Patents by Inventor Riccardo Riva Reggiori
Riccardo Riva Reggiori has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11864593Abstract: A method for controlling power supplied to an aerosol-generating element of an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a controller and a battery configured to deliver power to the aerosol-generating element and to the controller, and the method including steps of: measuring at least one first characteristic of the battery, the first characteristic being a temperature or an internal resistance of the battery; and deactivating or disabling the aerosol-generating device if the measured temperature is less than a minimum temperature or the measured internal resistance of the battery is greater than a maximum internal resistance. A controller for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating device, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jacques Robert, Michel Bessant, Riccardo Riva Reggiori
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Patent number: 11839715Abstract: An aerosol-generating system has a biosensor configured to detect a biological characteristic of the user. A controller provides health data based on the at least one biological characteristic detected by the biosensor. The health data may be provided to the user, used to modify an aerosol delivery profile of an aerosolizer, stored for later use, or may be communicated to other devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Robert Emmett, Rui Nuno Batista, Michel bessant, Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Nazan Gunduz
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Publication number: 20230301365Abstract: An aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a first power source (120), an aerosolizer (110) configured to receive power from the first power source and configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol-generating substrate (170), a second power source (130), and a heating circuit (160) configured to receive power from the second power source to heat the first power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Alexandra Sereda, Serge Lopez, Edward Branham, Matthew Lawrenson
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Publication number: 20230263230Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a battery, and a heater configured to heat the battery, in which one or both of the battery and the heater are movably mounted in the aerosol-generating device, such that the battery and the heater are relatively movable towards each other between a near position and a distanced position, the near position being different from the distanced position. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article and the aerosol-generating device, and a method for heating a battery in the aerosol-generating device, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Riccardo RIVA REGGIORI, Alexandra SEREDA, Serge LOPEZ, Edward BRANHAM, Matthew LAWRENSON
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Publication number: 20230268575Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including: a battery, and a heater configured to heat the battery as a first heating function of the heater, the heater being further configured to perform a second heating function, the first heating function being different from the second heating function, the electronic device being configured to switch between the first and the second heating functions of the heater in dependence on a temperature of the battery, the electronic device being an aerosol-generating device, and in which heating an aerosol-forming substrate is the second heating function. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article and the electronic device, and a method for operating the electronic device, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Riccardo RIVA REGGIORI, Alexandra SEREDA, Serge LOPEZ, Edward BRANHAM, Matthew LAWRENSON
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Patent number: 11644365Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating device that is configured for generating an inhalable aerosol by heating an aerosol-forming substrate. The device comprises a device housing for receiving the aerosol-forming substrate and a pyrometer for determining a temperature of a heated target surface within the device housing. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising such an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article for use with the device including an aerosol-forming substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Michel Bessant, Jacques Robert, Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Alexandru Rusu, Peter Seitz
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Publication number: 20230073716Abstract: A storage container (100) comprising a housing (110) containing a storage chamber (112) isolated from an outside environment (10). The housing (110) defines a housing inlet (130) and a housing outlet (140). The storage container (100) is configured to clean air in the outside environment (10). The storage container (100) comprises a first filtration assembly (360) coupled to the housing (110) about the housing outlet (140). The first filtration assembly (360) has a first filtration inlet (364) configured to receive air from the storage chamber, a first filtration outlet (366) configured to release air into the outside environment (10), and first filter media (368) between the first filtration inlet (364) and the first filtration outlet (366).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Ricardo Cali, Thomas Edmund McGrath, Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Maria Miguel Matias Serrador, Cheng Peng, Hanna Ulrika Furustrand Tafin Djoko, Tobias Lipp
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Publication number: 20220125122Abstract: A method for controlling power supplied to an aerosol-generating element of an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a controller and a battery configured to deliver power to the aerosol-generating element and to the controller, and the method including steps of: measuring at least one first characteristic of the battery, the first characteristic being a temperature or an internal resistance of the battery; and deactivating or disabling the aerosol-generating device if the measured temperature is less than a minimum temperature or the measured internal resistance of the battery is greater than a maximum internal resistance. A controller for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating device, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jacques ROBERT, Michel BESSANT, Riccardo RIVA REGGIORI
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Patent number: 11253004Abstract: A method for controlling power supplied to an aerosol-generating element of an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including an aerosol-generating element, a control unit, and a battery configured to deliver power to the aerosol-generating element and to the control unit, the control unit being configured to adjust a duty cycle of a current supplied from the battery to the aerosol-generating element; and the method including measuring, using a measuring unit, at least one first characteristic of the battery, the at least one first characteristic comprising a temperature of the battery; and adjusting, using the control unit, a value of the duty cycle based on a predetermined rule which outputs the value of duty cycle based on the measured at least one battery characteristic. An aerosol-generating device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jacques Robert, Michel Bessant, Riccardo Riva Reggiori
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Publication number: 20210037889Abstract: An aerosol-generating system has a biosensor configured to detect a biological characteristic of the user. A controller provides health data based on the at least one biological characteristic detected by the biosensor. The health data may be provided to the user, used to modify an aerosol delivery profile of an aerosolizer, stored for later use, or may be communicated to other devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Robert Emmett, Rui Nuno Batista, Michel bessant, Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Nazan Gunduz
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Publication number: 20200397054Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heating element; an aerosol-monitor for measuring an aerosol property including at least one of a physical property and a chemical composition of a generated aerosol, the aerosol-monitor being disposed at or along a flow channel downstream of the heating element; a controller configured to adjust a power supplied to the heating element based on: i) a measured heating element temperature in a first feedback control loop, and ii) a measured aerosol property in a second feedback control loop; and an auxiliary aerosol controller for adjusting aerosol properties of the generated aerosol, the controller is further configured to adjust at least one control variable for the auxiliary aerosol controlling means based on the measured aerosol property in the second feedback control loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Philip Monrris Products S.A.Inventors: Riccardo RIVA REGGIORI, Michel BESSANT, Ana Isabel GONZALEZ FLOREZ
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Publication number: 20200269267Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating device that is configured for generating an inhalable aerosol by heating an aerosol-forming substrate. The device comprises a device housing for receiving the aerosol-forming substrate and a pyrometer for determining a temperature of a heated target surface within the device housing. The invention further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising such an aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article for use with the device including an aerosol-forming substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Michel Bessant, Jacques Robert, Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Alexandru Rusu, Peter Seitz
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Publication number: 20200037668Abstract: A method for controlling power supplied to an aerosol-generating element of an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including an aerosol-generating element, a control unit, and a battery configured to deliver power to the aerosol-generating element and to the control unit, the control unit being configured to adjust a duty cycle of a current supplied from the battery to the aerosol-generating element; and the method including measuring, using a measuring unit, at least one first characteristic of the battery, the at least one first characteristic comprising a temperature of the battery; and adjusting, using the control unit, a value of the duty cycle based on a predetermined rule which outputs the value of duty cycle based on the measured at least one battery characteristic. An aerosol-generating device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jacques ROBERT, Michel BESSANT, Riccardo RIVA REGGIORI
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Patent number: 7882405Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory array, a set of non-volatile redundancy registers, a serial interface, and testing logic coupled to the serial interface, the testing logic configured to accept a set of serial commands from an external tester; erase the array; program the array with a test pattern; read the array and compare the results with expected results to identify errors; determine whether the errors can be repaired by substituting a redundant row or column of the array, and if so, generate redundancy information; and program the redundancy information into the non-volatile redundancy registers.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Fabio Tassan Caser, Mirella Marsella, Monica Marziani
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Patent number: 7864557Abstract: A method and system for protecting a memory having a plurality of blocks from modification is disclosed. The method and system include providing a plurality of one time programmable (OTP) cells and OTP cell logic coupled with the OTP cells. An OTP cell of the plurality of OTP cells corresponds to a portion of a block of the plurality of blocks. The OTP cell allows modification of the portion of the block when the OTP cell is in a first state and permanently prevents modification of the portion of the block when the OTP cell is in a second state. The OTP cell logic uses the plurality of OTP cells to select the portion of the block as corresponding to the OTP cell. This portion of the block is write protected when the OTP cell is placed in the second state.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Lorenzo Bedarida, Giorgio Oddone, Fabio Tassan Caser
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Publication number: 20080201623Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory array, a set of non-volatile redundancy registers, a serial interface, and testing logic coupled to the serial interface, the testing logic configured to accept a set of serial commands from an external tester; erase the array; program the array with a test pattern; read the array and compare the results with expected results to identify errors; determine whether the errors can be repaired by substituting a redundant row or column of the array, and if so, generate redundancy information; and program the redundancy information into the non-volatile redundancy registers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: ATMEL CORPORATIONInventors: Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Fabio Tassan Caser, Mirella Marsella, Monica Marziani
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Patent number: 7333389Abstract: An improved method and device for column decoding for flash memory devices utilizes a burst page with a length greater than the length of a logical page. When a misalignment of an initial address occurs, valid reads across logical page boundaries are possible. The memory device enters the wait state only when a read crosses a burst page boundary. This minimizes the amount of time in which the memory device enters the wait state. In the preferred embodiment, this is achieved with a different management of the control signals that feed the third level of a three-level decoding stage column decoder. Changes to the architecture or in the number of column decoder selectors are not required. The memory access time during synchronous reads is thus improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Stefano Sivero, Simone Bartoli, Fabio Tassan Caser, Riccardo Riva Reggiori
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Patent number: 7301814Abstract: A system and method for avoiding offset in and reducing the footprint of a non-volatile memory that has a plurality of memory bank circuits. Each memory bank circuit has memory cells coupled to sense amplifiers, row and column decoders coupled to the memory cells, and bias circuits coupled to the sense amplifiers. The system includes a reference cell matrix coupled to each of the plurality of memory bank circuits. The reference cell matrix is configured to provide reference cell current for each of the plurality of memory bank circuits.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Massimiliano Frulio, Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Andrea Sacco, Luca Figini
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Publication number: 20070025134Abstract: A method and system for protecting a memory having a plurality of blocks from modification is disclosed. The method and system include providing a plurality of one time programmable (OTP) cells and OTP cell logic coupled with the OTP cells. An OTP cell of the plurality of OTP cells corresponds to a portion of a block of the plurality of blocks. The OTP cell allows modification of the portion of the block when the OTP cell is in a first state and permanently prevents modification of the portion of the block when the OTP cell is in a second state. The OTP cell logic uses the plurality of OTP cells to select the portion of the block as corresponding to the OTP cell. This portion of the block is write protected when the OTP cell is placed in the second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2006Publication date: February 1, 2007Inventors: Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Lorenzo Bedarida, Giorgio Oddone, Fabio Tassan Caser
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Patent number: 7130209Abstract: A method and system for protecting a memory having a plurality of blocks from modification is disclosed. The method and system include providing a plurality of one time programmable (OTP) cells and OTP cell logic coupled with the OTP cells. An OTP cell of the plurality of OTP cells corresponds to a portion of a block of the plurality of blocks. The OTP cell allows modification of the portion of the block when the OTP cell is in a first state and permanently prevents modification of the portion of the block when the OTP cell is in a second state. The OTP cell logic uses the plurality of OTP cells to select the portion of the block as corresponding to the OTP cell. This portion of the block is write protected when the OTP cell is placed in the second state.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Lorenzo Bedarida, Giorgio Oddone, Fabio Tassan Caser