Method and apparatus for unlocking aerosol generating device
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsJae Min Lee, Soung Ho Ju
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Abstract
Provided is an aerosol generating device including a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating substance after a locking mode is terminated; an output interface configured to output information indicative of switching from the locking mode to a password input mode; an input interface configured to receive at least one user input including a predetermined input waiting time in the password input mode; and a controller configured to terminate the locking mode based on whether the user input matches a password.
Claims6
An aerosol generating device comprising:
- a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating substance after a locking mode is terminated;
- an output interface configured to output first output information indicative of switching from the locking mode to a password input mode;
- an input interface comprising a single button and configured to receive at least one user input after the first output information is output via the single button;
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- a controller configured to:
- in the password input mode, identify each input digit of a password composed of multiple digits based on a cumulative number of user inputs received via the single button, wherein each input digit of the password corresponds to a number of consecutive user inputs received within a first time period between each user input,
- in the password input mode, determine that input of each respective digit is completed when no subsequent user input is received within a second time period, the second time period being greater than the first time period,
- in the password input mode, determine that input of the password is completed when no subsequent user input is received within a third time period greater than the second time period, and
- terminate the locking mode based on whether each identified input digit matches a corresponding digit of a stored password, upon determination that the input of the password is completed,
- wherein the input interface is further configured to receive, in the password input mode, a short input signal for inputting each digit of the password and a long input signal for resetting an inputted digit of the password, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to control the output interface to re-output the first output information indicative of switching to the password input mode when the long input signal is received.
A method of unlocking an aerosol generating device that includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating substance after a locking mode is terminated, an output interface configured to output first output information indicative of switching from the locking mode to a password input mode, and an input interface including a single button and configured to receive at least one user input after the first output information is output via the single button, the method comprising:
- outputting, via the output interface, first output information indicative of switching to a password input mode from a locking mode;
- receiving at least one user input including a predetermined input waiting time after the first output information is output, the receiving comprising:
- in the password input mode, identifying each input digit of a password composed of multiple digits based on a cumulative number of user inputs received via the single button, wherein each input digit of the password corresponds to a number of consecutive user inputs received within a first time period between each user input,
- in the password input mode, determining that input of each respective digit is completed when no subsequent user input is received within a second time period, the second time period being greater than the first time period, and
- in the password input mode, determining that input of the password is completed when no subsequent user input is received within a third time period greater than the second time period;
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- terminating the locking mode based on whether each identified input digit matches a corresponding digit of a stored password, upon determination that the input of the password is completed,
- wherein the receiving further comprises in the password input mode, receiving, by the input interface, a short input signal for inputting each digit of the password and a long input signal for resetting an inputted digit of the password, and
- wherein the outputting comprises, based on receiving the long input signal, re-outputting, via the output interface, the first output information indicative of switching to a password input mode from a locking mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.