Accessory for electronic cigarette
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorKenneth H. Shafer
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Abstract
An exemplary accessory for an electronic smoking article includes a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces and a sensor in the body. The sensor is configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article. A processor is embedded in the body, where the processor is configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission. A display generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor.
Claims17
An apparatus configured to be detachably mounted on an outer surface of a housing of an electronic smoking article, the apparatus comprising:
- a hollow body having inner and outer surfaces;
- a sensor embedded in the body, and configured to detect an emission of the electronic smoking article;
- a processor embedded in the body, the processor being configured to generate smoking topography data based on the emission;
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- a display that generates an output based on the smoking topography data provided by the processor.
A method of generating smoking topography data from an electronic smoking article, comprising:
- detecting an emission of the smoking article;
- measuring at least one of a time length of the emission and a time length between emissions;
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- outputting the measurement to a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.