Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a smoking material for smoking with smoke or oral smoking, the smoking material including: glycerin included in an amount of 10 wt % to 40 wt % with respect to a total weight of the smoking material; a binder including methylcellulose and dextrin; and nicotine, and a method of manufacturing the same. The smoking material may be used for smoking with smoke and smokeless smoking through the oral cavity, and thus is advantageous in that the smoking is easily performed without the influence of environment.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may include an accommodation space where an aerosol-generating article is accommodated, a heater configured to generate aerosol by heating the aerosol-generating article, a transducer configured to output ultrasonic waves toward the accommodation space, receive ultrasonic waves reflected from the accommodation space, and generate electric signals corresponding to the received ultrasonic waves, and a processor configured to determine a type of the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space based on the electric signals generated by the transducer, and control an operation of the heater based on the determined type of the aerosol-generating article.

Abstract: A heater assembly includes a heating layer having at least a portion including a susceptor material generating heat by an external magnetic field and having a cylindrical shape therein in which an accommodation space configured to accommodate the cigarette is formed, an insulating layer surrounding at least a portion of an outer side surface of the heating layer, and a sensor pattern embedded in the insulating layer and configured to measure a temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a planar heating element for generating an aerosol comprising a porous wick for absorbing a liquid aerosol-generating substrate, a conductive bead layer for heating the absorbed liquid aerosol-generating substrate, and a terminal part for delivering an electricity for heating to the conductive bead layer, a method for manufacturing the same, and an aerosol-generating device comprising the same.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device comprising: a heater for heating a first material a solid phase and a second material in a liquid phase; and a controller for controlling power supplied to the heater, wherein as the heater is powered, a first aerosol generated from the first material and a second aerosol generated from the second material are released.

Abstract: Provided is a heater for an aerosol-generating device including a first electrically conductive pattern configured to perform heating and a second electrically conductive pattern arranged in parallel with the first electrically conductive pattern. The first electrically conductive pattern and/or the second electrically conductive pattern may include a material having a relatively small resistance temperature coefficient. Accordingly, a temperature increase rate of the heater may be greatly improved.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system includes a tobacco medium accommodation portion and a moisturizer accommodation portion located at an upstream end or a downstream end of the tobacco medium accommodation portion. In addition, an aerosol generation system includes an aerosol generation device including an elongated cavity for accommodating the cigarette, a first heater for heating the tobacco medium accommodation portion, and a second heater for heating the moisturizer accommodation portion.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol-generating device including a heating assembly including an accommodation space into which at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article is accommodated, and at least one spiral coil arranged outside of the accommodation space and configured to generate an induced magnetic field. The spiral coil has a plate shape curved along a circumference direction of the accommodation space and a center around which the spiral coil is wound is at an external surface of the accommodation space.

Abstract: As an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is disclosed an aerosol generating device including: a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substrate; a storage unit configured to store information regarding a first time period and a second time period for controlling a temperature of the heater; and a controller configured to control power supplied to the heater, wherein the controller, when the first time period time elapses after the temperature of the heater reaches the first target temperature, changes the temperature of the heater to a second target temperature for the second time period, and the sum of the first time period and the second time period is a time period in a preset change.

Abstract: An insulating material for an aerosol generating device includes an insulation sheet and a waterproof film arranged on at least one surface of the insulation sheet.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device having a differentiated heating function and an aerosol-generating article applied thereto are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing configured to form an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article and a heater part configured to heat the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space to generate an aerosol. Here, by including a first heating part configured to heat a first part of the aerosol-generating article from a first distance and a second heating part configured to heat a second part of the aerosol-generating article from a second distance longer than the first distance, the heater part can heat each part of the aerosol-generating article in a differentiated manner.

Abstract: A laser-based aerosol generation device and a heating method thereof are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include an aerosol-generating article, a laser radiation part configured to radiate a laser and heat the aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol, and a controller configured to control the laser radiation part. The controller may adjust a radiation area of the laser to precisely control heating of the aerosol-generating article, and accordingly, development of a burnt taste during smoking can be limited, and smoking satisfaction can be improved.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system includes a tobacco medium accommodation portion and a moisturizer accommodation portion located at an upstream end or a downstream end of the tobacco medium accommodation portion. In addition, an aerosol generation system includes an aerosol generation device including an elongated cavity for accommodating the cigarette, a first heater for heating the tobacco medium accommodation portion, and a second heater for heating the moisturizer accommodation portion.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device having a vibration part and a control method thereof are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing including an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article, a heating element configured to be inserted into the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space and heat the accommodated aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol, and a vibration part. The vibration part may vibrate the heating element to prevent formation of stuck-on residue on the heating element and allow removal of stuck-on residue formed on the heating element.

Abstract: Provided herein is an ultrasonic-based aerosol generation device. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a liquid reservoir configured to store an aerosol-forming substrate in a liquid state, a wick configured to absorb the stored aerosol-forming substrate, an ultrasonic vibrator configured to vaporize the absorbed aerosol-forming substrate through ultrasonic waves to generate an aerosol, and a controller configured to control the ultrasonic vibrator. Here, at least a portion of the wick and at least a portion of the ultrasonic vibrator may be implemented to have a flat shape and may be disposed to come in close contact with each other. In this way, a vaporization area may be maximized, and vapor production may be significantly enhanced.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device having a differentiated heating function and an aerosol-generating article applied thereto are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing configured to form an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article and a heater part configured to heat the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space to generate an aerosol. Here, the heater part may include a first heating part configured to heat a first part of the aerosol-generating article and a second heating part configured to heat a second part of the aerosol-generating article. At least one opening may be formed in the second heating part to heat the first part and the second part of the aerosol-generating article in a differentiated manner.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device and a control method thereof are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a liquid supply part configured to supply a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a vaporization element configured to vaporize the supplied liquid aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol in a vaporization space, and an airflow path configured to allow the aerosol generated in the vaporization space to move toward a mouthpiece. Here, the vaporization element, an inlet of the airflow path, and an outlet of the airflow path may be formed in a nonlinear structure, and accordingly, a droplet discharge phenomenon and an airflow path blockage phenomenon may be prevented.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device with improved heating efficiency is provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a case in which an insertion hole is formed to receive an aerosol-generating article, a heater configured to heat the aerosol-generating article inserted through the insertion hole to generate an aerosol, and an adapter disposed between the insertion hole and the heater. The adapter may allow a medium portion of the inserted aerosol-generating article to be deformed to a desired pressed shape so that the heating efficiency of the heater is improved.

Abstract: A laser-based aerosol generation device and a heating method thereof are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a laser radiation part configured to heat an aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol by radiating laser to aerosol-generating article. By instantaneously heating a local surface of the aerosol-generating article, the laser heating method may ensure immediate aerosol generation without a preheating time.

Abstract: A heater for aerosol generation devices and an aerosol generation device including the same are provided. The heater according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a first electroconductive pattern which is configured to perform a heating function and a second electroconductive pattern which is made of a material with a temperature coefficient of resistance higher than that of the first electroconductive pattern and is configured to perform a temperature measurement function for the heater. In this case, since a temperature of a heating surface of the heater may be accurately measured through the second electroconductive pattern, control precision for the heater may be improved.