Patents Assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc.
  • Information processing device, program, and information providing system
    Patent number: 11861151
    Abstract: The relationship between the smell or taste of an object and the expression of the smell or taste can be grasped, and the user can grasp what smell or taste they prefer. In the single-sample display mode, a system displays a group of expressions relating to the olfactory sense stimulated by a sample, and if any expression is selected by the user, the system displays a relationship image indicating the relationship between the selected expression and other samples corresponding to the olfactory sense associated with the expression. In addition, in the multiple-sample display mode, the system displays, for each of plural samples, a group of expressions relating to the sense of smell stimulated by each sample, and displays an expression common to plural samples among the group of expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Kurisu, Yusuke Okamura, Yoshiyuki Habashima
  • FLAVOR INHALER
    Publication number: 20230413909
    Abstract: The present invention appropriately attaches a heat-insulating material to the outside of a storage section. This flavor inhaler has a storage section for storing a consumable material, a heating element for heating the consumable material, a heat-insulating member provided to the outer periphery of the storage section, and a first tape member which is stuck to the heat-insulating member. The first tape member has a first section which extends from a first end section in the circumferential direction of the heat-insulating member, and a second section which is positioned on the heat-insulating member or extends from the heat-insulating member. The first section is stuck to the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunobu INOUE, Hiroki NAKAAE, Manabu YAMADA
  • HEATER ASSEMBLY AND CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20230389606
    Abstract: A heater assembly comprises a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Yasunobu INOUE, Kimitaka UCHII, Tateki SUMII
  • Inductive heating apparatus and operation method thereof
    Patent number: 11832653
    Abstract: An inductive heating apparatus for inductively heating a susceptor of an aerosol forming body, which includes the susceptor and an aerosol source, includes: a power supply, an alternating current generation circuit that generates alternating current from power supplied from the power supply; an inductive heating circuit for inductively heating the susceptor, and a control unit configured to detect the susceptor based on an impedance of a circuit to which the alternating current generated by the alternating current generation circuit is supplied, and start the inductive heating in response to the susceptor being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Hajime Fujita
  • Saturated-ring-fused dihydropyrimidinone or dihydrotriazinone compounds and pharmaceutical use thereof
    Patent number: 11834421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to saturated-ring-fused dihydropyrimidinone or dihydrotriazinone compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts having ROR? antagonist activity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and pharmaceutical use thereof. A compound of Formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and pharmaceutical use thereof are provided: wherein each substituent is defined as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yokota, Noriyoshi Seki, Eiichi Watanabe, Shingo Fujioka
  • NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO PRODUCT AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO STICK
    Publication number: 20230380492
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-combustion-heating-type tobacco product comprising an electric-heating-type device and a tobacco stick, the tobacco stick being provided with a tobacco rod part that has a tobacco filler including shredded tobacco, a mouthpiece part that is linked coaxially to the tobacco rod part, and a vent hole that is provided to the mouthpiece part, the electric-heating-type device having a hollow tube heater in the interior of which a heating chamber is formed. The hollow tube heater has a compression cylinder part for compressing the tobacco rod from the outer-peripheral side when the tobacco stick is inserted, and a heating wall part that is formed by at least part of the compression cylinder part and that heats the tobacco rod part from the outer-peripheral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE, Tateki SUMII
  • HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK
    Publication number: 20230380500
    Abstract: This heat-not-burn tobacco product is provided with an electric heating device and a tobacco stick. The tobacco stick is provided with: a tobacco rod part having a tobacco filler containing cut tobacco; a mouthpiece part coaxially connected to the tobacco rod part; and a ventilation hole provided in the mouthpiece part. The electric heating device has a hollow piping heater having a heating chamber formed therein. The hollow piping heater has: a compression tube part that compresses the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side when the tobacco stick is inserted; and a heating wall part that is at least partially formed by the compression tube part and heats the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE, Tateki SUMII
  • HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK
    Publication number: 20230380493
    Abstract: A heat-not-burn tobacco product includes an electric heating device and a tobacco stick. The tobacco stick is provided with a tobacco rod part having a tobacco filling that includes cut tobacco and a mouthpiece coaxially connected to the tobacco rod part. The electric heating device has a hollow tube heater defined so as to form therein a heating chamber. The hollow tube heater has a compression cylinder part that compresses the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side when the tobacco stick is inserted, and a heating wall part that is formed by at least a part of the compression cylinder part and that heats the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side. The tobacco filling is wrapped with rolling paper with the cut tobacco in a randomly oriented state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE, Tateki SUMII
  • HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK
    Publication number: 20230380491
    Abstract: This heat-not-burn tobacco product is provided with an electric heating device and a tobacco stick. The tobacco stick is provided with: a tobacco rod part having a tobacco filler including cut tobacco; and a mouthpiece part coaxially connected to the tobacco rod part. The electric heating device has a hollow piping heater shaped to form a heating chamber in the inside thereof. The hollow piping heater has: a compression tube part that compresses the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side when the tobacco stick is inserted; and a heating wall part that is at least partially formed by the compression tube part and heats the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side. The tobacco filler is rolled in rolling paper such that the cut tobacco is in a randomly oriented state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE, Tateki SUMII
  • INHALATION DEVICE, BASE MATERIAL, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230371602
    Abstract: An inhalation device provided with: an AC power generation unit that generates AC power; an accommodation unit capable of accommodating in an inner space thereof a base material containing an aerosol source and a susceptor thermally proximal to the aerosol source; a plurality of electromagnetic induction sources that generate a variable magnetic field in the inner space by using the AC power supplied from the AC power generation unit; a plurality of switches that toggle between whether or not the AC power is supplied to each of the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources; and a control unit that controls each of the plurality of switches such that a total value of voltages respectively applied to the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources is no greater than a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Kazutoshi SERITA, Reijiro KAWASAKI, Hiroshi TEZUKA
  • Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler, aerosol inhaler, power supply control method of aerosol inhaler, and power supply control program of aerosol inhaler
    Patent number: 11824379
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Takeshi Akao
  • Flavor inhaler
    Patent number: 11819052
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakano, Takeshi Akiyama, Takashi Oda, Masaaki Suzuki, Takayuki Nakazono
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230368266
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an access means accessing a database recording a plurality of words indicating, for each of a plurality of objects, flavor or aroma of an object; a presenting means presenting to a user an object to be used from among a set of determined objects in order; a display control means for causing a display means to display a plurality of words obtained from the database indicating the flavor or aroma of the object to be used; a receiving means receiving a selection of the flavor or aroma sensed by user using the object to be used and the input of the preference; and an output means outputting words that shows the tendency of the user's preference according to the selection and the input, in a case that the selection and the input are received regarding all the objects that constitute the set of determined objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Toshiharu KURISU, Shin WATANABE
  • Power supply unit for aerosol generation device
    Patent number: 11812789
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device through which flavored aerosol is inhaled includes: a power supply configured to discharge electricity to an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source and a heater configured to heat a flavor source that adds a flavor component to aerosol generated from the aerosol source; and a processing device configured to acquire a flow rate of inhalation of a user. When the inhalation of the user is detected, the processing device discharges electricity from the power supply to the atomizer so as to generate aerosol. The processing device controls power to be discharged to the heater based on the flow rate such that a concentration of a flavor component contained in a fluid inhaled by the user becomes a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Keiji Marubashi
  • Heater assembly and container
    Patent number: 11805813
    Abstract: A heater assembly comprises a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Manabu Takeuchi, Yasunobu Inoue, Kimitaka Uchii, Tateki Sumii
  • Flavor-containing sheet for smoking article and smoking article comprising the same
    Patent number: 11805803
    Abstract: A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Sugyo, Yasuo Tanaka
  • FLAVOR FILLER AND FLAVOR INHALER
    Publication number: 20230346003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flavor filler for a flavor inhaler, the flavor filler including: porous cellulose particles having a porosity of at least 40%; and flavor layers carried on the outer surfaces of the porous cellulose particles and containing particles containing flavor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryutaro TSURUIZUMI, Yuichiro FUKUMURA
  • Aerosol generating apparatus
    Patent number: 11800899
    Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus comprises: a power source; a load configured to have an electric resistance value that varies according to a temperature and atomize an aerosol source or heat a flavor source when supplied with power from the power source; a feed circuit that is electrically connected to the power source and the load and includes a voltage conversion unit capable of converting an output voltage of the power source and outputting the converted output voltage to the load; and a control unit configured to acquire a measurement value corresponding to a current value of a current flowing through the load and control power supply to the load, wherein, in accordance with the measurement value, the control unit controls the feed circuit such that the measurement value becomes smaller than the target value or values included in the target range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Takeshi Akao, Kazuma Mizuguchi
  • TOBACCO PLANT AND TOBACCO PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20230320309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tobacco plant and the like. The tobacco plant of the present invention contains nitrate reductase in which an amino acid residue corresponding to position 525 in an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4 is mutated from proline to an amino acid residue other than proline. In one embodiment, the tobacco plant has one or more properties of the following (a) to (c): (a) the activity of the nitrate reductase under the dark condition is 80% or more of the activity of the nitrate reductase under the light condition; (b) an individual is essentially equivalent to a control in growth; and/or (c) nitric acid decreases as compared with the control, wherein the control is a tobacco plant containing nitrate reductase consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Ryo OKADA, Soichiro NOGUCHI
  • Inhalation component generation device, method for controlling inhalation component generation device, and program
    Patent number: 11771140
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Akao, Takuma Nakano, Hajime Fujita, Manabu Yamada