Patent ID: 11865233
Assignee: PROLITEC INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of operating a plug-in liquid diffusion appliance comprising:
plugging an electric power plug of the plug-in liquid diffusion appliance into an electrical wall outlet, wherein the electric power plug protrudes directly from a housing of the plug-in liquid diffusion appliance and supports the plug-in liquid diffusion appliance in a cantilevered manner, and wherein the plug-in liquid diffusion appliance includes a photodetector mounted to the housing;
inserting a replaceable cartridge into the housing through a cartridge port in the housing, wherein the replaceable cartridge includes an internal cavity at least partially filled with a liquid to be aerosolized and a venturi within the internal cavity for generating aerosolized matter from the liquid;
receiving a first input from a user indicating that the photodetector is located within a dark environment having a first amount of ambient light to calibrate the plug-in liquid diffusion appliance to recognize the dark environment;
receiving a second input from the user indicating that the photodetector is located within a light environment having a second amount of ambient light greater than the first amount of ambient light to calibrate the plug-in liquid diffusion appliance to recognize the light environment; and
controlling operation of the venturi using signals generated by the photodetector, including initiating operation of the venturi when a signal generated by the photodetector indicates that the photodetector is located within an environment having a third amount of ambient light that is greater than the first amount of ambient light by a predetermined percentage of the difference between the first amount of ambient light and the second amount of ambient light.