Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/60—Devices with integrated user interfaces
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/50—Control or monitoring
  • A24F40/53—Monitoring, e.g. fault detection
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/65—Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/90—Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/90—Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof
  • A24F40/95—Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof structurally associated with cases

Definitions

• indicating the battery level is also dependent on the overall shape and design of the aerosol generating device .
• the aerosol generating device is a handheld device
• a smooth surface that provides physical ergonomic advantage for the user is preferred .
• Such smooth surface should not be interrupted by means for indicating the battery level .
• Fig . 2 shows a schematic view of the functional components of the aerosol generating device of the embodiment of the present invention
• Fig . 4A and 4B show numerical and graphical representation of the battery level of the aerosol generating device by the aerosol generating device according to the embodiment of the present invention
• Fig . 5A and 5B show numerical and graphical representation of the battery level of the aerosol generating device by a smartphone according to the embodiment of the present invention :
• the aerosol generating device 1 comprises further a heater 20 ( or a heating arrangement 20 ) for supplying heat to the heating chamber 10 to thereby heat the aerosol generating substance 110 in the consumable article 100 .
• the heater 20 may be a heater 20 that supplies heat to the heating chamber 10 based on a resistive heating, but may also be a heater 20 that supplies heat to the heating chamber 10 based on inductive heating .
• the type of heating is not be seen as limiting to the concept of the present invention .
• the heater 20 may be placed outside the heating chamber 10 so that it indirectly, for example through convective heat trans fer, heats the aerosol generating substance 100 but may also be placed entirely or at least partially in the heating chamber 10 and directly or indirectly heat the aerosol generating substance 100 .
• the position of the heater 20 with respect to the heating chamber 10 is not to be seen as limiting to the concept of the present invention .
• the aerosol generating device 1 comprises further a battery 30 for supplying electrical power to the heater 20 .
• the battery 30 is a rechargeable battery .
• Fully used ( or consumed) is to be understood in the sense that the aerosol generating substance 110 for producing an aerosol has burned out .
• the full use ( or consumption) of one consumable article 100 may also be called a complete ( or completed) aerosol generating session .
• control unit 50 determines the amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 and calculates the number of consumable articles 100 that can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 based on the pre-stored amount of charge ( Z 0 ) to use one consumable article 100 and the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 .
• the control unit 50 then carries out the step of displaying information indicating the calculated number of consumable articles 100 that can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 .
• the control unit 50 carrying out the step of displaying information indicating the calculated number of consumable articles 100 that can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 may involve the control unit 50 sending an instruction to the output unit 40 to display the information indicating the calculated number .
• the information indicating the calculated number may be displayed to the user through numerical representation or a visual or graphical representation as elaborated further below .
• the control unit 50 calculates the number of consumable articles 100 that can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 in the learning process as elaborated below .
• the learning process is advantageous since with the progress of use of the aerosol generating device 1 the battery 30 may degrade , such that the above-elaborated pre-stored amount of charge ( Z 0 ) to use one consumable article 100 may not correspond to the amount of charge to use one consumable article 100 with the current battery characteristics .
• the control unit 50 determines a first value (Y) for the amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 before a consumable article 100 is used .
• the colour of illumination is changed to a second colour, for example yellow .
• each LED illuminated with the second colour corresponds to one consumable article 100 that can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 . Therefore , when all four LEDs are illuminated with the second colour this means that four consumable articles 100 can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 .
• three LEDs are illuminated with the second colour ( and one LED is dark) this means that three consumable articles 100 can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 .
• two LEDs are illuminated with the second colour ( and two LEDs are dark) this means that two consumable articles 100 can be fully used with the determined amount of charge remaining in the battery 30 .

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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• Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
• Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
• Charge And Discharge Circuits For Batteries Or The Like (AREA)
• Secondary Cells (AREA)
• Tests Of Electric Status Of Batteries (AREA)

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• 2021
  • 2021-01-26 EP EP21153432.6A patent/EP4032419A1/de active Pending
• 2022
  • 2022-01-25 JP JP2023544692A patent/JP2024504420A/ja active Pending
  • 2022-01-25 EP EP22701625.0A patent/EP4284202A1/de active Pending
  • 2022-01-25 US US18/270,992 patent/US20240023628A1/en active Pending
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