Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heating housing configured to receive an aerosol generating article, a first coil disposed in the heating housing and configured to generate a magnetic field, and a first magnetic sensor configured to detect a change in the magnetic field generated by the first coil.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, and a connecting terminal including a conductive segment disposed on a side surface of the housing and extending along a perimeter of the housing.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a susceptor configured to accommodate at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, and a sensor configured to sense the aerosol generating article and positioned such that the sensor does not overlap the susceptor.

Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus includes: a housing comprising an accommodation space into which an aerosol generating article is inserted; a heater heating an aerosol generating article inserted in the accommodation space; a display arranged on the housing; a sensor positioned to be adjacent to the accommodation space; and a processor configured to detect a type of the aerosol generating article inserted in the accommodation space through the sensor, wherein the processor is further configured to, when the type of the aerosol generating article inserted in the accommodation space is different from a type of a previously inserted aerosol generating article, display a user showing various types of the aerosol generating article through the display.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing virtual reality-based eye movement exercise and visual perception training, wherein a dichoptic presentation is provided in consideration of the deviation of a user's eyeball so as to prevent additional damage to stereoscopic vision due to suppression, and is provided by adjusting the degree of difficulty by changing the locations of visual stimuli on the basis of the level of deviation and training capability of the user, thus making it possible for the user to not only receive training suitable for the user's condition, but also simultaneously undergo visual perception training including eye exercise (movement) training and stereoscopic perception recognition.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device according to the present disclosure includes a display through which a user can easily grasp information about the state of the aerosol-generating device. The display of the aerosol-generating device outputs at least one indicator, and the user can obtain information of the aerosol-generating device linked with each indicator by touching the indicators output from the display.

Abstract: A patch based depth mapping method and apparatus for high-efficiency encoding/decoding of a plenoptic video is proposed. The method may be performed in an electronic apparatus to classify a reference image and an additional image from a plenoptic video during encoding the plenoptic video and then generate an atlas including a patch using the additional image. The method may include mapping a depth value by applying minimum-maximum linear scaling in units of an input viewpoint image. The method may also include finding a minimum value and a maximum value of the depth value per the patch and remapping the depth value through minimum-maximum linear scaling.

Abstract: An electronic device for heating an aerosol-generating substrate detects insertion of a cigarette, displays an icon corresponding to a type of the cigarette, determines a heating profile based on a user input corresponding to a type of the cigarette, and heats an aerosol-generating substrate of the cigarette based on the heating profile.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a first housing, and a second housing positioned in the first housing and configured to accommodate an aerosol generating article, wherein the second housing includes a first layer including a first rim having a first perimeter and a first width and a plurality of first airflow paths formed in the first rim, and a second layer including a second rim connected to the first rim and a second airflow path formed in the second rim, the second airflow path being in fluid connection with the plurality of first airflow paths, the second rim having a second perimeter and a second width.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: an opening configured to receive a cigarette, an accommodation space configured to accommodate the cigarette inserted through the opening, a coil surrounding the accommodation space and configured to generate an induced magnetic field, a susceptor configured to generate heat due to the induced magnetic field generated from the coil, a heat dissipating structure surrounding the coil and having a double wall structure including a vacuum inner space, a shielding portion configured to block the induced magnetic field generated from the coil and disposed between the coil and the heat dissipating structure, a cigarette recognition sensor configured to detect changes in inductance of the cigarette recognition sensor which is generated by insertion or extraction of the cigarette, and a controller configured to determine whether the cigarette is inserted or extracted, based on the changes in inductance.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an aerosol generating device may include a battery, a first control circuit configured to convert power received from the battery into a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article based on the PWM signal received from the first control circuit, and a second control circuit configured to transmit an instruction for causing the first control circuit to generate the PWM signal, in response to a user input to the first control circuit. The first control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the second control circuit, and the second control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the aerosol generating device. Accordingly, the aerosol generating device may determine a more specific operation state and prevent abnormal operation of the heater.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a heater including an accommodating space for accommodating an aerosol generating article; and a coil configured to heat the heater by generating a magnetic field, wherein the heater includes a first region arranged to contact the aerosol generating article, and a second region arranged at at least one of two ends of the first region and extending in a direction away from a center of the accommodating space.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article inserted into an accommodation space of the aerosol generating apparatus; a sensing module including at least one of an inductive sensor configured to detect a change in an inductance of the accommodation space or a temperature sensor configured to detect a change in a temperature of the heater; and a processor configured to: detect, via the sensing module, whether the aerosol generating article that is inserted into the accommodation space is at least partially moved from the accommodation space; and based on detecting that the aerosol generating article is at least partially moved from the accommodation space, control a power supply to the heater, based on at least one of the change in the inductance or the change in the temperature acquired via the sensing module.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having an opening configured to receive an aerosol-generating article; an accommodating space configured to accommodate the aerosol-generating article inserted through the opening; a heat-dissipating structure comprising an inner wall forming the accommodating space, and an outer wall surrounding the inner wall such that an inner space is formed between the inner wall and the outer wall; and a coil arranged between the outer wall and the housing, and configured to generate an induced magnetic field, wherein the inner wall is configured to generate heat by the induced magnetic field generated from the coil.

Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus may include: a housing including a first chamber into which an aerosol generating article is inserted, a second chamber spaced apart from the first chamber, and an air path provided between the first chamber and the second chamber; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the second chamber; and a processor configured to obtain pressure sensing data from the pressure sensor, detect a pressure change inside the second chamber based on the pressure sensing data, and output a notification indicating that a user's puff operation has occurred when a pressure change inside the second chamber is greater than or equal to a designated value.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tobacco material including a flavor material and a method of preparing the tobacco material. The tobacco material may have a core-shell structure in which a core includes a first tobacco mixture and a flavor material and is surrounded by a shell including a second tobacco mixture, such that the aerosol generating article including the tobacco material generates a characteristic flavor.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device including: a housing including an air flow passage; a sensor deformable by an air flow in the air flow passage, and including a resistor having a resistance value that varies according to a degree of deformation of the sensor; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, and configured to: measure the resistance value of the resistor; and detect a puff based on the measured resistance value being maintained at or above a first threshold value during a first time interval.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. A cooling material may be included in a body constituting the cooling portion.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include a tobacco medium portion, a filter portion disposed to be spaced apart from the tobacco medium portion, and a tubular cooling portion disposed between the tobacco medium portion and the filter portion. An inner peripheral surface of the cooling portion may include a nicotine component.

Abstract: To process a user input when an electronic device is being charged, an electronic device receives a user input from a user, determines whether the user input is a heating command to heat an aerosol-generating substrate of a cigarette, when the user input is the heating command, determines whether the electronic device is being charged, when the electronic device is being charged, invalidate the user input, and when the user input is not the heating command, performs an operation corresponding to the user input.