Aerosol provision device
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorScott George Boham
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Abstract
An aerosol provision device for an aerosol provision system comprises an interface configured to receive a consumable for the aerosol provision system, a camera configured to image a surface of the consumable and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to instruct the camera to capture an image of the surface of the consumable in response to the consumable being received by the interface, and send data associated with the image to a remote computing device.
Claims20
An aerosol provision device for an aerosol provision system comprising:
- an interface configured to receive a consumable for the aerosol provision system;
- a camera configured to image a surface of the consumable;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- instruct the camera to capture an image of the surface of the consumable in response to the consumable being received by the interface, wherein in each instance of the consumable being received by the interface the control circuitry is further configured to wait a predetermined time in response to the consumable being received by the interface prior to instructing the camera to capture the image, the predetermined time set to ensure that any vibration or movement due to or caused by the consumable being received by the interface has ceased or subsided, thereby resulting in reduced motion blur and improved image quality of the surface of the consumable;
- and
- send data associated with the image to a remote computing device.
A method of imaging a consumable for an aerosol provision system comprising:
- waiting a predetermined time in response to a consumable being received by an interface in each instance, the predetermined time set to ensure that any vibration or movement due to or caused by the consumable being received by the interface has ceased or subsided, thereby resulting in reduced motion blur and improved image quality of the surface of the consumable;
- instructing a camera to capture an image of a surface of the consumable in response to waiting the predetermined time;
- and
- sending data associated with the image to a remote computing device.
A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, performs a method of imaging a consumable for an aerosol provision system comprising:
- waiting a predetermined time in response to a consumable being received by an interface in each instance, the predetermined time set to ensure that any vibration or movement due to or caused by the consumable being received by the interface has ceased or subsided, thereby resulting in reduced motion blur and improved image quality of the surface of the consumable;
- instructing a camera to capture an image of a surface of the consumable in response to waiting the predetermined time;
- and
- sending data associated with the image to a remote computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.