Abstract: A method of operating an aerosol generating apparatus is disclosed. The method includes sensing, at a first sensor of a sensor arrangement, a first indicia of an article including aerosolizable medium; sensing, at a second sensor of the sensor arrangement spaced a predetermined distance from the first sensor, a second indicia of the article; determining a distance between the first indicia and the second indicia; and operating the aerosol generating apparatus based at least on the distance between the first indicia and the second indicia.

Abstract: A control device for an electronic aerosol provision system is provided. The control device is configured to receive a replaceable component to form an electronic aerosol provision system. The control device includes a communication interface for performing communications external to the electronic aerosol provision system; a memory configured to hold a set of stored identifiers; and a control system. The control system is configured to: receive control information from a remote server via the communication interface; update the set of stored identifiers based on the control information received from the remote server; receive an identifier from a replaceable component received by the control device; make a comparison of the received identifier against the set of stored identifiers; and perform a control action for the electronic aerosol provision system dependent upon the result of said comparison.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device for receiving an aerosol generating article includes an electrical circuit including a controller for determining a change in an electrical property of the circuit. The change in the electrical property of the circuit is caused by the user interacting with an aerosol generating article received by the device.

Abstract: A detailed listing of all claims that are, or were, in the present application, irrespective of whether the claim(s) remain(s) under examination in the application is presented below. The claims are presented in ascending order and each includes one status identifier. Those claims not cancelled or withdrawn but amended by the current amendment utilize the following notations for amendment: 1. deleted matter is shown by strikethrough for six or more characters and double brackets for five or fewer characters; and 2. added matter is shown by underlining.

Abstract: An aerosol provision system configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol-generating material for user inhalation comprises a computer. The computer is configured to derive user profile data indicating a user's usage of an aerosol provision system as a function of time, obtain data of a target usage profile indicating a target usage of the aerosol provision system as a function of time, estimate a difference between at least a part of the user profile and a corresponding part of the target usage profile for a predetermined period of time, and adjust one or more operational parameters of the aerosol provision system to at least partially map the user's usage as indicated by the user profile data to the target usage of the aerosol provision system for the predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A system including an aerosol provision system configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol generating material for user inhalation, and a computer configured to obtain user behavior data relating to an interaction by a user with the aerosol provision system, determine default user behavior with respect to the interaction on the basis of the obtained user behavior data, monitor a current interaction by the user with the aerosol provision system, and when the current user interaction deviates from the default user behavior by a pre-determined amount, adjust the operational parameters of the aerosol provision system on the basis of the current user interaction.

Abstract: A computing device for use with an aerosol provision system, configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol generating material for user inhalation, is configured to obtain a first data set, the first data set including data relating to usage of the aerosol provision system, obtain a further data set, the further data set including data associated with the user of the aerosol provision system and not relating to usage of the aerosol provision system, identify a correspondence between usage in the first data set and one or more respective characteristic features of the further data set, and in response to a circumstance having a feature similar to a respective characteristic feature in the further data set, adjust one or more operational parameters of the aerosol provision system responsive to the corresponding usage of the aerosol provision system indicated in the first data set.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes a vaporizer for vaporizing a payload for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapor provision system, the vaporizer taking a finite period of time from having power supplied to it to vaporize the payload; a power supply for supplying power to the vaporizer to vaporize the payload in response to a user activation; one or more sensors operable to output respective signals in response to interaction of the user with the electronic vapor provision system; an estimation processor configured to estimate a user's expected moment of activation, based upon analysis of one or more of the respective signals; and a control processor configured to cause power to be supplied to the vaporizer at a time that precedes the user's estimated expected moment of activation.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device is disclosed having one or more inductor coils wherein, in use, an article for use with an aerosol provision device is interlaced or otherwise located within or between at least one of the one or more inductor coils or windings of the one or more inductor coils.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes an inhaler component for generating vapor from a vapor precursor material, and a base unit to which the inhaler component may be selectively coupled and uncoupled; wherein the base unit is configured to establish an identifier for the inhaler component and, when the inhaler component is coupled to the base unit, to provide the inhaler component with an amount of consumable for use by the inhaler component for generating vapor for user inhalation when the inhaler component is uncoupled from the base unit; wherein the base unit is further configured to establish a record of the identifier for the inhaler component in association with an indication the consumable has been provided to the inhaler component.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device is disclosed and can include one or more inductor coils wound around one or more stators, one or more susceptors and a power supply connected to the one or more inductor coils. The power supply is configured to provide an oscillating current to the one or more inductor coils.

Abstract: Embodiments of an adapter, a system including the adapter, and methods of using the adapter may be for mixing a first substance and a second substance. The adapter may include a body having a first port configured to connect with a first container to receive a first substance, a second port configured to connect with a second container to receive a second substance, a third port configured to connect with a recipient container to output a mixture of the first substance and the second substance, and a mixing chamber having a first portion in communication with the first port and the second port and a second portion in communication with the third port. The adapter may further include a mixing pin inserted into the mixing chamber. In some embodiments, the mixing pin at least partially defines at least one microfluidic path for mixing the first substance and the second substance. In some embodiments, at least one of the first channel and the second channel are oriented offset of a central plane of the body.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device is disclosed and can include comprising a conically shaped inductor coil.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device is disclosed and includes a device housing, a planar non-spiral inductor coil and a power supply connected to the planar non-spiral inductor coil, the power supply configured to provide an oscillating current to the planar non-spiral inductor coil.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device is disclosed and can include an aerosol generator having a layered inductor arrangement, wherein the layered inductor arrangement includes a plurality of layers optionally three or more layers.

Abstract: A consumable component for an aerosol provision system includes an outer housing including an outer wall extending between first and second end walls to define an interior chamber; a plurality of elements of solid aerosol forming material for generating an aerosol for user inhalation, wherein the plurality of elements of solid aerosol forming material are retained within the interior chamber by the housing and wherein the first and second end walls comprise openings to allow air to flow into the interior chamber through the first end wall and out of the interior chamber through the second end wall during use, and a heater located within the interior chamber and configured to heat the elements of solid aerosol forming material during use to generate a vapor for user inhalation.

Abstract: A control device for an electronic aerosol provision system is provided. The control device is configured to receive a replaceable component to form an electronic aerosol provision system. The control device includes a communication interface for performing communications external to the electronic aerosol provision system; a memory configured to hold a set of stored identifiers; and a control system. The control system is configured to: receive control information from a remote server via the communication interface; update the set of stored identifiers based on the control information received from the remote server; receive an identifier from a replaceable component received by the control device; make a comparison of the received identifier against the set of stored identifiers; and perform a control action for the electronic aerosol provision system dependent upon the result of said comparison.

Abstract: An aerosol provision system can include an aerosolizable material transport element and a reservoir for aerosolizable material, wherein the aerosolizable material transport element can include a vaporizer for vaporizing aerosolizable material in the aerosolizable material transport element. The aerosol provision system can include control circuitry configured to monitor at least one temperature parameter relating to the temperature of the aerosolizable material transport element over a predetermined period of time after the vaporizer has been heated as part of a first heating operation. The control circuitry then generates a signal in the event the temperature parameter decreases by a predetermined amount in a predetermined time interval after the vaporizer has been heated. This signal may be indicative of a failure state of the aerosolizable material transport element 42.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device for generating an aerosol from an aerosol forming consumable is provided. The aerosol generation device can include a housing; a heater element, and a system for causing heating of the heater element. The heater element is movable relative to the housing. The heater element defines, at least partially, a heating chamber for receiving the aerosol forming consumable. The heater element is configured, during use of the heating element, to be movable towards or away from the aerosol forming consumable when the aerosol forming consumable is received in the heating chamber, thereby controlling the amount of heat transferred to the consumable from the heater element.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes a control unit configured to provide power from a battery in the control unit to components of the system, and including a controller configured to control components of the system; and an aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion separably connectable to the control unit to obtain power from the battery, and including a first electrical circuit including a characteristic-carrying element; and a second electrical circuit including a vapor generating element configured to generate an inhalable vapor from an aerosolizable substrate material; wherein: the second electrical circuit can be selectively provided with power from the battery when power is supplied to the aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion; and the controller is configured to operate in a first mode in which a characteristic of the characteristic-carrying element is determined by providing power from the battery to the first electrical circuit, and in a second mode in which the vapor