EP4190190A1 - Procédé de fonctionnement d'un dispositif de génération d'aérosol - Google Patents

Procédé de fonctionnement d'un dispositif de génération d'aérosol Download PDF

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EP4190190A1
EP4190190A1 EP22216900.5A EP22216900A EP4190190A1 EP 4190190 A1 EP4190190 A1 EP 4190190A1 EP 22216900 A EP22216900 A EP 22216900A EP 4190190 A1 EP4190190 A1 EP 4190190A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method of operating an aerosol generating device for enhanced user experience. More specifically, it relates to an aerosol generating device such as e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn devices, and the like which is capable of measuring aerosol intake based on usage pattern.
  • Inhalers or aerosol generating devices such as e-cigarettes or vaping devices are becoming increasingly popular. They generally heat or warm an aerosolisable substance to generate an aerosol for inhalation, as opposed to burning tobacco as in conventional tobacco products.
  • the generated aerosol may contain a flavour and/or a stimulant (e.g., nicotine or other active component). Users of such inhalers may wish to monitor the amount of flavour or stimulant taken during use at times.
  • aerosol generating devices incorporate some form of electronic control circuit, typically including a simple computer processor, allowing a user to control operation of the aerosol generation device.
  • electronic control circuit typically including a simple computer processor
  • these devices can be quite restrictive in their settings and may not offer much flexibility to the user. Even in devices that allow a user to customise settings, it requires some effort from the user and may not be intuitive.
  • a method of operating an aerosol-generating device comprising detecting puffs taken by a user; monitoring a time elapsed after each puff; counting the puffs in succession unless the time elapsed is greater than a first preset value; and restarting counting the puffs when the time elapsed is greater than the first preset value.
  • a vaping device in accordance with this method it is possible to safely monitor puffs taken by the user during a vaping session without needing the user intervention. If the user takes a long break between puffs, it is determined that the user is not engaging in sustained continuous vaping and thus puffs taken after such a long break are counted in a new session.
  • the method includes providing a first indication to the user when a number of puffs reaches a first count.
  • the first indication is only provided when the puffs are counted while the device is being held in a first orientation.
  • the method includes providing the first indication to the user when the number of puffs reaches the first count when the device is determined to be temporarily held in a second orientation, different from the first orientation, for less than a predetermined period of time and is turned to the first orientation within the predetermined period of time.
  • the method includes providing a second indication to the user when the total number of puffs at the end of a predetermined period of use reaches a second count if the device is determined to be held in the first orientation at least once during the predetermined period of use.
  • the total number of puffs is determined by a time stamp associated with each puff.
  • the total number of puffs is determined by maintaining a count of puffs for a period set by the user.
  • the second indication is only provided when an amount of aerosol delivered in the total number of puffs exceeds a threshold level.
  • control circuitry for use in an aerosol-generating device, the control circuitry configured to actuate the method as described above.
  • an aerosol-generating device comprising a body having an inlet and an outlet with an air channel defined between the inlet and the outlet; a puff detector configured to detect puffs taken by a user; a timing unit configured to determine a time elapsed after each puff; and a controller configured to start a first counter to count the puffs in succession unless the time elapsed is greater than a first preset value; and reset the first counter when the time elapsed is greater than the first preset value.
  • the timing unit is configured to start a timer at an end of each puff and stop the timer when the puff detector detects a start of a next puff.
  • the device further includes a second counter configured to count puffs taken by the user during a predetermined period of use.
  • the device further includes a recognition sensor to identify an aerosol source to monitor an amount of aerosol in each puff taken by the user.
  • the timing unit is further configured to associate each puff session with a time stamp to monitor aerosol intake of the user over time.
  • a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the steps of the method as described above.
  • Fig. 1 shows a non-combustion-type aerosol generating device 100, which is a device for inhaling an aerosol by heating or vaporisation without combustion.
  • the device 100 has a rod-like shape with a main body 101 extending from a non-mouthpiece end 102 to a mouthpiece end 103. An air channel or path is defined in the main body 100 between the opposite ends 102, 103.
  • the aerosol-generating device 100 in the present example is an electronic cigarette or a vaping device, and is referred to as e-cig 100 hereinafter.
  • the e-cig 100 works by vaporizing or heating an aerosol source inserted into the e-cig 100 to release a flavour and/or a stimulant for a user to inhale through the mouthpiece end 103.
  • the construction and operation of such a device to generate aerosol is well-known in the art and it will be understood by a skilled person that the invention disclosed herein can be applicable to aerosol generation devices in any shapes, configured with any aerosol generating techniques, not limited to the example.
  • the e-cig 100 may include an activation switch 104 that may be configured to perform at least one of a turn-on and a turn-off of a power source of the e-cig 100.
  • the activation switch 104 may be a push button or a touch button disposed at any convenient location on the surface of the main body 101 of the e-cig 100.
  • the e-cig 100 does not rely on a switch button to activate power supply to heater, but rely on a puff sensor to detect air flow and trigger the device to start generating aerosol.
  • Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing various components or modules of the e-cig 100.
  • the e-cig 100 comprises a consumables module 201a and a heating element 202 that vaporizes a consumable item 201b received by the consumables module 201a to release aerosol containing the flavour and/or stimulant for the user to inhale.
  • the consumable item 201b is a substance containing nicotine. Presence of the consumable item 201b in the consumables module 201a may be detected by a detector 201c.
  • the consumable item 201b may be in the form of solid or liquid and is heated by the heating element 202 to release the aerosol without combustion. In case the consumable item 201b is a liquid store, more than one consumable items can be received at the consumable module 201a.
  • the heating element 202 may be powered by a power source 203.
  • the power source 203 is, for example, a lithium ion battery.
  • the power source 203 supplies an electric power necessary for an action of the e-cig 100.
  • the power source 203 supplies the electric power to all other components or modules included in the e-cig 100.
  • the terms vapour and aerosol are interchangeable.
  • the heating element is arranged within a capsule or cigarette-like aerosol generating material and connectable to the aerosol generation device, rather than being a component of the aerosol generation device itself.
  • a flavouring is present in the consumable item 201b.
  • the flavouring may include Ethylvanillin (vanilla), menthol, Isoamyl acetate (banana oil) or similar.
  • the consumable item 201b may include an additional flavour source (not shown) provided on the side of the mouthpiece end 103 beyond the consumables module 201a the consumable item 201b, and generates a flavour to be inhaled by the user together with the aerosol generated from the consumable item 201b.
  • the e-cig 100 comprises more than one consumable item each comprising a flavouring and/or a certain level of active component (nicotine). In this case, each consumable item can be independently heated to generate aerosol.
  • the e-cig 100 also includes a controller 204 that is configured to control various components in the e-cig.
  • the controller 204 may control a timing unit 205 (comprising a timer), a communications unit 206, a memory 207, an orientation sensor208, and a puff sensor 209 included in the e-cig 100.
  • the timing unit 205 is configured to provide time information (e.g., time of the day) and generate timestamp for puff data or event data, which is helpful to analyse user's vaping preference.
  • the timing unit 205 is further configured to monitor timing of each puff and breaks in between and provide this information to the controller 204 to monitor and potentially restrict the user's usage of the e-cig 100.
  • the timing unit 205 may determine when to indicate the user on reaching a puff threshold. It is to be noted that the functions of the timing unit 205 can be consolidated into the controller 204.
  • the communications unit 206 is configured to manage communication with any personal computing device, a server, a tracking device, or other e-cigs in the vicinity of the e-cig 100.
  • the memory 207 is configured to store vaping usage history and information such as user settings and preferences.
  • the e-cig 100 may also include various sensors such as the orientation sensor 208 and the puff sensor 209.
  • the orientation sensor 208 such as a gyroscope, is configured to determine a positional orientation of the e-cig 100, for example, determining if the e-cig 100 is held face up or face down when in use.
  • a first mode of operation is activated in which the user is provided an indication on reaching a puff threshold. This mode is also referred to as the session mode.
  • a second mode of operation is activated in which the user is provided with no indication on reaching the puff threshold.
  • This mode is also referred to as the free mode.
  • the e-cig 100 is rotated or turned by 180 degrees along its longitudinal axis to switch between the session mode and the free mode.
  • the session mode with the LED facing upwards, the user is indicated of the puff threshold by the means of the LED which is easily visible to the user.
  • the free mode with the LED facing downwards, the puff threshold is not indicated to the user.
  • the e-cig 100 facing up or down may also be defined with respect to any visual pattern, such as a logo or a surface design, to act as a reference for the user. Activation button and LED may not be necessary to provide such reference. In any case, sensors on the device may not be reliant on these physical or visual elements.
  • the puff sensor 209 is configured to determine the number of puff actions of inhaling the aerosol.
  • the puff sensor 209 can also determine a time period required for one puff action of inhaling the aerosol.
  • the recorded usage data can comprise puff duration (i.e., length of a puff), a puff interval (i.e., the time between consecutive puffs), and a fluid and/or nicotine consumption amount.
  • the e-cig 100 may also include a consumable recognition sensor (now shown) configured to identify the consumable item 201b inserted in the e-cig 100.
  • the recognition sensor may be included in the consumables module 201a or the detector 201c.
  • the recognition sensor may use NFC, RFID or any other known technique to recognise the strength of the stimulant contained in the consumable item 201b from an NFC/RFID tag disposed on the consumable 201b.
  • the e-cig 100 may also include an Input-Output (I/O) or user interface 210 configured to provide indications to the user and to receive inputs from the user.
  • the I/O interface 210 preferably comprises an indication device and an input device.
  • the indication device may comprise a visual light emitting element including one or more Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), a screen display, or a sound emitter, or other appropriate means to provide indication to users.
  • the visual light-emitting element such as an LED may be disposed at the tip of the non-mouthpiece end 102, or on a side surface of the e-cig 100.
  • Such an LED may exhibit various light-emitting mode to provide to user within indication of a puff state where the aerosol is being inhaled, a non-puff state where the aerosol is not being inhaled, a pre-heating state when the heater is heating up, a ready-to vape state when the heater operates at target temperature to generate aerosol, a depletion state where LED bar shows depletion level of the aerosol source, and any other information related to the operation status of the e-cig.
  • the input device can be one or more user operable buttons or sensible touch panel, responsible to depression, toggling, or touch.
  • the e-cig 100 is also configured to communicate with a personal computing device (now shown) owned by the user.
  • the personal computing device may be a smartphone, tablet, or, a laptop.
  • the personal computing device is referred to as smartphone hereinafter.
  • the e-cig 100 is configured to communicably connect or pair with the smartphone wirelessly using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or other wireless communication standards.
  • the smartphone preferably runs a mobile application (commonly referred to as App) that allows the user to interact with the e-cig 100 through a user-friendly interface.
  • the App may be hosted by the manufacturer of the e-cig 100 and compatible with different mobile platforms such as iOS TM and Android TM .
  • Fig. 3 shows a flow diagram for a process 300 of operating the e-cig 100. It is to be noted that steps in the process 300 may not necessarily be performed in the same sequence. Also, not all steps are shown and some of the steps may be optional and can be omitted.
  • puffs taken by a user are detected.
  • the puff sensor 209 detects each puff taken by the user. In each puff the user intakes a certain amount of aerosol but the total amount of aerosol inhaled depends on the duration and number of puffs.
  • the puff sensor 209 preferably communicates with the controller 204 and the timing unit 205 to record the duration and number of puffs taken by the user.
  • a time elapsed after each puff is monitored.
  • the controller 204 monitors the usage of the e-cig 100 with the aid of the puff sensor 209 and the timing unit 205.
  • the timing unit 205 starts and stops a timer between two consecutive puffs and monitors periods of breaks taken after each puff. This is explained later in detail with reference to Figs. 4 and 5 .
  • the time elapsed between the end of one puff and the start of the next puff is recorded.
  • the puffs in succession are counted.
  • the controller 204 initiates a counter to count the number of puffs inhaled by the user.
  • the counter is successively incremented by one to record the number of puffs taken by the user in one puff session. Any breaks taken by the user between two consecutive puffs is monitored by the timing unit 205 and controller 204 as explained above and the duration of the break determines the counting of puffs.
  • the count of puffs is monitored to warn the user of sustained continuous vaping in the session mode of operation and is recorded in general to analyse the user's vaping pattern over time.
  • the user can set up the number of puffs in a session in the session mode based on the user preferences. For example, none, 5, 10, 15, or 20 puffs in one session and user is notified when the set number of puffs in a session are reached. When "none" is selected, no minimum number of puffs are set for a session. Moreover, when the user in the middle of a session and a new parameter or criteria is set, the number of puffs and vaped amount is reset to zero.
  • step 304 it is determined if the time elapsed exceeds a preset value.
  • the timing unit 205 monitors the period of break taken by the user between two puffs and compares that with a preset value (e.g. 7 minutes). When the break period exceeds that preset value, the process proceeds to step 305, else it goes back to step 303 where the controller 204 continues to count the next puff after the break in succession.
  • the puff counting is restarted.
  • the controller 205 ends the current puff session and resets the counter. Accordingly, the puffs taken by the user after the long break are counted in a new session. This is explained further below with reference to Fig. 4 .
  • the session mode is activated and an indication is provided to the user.
  • the controller 204 activates one or more indicators on the I/O interface 210. For instance, on reaching the 15th puff, an LED on the I/O interface 210 is lit up with soft glow as well as the e-cig 100 is vibrated to provide both visual and haptic indication to the user to remind him or her of sustained continuous vaping. If the user continues to vape after this, a further indication may be provided to the user after another threshold, say after 30 puffs, is reached.
  • the free mode is activated and no such indication is provided to the user.
  • the controller 204 activates the free mode. While in the free mode, the controller 204 continues to monitor the number of counts and a change in the positional orientation of the e-cig 100, but no activate control is done. Therefore, no indication is provided to the user while operating in the free mode, as shown by step 308. However, if during a predefined time period (e.g.
  • the session mode is activated even once, the e-cig 100 enters a safety mode to provide an indication to the user when a safe threshold is reached in that predefined time period, irrespective of the current active mode of operation. For example, if the user is currently vaping in the free mode and has reached 50 puffs in that day and had at least once vaped with active session mode during that day, the controller 204 provides an indication to the user through the I/O interface 210 on reaching the 50th puff.
  • the safe threshold may be based on the strength of the consumable item 201b as identified by the recognition sensor. For example, if the nicotine strength of the consumable item 201b is 12 mg/ml, then the safe threshold may be automatically set to 50 puffs per day and if the strength is 18 mg/ml, then the safe threshold is set to 40 puffs per day. In another embodiment, the safe threshold may be set based on a user input.
  • Fig. 4 shows a graph 400 illustrating related responses of the timing unit 205 and the puff sensor 209 in the e-cig 100.
  • the response of the timing unit 205 is plotted on the X-axis against the response of the puff sensor 209 on the Y-axis.
  • the puff sensor 209 detects a first puff 400-1 taken by the user.
  • the timing unit 205 starts a timer, i.e. at the trailing edge of the puff wave.
  • the timing unit 205 keeps monitoring the time and the timer is ON until a next puff is detected.
  • the timer is turned OFF.
  • the timer is turned ON again at the trailing edge of this puff wave.
  • the controller 204 uses this information from the timing unit 205 to monitor breaks taken by the user between the puffs. If the period of break taken between two consecutive puffs, as determined by the timer being turned ON and OFF, is within a preset time period the controller 204 keeps counting the puffs in succession in the same session. When the number of puffs in that session reaches the puff threshold, the controller 204 triggers the I/O interface 210 to provide an indication to the user. On the other hand, when the period of break exceeds the preset time period, e.g. 7 minutes, the controller 204 restarts counting the puffs in a new session. As shown in Fig. 4 , after the third puff 400-3 the user takes a long break and then takes the next puff 400-4.
  • the preset time period e.g. 7 minutes
  • the timing unit 205 counts this as fourth puff in the same session. However, if this long break is longer than 7 minutes (i.e., the timer in ON state is longer than 7 minutes), the timing unit 205 resets the counter and counts the puff 400-4 is the first puff in a new session. In one embodiment, resetting the counter is only dependent on the state of the timer and irrespective of detection of the next puff. The counter is reset to zero when the timer in "ON" state has reached 7 minutes, and when the next puff is detected, the counter is incremented by one. In this way, no unnecessary indication is provided to the user when he or she is taking long breaks in between and therefore not engaging in sustained continuous vaping at a time.
  • Fig. 5 shows a graph 500 illustrating a puff counting correction methodology employed by the controller 204.
  • the parameters of the graph 500 are same as those of the graph 400.
  • the controller 204 monitors a situation in which the user accidently holds the e-cig 100 with face down (hence operate in the free mode) when the user actually intended to continue holding the e-cig 100 with face up (hence operate in the session mode).
  • the controller 204 determines that the e-cig 100 is accidently held in the face down orientation if the user turns it back to the face up orientation within a correction threshold.
  • the controller 204 therefore continues counting the puffs in the session mode and triggers an indication when the puff count exceeds the puff threshold.
  • the correction threshold can be set based on the number of puffs, a set time period, or a combination of the two. For example, if the user takes 3 puffs within 1 minute and then turns the e-cig 100 to face up, then the controller 204 determines that to be accidental and continues counting the puffs in the session mode. However, if the user takes 3 puffs in 5 minutes before turning the e-cig 100 to face up, then the controller 204 determines that to be intentional and does not count those puffs in the session mode.
  • a first scenario consider the user holding the e-cig 100 with face up (activating the first/session mode) and taking ten puffs in one session up to the tenth puff 500-10 as shown in Fig. 5 . Then, following a 2 minutes break period, the user accidently takes the next two puffs with the e-cig 100 facing down (activating the second/free mode). The user soon realises the mistake and turns the e-cig 100 facing up (assuming the correction threshold as three puffs within one minute) and takes three further puffs.
  • the controller 204 would understand that the two puffs taken in the face down orientation were accidental, therefore would count those two puffs in the session mode and thus determine the total number of puffs taken to be 15 (puff threshold) and thus provide an indication to the user after the fifteenth puff 500-15.
  • a second scenario with other things being the same as in the first scenario, the user ends up taking five puffs with the e-cig 100 facing down (free mode) before turning the e-cig 100 face up.
  • the controller 204 would not count these five puffs in the session mode as the number of puffs exceeds the correction threshold (as explained above). Therefore, even though the total number of puffs taken by the user is fifteen, no indication is provided to the user.
  • the controller 204 may also regulate aerosol delivery to increase or decrease the substance in the aerosol and/or add flavours to the aerosol depending on the user's preference.
  • the amount of substance in the aerosol can be modified (increased or decreased) in a number of ways.
  • the amount of aerosol released from the consumable item 201b may be changed, thereby affecting the quantity of substance to be inhaled by the user.
  • a multi-tank vaping device may be used which includes two or more liquid reservoirs each containing a liquid with different concentration of substance. By switching supply to the reservoir containing a different concentration liquid, it is possible to regulate the substance intake while maintaining the same aerosol amount.
  • substance delivery can be modified by controlling the heating operation (e.g., by controlling the energy supplied to a heater) in heat-not-burn and vapour-based devices, or controlling a pressurized liquid source in vapour-based devices.
  • a computer-readable medium can include non-volatile media and volatile media.
  • Volatile media can include semiconductor memories and dynamic memories, amongst others.
  • Non-volatile media can include optical disks and magnetic disks, amongst others.
  • non-transitory computer-readable media is intended to be representative of any tangible computer-based device implemented in any method or technology for short-term and long-term storage of information, such as, computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules and submodules, or other data in any device. Therefore, the methods described herein may be encoded as executable instructions embodied in a tangible, non-transitory, computer readable medium, including, without limitation, a storage device, and/or a memory device. Such instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform at least a portion of the methods described herein.
  • non-transitory computer-readable media includes all tangible, computer-readable media, including, without limitation, non-transitory computer storage devices, including, without limitation, volatile and non-volatile media, and removable and non-removable media such as a firmware, physical and virtual storage, CD-ROMs, DVDs, and any other digital source such as a network or the Internet, as well as yet to be developed digital means, with the sole exception being a transitory, propagating signal.
  • the above-described embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented using computer programming or engineering techniques including computer software, firmware, hardware or any combination or subset thereof. Any such resulting program, having computer-readable code means, may be embodied or provided within one or more computer-readable media, thereby making a computer program product, i.e., an article of manufacture, according to the discussed embodiments of the disclosure.
  • the article of manufacture containing the computer code may be made and/or used by executing the code directly from one medium, by copying the code from one medium to another medium, or by transmitting the code over a network.
  • a method of operating an aerosol-generating device comprising: detecting puffs taken by a user; monitoring a time elapsed after each puff; counting the puffs in succession unless the time elapsed is greater than a first preset value; and restarting counting the puffs when the time elapsed is greater than the first preset value.
  • Clause 2. The method of clause 1, further comprising providing a first indication to the user when a number of puffs reaches a first count.
  • Clause 3. The method of clause 2, wherein the first indication is only provided when the puffs are counted while the device is being held in a first orientation.
  • An aerosol-generating device comprising: a body having an inlet and an outlet with an air channel defined between the inlet and the outlet; a puff detector configured to detect puffs taken by a user; a timing unit configured to determine a time elapsed after each puff; and a controller configured to: start a first counter to count the puffs in succession unless the time elapsed is greater than a first preset value; and reset the first counter when the time elapsed is greater than the first preset value.
  • the timing unit is configured to start a timer at an end of each puff and stop the timer when the puff detector detects a start of a next puff.
  • Clause 14 The device of any clauses 10 to 13, wherein the timing unit is further configured to associate each puff session with a time stamp to monitor aerosol intake of the user over time.
  • a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the steps of the method of clauses 1 to 8.

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