Non-burning type flavor inhaler and method used for non-burning type flavor inhaler

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10021912-B2
Application number	US-201615359015-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A non-burning type flavor inhaler includes a control unit that controls power supplied from a power source to an atomizer. The control unit controls, in one puff action in a standard mode, controls the power source to supply standard power amount to the atomizer in a duration before a first duration elapses. The control unit, in one puff action in the reduced mode, controls the power source to supply first power amount greater than the standard power amount to the atomizer in a duration before a second duration elapses, and controls the power source to supply second power amount smaller than the first power amount to the atomizer in a duration after the second duration elapses and before a third duration elapses.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-burning type flavor inhaler comprising:
a power source
a control unit that controls a power amount supplied from the power source to an atomizer, wherein:
modes selectable by a user selected by the use before inhalation, the modes include a standard mode and a reduced mode,
the control unit selectively performs the selected mode by the user among the standard mode and the reduced mode,
the control unit, in one puff action in the standard mode, controls the power source to supply standard power amount to the atomizer in a duration before a first duration elapses, the standard power amount being independent of an amount of actual inhalation, and
the control unit, in one puff action in the reduced mode, controls the power source to supply a power amount greater than the standard power amount to the atomizer in a duration before a second duration, the greater power amount being independent of an amount of actual inhalation, which is shorter than the first duration, elapses.

2. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit sets the standard mode or the reduced mode according to a learning of the puff action.

3. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit sets the standard mode or the reduced mode according to an operation of a user.

4. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit controls a light-emitting element in a first light-emitting mode in a puff state inhaling the aerosol, and controls the light-emitting element in a second light-emitting mode different from the first light-emitting mode in a non-puff state not inhaling the aerosol, and
the control unit continues the first light-emitting mode even in the duration after the first duration elapses.

5. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , wherein
the atomizer is a heat source that heats the aerosol source without burning.

6. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit selectively performs the selected mode among the standard mode and the reduced mode, as a mode applied for two or more puff actions.

7. A method used for a non-burning type flavor inhaler, wherein:
modes selectable by a user are defined beforehand, the modes include a standard mode and a reduced mode,
the method comprising steps of:
selecting one of the modes with a manually operable switch; and
selectively performing the selected mode by the user among the standard mode and the reduced mode, including:
controlling, in one puff action in the standard mode, the power source to supply standard power amount to the atomizer in a duration before a first duration elapses, and
controlling, in one puff action in the reduced mode, the power source to supply power amount greater than the standard power amount to the atomizer in a duration before a second duration, which is shorter than the first duration, elapses.

Assignees

• Japan Tobacco Inc

Inventors

• Yamada Manabu
• Takeuchi Manabu
• Tarora Masafumi

Classifications

• A61M11/042

  electrical · CPC title

• A61M2205/3653

  by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance · CPC title

• A61M2205/8206

  battery-operated · CPC title

• A61M2016/0021

  with a proportional output signal, e.g. from a thermistor · CPC title

• H05B3/0014

  Devices wherein the heating current flows through particular resistances · CPC title