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US 11,992,062 B2Granted
Inhaler device, and method and program for operating the same
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsManabu Yamada, Manabu Takeuchi, Hirofumi Matsumoto
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Abstract
An inhaler device configured to consume an accumulated capacity to contribute to generation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor, a sensor configured to detect a predefined variable, an interface configured to make a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol, and a controller configured to cause the interface to function in a first mode when a detected or estimated capacity is smaller than a threshold and the variable satisfies a predefined condition for requesting the generation of the aerosol.
Claims9
An inhaler device comprising:
- a battery;
- an atomizer configured to consume a power of the battery to generate aerosol;
- a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure in an air intake path of the inhaler device;
- a light emitting diode (LED) configured to output a notification to a user of the inhaler device;
- and
- circuitry configured to
- determine, based on a signal output by the pressure sensor, whether a criterion for triggering generation of the aerosol by the atomizer has been satisfied;
- and
- detect an output voltage of the battery upon determining that the criterion for generation of the aerosol by the atomizer has been satisfied;
- in a case that the detected output voltage of the battery is less than a discharging cutoff voltage to power to the atomizer to generate aerosol and the criterion for triggering generation of the aerosol by the atomizer has been satisfied, control the LED to function in a first mode and limit a supply of power from the battery to the atomizer;
- in a case that the detected output voltage of the battery is greater than the discharging cutoff voltage to power to the atomizer to generate aerosol and the criterion for triggering generation of the aerosol by the atomizer has been satisfied, control the LED to function in a second mode and supply power from the battery to the atomizer to generate aerosol;
- detect the output voltage of the battery while performing control to supply power from the battery to the atomizer to generate aerosol;
- and
- in a case that the detected output voltage of the battery while performing control to supply power from the battery to the atomizer to generate aerosol is less than the discharging cutoff voltage, control the LED to function in a third mode and stop the supply of power from the battery to the atomizer.
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