Patent ID: 9271525
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A24F,H03K

Claim Text:
1. An electronic cigarette case, comprising: a case body, a frame module disposed in the case body, a battery module, and a printed circuit board (PCB) module, wherein the case body is defined with a touch zone for a finger moving thereon and a display area for displaying a predefined function; the electronic cigarette case further comprises a touch control module in the case body; the touch control module is defined to detect a finger touching and moving on the touch zone, and accordingly to perform the predefined function; the touch control module comprises a touch sensor element and a touch detection control circuit electrically coupled to the touch sensor element; the touch detection control circuit is capable of detecting variation of an electrical signal of the touch sensor element when a finger touches and moves on the touch zone; the touch sensor element is disposed on an inner wall of the case body with respect to the touch zone, or the touch sensor element is disposed within the touch zone; the touch sensor element comprises a set of conductors or resistors being electrically separately from each other, the PCB module comprises a touch PCB, the touch control module further comprises a display control circuit and a display element connected with the display control circuit, the display control circuit is operable to control the display element to display information; the touch detection control circuit is capable of exciting the display control circuit to trigger the display element displaying predefined information when variation of the corresponding electrical signal is detected, the display element is disposed within or behind the display area in the case body; the touch zone is substantially a portion of an outer surface of the case body, and is provided with a mark for the purpose of recognition by users, the display area is at least an opening, a transparent display window, or a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, the display element is a row of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a LCD, or a multimedia play module; the touch zone and the display area are defined on a side wall of the case body, the touch PCB is correspondingly disposed on an inner wall of the case body, the touch sensor element and the display element are respectively located corresponding to the touch zone and the display area, the frame module comprises a tray, a cartridge holder and a bottom base, the tray and the cartridge holder cooperatively hold cartridges of electronic cigarettes therein, and the battery module and the PCB module are securely disposed in the bottom base.