公开(公告)号：US20250089813A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18569472

申请日：2023-06-30

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A24F40/95

Abstract: A charging device for an aerosol generating device including a first charging pin and a second charging pin spaced apart from the first charging pin by a first interval includes a charging station on which a plurality of charging pads is arranged to be spaced apart from each other and a controller configured to detect, among the plurality of charging pads, one charging pad to which the first charging pin is connected and another charging pad to which the second charging pin is connected, and supply power to the detected charging pads, wherein two adjacent charging pads among the plurality of charging pads are spaced apart by a second interval that is less than or equal to the first interval.

公开(公告)号：US20250086262A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18954742

申请日：2024-11-21

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Paul Joon SUNWOO ,  Jin Soo Seong

IPC: G06F21/32 ,  G06F18/214 ,  G06F18/22 ,  G06V10/96 ,  G06V40/10

Abstract: A user authentication apparatus trains a user authentication model by using biometric data of a user which was used in previous user authentication as training data, and performs user authentication by using the trained user authentication model.

公开(公告)号：US20250072514A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18276970

申请日：2023-04-10

Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/65

Abstract: A method of providing an aerosol to a user includes receiving biometric information of the user of an electronic device, determining a current state of the user based on the biometric information, when the current state corresponds to a preset target state, generating a target temperature profile by adjusting a default temperature profile based on the current state, and generating an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substrate in the electronic device based on the target temperature profile.

公开(公告)号：US20250017275A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18276742

申请日：2023-05-11

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/485

Abstract: An aerosol generating module according to various embodiments includes a heating unit and an atomizing unit disposed adjacent to the heating unit and including an aerosol forming substrate, wherein the heating unit includes a first reservoir including a first material, a second reservoir including a second material that generates heat by reacting with the first material, and a barrier plate disposed between the first reservoir and the second reservoir and formed of an impermeable material, and the aerosol forming substrate is heated by heat generated by mixing the first material and the second material.

公开(公告)号：US20240373922A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18032484

申请日：2023-02-09

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO ,  Min Kyu KIM ,  Moon Sang LEE

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/65

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an aerosol forming substrate accommodation portion including an aerosol forming substrate and configured to generate heat by a surface plasmon resonance, and a light source configured to irradiate light toward the aerosol forming substrate accommodation portion. The light irradiated by the light source may cause the surface plasmon resonance.

公开(公告)号：US20240268478A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18021732

申请日：2022-11-03

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Wonkyeong LEE ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO ,  Byungsung CHO

IPC: A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/57 ,  G06F21/44

CPC classification number: A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/57 ,  G06F21/44

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol generating device includes a mouthpiece through which an aerosol formed by heating an aerosol-forming substrate is discharged and an information storage element formed at an end portion of a side where the cartridge couples to a device and configured to store unique information of the cartridge. Different pieces of the unique information of the cartridge may be stored according to a physical structure of the information storage element which forms a specific pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20240196990A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18591738

申请日：2024-02-29

Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor： Jae Min LEE ,  Jong Sub LEE ,  Dae Nam HAN ,  Paul Joon SUNWOO

IPC: A24F40/60 ,  A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/85

CPC classification number: A24F40/60 ,  A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/85

Abstract: Provided is a method of cleaning an aerosol generating device, the method including: receiving a user input for performing a cleaning operation; obtaining information about a performance history of the cleaning operation in response to the user input; setting a mode of the cleaning operation to one of a plurality of cleaning modes based on the information about the performance history; and performing the cleaning operation according to the set cleaning mode.