Abstract: To provide a mechanism that allows a user to have a novel inhalation experience, terminal equipment is provided that includes a communication unit that transmits inhalation information including information showing a location where a user is inhaling using an inhalation device and receives virtual space information that defines a virtual space created on the basis of the inhalation information; and a control unit that outputs from an output unit the virtual space defined by the virtual space information received.

Abstract: A flavor inhaler that includes a heater comprising a plurality of heating elements and at least one first electrode, wherein the plurality of heating elements are stacked with the at least one first electrode interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A flavor inhaler comprises a heater, wherein the heater comprises: a heating element which includes a plurality of heating portions; and a plurality of first energization regions electrically connected to the respective heating portions.

Abstract: This aerosol generation system including a resistive heating unit that heats an aerosol generating base material from the inside thereof; and a pair of metal plates provided on mutually opposing surfaces of the resistive heating unit, wherein the pair of metal plates include a first region where the metal plates face each other with the resistive heating unit interposed therebetween in the thickness direction of the resistive heating unit, and a second region where the metal plates do not face each other with the resistive heating unit interposed therebetween in the thickness direction of the resistive heating unit.

Abstract: This information processing device including a control unit that generates a display image displaying a profile, which is information representing a chronological change in a parameter related to an operation of generating aerosol performed by an inhalation device generating the aerosol using a base material, and changes the profile and display of the profile in the display image according to a user operation with respect to the profile in the generated display image. The control unit limits a range in which the profile can be changed, and changes the profile according to the user operation indicating a change to the profile within the range in which the profile can be changed.

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.

Abstract: An information processing method includes acquiring motion information related to motion in a space from an aspiration device, which generates an aerosol to be aspirated by a user; acquiring biometric information of the user on the basis of the motion information; performing biometric authentication on the basis of the biometric information; and controlling operation of the aspiration device on the basis of the result of the biometric authentication.

Abstract: An information processing method includes acquiring biometric information of a user; acquiring a predetermined request from the user; performing biometric authentication on the basis of the biometric information acquired before the acquisition of the predetermined request; and controlling operation of an aspiration device, which generates an aerosol to be aspirated by the user, on the basis of the result of the biometric authentication.

Abstract: An information processing method includes acquiring a predetermined request for requesting an aspiration apparatus, which generates an aerosol to be aspirated by a user, to execute a predetermined process; and determining, depending on whether or not a predetermined condition is met, whether or not to perform biometric authentication based on biometric information of the user before execution of the predetermined process.

Abstract: To provide a mechanism that allows a user to have a novel inhalation experience, terminal equipment is provided that includes a communication unit that transmits inhalation information including information showing a location where a user is inhaling using an inhalation device and receives virtual space information that defines a virtual space created on the basis of the inhalation information; and a control unit that outputs from an output unit the virtual space defined by the virtual space information received.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system including a holder unit that can house, in the interior space thereof, an aerosol source-containing substrate; and an electromagnetic induction source that generates a fluctuating magnetic field in the aforesaid interior space using an alternating current and heats the aerosol source by inductive heating due to the fluctuating magnetic field, wherein the electromagnetic induction source comprises a first layer, a conductor layer that is formed on one surface of the first layer and generates the fluctuating magnetic field, and a second layer that is formed on the aforesaid surface of the first layer so as to cover the conductor layer.

Abstract: An information processing method of an information processor includes: obtaining information received from a mobile body through a wireless communication, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the information received from the mobile body including captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, with the captured image data being updated periodically; and generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body by the movement mechanism. The captured image data is stored together with data update time information. The route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes. The route guidance information is generated based on the captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and the data update time information.

Abstract: An information processing method of an information processor includes: obtaining information received from a mobile body through a wireless communication, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the information received from the mobile body including captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, with the captured image data being updated periodically; and generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body by the movement mechanism. The captured image data is stored together with data update time information. The route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes. The route guidance information is generated based on the captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and the data update time information.

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.

Abstract: An inhalation device with which it is possible to improve usability and promote users' satisfaction and safety with the inhalation device includes a device body housing to and from which a panel can be attached and detached, and includes a heating unit which heats an inhalation component source for generating an inhalation component; a power supply unit which feeds electric power to the heating unit; a sensor unit which detects attachment of the panel to the housing and which measures data associated with the panel; a storage unit which stores a plurality of operational profiles; and a control unit which identifies an operational profile associated with the data measured by the sensor unit and causes said inhalation device to operate according to the operational profile.

Abstract: An inhaling device for producing an aerosol by using a first substrate and a second substrate, said inhaling device being equipped with a control unit for controlling the operation of a power supply unit which supplies the power for operation of the inhaling device on the basis of the combination of the first and second substrates.

Abstract: This inhaling device is provided with: a first heating unit for heating an aerosol source contained in a first substrate; a second heating unit for heating an aerosol source contained in a second substrate to generate an aerosol that passes through the first substrate; and a control unit for performing control such that the amount of the aerosol generated by the second heating unit increases with increasing elapsed time from the start of heating by the first heating unit.

Abstract: An information processing method of an information processor includes: obtaining information received from a mobile body through a wireless communication, the mobile body including a movement mechanism and an imaging unit configured to capture image data, the information received from the mobile body including captured image data obtained by the imaging unit, with the captured image data being updated periodically; and generating route guidance information for use in moving the mobile body by the movement mechanism. The captured image data is stored together with data update time information. The route guidance information includes at least two selectable routes. The route guidance information is generated based on the captured image data, position information of the mobile body, and the data update time information.

Abstract: A mobile body includes: an imaging unit; a movement mechanism that moves itself; a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication; and an information generator that generates, on a basis of external information received from outside by the wireless communication unit, route guidance information for use in allowing the movement mechanism to move itself.

Abstract: An information processing device comprising: a storage unit that stores location information regarding at least one smoking area and at least one use condition for the smoking area while associating the location information and the use condition to each other; a search unit that, in a case where a search request including location information regarding a user terminal is received, searches for a smoking area that is located within a certain range from the current location of the user terminal and that meets the use condition on a basis of the location information regarding the smoking area and at least a time at which the search request has been received, an environmental condition at the current location of the user terminal, or a use mode of a flavor inhaler; and a reporting unit that reports location information regarding the retrieved smoking area to the user terminal.