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: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink, a conveyor belt that has a plurality of apertures and conveys recording media one by one, a control unit, an ink receiver, and a pipe-shaped ink discharge flow path. The control unit controls drive of the recording head and the conveyor belt to perform flushing, in which the ink is ejected from the nozzle of the recording head to pass through one of the apertures, at a timing different from a timing contributing to image recording. The ink receiver is disposed to face the recording head sandwiching the conveyor belt therebetween, to receive the ink after passing through the aperture when the flushing is performed. The ink discharge flow path is connected to the ink receiver. When the flushing is performed, a predetermined amount of liquid is stored in the ink receiver.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide substrate, a nitride semiconductor layer provided on a top surface of the silicon carbide substrate, a transistor provided on the nitride semiconductor layer, and an element provided on or above the silicon carbide substrate, wherein the silicon carbide substrate has a hole that is provided between the transistor and the element, the hole is formed by removing at least a part of the silicon carbide substrate from a bottom surface of the silicon carbide substrate and an internal thermal conductivity of the hole is smaller than a thermal conductivity of the silicon carbide substrate.

Abstract: A smoking system that smoothly switches between a charge mode and a direct heating mode is provided with: a secondary device with a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source and a power source capable of supplying power to the load; a primary device which, when connected to the secondary device, is capable of supplying power to the load and the power source; and a control unit capable of executing a first mode in which the power is supplied from the primary device to the load and a second mode in which the power is supplied from the primary device to the power source. During a first transition, which is from the first mode to the second mode, and/or a second transition, which is from the second mode to the first mode, the control unit executes, in a time between the modes, a transition mode involving a transition time for changing a preset variable relating to power supply.

Abstract: A soft magnetic metal powder comprising soft magnetic metal particles including Fe, wherein a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle is covered by a coating part having an insulation property, and the coating part includes a soft magnetic metal fine particle.

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 acquire a temperature of the load and to control the power that is supplied from the power source to the load by feedback control. The control unit is configured to determine the power that is supplied from the power source to the load, based on comparison between an operation value obtained in the feedback control and a predetermined value.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes: a load configured to heat an aerosol generation article including an aerosol-forming substrate configured to hold or carry at least one of an aerosol source and a flavor source; and a controller configured to control power that is supplied from a power source to the load. When a phase where a temperature of the load is equal to or higher than a value at which a predetermined amount or more of aerosols is capable of being generated from the aerosol generation article, the controller is configured to acquire the temperature of the load and a degree of progress of the phase, to execute feedback control so that the temperature of the load converges to a predetermined temperature, and to increase a gain in the feedback control or an upper limit value of the power, as the degree of progress progresses, in the feedback control.

Abstract: A flavor inhaler comprising: a tubular holder that extends from a mouthpiece end to a distal end; a combustion type heat source that is provided at the distal end, contains activated carbon, and carries a first flavorant; and a flavor source that is held in the holder and carries a second flavorant, wherein the first flavorant contains at least one selected from the group consisting of anethole, 2-pinene, 3-citronellol, linalyl acetate, limonene, anisaldehyde, 4-terpineol, 2-?-pinene, jasmone, sabinene, linalool, 1,8-cineole, phenethyl alcohol, and myristicin, and the second flavorant contains at least one selected from the group consisting of ?-terpinene, ?-terpinene, nerol, geraniol, and decanal.

Abstract: A soft magnetic metal powder having soft magnetic metal particles, wherein a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle is covered by a coating part, the coating part has a first coating part, a second coating part, and a third coating part in this order from the surface of the soft magnetic metal particle towards outside, the first coating part includes oxides of Si as a main component, the second coating part includes oxides of Fe as a main component, and the third coating part includes a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Si, Bi, and Zn.

Abstract: An inhalation component generation device includes a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source with electric power from a power supply, and a control unit configured to be capable of acquiring a value related to an operation amount of the load and a voltage value of the power supply. The control unit is configured to be capable of estimating or detecting at least one of degradation and failure of the power supply based on the value related to the operation amount of the load operated in a period in which the acquired voltage value of the power supply is in a predetermined voltage range.

Abstract: A soft magnetic metal powder having soft magnetic metal particles including Fe, wherein a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle is covered by a coating part, the coating part has a first coating part and a second coating part in this order from the surface of the soft magnetic metal particle towards outside, the first coating part includes oxides of Fe as a main component, the second coating part includes a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Si, Bi, and Zn, and a ratio of trivalent Fe atom among Fe atoms of oxides of Fe included in the first coating part is 50% or more.

Abstract: A flavor inhaler includes a heating element that atomizes an aerosol source and a supply member that has a discharge port for supplying the aerosol source to the heating element. The heating element has a porous structure, and is disposed apart from the discharge port.

Abstract: To provide a control device for an aerosol inhalator capable of compensating changes in temperature of a heater due to inhalation. A control device for an aerosol inhalator includes a first sensor for obtaining a first value relating to a temperature of a load which atomizes an aerosol source stored in a reservoir or retained by an aerosol base using heat generated by supply of electric power, a second sensor configured to detect an inhalation, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to determine, based on a second value based on the first value and a threshold, whether the aerosol source in the reservoir or the aerosol base is depleted or insufficient (850A), and correct at least one of the second value and the threshold when detecting the inhalation (840) and, in the determination, compare the second value and the threshold, at least one of the second value and the threshold being corrected (842).

Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.

Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.

Abstract: An is an aerosol generating device which is capable of generating an aerosol at an appropriate timing includes: a power source which supplies power in order to atomize an aerosol source and/or heat a flavor source; a sensor which outputs a measurement value for controlling the power supplied; and a controller which controls the power supplied on the basis of the measurement value. The controller controls a power supply amount from the power source to be a first value when the measured value is equal to or larger than a first threshold and smaller than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and the power supply amount to be larger than the first value when the measured value is equal to or larger than the second threshold.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a storage chamber storing an aerosol source, a heating chamber configured to heat the aerosol source, and an accommodation portion accommodating a flavor source therein. The heating chamber accommodates at least a part of a holding portion configured to transport the aerosol source stored in the storage chamber to the heating chamber and hold the aerosol source in the heating chamber, and at least a part of a first load configured to heat the aerosol source held by the holding portion to vaporize and/or atomize the aerosol source. The aerosol source and the flavor source each contain menthol. The aerosol generation device further comprises an aerosol flow path connecting the heating chamber and the accommodation chamber, and configured to transport the aerosol source vaporized and/or atomized by the first load in the heating chamber to the accommodation chamber.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes a controller configured to control notifications issued by a first notification unit and a second notification unit. The controller is configured to execute a flavor determination for determining whether an aerosol source and a flavor source contain menthol, cause the first notification unit and the second notification unit to notify a user of a result of the flavor determination, when the flavor determination is executed before generation of aerosol to which the flavor of the flavor source is added, and cause only the first notification unit of the first notification unit and the second notification unit to notify the user of a result of the latest flavor determination, when the flavor determination is not executed before generation of the aerosol to which the flavor of the flavor source is added.

Abstract: A power supply unit includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether an aerosol source and an flavor source contain menthol, a mode of discharging to a first heater in a first state in which it is determined that only the flavor source contains menthol is different from a mode of discharging to the first heater in a second state in which it is determined that both the aerosol source and the flavor source contain menthol and a mode of discharging to the first heater in a third state in which it is determined that only the aerosol source contains menthol, and/or a mode of discharging to a second heater in the first state is different from a mode of discharging to the second heater in the second state and a mode of discharging to the second heater in the third state.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes a notification unit and a controller. The controller is configured to execute flavor information acquisition processing of acquiring information on whether an aerosol source and a flavor source contain menthol respectively. The controller is configured execute the flavor information acquisition processing when at least one of a change from a state in which a first load is not connected to a first connector to a state in which the first load is connected to the first connector and a change from a state in which the second load is not capable of heating the flavor source to a state in which the second load is capable of heating the flavor source is detected.