System for the controlled dispensation of cigarettes
AssigneeICANDO S.r.l.
InventorAlberto Bonetti Baroggi
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Abstract
A system and method for the controlled dispensation of cigarettes including a container with a logic control unit and an unlocking button by means of which an unlocking request is sent to the logic control unit so that the logic control unit switches a clamping device to an unlocked mode if the unlocking request occurs during one dispensation time interval.
Claims20
System for the controlled dispensation of cigarettes, comprising a container of the type provided with at least two portions couplable one to another to define at least one containing housing to contain the cigarettes or a cigarette pack, said at least two portions being movable between an open arrangement in which said containing housing can be accessed from the outside of the container, and a closed arrangement in which said containing housing cannot be accessed from the outside of the container, said container comprising a clamping device switchable between a locked mode, in which the switching from said closed arrangement to said open arrangement of said container is not allowed, and an unlocked mode in which the switching between said closed arrangement to said open arrangement of said container and vice versa, is allowed, said container further comprising a logic control unit configured to drive the switching of the clamping device, said logic control unit being provided with a programmable timer configured to provide at least one dispensation time interval during which said clamping device is enabled to switch to said unlocked mode,
- said system comprising a processing device combined with said container, said processing device being configured for determining the dependence level of a user through the Fagerström test, said container comprising a first wireless communicating module, said processing device comprising a second wireless communicating module for transceiving data between said logic control unit and said processing device, said timer being programmable as a function of said dependence level determined through the Fagerström test,
- and in that said container comprises an unlocking button configured to send an unlocking request to said logic control unit, said logic control unit being configured to switch said clamping device to said unlocked mode if said unlocking request occurs during said at least one dispensation time interval.
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