state in which generation of aerosol is permitted, the aerosol-generating device comprising: A power supply circuit; The local area network communication module is connected with the power supply circuit; the controller is respectively connected with the power supply circuit and the local area network communication module, and stores a webpage file of an authentication and identification webpage; The controller is configured to control the local area network communication module to establish local area network communication connection with a user terminal, and is configured to serve as a Web server to receive a first webpage request sent by the user terminal, respond to the first webpage request and return a webpage file of an authentication identification webpage to the user terminal, wherein the authentication identification webpage is used for verifying whether the age of a user reaches the legal use age of the aerosol generating device, receive authentication result information sent by the user terminal and convert the aerosol generating device from a locking state to an unlocking state or keep the aerosol generating device in the locking state based on the authentication result information.
12. 12. An aerosol-generating device according to claim 11, wherein the local area network communication module comprises a WIF I module.
13. 13. An aerosol-generating device according to claim 11, further comprising a switch assembly connected to the controller, the switch assembly being configured to control the switch state of the local area network communication module.
14. 14. An aerosol-generating device according to claim 13, further comprising a fingerprint module connected to the power supply circuit and the controller, respectively, the fingerprint module being further configured to collect fingerprint information.
15. 15. An aerosol-generating device according to claim 11, further comprising a fingerprint module connected to the power supply circuit and the controller, respectively, the fingerprint module being configured to control the on-off state of the local area network communication module and to collect fingerprint information.
16. 16. An aerosol-generating device according to claim 12, wherein the aerosol-generating device further comprises: A main body; an atomizing assembly for heating an aerosol-generating substrate in an unlocked state to generate an aerosol; the WIFI module is arranged in the main body, or the WIFI module is external and the main body is provided with a communication interface which can be connected with the WIFI module.
17. 17. An aerosol-generating device according to any of claims 11-16, further comprising an NFC module electrically connected with the controller, the NFC module being configured to be able to establish a near field communication connection with the user terminal.
18. 18. A control system for an aerosol-generating device, comprising: An aerosol-generating device according to any of claims 11-17; The system comprises an aerosol generating device, a user terminal and an authentication server, wherein the user terminal can establish local area network communication connection with the aerosol generating device, is provided with a browser application program, is configured to respond to user operation to send a first webpage request to the aerosol generating device after the user terminal establishes local area network communication connection with the aerosol generating device, receive a webpage file of an authentication identification webpage returned by the aerosol generating device and display the authentication identification webpage through the browser application program, and is also configured to acquire identity authentication information and send the identity authentication information to the authentication server and generate authentication result information based on the identification information returned by the authentication server after the user terminal is disconnected with the local area network communication connection of the aerosol generating device and establishes internet communication connection with the authentication server; an authentication server capable of establishing an internet communication connection with the user terminal, the authentication server being configured to receive the identity authentication information, verify the identity authentication information based on identification request information to generate identification information, and return the identification information to the user terminal.
19. 19. Control system for an aerosol-generating device according to claim 18, characterized in that, The user terminal is further configured to display a first prompt to disconnect the local area network communication connection with the aerosol-generating device and establish an internet communication connection with the authentication server, and to display a second prompt to disconnect the internet communication connection with the authentication server and establish a local area network communication connection with the aerosol-generating device.
20. 20. Control system for an aerosol-generating device according to claim 18, characterized in that, The identity authentication information comprises certificate photos and face photos, and the identification information comprises certificate identification information and face identification information; the generating authentication result information based on the identification information returned by the authentication server comprises the following steps: determining a user age based on the credential identification information; determining certificate identification result information according to the age of the user and the legal age; Determining face recognition result information according to the face recognition information and a preset similarity threshold; And generating authentication result information according to the certificate identification result information and the face recognition result information.

Description

Control method, aerosol generating device and control system thereof Technical Field The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of aerosol generating devices, in particular to a control method, an aerosol generating device and a control system thereof. Background To enhance protection of minors, to ensure physical and mental health of minors, more and more countries prescribe legal age of aerosol-generating devices such that sellers of aerosol-generating devices perform age verification of purchasing users of aerosol-generating devices. In the prior art, by establishing Bluetooth connection between an aerosol generating device and a smart phone, an age verification APP applied to the aerosol generating device is installed on the smart phone, and age verification is completed on the age verification APP according to operation guidance. However, the relevant APP of the aerosol-generating device is affected by factors such as application shops, operating systems of smartphones, national legal and regulatory policies, and the like, so that the relevant APP cannot be put on shelf, downloaded or used, and the like, and thus the existing age verification scheme cannot be practically applied or commercialized. Disclosure of Invention The embodiment of the application aims to provide a control method, an aerosol generating device and a control system thereof, which can realize age verification of a purchasing user of the aerosol generating device without using an age verification APP. In a first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a control method of an aerosol-generating device having a locked state in which the aerosol-generating device is inhibited from generating aerosol and an unlocked state in which the aerosol-generating device is allowed to generate aerosol, the method comprising: establishing a local area network communication connection with a user terminal and being configured as a Web server; Receiving a first webpage request sent by the user terminal; returning a web page file of an authentication identification web page to the user terminal in response to the first web page request, so that a browser application program of the user terminal can display the authentication identification web page, wherein the authentication identification web page is used for verifying whether the age of the user reaches the legal use age of the aerosol generating device or not, and And receiving authentication result information sent by the user terminal, and switching the aerosol generating device from a locked state to an unlocked state or keeping the aerosol generating device in the locked state based on the authentication result information. In some embodiments, the first web page request includes web address information corresponding to a web page file of the authentication identification web page. In some embodiments, the aerosol-generating device or its package or its instructions is provided with a coded identification generated from the website information. In some embodiments, the first web page request is of the type HTTP request or HTTPs request. In some embodiments, the method further comprises disconnecting the aerosol-generating device from a local area network communication connection with the user terminal when the user terminal initiates age verification. In some embodiments, the method further comprises reestablishing a local area network communication connection with the user terminal prior to said receiving the authentication result information sent by the user terminal. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving a second webpage request sent by the user terminal; And responding to the second webpage request, and returning a webpage file of a device webpage to the user terminal so that a browser application program of the user terminal can display the device webpage, wherein the device webpage is used for displaying device parameter information and device state information of the aerosol generating device. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving a control instruction sent by the user terminal; executing corresponding operation based on the control instruction; Wherein the control instruction is generated by the user terminal in response to an input operation received by the device web page. In some embodiments, the authentication result information includes authentication success information and authentication failure information, the authentication success information being used to indicate that a user age reaches a legal age of use of the aerosol-generating device; Before receiving the authentication result information sent by the user terminal, the method further comprises: When the authentication result information comprises authentication success information, receiving a fingerprint input instruction sent by the user terminal; and receiving the administrator fingerprint information input by the user, and sending the