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 apparatus for generating an aerosol by induction heating, the apparatus including: at least one susceptor formed in an elongated structure extending in a longitudinal direction of a cigarette to be accommodated in the apparatus, and arranged to be inserted into the cigarette to heat the cigarette; an ejector including an accommodating space for accommodating the cigarette, and an opening formed at one end of the accommodating space so that the cigarette is inserted in the accommodating space, wherein the at least one susceptor is arranged opposite the one end in the accommodating space, and the ejector is detached from and attached to the apparatus together with the at least one susceptor; and a coil arranged to surround the ejector along the longitudinal direction when the ejector is coupled to the apparatus, and configured to apply an alternating magnetic field to the at least one susceptor so that the at least one susceptor generates heat.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating system including a holder configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette; and a cradle including an inner space into which the holder is inserted. The holder is configured to be tiltable with respect the cradle. The holder is inserted into the inner space of the cradle and then tilted to generate the aerosol.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating system including a holder configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette; and a cradle including an inner space into which the holder is inserted. The holder is configured to be tiltable with respect the cradle. The holder is inserted into the inner space of the cradle and then tilted to generate the aerosol.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating system including a holder configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette; and a cradle including an inner space into which the holder is inserted. The holder is configured to be tiltable with respect the cradle. The holder is inserted into the inner space of the cradle and then tilted to generate the aerosol.

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 electronic cigarette control device includes: a communicator configured to establish a communication connection with at least one device; and a processor configured to control an electronic cigarette according to a control message with respect to the electronic cigarette, the control message being received from the at least one device through the established communication connection.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation device including: a power supplier comprising a first battery and a second battery; a controller; and a heater, wherein the controller is configured to control the power supplier to operate according to one of a first mode in which power is supplied to the heater by using the first battery and a second mode in which power is supplied to the heater by using the second battery, and control the power supplier to supply greater power in the first mode than in the second mode.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a case; a container mounted inside the case to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the case and having an accommodating space configured to accommodate a cigarette; a heater disposed inside the case such that a front end thereof is inserted into the accommodating space of the container, the heater being configured to heat the cigarette when electricity is applied thereto; and an elastic support portion configured to elastically support the container with respect to the case.

Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus provided with a movable heater includes a heater that has an end portion into which a cigarette is inserted and heats the cigarette by operating by means of an electrical signal; a support portion supporting the heater to be movable within a pre-determined range in a longitudinal direction of the cigarette; and a rotating member rotatably coupled to the support portion, and rotating and transmitting a driving force to the heater to move the heater in the longitudinal direction of the cigarette.

Abstract: Provided is a smoking member supporting device which is placed in an arrangement region with or without a smoking member mounted thereon, the smoking member supporting device including a base unit including an arrangement surface corresponding to the arrangement region; an accommodating unit formed adjacent to the base unit and configured to accommodate at least one region of the smoking member; a hook unit formed at an edge of the accommodating unit to define the accommodating unit and to maintain a state that the smoking member is accommodated in the accommodating unit and mounted; and a connecting unit formed to face the smoking member when the smoking member is accommodated in the accommodating unit and to supply electrical energy to the smoking member.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a holder generating aerosol by heating a cigarette, and a cradle having an inner space into which the holder is inserted, wherein the holder is electrically connected to the cradle to be moveable in the inner space of the cradle. The aerosol generating system includes a controller and a heater for heating an aerosol generating material, wherein the controller predicts insertion of the cigarette into the holder and preheats the heater in advance based on a prediction result.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device provided with a rotary heater includes a casing having a hollow shape and including a path in which a cigarette is accommodated; a rotating member rotatably coupled to the casing; and a heater which has an end portion located inside the path to be inserted into the cigarette accommodated in the path, is connected to the rotating member to rotate along with the rotating member, and heats the cigarette when electricity is applied to the heater.

Abstract: Provided is a smoking member cleaning device formed to clean a smoking member, the smoking member cleaning device including a main body unit; an accommodating unit formed in one region of the main body unit to accommodate one region of the smoking member when the smoking member is being cleaned; a cleaning unit formed in the accommodating unit and configured to clean the smoking member; a cleaning driving unit connected to the cleaning unit and configured to clean the smoking member by moving the cleaning unit; and a power supply unit configured to supply driving energy to the cleaning driving unit.

Abstract: In an aerosol generating apparatus and a method of providing a smoking restriction function in the aerosol generating apparatus, a smoking initiation request is received from a user, and supply of power to a heater is controlled according to whether the smoking initiation request satisfies a smoking restriction condition.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a hollow casing comprising a path for accommodating a cigarette, an opening open to the outside at one end of the path such that the cigarette is inserted into the opening from the outside, a through hole connected to the other end of the path, and a protrusion protruding from the path to contact a portion of an outer surface of the cigarette; and a heater having one side end portion passing through the through hole and arranged inside the path to be inserted into the cigarette accommodated in the path, the heater being configured to heat the cigarette when electricity is applied.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating system including a holder configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette; and a cradle including an inner space into which the holder is inserted. The holder is configured to be tiltable with respect the cradle. The holder is inserted into the inner space of the cradle and then tilted to generate the aerosol.