Statistical application of rfid technology in authenticating a capsule

Abstract

Various example embodiments relate to an aerosol generating device, system, method, and/or non-transitory computer readable medium for authenticating capsules compatible with the aerosol generating device using statistical analysis of security tags. The aerosol generating device may include a housing configured to receive a capsule, the capsule containing an aerosol-forming substrate; a heating element configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol; and control circuitry configured to, determine whether the capsule includes a security tag using a security sensor, increment a counter based on results of the determining whether the capsule includes the security tag, and determine a statistical probability of authenticity of the capsule based on a count of the counter and a first desired threshold value.

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