Aerosol provision device
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorDean COWAN
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Abstract
An aerosol provision device (101) for generating an aerosol from aerosol-generating material is provided. The device has a receptacle (212) defining a heating zone (215) for receiving at least a portion of an article (110) comprising aerosol-generating material, a heating assembly (201) comprising a heating element (320, 420) arranged to heat the article in the heating zone and a detector arrangement (180) configured to detect a characteristic indicative of a density of aerosol-generating material in a portion of an article received in the heating zone. The device further comprises a control module (244) in communication with the detector arrangement and configured to control an operation of the device in dependence on the characteristic indicative of a density.
Claims20
An aerosol provision device for generating an aerosol from aerosol-generating material, comprising:
- a receptacle defining a heating zone for receiving at least a portion of an article comprising aerosol-generating material;
- a detector arrangement configured to detect a characteristic indicative of a density of aerosol-generating material in a portion of an article received in the heating zone;
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- a control module in communication with the detector arrangement and configured to control an operation of the device in dependence on the characteristic indicative of a density.
A method of operating an aerosol provision device for generating an aerosol from aerosol-generating material, the method comprising:
- detecting a characteristic of at least a portion of an article indicative of a density of aerosol-generating material in the portion of the article received in a heating zone defined by a receptacle of the device;
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- controlling an operation of the device in dependence on the characteristic indicative of a density.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.