Aerosol-generating device, system and method
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsLeander DITTMANN, Robert EMMETT
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Abstract
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a vibratable transducer configured to aerosolise a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a controller coupled to the transducer, the controller being configured to provide a driving signal for vibrating the transducer, in which all or part of the driving signal defines a sensory output of the transducer detectable by at least one of an auditory sense of a user and a touch sense of a user, and adjust the driving signal such that the sensory output is indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-delivery system, and a method of operating an aerosol-generating device having a vibratable transducer, are also provided.
Claims17
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An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
- a vibratable transducer configured to aerosolise a liquid aerosol-forming substrate;
- and
- a controller coupled to the transducer, the controller being configured to
- provide a driving signal for vibrating the transducer, in which all or part of the driving signal defines a sensory output of the transducer detectable by at least one of an auditory sense of a user and a touch sense of a user, and
- adjust the driving signal such that the sensory output is indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device.
A method of operating an aerosol-generating device having a vibratable transducer, the method comprising:
- driving the vibratable transducer with a driving signal, in which all or part of the driving signal defines a sensory output of the vibratable transducer detectable by at least one of an auditory sense of a user and a touch sense of a user;
- and
- adjusting the driving signal such that the sensory output is indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.