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US 12,702,166 B2Granted
Aerosol generating device and operating method therefor
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsYong Hwan Kim, Young Bum Kwon, Dong Sung Kim, Hun Il Lim
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Abstract
An aerosol generating device includes a case including an accommodation passage into which a cigarette is inserted, a cover coupled to the case, a heater heating the cigarette, a humidity sensor arranged on an upper surface of the cover, and a controller configured to determine humidity of the cigarette by comparing the moisture amount, which is detected by the humidity sensor, with a preset threshold value.
Claims15
An aerosol generating device comprising:
- a case comprising an accommodation passage configured to receive a cigarette;
- a cover coupled to the case;
- a heater configured to heat the cigarette;
- a humidity sensor arranged on an upper surface of the cover;
- and
- a controller configured to determine a humidity of the cigarette by comparing a moisture amount, which is detected by the humidity sensor, with a preset threshold value.
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An operating method of an aerosol generating device, the operating method comprising:
- heating a cigarette by a heater;
- determining humidity of the cigarette by comparing a moisture amount, which is detected by a humidity sensor, with a preset threshold value;
- and
- driving the heater according to a temperature profile corresponding to the determined humidity of the cigarette,
- wherein the aerosol generating device comprises a case, which comprises an accommodation passage into which the cigarette is inserted, and an external hole formed in the case in a thickness direction and overlapping the accommodation passage, and
- the humidity sensor is arranged on an upper surface of the cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.