Granted Patent B2

US 12,688,269 · App. 18/250,021 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Inventors: Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, DE); Alexandra Sereda (Neuchatel, CH)

Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.

G06F21/32

Abstract

Claims (40)

1 . A system associated with an aerosol-generating device, the system comprising:

one or more biosensors configured to obtain biometric information of a user having an age; and

one or more controllers configured to:

analyze the biometric information obtained by the one or more biosensors to determine whether the age of the user is above or below an age threshold, and

generate a control signal for controlling operation of the aerosol-generating device based on whether the age of the user is determined to be above or below the age threshold.

2 . The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein analyzing the biometric information obtained by the one or more biosensors to determine whether the age of the user is above or below the age threshold comprises comparing the biometric information obtained by the one or more biosensors to one or more sets of reference biometric information, and

wherein the one or more sets of reference biometric information correspond to age-dependent groups of users.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are further configured to analyze the biometric information during a configuration mode of the aerosol-generating device.

4 . The system according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more controllers are further configured to generate the control signal for controlling operation of the aerosol-generating device before an end of the configuration mode.

5 . The system according to claim 3 , wherein the configuration mode is a pre-heating mode of the aerosol-generating device.

6 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to generating the control signal for controlling operation of the aerosol-generating device, generate an alert.

7 . The system according to claim 1 ,

further comprising the aerosol-generating device,

wherein the aerosol-generating device comprises at least one of the one or more biosensors, a data store configured to store one or more sets of reference biometric information, and at least one of the one or more controllers.

8 . The system according to claim 1 ,

further comprising the aerosol-generating device and a charging device associated with the aerosol-generating device,

wherein the aerosol-generating device comprises at least one of the one or more biosensors, and

wherein the charging device comprises a data store configured to store one or more sets of reference biometric information and at least one controller of the one or more controllers.

9 . A method for controlling operation of an aerosol-generating device, the method comprising:

obtaining, from one or more biosensors, biometric information of a user having an age;

analyzing the biometric information obtained by the one or more biosensors to determine whether the age of the user is above or below an age threshold; and

generating a control signal for controlling operation of the aerosol-generating device based on whether the age of the user is determined to be above or below the age threshold.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising analyzing the biometric information obtained by the one or more biosensors to identify the user.

11 . The method according to claim 9 ,

further comprising, in response to detecting a user input, generating a control signal for starting a configuration mode of the aerosol-generating device,

wherein the configuration mode of the aerosol-generating device is a pre-heating mode of the aerosol-generating device.

12 . The method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the control signal for controlling operation of the aerosol-generating device is generated before the end of the configuration mode, and/or

the method further comprising generating a control signal for locking the aerosol-generating device if no biometric information is obtained from the one or more biosensors before an end of the configuration mode.

13 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein generating a control signal for controlling operation of the aerosol-generating device comprises one of:

generating a control signal that prevents usage of the device,

generating a control signal for locking the aerosol-generating device,

generating a control signal for unlocking the aerosol-generating device,

generating a control signal for switching off the aerosol-generating device,

generating a control signal for ceasing operation of the aerosol-generating device,

generating a control signal for allowing the aerosol-generating device to generate an aerosol, and

generating a control signal for preventing the aerosol-generating device from generating an aerosol.

14 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the biometric information includes at least one of a heart rate value, a heart rate signal, an arterial stiffness value, a blood pressure value, and motion information.

15 . A nontransitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, perform the method according to claim 9 .

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