公开(公告)号：US20210360970A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US17398453

申请日：2021-08-10

Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.

Inventor： Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Takeshi AKAO ,  Yasuhiro ONO ,  Takashi FUJIKI ,  Takuma NAKANO ,  Masayuki TSUJI ,  Ryoji FUJITA ,  Kazutoshi SERITA ,  Hiroshi TEZUKA

IPC: A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/53

Abstract: A mechanism capable of specifying the arrangement of a flavor component generating base material in a suction device includes a retention part having an internal space; a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure applied to the inner wall of the retention part; and a control unit for specifying the arrangement of a flavor component generation base material in the internal space of the retention part on the basis of the detection result from the pressure sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20240319785A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18599824

申请日：2024-03-08

Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.

Inventor： Kazutoshi SERITA ,  Masatoshi SENJU

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  A24F40/60 ,  A24F40/65 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G09B19/24

CPC classification number: G06F3/011 ,  A24F40/60 ,  A24F40/65 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G09B19/24

Abstract: To provide a mechanism that allows a user to have a novel inhalation experience, terminal equipment is provided that includes a communication unit that transmits inhalation information including information showing a location where a user is inhaling using an inhalation device and receives virtual space information that defines a virtual space created on the basis of the inhalation information; and a control unit that outputs from an output unit the virtual space defined by the virtual space information received.

公开(公告)号：US20240284979A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18655377

申请日：2024-05-06

Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.

Inventor： Yasunobu INOUE ,  Ryoji FUJITA ,  Kazutoshi SERITA ,  Sumie MIKAMI

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  H05B3/46

CPC classification number: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  H05B3/46

Abstract: A flavor inhaler comprises a heater, wherein the heater comprises: a heating element which includes a plurality of heating portions; and a plurality of first energization regions electrically connected to the respective heating portions.

公开(公告)号：US20240143714A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18407935

申请日：2024-01-09

Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

Inventor： Masatoshi SENJU ,  Yuka SUGANO ,  Kazutoshi SERITA

IPC: G06F21/32 ,  A24F40/53

CPC classification number: G06F21/32 ,  A24F40/53

Abstract: An information processing method includes acquiring motion information related to motion in a space from an aspiration device, which generates an aerosol to be aspirated by a user; acquiring biometric information of the user on the basis of the motion information; performing biometric authentication on the basis of the biometric information; and controlling operation of the aspiration device on the basis of the result of the biometric authentication.

公开(公告)号：US20240114966A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18540184

申请日：2023-12-14

Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

Inventor： Takafumi IZUMIYA ,  Kazutoshi SERITA ,  Reijiro KAWASAKI

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/20

CPC classification number: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/65

Abstract: An aerosol generating system including a holder unit that can house, in the interior space thereof, an aerosol source-containing substrate; and an electromagnetic induction source that generates a fluctuating magnetic field in the aforesaid interior space using an alternating current and heats the aerosol source by inductive heating due to the fluctuating magnetic field, wherein the electromagnetic induction source comprises a first layer, a conductor layer that is formed on one surface of the first layer and generates the fluctuating magnetic field, and a second layer that is formed on the aforesaid surface of the first layer so as to cover the conductor layer.

公开(公告)号：US20230000152A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17939754

申请日：2022-09-07

Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

Inventor： Hiroshi TEZUKA ,  Kazutoshi SERITA

IPC: A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/57

Abstract: An inhaling device for producing an aerosol by using a first substrate and a second substrate, said inhaling device being equipped with a control unit for controlling the operation of a power supply unit which supplies the power for operation of the inhaling device on the basis of the combination of the first and second substrates.

公开(公告)号：US20210373653A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17401694

申请日：2021-08-13

Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.

Inventor： Kazutoshi SERITA ,  Masatoshi SENJU

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G09B19/24 ,  A24F40/65 ,  A24F40/60

Abstract: To provide a mechanism that allows a user to have a novel inhalation experience, terminal equipment is provided that includes a communication unit that transmits inhalation information including information showing a location where a user is inhaling using an inhalation device and receives virtual space information that defines a virtual space created on the basis of the inhalation information; and a control unit that outputs from an output unit the virtual space defined by the virtual space information received.

公开(公告)号：US20240306716A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18670993

申请日：2024-05-22

Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.

Inventor： Yasunobu INOUE ,  Ryoji FUJITA ,  Kazutoshi SERITA ,  Sumie MIKAMI

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/50

CPC classification number: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/50

Abstract: A flavor inhaler that includes a heater comprising a plurality of heating elements and at least one first electrode, wherein the plurality of heating elements are stacked with the at least one first electrode interposed therebetween.

公开(公告)号：US20240251877A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18631081

申请日：2024-04-10

Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.

Inventor： Yasunobu INOUE ,  Yuka SUGANO ,  Masatoshi SENJU ,  Kazutoshi SERITA

IPC: A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/60

CPC classification number: A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/60 ,  A24F40/10

Abstract: This information processing device including a control unit that generates a display image displaying a profile, which is information representing a chronological change in a parameter related to an operation of generating aerosol performed by an inhalation device generating the aerosol using a base material, and changes the profile and display of the profile in the display image according to a user operation with respect to the profile in the generated display image. The control unit limits a range in which the profile can be changed, and changes the profile according to the user operation indicating a change to the profile within the range in which the profile can be changed.

公开(公告)号：US20240143715A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18407944

申请日：2024-01-09

Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

Inventor： Masatoshi SENJU ,  Yuka SUGANO ,  Kazutoshi SERITA

IPC: G06F21/32

CPC classification number: G06F21/32

Abstract: An information processing method includes acquiring a predetermined request for requesting an aspiration apparatus, which generates an aerosol to be aspirated by a user, to execute a predetermined process; and determining, depending on whether or not a predetermined condition is met, whether or not to perform biometric authentication based on biometric information of the user before execution of the predetermined process.