Aerosol generating device and method of operation thereof
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsYong Hwan KIM, Dae Nam HAN, Sung Wook YOON, Seung Won LEE, Seok Su JANG
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Abstract
An aerosol generating device may include: a heater; a wetting detection module configured to generate a wetting signal by being electrically shorted as the wetting detection module comes into contact with a liquid introduced from outside the aerosol generating device or a liquid leaked from inside the aerosol generating device; and a control circuit configured to determine whether the wetting signal indicating an electrical short has been received from the wetting detection module, and control the heater based on a determination that the wetting signal has been received.
Claims11
An aerosol generating device comprising:
- a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material;
- at least one wetting detection module configured to generate a wetting signal when short-circuited by a liquid which is introduced from outside of the aerosol generating device or leaked from inside of the aerosol generating device;
- and
- a control circuit configured to control operation of the heater based on the wetting signal.
A method of operating an aerosol generating device, the method comprising:
- generating a wetting signal when a wetting detection module of the aerosol generating device is short-circuited by a liquid which is introduced from outside of the aerosol generating device or leaked from inside of the aerosol generating device;
- and
- controlling operation of a heater of the aerosol generating device based on the wetting signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.