Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler including a tobacco material, wherein a cross-section of the tobacco sheet in the thickness direction has a wavy shape.
Abstract: Provided is a flavor inhaler. This flavor inhaler comprises a housing portion that houses at least a portion of a consumable material, and a heating portion that is inserted into the consumable material housed in the housing portion and heats the consumable material from the interior thereof, wherein the heating portion causes the outer shape of the consumable material, when inserted into the housing portion, to deform according to the shape of the heating portion.
Abstract: This aerosol generating system including a tubular member that has an opening into which an aerosol generating base material containing an aerosol source can be inserted; and a heating unit. The tubular member has a bottom wall that closes at least a portion of an end section on the opposite side of the opening, and the heating unit, which is configured in a planar shape, is folded along a boundary portion of an outer surface of the bottom wall of the tubular member and an outer surface of a side wall of the tubular member, and is disposed along the outer surface of the bottom wall of the tubular member and the outer surface of the side wall of the tubular member.
Abstract: According to the present invention, a liquid for atomization includes organic acid ions A, metal ions M, and a medium. The liquid for atomization is to be contained in an atomization device without coming into contact with metal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 5, 2024
Publication date:
July 25, 2024
Applicant:
Japan Tobacco Inc.
Inventors:
Hirofumi MATSUMOTO, Takuma NAKANO, Hirofumi FUJIKURA, Mai SUGIURA
Abstract: Provided is a flavor inhaler. This flavor inhaler comprises a housing portion that has an opening and houses at least a portion of a consumable material via the opening, a heating portion that is inserted into the consumable material housed in the housing portion and heats the consumable material from the interior thereof, and a guide portion that forms the opening and causes the cross-sectional shape of the consumable material, when inserted into the housing portion, to deform so as to conform to the shape of the heating portion.
Abstract: In the present invention, an external device is provided that operates in coordination with a flavor inhaler that is controlled on the basis of the movement of the flavor inhaler. An external device comprises: a communication unit that is configured so as to receive, from a flavor inhaler, input data representing movement of the flavor inhaler detected by a sensor inside the flavor inhaler, and a conversion unit that is configured so as to convert the input data to vibration data for causing a vibrator in the flavor inhaler to vibrate or function data for controlling a function providing body inside the flavor inhaler.
Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler including a tobacco material, wherein a cross-section of the tobacco sheet in the thickness direction has a wavy shape.
Abstract: Provided is a flavor inhalation instrument or the like that is controlled on the basis of motion of said flavor inhalation instrument or the like. A device, which is a flavor inhalation instrument or an aerosol generation device, comprises: a vibrator, a sensor which is configured to detect the motion of the device; a conversion unit which is configured to convert input data representing the detected motion into vibration data for vibrating the vibrator; and a control unit which is configured to vibrate the vibrator on the basis of the vibration data.
Abstract: Provided is a fragrance inhaler or the like controlled on the basis of movement of the fragrance inhaler or the like. A device as a fragrance inhaler or an aerosol generating device comprises: a sensor configured to detect movement of the device; a conversion unit configured to convert input data representing the detected movement into function data for controlling a function of the device; and a control unit configured to control the function of the device on the basis of the function data.
Abstract: The present invention provides a flavor inhaler or the like controlled on the basis of the movement of the flavor inhaler or the like. A flavor inhaler or the like is provided with: a vibrator; an inertial sensor; a storage unit that stores vibration data which is for causing the vibrator to vibrate and which is generated by converting inertial data acquired by the inertial sensor; and a control unit configured so as to read the vibration data from the storage unit and cause the vibrator to vibrate on the basis of the vibration data.
Abstract: An aerosol generation system including a resistance heating unit that has a porous structure in at least a part thereof, and that heats an aerosol-generating base material from the inside, and a pair of plate-shaped conductive units provided on mutually opposed surfaces of the resistance heating unit.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 8, 2024
Publication date:
July 25, 2024
Applicant:
Japan Tobacco Inc.
Inventors:
Yasunobu INOUE, Ryoji FUJITA, Sumie MIKAMI, Kazutoshi SERITA
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 includes: a power supply configured to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source; a charger configured to convert inputted power into charging power; a temperature measuring unit configured to measure a temperature of the power supply; and a charging controller configured to perform a first control for stopping the charger from supplying the charging power to the power supply and a second control for causing the charger to supply the charging power to the power supply, the charging controller setting a duty ratio to a value greater than 0 and smaller than 100 in a case where the temperature of the power supply is within a predetermined range, and the duty ratio being obtained by dividing a time during which the charging controller performs the first control by a unit time.
Abstract: An inhalation component generating device includes: a power supply; a load that evaporates or atomizes an inhalation component source by power from the power supply; and a control circuit that performs control based on an output of a temperature sensor. The control circuit performs: a process (a) of calculating power supply temperature on the basis of the output of the temperature sensor; and a process (b1) of determining whether the power supply temperature is in a first temperature range, and performing deterioration diagnosis on the power supply only in a case where the power supply temperature is in the range.
Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply that is able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source; and a control unit that is configured to control at least one of charging and discharging of the power supply such that the power supply does not become one or both of a fully charged state and a discharging termination state.
Abstract: This tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler contains a tobacco powder having a cumulative 90% particle diameter (D90) of at least 200 ?m in a volume-based particle size distribution as measured by a dry laser diffraction method.
Abstract: The present invention provides an operation method for an inhalation device by which it is possible to suitably ascertain the state of consumption of an inhalation component source in the inhalation device during use, while taking into consideration tendencies regarding inhalation actions by a user.