Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating apparatus including a cigarette insertion portion into which a cigarette is insertable; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and discharge the generated aerosol toward the inserted cigarette such that the generated aerosol passes through the cigarette inserted into the cigarette insertion portion, and a cradle for receiving the aerosol generating apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including: a cartomizer including a cartridge configured to store an aerosol generating material and an atomizer configured to vaporize the aerosol generating material; at least one pair of electrodes arranged in positions contacting one side of the cartridge; and a sensor configured to measure capacitance of the electrodes to detect a remaining amount of the aerosol generating material.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body and an outer cover coupled to the main body, wherein the outer cover includes a circuit layer, a base layer, a light-transmitting layer, a shielding layer, and a coating layer, which are sequentially arranged in a direction from a rear surface of the outer cover toward a front surface of the outer cover, and one or more light-emitting units arranged on the circuit layer, the base layer, the light-transmitting layer, the shielding layer, and the coating layer include a material capable of transmitting light, and light emitted from the light-emitting units sequentially passes through the base layer, the light-transmitting layer, the shielding layer, and the coating layer.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing, an accommodation portion located inside the housing and comprising an accommodation space configured to accommodate at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, and a coil arranged to surround at least one region of an outer circumferential surface of the accommodation portion and configured to generate an alternating magnetic field when power is supplied thereto, wherein the coil includes a first coil having a first resistance value, and a second coil arranged to be spaced apart from the first coil in a first direction in which the accommodation portion extends and having a second resistance value different from the first resistance value.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a communication interface connected to an external device, and a controller configured to communicate with the external device only when an external input is received in a state in which a connection between the communication interface and the external device is detected.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a heater configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette, the heater including a first electrically conductive heating element formed along a first path on an electrically insulating substrate, a second electrically conductive heating element formed along a second path on the electrically insulating substrate, and a temperature sensor track formed along a third path in a region between the first path and the second path; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; and a controller configured to control the power supplied from the battery to the heater and monitor a temperature sensed using the temperature sensor track.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device and a method of controlling thereof are provided. The aerosol generating device may include a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a micro controller unit (MCU) configured to control an operation of the heater, and a protection circuit controller. The protection circuit controller may be configured to acquire at least one parameter related to the operation of the heater to detect and control an abnormal operation of the heater based on the at least one parameter.

Abstract: A method of controlling an aerosol generating device includes measuring a temperature of a heater, selecting one of a plurality of temperature correction algorithms, based on the measured temperature, and correcting the measured temperature by applying the selected temperature correction algorithm. In addition, a method of controlling an aerosol generating device includes measuring a temperature of a heater operating in an operation section including a plurality of sections, determining, from among the plurality of sections, a current section in which the heater is operating, selecting one of a plurality of temperature correction algorithms, based on the selected current section of the heater, and correcting the measured temperature of the heater by applying the selected temperature correction algorithm.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body and a cartridge detachably coupled to the main body, wherein the cartridge includes a storage tank storing an aerosol generating material, a heat generating structure configured to heat the aerosol generating material, and a wick configured to supply the aerosol generating material stored in the storage tank to the heat generating structure, the main body includes a cartridge detection circuit configured to detect a temperature of the heat generating structure of the cartridge, wherein a capacitor is not coupled to an output terminal of the cartridge detection circuit, and a processor electrically connected to the cartridge detection circuit, and the processor is configured to detect a temperature of the heat generating structure through the cartridge detection circuit and, on the basis of the detected temperature of the heat generating structure, control power supply to the cartridge.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body including a main body portion having an accommodation space into which an aerosol-generating article is inserted; a cap detachably coupled to the main body; a cartridge detachably coupled to the main body portion; a first sensor configured to detect whether the cap is attached or detached; a second sensor configured to detect whether the cartridge is attached or detached; a third sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of liquid in the cartridge; and a microcontroller electrically connected to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor.

Abstract: A heater includes a sheet including a heating region, having of a thin-film shape, and being flexible, a heating body arranged in the heating region and configured to generate heat by receiving power, and an electrode electrically connected to the heating body and configured to supply the power to the heating body, wherein the heating body includes a first heating wire arranged along at least a part of an edge of the heating region and a second heating wire arranged in a region surrounded by the first heating wire.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including a housing including an accommodating portion into which an aerosol generating article is inserted, an insertion detecting sensor configured to detect whether the aerosol generating article is inserted into the accommodating portion, a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article inserted into the accommodating portion, a plurality of auxiliary sensors arranged around the accommodating portion, and a processor configured to control power to be supplied to the heater in response to receiving a sensing signal from the insertion detecting sensor and a sensing signal from at least one of the plurality of auxiliary sensors.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes at least one heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, a memory storing at least one temperature profile and an operation time of the aerosol generating device, a timer turned on by receiving a second control signal and turned off by receiving a first control signal, and a controller configured to control power supplied to the at least one heater based on the operation time, wherein the operation time is stored as a first time, and the controller is further configured to operate the aerosol generating device by adding a second time, in which the timer operates in a turned-on state, to the first time.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including at least one heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, a power supply configured to supply power to the at least one heater, a load switch including a first terminal electrically connected to the power supply, a second terminal electrically connected to the at least one heater, and a third terminal configured to receive an enable signal turning on or off an electrical connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater, and a protection circuit configured to monitor an electrical signal of the load switch and to output the enable signal to the third terminal.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device comprises a housing forming an external shape of the aerosol generating device and having a sound emission hole, an accommodation portion configured to accommodate a cigarette through a hole formed on one side of the housing, a heater configured to heat the cigarette accommodated in the accommodation portion, a memory storing sound data, a sound output unit configured to output the sound data, and a controller configured to transmit the sound data stored in the memory to the sound output unit.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a case into which a cigarette is to be inserted; a cap detachably coupled to a top portion of the case; a cover configured to slide on a top surface of the cap so as to open or close a cigarette insertion hole; a first sensor configured to sense whether the cigarette insertion hole is open or closed; and a controller configured to determine whether the cigarette insertion hole is open or closed based on a signal sensed by the first sensor and set an operational mode of the aerosol generating device as an ON mode or an OFF mode based on a result of the determining.

Abstract: Provided is a device including: a battery configured to supply power; a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material by receiving power from the battery; a sensor; at least one output unit; and a controller, wherein the controller detects a user's puff by using the sensor and controls at least one output unit based on puff characteristic data based on a result of the detection.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an air inlet through which air is introduced, and a heater module arranged inside the housing and configured to heat an aerosol generating article, wherein the heater module includes a receiving portion having a receiving space for accommodating the aerosol generating article, one or more coils configured to generate a magnetic field, a passage structure arranged on one side of the receiving portion and including one airflow passage configured to receive external air through the air inlet and transfer the received external air to the receiving portion, and a pressure sensor configured to generate a signal about a pressure inside the airflow passage.

Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol generating device includes a body including a receiving space in which an aerosol generating article is accommodated, a coil configured to apply a magnetic field so that a susceptor located in the receiving space generates heat to heat the aerosol generating article, an air flow passage cover located outside the body and including an air flow passage through which air passes, a pressure sensor located on the air flow passage cover and configured to detect a change in pressure inside the air flow passage, and a moisture detecting sensor located on a support unit for supporting the coil and configured to detect moisture in the aerosol generating article accommodated in the receiving space.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment including a heater configured to heat at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater, and a processor configured to control power supply to the heater according to a first temperature profile for a first smoking operation, wherein the processor is further configured to detect a second smoking operation after the first smoking operation, based on a temperature of the heater measured by the temperature sensor, and to control power supply to the heater according to a second temperature profile in which a time corresponding to a temperature drop section of the first temperature profile is corrected, when the second smoking operation is detected. In addition, various embodiments are available through the specification.