Non-burning type flavor inhaler and control method
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsHirofumi Matsumoto, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Masafumi Tarora, Manabu Yamada
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Abstract
This non-combusting flavor inhaler is provided with a control unit which, as an instruction to a battery, outputs to the battery a prescribed instruction instructing the battery that the amount of aerosol vaporized by a vaporizer unit should fall within a desired range. The control unit stops power supply from the battery to the vaporizer unit once a prescribed period has elapsed since the start of supplying power to the vaporizer unit. The prescribed period is shorter than the upper limit value of a standard puff period, which is derived from a statistic of the user's puff period.
Claims20
A non-burning type flavor inhaler comprising:
- a memory configured to store a predetermined period based on statistics of puff periods for which a plurality of users perform a puff action;
- an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without burning;
- a battery configured to accumulate power supplied to the atomizer;
- and
- a controller configured to output a predetermined instruction to the battery as an instruction to the battery, the predetermined instruction instructing the battery to make an aerosol amount, atomized by the atomizer;
- falls within a desired range,
- wherein the controller stops power supply from the battery to the atomizer when the predetermined period elapses from starting the power supply to the atomizer,
- wherein the predetermined period is shorter than an upper limit value of a standard puff period based on the statistics of puff periods for which the plurality of users performed the puff action, and
- wherein the predetermined period is from 1.5 to 2.5 seconds.
A control method, comprising the steps of:
- storing, in a memory, a predetermined period based on statistics of puff periods for which a plurality of users perform a puff action;
- outputting to a battery a predetermined instruction as an instruction to the battery, accumulating power supplied to an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without burning, the predetermined instruction instructing the battery to make an aerosol amount, atomized by the atomizer;
- falls within a desired range;
- and
- stopping power supply from the battery to the atomizer when the predetermined period elapses from a start of power supply to the atomizer,
- wherein the predetermined period is shorter than an upper limit value of a standard puff period based on the statistics of puff periods for which the plurality of users performed the puff action, and
- wherein the predetermined period is from 1.5 to 2.5 seconds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.