Aerosol generating device sensing contact of user to activate heater and operation method thereof
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsWon Kyeong Lee, Min Kyu Kim, Jong Sub Lee, Byung Sung Cho
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Abstract
An aerosol generating device includes a battery, a capacitive sensor, a controller, a first conductive element, a second conductive element, and a heater, wherein the controller is configured to control power supplied from the battery to the heater based on an order of a first time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of a user through the first conductive element and a second time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of the user through the second conductive element.
Claims12
An aerosol generating device comprising:
- a main body comprising a battery, a capacitive sensor, a controller, a first conductive element, and a first contact terminal;
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- a cartridge comprising a second conductive element and a heater, and a second contact terminal that protrudes from the cartridge, wherein the cartridge is configured to be detachably coupled to the main body,
- wherein the cartridge is configured to be electrically connected to the first contact terminal such that the second conductive element is electrically connected to the capacitive sensor, wherein the cartridge is configured to be detachably coupled to the main body, and
- wherein the controller is configured to control power supplied from the battery to the heater based on an order of a first time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of a user through the first conductive element, and a second time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of the user through the second conductive element.
An operation method of an aerosol generating device, the operation method comprising:
- sensing, by the aerosol generating device, first contact of a user through a first conductive element of the aerosol generating device;
- sensing, by the aerosol generating device, second contact of the user through a second conductive element of the aerosol generating device;
- electrically connecting a first contact terminal of a main body of the aerosol generating device with a second contact terminal that protrudes from a cartridge, such that the second conductive element is electrically connected to a capacitive sensor of the main body, wherein the cartridge comprises a heater and is detachably coupled to the main body;
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- controlling, by the aerosol generating device, power supplied from a battery to the heater based on an order of a first time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of the user through the first conductive element, and a second time point at which the capacitive sensor senses contact of the user through the second conductive element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.