Non-combustion type flavor inhaler and aerosol delivery method

An aerosol generating device, comprising:

• an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without burning the aerosol source, wherein the atomizer includes a heating resistor;
• a battery configured to supply power to the atomizer;
• a pushbutton configured to receive a user input;
• a user interface configured to output a notification to a user of the non-combustion aerosol generating device;
• and
• circuitry configured to
• determine whether an input has been received at the pushbutton requesting the atomizer to atomize the aerosol source;
• control, in the case that it is determined that an input has been received at the pushbutton requesting the atomizer to atomize the aerosol source, the user interface to output a first notification;
• initiate, in a case that it is determined that the input has been received, an operation causing the atomizer to generate aerosol, the operation including, in order, starting an operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor so that an amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer continuously rises in accordance with a curve of a supply amount of aerosol, which is programmed to the circuitry in advance, stopping the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor when a first predetermined amount of time has lapsed since starting the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor, the first predetermined amount of time being predetermined to prevent the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer from exceeding an upper limit of predetermined amount range and being programmed to the circuitry in advance, and restarting the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor when a second predetermined amount of time has lapsed since starting the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor so that the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer continuously rises in accordance with the curve, the second predetermined amount of time being predetermined to prevent the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer from falling below a lower limit of the predetermined amount range and being programmed to the circuitry in advance;
• control the user interface to output a first notification after restarting the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor and when a predetermined condition is satisfied;
• and
• control the user interface to cease outputting the first notification in a state that the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer has been within the predetermined amount range and before the operation causing the atomizer to generate the aerosol is completed.

A method of generating aerosol without burning an aerosol source, the method comprising:

• determining whether an input has been received at a pushbutton of an aerosol generating device requesting the aerosol generating device to generate aerosol;
• initiating, upon determining that the input has been received at the pushbutton, an operation causing an atomizer to generate aerosol, wherein the operation comprises, in order,
• starting, at a first time, an operation of supplying voltage from a battery to a heating resistor that is included in the atomizer so that an amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer continuously rises in accordance with a curve of a supply amount of aerosol, which is programmed in advance, wherein the atomizer is configured to atomize the aerosol source without burning the aerosol source,
• stopping, after a first predetermined amount of time has lapsed since the first time, the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor, the first predetermined amount of time being predetermined to prevent the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer from exceeding an upper limit of a predetermined amount range and being programmed in advance,
• restarting, after a second predetermined amount of time has lapsed from the first time, the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor after a second amount of time has lapsed from the first time, so that the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer continuously rises in accordance with the curve, the second predetermined amount of time being predetermined to prevent the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer from falling below a lower limit of the predetermined amount range and being programmed in advance;
• output a first notification after restarting the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor and when a predetermined condition is satisfied;
• and
• cease outputting the first notification in a state that the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer has been within the predetermined amount range and before the operation causing the atomizer to generate the aerosol is completed.

An aerosol generating device, comprising:

• an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without burning an aerosol source, wherein the atomizer includes a heating resistor;
• a battery configured to supply power to the atomizer;
• a pushbutton configured to receive a user input;
• a user interface configured to output a notification to a user of the non-combustion aerosol generating device;
• and
• circuitry configured to
• determine whether an input has been received at the pushbutton to atomize the aerosol source;
• in a case that it is determined that the input has been received, initiate an operation causing the atomizer to generate aerosol, wherein
• the operation comprises
• starting an operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor at a first time so that an amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer is continuously controlled in accordance with a curve, which is programmed to the circuitry in advance;
• stopping the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor at a second time when a first predetermined amount of time has lapsed since the first time, the first predetermined amount of time being predetermined to prevent the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer from exceeding an upper limit of a predetermined amount range and being programmed to the circuitry in advance;
• restarting, at a third time when a second predetermined amount of time has lapsed from the first time, the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor so that the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer continuously rises in accordance with the curve, the second predetermined amount of time being predetermined to prevent the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer from falling below a lower limit of the predetermined amount range and being programmed to the circuitry in advance;
• controlling the user interface to output a first notification after restarting the operation of supplying voltage from the battery to the heating resistor and when a predetermined condition is satisfied;
• and
• controlling the user interface to cease outputting the first notification in a state that the amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer has been within the predetermined amount range and before the operation causing the atomizer to generate the aerosol is completed.