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Granted Patent B2
US 11,882,875 · App. 17/041,161 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Aerosol generating apparatus and operation method of the same

Inventors: Hyung Jin Jung (Seoul, KR); Hun Il Lim (Seoul, KR); Jin Soo Seong (Seoul, KR); Jae Sung Choi (Hanam-si, KR)
Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
A24F40/20A24F40/465A24F40/57
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Patent No.
US 11,882,875
App. No.
17/041,161
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, there is provided an aerosol generating apparatus including a case into which a cigarette including an electromagnetic inductor is insertable, a heating unit configured to heat the cigarette, a detector that includes a coil and measures a current characteristic value of a current flowing through the coil according to predetermined time information, and a controller that controls operation of the heating unit by comparing the current characteristic value measured by the detector with a predetermined reference current characteristic value, wherein the reference current characteristic value is set based on at least one current characteristic value measured by the detector.

Claims (29)

1. An aerosol generating apparatus comprising:

a case into which a cigarette including an electromagnetic inductor is insertable;

a heating unit configured to heat the cigarette;

a detector that includes a coil, and measures a current characteristic value of a current flowing through the coil according to predetermined time information; and

a controller that controls operation of the heating unit by comparing the current characteristic value measured by the detector with a predetermined reference current characteristic value,

wherein the reference current characteristic value is set based on at least one current characteristic value measured by the detector.

2. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller updates the reference current characteristic value based on a first current characteristic value and a second current characteristic value which are measured consecutively by the detector.

3. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, based on a first current characteristic value and a second current characteristic value, which are measured consecutively, being within a predetermined range, the controller updates the reference current characteristic value based on the first current characteristic value and the second current characteristic value.

4. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a temperature sensor that measures a temperature value of the detector,

wherein, based on a difference between the temperature value of the detector and a predetermined reference temperature value is greater than or equal to a predetermined difference value, the controller updates the reference current characteristic value based on a first current characteristic value and a second current characteristic value which are measured consecutively.

5. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the reference temperature value is the temperature value measured at a point in time when the reference current characteristic value is set.

6. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, based on a difference between the current characteristic value measured by the detector and the reference current characteristic value is greater than or equal to a predetermined difference value, the controller controls the heating unit to operate.

7. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the current characteristic value includes at least one of an inductance value of the coil and a frequency value of the current flowing through the coil.

8. An aerosol generating apparatus comprising:

a case into which a cigarette including an electromagnetic inductor is insertable;

a heating unit configured to heat the cigarette;

a detector that includes a coil and measures a current characteristic value of a current flowing through the coil according to predetermined time information; and

a controller that controls operation of the heating unit by comparing a first current characteristic value measured by the detector with a second current characteristic value measured before the first current characteristic value.

9. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second current characteristic value and the first current characteristic value are measured consecutively.

10. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, based on a difference between the first current characteristic value and the second current characteristic value is greater than or equal to a predetermined difference value, the controller controls the heating unit to operate.

11. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the current characteristic value includes at least one of an inductance value of the coil and a frequency value of the current flowing through the coil.

12. An aerosol generating apparatus comprising:

a case into which a cigarette including an electromagnetic inductor is insertable;

a heating unit configured to heat the cigarette;

a detector that includes a coil and measures a current characteristic value of a current flowing through the coil according to predetermined time information; and

a controller that obtains an amount of a change in the current characteristic values measured by the detector and controls operation of the heating unit based on a cumulative value of the amount of the change.

13. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 12 , wherein, based on the cumulative value being greater than or equal to a predetermined reference cumulative value, the controller controls the heating unit to operate.

14. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 12 , wherein, based on a predetermined time elapsing, the controller initializes the cumulative value.

15. The aerosol generating apparatus of claim 12 , wherein, based on the cumulative value being greater than or equal to a predetermined reference cumulative value, the controller initializes the cumulative value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2020
From: JUNG, HYUNG JIN; LIM, HUN IL; SEONG, JIN SOO; CHOI, JAE SUNG
To: KT&G CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053875/0267 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0146769 · Nov 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210007393A1 · Jan 14, 2021
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