Terminal device, inhalation device, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Provided is a terminal device including a communication unit for communicating with an inhalation device that generates an aerosol by heating a substrate including an aerosol source and a control unit for controlling operation of the communication unit, wherein, in a time section from the start to the end of aerosol generation processing carried out by the inhalation device using the substrate, the control unit prohibits transmission of setting information for changing a setting pertaining to the operation of the inhalation device among information transmitted by the communication unit and permits transmission of another information and reception of information from the inhalation device.
1 . A terminal device comprising:
a communicator that communicates with an inhaler device which heats a substrate containing an aerosol source to generate an aerosol; and
a controller that controls an operation of the communicator, wherein
during a time segment from a start to an end of a process in which the inhaler device generates the aerosol by using the substrate, among kinds of information to be transmitted by the communicator, the controller prohibits transmission of setting information for changing setting regarding an operation of the inhaler device, and permits transmission of state information and reception of information from the inhaler device, wherein the controller is configured to grasp whether the inhaler device is generating the aerosol based on the state information, and control whether it is possible to transmit the setting information.
2 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
in response to the inhaler device starting heating while the communicator is transmitting the setting information, the controller interrupts the transmission of the setting information by the communicator.
3 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
after a predetermined time has elapsed after an end of the time segment, the controller permits the transmission of the setting information by the communicator.
4 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an inputter that receives an input by a user, wherein
during the time segment, the controller invalidates an input to the inputter for setting the operation of the inhaler device.
5 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inhaler device comprises a heater that heats the substrate,
the heater operates based on a heating profile defining a time-series transition of a target resistance value, which is a target value of a resistance value of the heater, and
the setting information includes information indicating the heating profile.
6 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inhaler device comprises a heater that heats the substrate,
in a case where a first lock function is valid, the inhaler device permits heating by the heater if an operation corresponding to an operation pattern set for the first lock function is performed, and prohibits heating by the heater unless the operation corresponding to the operation pattern set for the first lock function is detected, and
the setting information includes information indicating whether to validate the first lock function.
7 . The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein
the setting information includes information indicating the operation pattern.
8 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inhaler device comprises a heater that heats the substrate,
in a case where a second lock function is valid, the inhaler device permits heating by the heater if the inhaler device is communicating with the terminal device, and prohibits heating by the heater unless the inhaler device is communicating with the terminal device, and
the setting information includes information indicating whether to validate the second lock function.
9 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
the setting information includes information indicating whether to validate a communication function of the inhaler device.
10 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inhaler device stops heating if a number of times of inhalation performed by a user after a start of heating of the substrate reaches a predetermined upper limit value, and
the setting information includes information indicating the predetermined upper limit value.
11 . The terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an outputter that outputs information, wherein
the controller controls the outputter to, upon the communicator receiving a setting completion notification indicating that the inhaler device has completed changing of setting based on the setting information, output information indicating changed setting.
12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program stored therein, the program for causing a computer to, the computer controlling a terminal device including a communicator that communicates with an inhaler device which heats a substrate containing an aerosol source to generate an aerosol:
during a time segment from a start to an end of a process in which the inhaler device generates the aerosol by using the substrate, among kinds of information to be transmitted by the communicator, prohibit transmission of setting information for changing setting regarding an operation of the inhaler device, and permit transmission of state information and reception of information from the inhaler device, wherein the program further causes the computer to control the terminal device to grasp whether the inhaler device is generating the aerosol based on the state information, and control whether it is possible to transmit the setting information.