Abstract: Control device for aerosol inhalation device, includes operational amplifier including output terminal configured to generate voltage according to voltage applied to load configured to heat aerosol source and having correlation between temperature and electrical resistance value, control unit including input terminal and configured to perform processing based on voltage applied to the input terminal, and voltage dividing circuit configured to electrically connect the output terminal of the operational amplifier and the input terminal of the control unit. Power supply voltage of the operational amplifier is higher than power supply voltage of the control unit, and equals voltage applied to aerosol generation circuit including the load, and one of inverting input terminal and noninverting input terminal of the operational amplifier is electrically connected to the aerosol generation circuit.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes: a load configured to heat an aerosol generation article by using power that is supplied from a power source, the aerosol generation article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate configured to hold or carry at least one of an aerosol source and a flavor source; and a control unit configured to control the power that is supplied from the power source to the load. When starting the supply of power to the load in a non-operation state, or when the load is in a preparation state in which the load is not capable of generating a predetermined amount or more of aerosols from the aerosol generation article, the control unit is configured to control the power that is supplied from the power source to the load by feed-forward control.

Abstract: A light source device for trapping indoor adult Phycitinae, which is an adult moth belonging to subfamily Phycitinae, is configured to: emit an attracting light at a predetermined photon flux density; and form a guide path by the attracting light to guide the adult Phycitinae to a vicinity of an emission end of the attracting light in a region having a photon flux density lower than the predetermined photon flux density on a side lower than a height of the emission end of the attracting light.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a method for trapping indoor adult Phycitinae, which is an adult moth belonging to Phycitinae subfamily includes: emitting attracting light at a predetermined photon flux density for a predetermined period of time or longer; forming a guide path to guide the adult Phycitinae to a vicinity of an emission end of the attracting light in a region having a photon flux density lower than the predetermined photon flux density on a side lower than a height of the emission end; and trapping the adult Phycitinae attracted by the attracting light in the guide path.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation apparatus is provided. The power supply unit includes a controller configured to control an electric power supply by a power supplier and notifications by a first notification unit and a second notification unit. The controller acquires a remaining amount of an element consumed to generate flavored aerosol, makes a notification of the remaining amount of the element by the first notification unit in a case where a remaining amount of a power supply is not smaller than a first threshold, and makes a notification of the remaining amount of the element by the second notification unit in a case where the remaining amount of the power supply is smaller than the first threshold.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a positive electrode-side connector and a negative electrode-side connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply, or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a first conductive pattern connecting the power supply and the positive electrode-side connector; a second conductive pattern branched from the first conductive pattern; a circuit substrate on which the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are formed; and a first protection component having one end connected to the second conductive pattern and configured to protect an electronic component mounted on the circuit substrate from noise entering through the positive electrode-side connector.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply configured to store power to generate aerosol from an aerosol source; and a charger capable of controlling charging of the power supply, the power supply unit for the aerosol inhaler further includes: a power reception coil capable of receiving the power in a wireless manner; and an inverter connected between the power reception coil and the charger.

Abstract: A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a controller for an inhalation device, comprising: a power supplier configured to supply power to a heater used to heat and atomize an aerosol source; a detection circuit configured to detect a resistance value of the heater; and a processor configured to execute heating processing of heating the aerosol source by controlling the power supplier in accordance with reception of an atomization request of the aerosol source, wherein the processor controls the heating processing based on the resistance value of the heater detected using the detection circuit, a reference temperature of the heater, and a reference resistance value of the heater, and updates the reference resistance value by the resistance value of the heater detected using the detection circuit after an end of the heating processing and before the reception of the next atomization request.

Abstract: Provided is a heated tobacco segment comprising, as packing, tobacco material and paper in which the total content of lignin and hemicellulose is 0.1-10 wt %.

Abstract: A flavor inhalation article 1 comprises: a flavor element 2 which is heated without involving combustion; and a tubular element 4 which forms an airflow channel. The tubular element 4 is equipped with a cylindrical hollow paper tube 26 and a paper liner 28 disposed inside the paper tube 26 in such a manner as to lie along the axial direction X of the paper tube 26. The total of the cross-sectional length of the liner 28 in the diametrical direction Y of the paper tube 26 is greater than the inner diameter d of the paper tube 26.

Abstract: An inhaler device configured to consume an accumulated capacity to contribute to generation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor, a sensor configured to detect a predefined variable, an interface configured to make a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol, and a controller configured to cause the interface to function in a first mode when a detected or estimated capacity is smaller than a threshold and the variable satisfies a predefined condition for requesting the generation of the aerosol.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater, a voltage conversion IC, a circuit board, a capacitor, a first ground provided inside the circuit board and connected to the other end of the capacitor, a second ground provided inside the circuit board, insulated from the first ground inside the circuit board, and connected to the detection terminal, and a common ground configured to electrically connect the first ground and the second ground. On the second surface, no electronic component is provided in a common ground projection region overlapping with the common ground when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the circuit board.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a flavoring-loaded component for a tobacco product includes a component for a tobacco product and a flavoring composition that is loaded on the component and includes a flavoring and an emulsifier that has an HLB of 1-7.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an F1 hybrid or a portion thereof, and use of the F1 hybrid or a portion thereof. The F1 hybrid of the present invention is an F1 hybrid between Nicotiana umbratica and Nicotiana kawakamii.

Abstract: A smoking system includes a consumable containing a smokable substance and a device that includes a chamber receiving the consumable and heats and atomizes the smokable substance of the consumable received in the chamber. The chamber includes an opening through which the consumable is inserted and a holding unit that holds the consumable. The holding unit includes a first pressing unit which presses a part of the consumable. The consumable includes a first portion having a first hardness and a second portion having a second hardness, in which the second portion is a different portion from the first portion in the insertion direction of the consumable. When the consumable is positioned at the desired position in the chamber, the consumable is positioned such that at least a part of the first portion is pressed against the first pressing unit, while at the same time, at least a part of the second portion is pressed against the first pressing unit.

Abstract: To provide a mechanism that allows a user to have a novel inhalation experience, terminal equipment is provided that includes a communication unit that transmits inhalation information including information showing a location where a user is inhaling using an inhalation device and receives virtual space information that defines a virtual space created on the basis of the inhalation information; and a control unit that outputs from an output unit the virtual space defined by the virtual space information received.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system including a holder unit that can house, in the interior space thereof, an aerosol source-containing substrate; and an electromagnetic induction source that generates a fluctuating magnetic field in the aforesaid interior space using an alternating current and heats the aerosol source by inductive heating due to the fluctuating magnetic field, wherein the electromagnetic induction source comprises a first layer, a conductor layer that is formed on one surface of the first layer and generates the fluctuating magnetic field, and a second layer that is formed on the aforesaid surface of the first layer so as to cover the conductor layer.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and system for induction heating. The system may provide a first induction coil wrapped around a metal cylinder and a second induction coil wrapped around the metal cylinder. The first induction coil may carry a current in a first direction and the second induction coil may carry a current in an opposite, second direction. The currents may be generated in an alternating sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a controller for a suction apparatus, that performs atomization processing of heating and atomizing an aerosol source in response to reception of an atomization request of the aerosol source, comprising: a processor configured to determine, for each of a plurality of elements used for the atomization processing, whether a residual amount is insufficient; and a display configured to display information for making a notification of an insufficient residual amount for each of the plurality of elements, wherein the display is configured to display, even in a case where the processor determines insufficient residual amounts for at least two elements among the plurality of elements, the information concerning one element selected from the at least two elements.