Aerosol-generating system
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorMichel BESSANT
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Abstract
A handheld aerosol-generating device may include an emitter configured to emit light, a sensor configured to receive light, and an aerosol chamber configured to hold an aerosol. The emitter may emit light into the aerosol chamber. The sensor may receive light from the aerosol chamber and measure at least one wavelength of the spectrum of the received light. Direct measurement of parameters, and/or the presence, of the aerosol in the aerosol chamber may be enabled, where the direct measurement of parameters of the aerosol in the aerosol chamber may enable optimal operation of an aerosol-generating system that may be the handheld aerosol-generating device.
Claims20
An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
- a main device including control circuitry;
- and
- a cartridge engaged with the main device, at least one of the cartridge and the main device including
- an aerosol chamber that is at least partially transparent,
- an array of emitters arranged outside of the aerosol chamber, and
- an array of sensors arranged outside of the aerosol chamber.
A cartridge configured to be engaged with an aerosol-generating device, the cartridge comprising:
- an aerosol chamber that is at least partially transparent;
- an array of emitters arranged outside of the aerosol chamber;
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- an array of sensors arranged outside of the aerosol chamber.
An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
- a main device including a controller, the controller being configured to actuate an array of emitters arranged outside of a partially transparent aerosol chamber, and to process signals from an array of sensors arranged outside of the partially transparent aerosol chamber;
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- a cartridge engaged with the main device, the partially transparent aerosol chamber being arranged in one of the main device and the cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.