Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/20—Devices using solid inhalable precursors
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
  • A24F40/46—Shape or structure of electric heating means
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/50—Control or monitoring
  • A24F40/51—Arrangement of sensors
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/50—Control or monitoring
  • A24F40/53—Monitoring, e.g. fault detection
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/60—Devices with integrated user interfaces
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
  • A24F40/65—Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means

Definitions

• PTL 1 describes an inhaler device including an operation unit operated by a user and a biological-information detector that detects biological information of the user.
• the biological-information detector is disposed on or near the operation unit.
• An object of the present disclosure is to provide a cover or the like on which external information can be checked.
• the cover may further include a plurality of connectors connectable to the body.
• the sensor may be closer to an opening of the holder than the plurality of connectors in a centerline direction of a column-shaped holder formed in the body to accommodate a portion of the substrate.
• the cover may include a plurality of sensors.
• the cover may further include a memory that stores whether or not a notification is required in case of failure for each of the sensors.
• the output unit may output a notification to the external device if the memory stores information that a notification is required in case of failure of the one of the plurality of sensors, and outputs no notification to the external device if the memory stores information that no notification is required in case of failure of the one of the plurality of sensors.
• the present disclosure provides a cover or the like on which external information can be checked.
• the body 100 includes a substantially rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped housing 101 accommodating the heater 170 and other components.
• the cover 10 covers one face of the housing 101.
• a face to which the cover 10 is attached is hereinafter referred to as a front face 102, a side face on the left side when viewed from the front face 102 as a left side face 103, a side surface on the right side as a right side face 104, a face on the top as a top face 105, and a face on the bottom as a bottom face 106.
• the body 100 includes a power supply 110, a sensor unit 120, a notifier 130, a memory 140, a communicator 150, a controller 160, a heater 170, a heat insulator 180, and a holder 190.
• the power supply 110, the sensor unit 120, the notifier 130, the memory 140, the communicator 150, the controller 160, the heater 170, and the heat insulator 180 are accommodated in the housing 101.
• the body 100 also includes a shutter 194 (see Fig. 1 ) disposed on the top face 105 and slidable along the top face 105.
• the power supply 110 includes a battery 111 that stores electric power and a power feeder 112 that supplies electric power.
• the battery 111 may be, for example, a rechargeable battery, such as a lithium ion secondary battery.
• the battery 111 may be charged by connection to an external power supply with a cable or the like connected to a universal serial bus (USB) terminal 113.
• USB universal serial bus
• the battery 111 may be charged by wireless power transmission technology without connection to a power transmission device.
• the battery 111 may be independently removable from the body 100 or be replaceable with a new battery 111.
• the power feeder 112 supplies electric power to the cover 10 by, for example, contactless power transmission.
• An example of contactless power transmission is power transmission by near-field communication. This enables supply of electric power to the cover 10 by a simple configuration.
• the sensor unit 120 detects various information related to the body 100.
• the sensor unit 120 outputs the detected information to the controller 160.
• the sensor unit 120 includes a pressure sensor such as a condenser microphone, a flow sensor, or a temperature sensor.
• the sensor unit 120 detects a value associated with user's inhalation, the sensor unit 120 outputs information indicating that the user has performed inhalation to the controller 160.
• the sensor unit 120 includes an input device, such as a button or a switch, that receives information input by the user.
• the sensor unit 120 may include a button for issuing a command to start/stop the aerosol generation.
• the sensor unit 120 outputs the information input by the user to the controller 160.
• the notifier 130 presents information to the user.
• the notifier 130 includes a light-emitting device, such as a light emitting diode (LED).
• the notifier 130 emits light in different light emission patterns for different situations, such as when the battery 111 of the power supply 110 needs charging, when the battery 111 is being charged, and when an abnormality has occurred in the body 100.
• the term light emission pattern as used herein conceptually includes, for example, color and light-on/light-off timing.
• the notifier 130 may include, in addition to or instead of the light-emitting device, a display device that displays an image, a sound output device that outputs sound, a vibration device that vibrates, and the like.
• the front face 102 of the housing 101 has a display window 108 that transmits light emitted from the light-emitting device, such as the LED, as an example of the notifier 130.
• the light-emitting device is disposed behind the display window 108.
• Examples of processes controlled by the controller 160 include supplying power from the power supply 110 to other structural elements; charging the power supply 110; detection by the sensor unit 120; notification of information by the notifier 130; storing and reading of information by the memory 140; and transmission and reception of information by the communicator 150.
• the controller 160 also controls other processes performed by the generation device 1, such as inputting information to the structural elements and processes based on information output from the structural elements.
• the heater 170 heats the aerosol source to atomize the aerosol source and generate an aerosol.
• the heater 170 may be made of any material, such as metal or polyimide.
• the heater 170 is film-shaped and disposed to cover the outer circumference of the holder 190.
• the heater 170 produces heat, the aerosol source contained in the substrate 500 is heated from the outer circumference of the substrate 500 and atomized to generate the aerosol.
• the heater 170 produces heat to heat the substrate 500 in response to the supply of electric power from the power supply 110.
• the user's inhalation is enabled when the temperature of the substrate 500 heated by the heater 170 reaches a predetermined temperature. After that, the supply of electric power may be stopped when the sensor unit 120 detects a predetermined user input.
• the holder 190 has a column-shaped internal space 191 provided in the housing 101 and an opening 192 formed in the top face 105 of the housing 101 to provide communication between the internal space 191 and the outside.
• the internal space 191 is defined by a tubular body with a bottom 193 serving as a bottom face.
• the holder 190 is formed so that at least a portion of the tubular body in the height direction has an inside diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the substrate 500. This allows the holder 190 to hold the substrate 500 inserted into the internal space 191 through the opening 192 by pressing against the outer circumference of the substrate 500.
• the holder 190 also defines a flow path for air passing through the substrate 500.
• the shutter 194 has a magnet on a back surface thereof.
• a magnetic sensor (not illustrated) included in the sensor unit 120 is attached to the top face 105 of the housing 101 within a range of movement of the shutter 194.
• the magnetic sensor is a Hall IC including a Hall element, an operational amplifier and the like, and outputs a voltage corresponding to the intensity of the magnetic field that passes the Hall element.
• the controller 160 detects opening and closing of the shutter 194 based on a change in the voltage output from the magnetic sensor when the shutter 194 is slid.
• the substrate portion 501 contains the aerosol source.
• the aerosol source is atomized by heating to generate an aerosol.
• the aerosol source may be, for example, a tobacco-derived material, such as a processed material obtained by forming shredded tobacco or a tobacco raw material into granular, sheet, or powder form.
• the aerosol source may include a non-tobacco-derived material made from a plant other than tobacco (e.g., mint or herb).
• the aerosol source may contain a flavor component such as menthol.
• the generation device 1 is a medical inhaler, the aerosol source may include a medicine for inhalation by a patient.
• the aerosol source is not necessarily a solid.
• the body 100 includes two magnets, an upper magnet 195 and a lower magnet 196, that are exposed on the front face 102 of the housing 101 and used to connect the body 100 to the cover 10.
• the upper magnet 195 and the lower magnet 196 have a cylindrical shape that is circular when viewed from the front.
• the upper magnet 195 and the lower magnet 196 are arranged so that the centers of the circles are aligned in a centerline direction of the substrate 500 held by the holder 190 (hereinafter sometimes referred to simply as a "centerline direction").
• the upper magnet 195 is disposed in an upper section of the body 100, and the lower magnet 196 in a lower section of the body 100.
• the battery 21 may be, for example, a rechargeable battery, such as a film-shaped lithium ion secondary battery.
• the battery 21 is charged with electric power supplied to the cover 10 from the power feeder 112 of the power supply 110 included in the body 100.
• the power feeder 22 supplies electric power of the battery 21 to the structural elements of the cover 10.
• the power feeder 22 also supplies electric power received by the power receiver 23 to the structural elements of the cover 10.
• the structural elements of the cover 10 including the sensor unit 30 can be operated by the electric power supplied to the cover 10 from the body 100.
• the sensor unit 30 includes a touch sensor 35 that detects when the cover 10 is being touched by the user. Since the user touches the touch sensor 35 to enable inhalation, in the example illustrated in Fig. 1 and other figures, the touch sensor 35 is disposed in the central region of the generation device 1 in the centerline direction. However, the position of the touch sensor 35 is not limited to the position illustrated in Fig. 1 and other figures.
• the term "external sensor 31" may be hereinafter used to refer to a sensor that detects external information other than the information related to the state of the body 100 and external information other than the information related to the state of the cover 10, that is, external information other than the information related to the state of the generation device 1.
• the external sensor 31 is a generic term that collectively refers to the sensors for detecting information of the external environment around the generation device 1, such as the temperature sensor, the humidity sensor, and the atmospheric pressure sensor, the vital sensor for detecting the biological information of the user, the distance sensor, and the color sensor.
• the external information includes the biological information, such as body temperature, heart rate, pulse rate, blood oxygen saturation level, blood flow rate, COHb, and alcohol concentration, and the information of the external environment, such as temperature and humidity.
• the memory 40 stores various information for the operation of the cover 10.
• the memory 40 includes, for example, a non-volatile storage medium, such as a flash memory.
• An example of the information stored in the memory 40 is information related to the operating system (OS) of the cover 10, such as control details of the structural elements controlled by the controller 60.
• the memory 40 also stores information acquired from the sensor unit 30.
• the memory 40 also stores a predetermined temperature range and a predetermined humidity range described below.
• the communicator 50 is a communication interface for transmission and reception of information between the cover 10 and an external device other than the cover 10.
• the communicator 50 performs communication in conformity with any wired or wireless communication standard.
• the communication standard may be, for example, wireless local area network (LAN), wired LAN, Wi-Fi (registered trademark), or Bluetooth (registered trademark).
• the controller 60 functions as an arithmetic processing unit and a control unit, and controls the overall internal operation of the cover 10 in accordance with various programs.
• the controller 60 is implemented by, for example, an electronic circuit, such as a CPU or a microprocessor.
• the controller 60 may also include a ROM that stores programs, arithmetic parameters, and the like to be used and a RAM for temporarily storing parameters and the like that change as appropriate.
• the cover 10 executes various processes under the control of the controller 60. Examples of processes controlled by the controller 60 include supplying power from the power supply 20 to other structural elements; charging the power supply 20; detection by the sensor unit 30; storing and reading of information by the memory 40; and transmission and reception of information by the communicator 50.
• the controller 60 also controls other processes performed by the cover 10, such as inputting information to the structural elements and processes based on information output from the structural elements.
• the controller 60 also transmits and receives data to and from the controller 160 of the body 100 through the communicator 50.
• the controller 60 transmits, for example, the detections values obtained by the sensor unit 30 to the controller 160 of the body 100.
• the controller 60 receives, for example, notification that heating of the heater 170 has been started or stopped from the controller 160 of the body 100.
• the upper magnet 71 and the lower magnet 72 of the cover 10 are N poles
• the upper magnet 195 and the lower magnet 196 of the body 100 are S poles.
• the cover 10 is attached to the body 100 by the attraction force between the magnets.
• Either the magnets on the cover 10 (upper magnet 71 and lower magnet 72) or the magnets on the body 100 (upper magnet 195 and lower magnet 196) may be pieces of iron or another magnetic metal.
• the cover body 11 has the display window 74 formed between the upper magnet 71 and the lower magnet 72 and above the touch sensor 35.
• the display window 74 is disposed at a position corresponding to the position of the display window 108 provided on the body 100.
• the cover body 11 is made of a material that transmits light.
• the cover 10 transmits the light emitted by the light emitting element provided in the body 100 to the front face 12 of the cover body 11.
• the cover 10 includes the magnet 75 on the left side of the line connecting the upper magnet 71 and the lower magnet 72 in Fig. 4 .
• the magnet 75 is provided at a position corresponding to the position of the magnetic sensor 122 on the body 100. The attachment of the cover 10 to the body 100 is detected by the magnetic sensor 122 on the body 100.
• the external sensor 31 included in the sensor unit 30 is preferably provided at one of the ends of the cover 10 in the centerline direction, in other words, in a first region R1 above the upper magnet 71 or a second region R2 below the lower magnet 72 in Fig. 4 .
• the external sensor 31 When, for example, the external sensor 31 is an optical sensor, the external sensor 31 includes a light-emitting element for emitting light toward a finger or the like placed in front of the front face 12 of the cover body 11 and a light-receiving element for receiving the light emitted by the light-emitting element and returning from the finger or the like. Therefore, the detection cannot be accurately performed if dirt adheres to a portion that transmits light.
• the external sensor 31 is disposed in a region that is unlikely to be touched by the user, so that dirt does not easily adhere to the front face 12 of the cover 10. Accordingly, the detection can be accurately performed.
• the external sensor 31 since the external sensor 31 is disposed in the first region R1, the external sensor 31 does not easily receive the load applied by the user.
• the external sensor 31 may also be disposed in the second region R2 below the lower magnet 72. This is because, even when the generation device 1 is held in the right or left hand for inhalation using the generation device 1, the second region R2 is where the little finger is placed and does not easily receive the load applied by the user.
• the external sensor 31 is a sensor other than an optical sensor (e.g., a temperature sensor or a humidity sensor)
• the external sensor 31 may be disposed in the first region R1 or the second region R2, so that the external sensor 31 does not easily receive the load applied by the user and therefore does not easily break.
• the controller 60 includes an output unit 61 (see Fig. 6 ) that outputs the information detected by the external sensor 31 of the sensor unit 30 to the external device through the communicator 50.
• the output unit 61 outputs, for example, the temperature and the humidity detected by the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor, which are examples of the external sensor 31, to the portable terminal 600. Accordingly, the user can check the information related to the ambient air on the portable terminal 600.
• Fig. 9 illustrates an example of information stored in the memory 40.
• Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate examples of information output to the portable terminal 600 by the output unit 61.
• the output unit 61 Based on the temperature or the humidity detected by the temperature sensor or the humidity sensor, the output unit 61 outputs a notification that the temperature or the humidity is suitable for storage of the substrate 500 to the portable terminal 600.
• the memory 40 stores, as a humidity range suitable for storage of the substrate 500, a humidity range determined in advance (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "predetermined humidity range").
• a predetermined humidity range a humidity range determined in advance
• the output unit 61 outputs the humidity detected by the humidity sensor to the portable terminal 600 together with a notification that the humidity is suitable for storage.
• the display 601 of the portable terminal 600 displays a notification that the humidity is suitable for storage.
• the predetermined humidity range may be, for example, 66% to 74%, preferably 68% to 72%.
• FIG 11 illustrates the display 601 of the portable terminal 600 displaying the body temperature and heart rate when the sensor unit 30 includes a vital sensor that detects the user's body temperature and heart rate and when the output unit 61 outputs the body temperature and heart rate detected by the vital sensor to the portable terminal 600.
• This display allows the user to check the information related to their own body on the portable terminal 600.
• the controller 160 does not start to heat the heater 170 (S1205) when the heating command is not issued (NO in S1201), when the cover 10 is not attached (NO in S1202), or when the value detected by the vital sensor is not within the predetermined allowable range (NO in S1203).
• Fig. 13 is a flowchart of an example of the on-off control process performed by the controller 60.
• the controller 60 is activated when, for example, the touch sensor 35 detects that the cover 10 is touched by the user, and repeats the process illustrated in Fig. 13 every preset time interval (e.g., 1 millisecond).
• the controller 60 turns off the switch of the touch sensor 35 (S1305).
• the touch sensor 35 stops outputting the on signal. Accordingly, the controller 60 turns off the external sensor 31 (S1306).
• the controller 60 determines whether or not the heating of the heater 170 of the body 100 is stopped (S1307). When the heating is not stopped (NO in S1307), the controller 60 waits until the heating is stopped.
• the controller 60 turns on the switch of the touch sensor 35 (S1308). After that, the controller 60 determines whether or not the user's touch on the cover 10 is detected by the touch sensor 35 (S1309). When the user's touch is detected by the touch sensor 35 (YES in S1309), the controller 60 performs the process of S1302 and the following steps. When the user's touch is not detected by the touch sensor 35 (NO in S1309), the controller 60 transmits a notification that the controller 60 is to be powered off to the controller 160 of the body 100 (S1310), and is powered off (S1311).
• the controller 60 When the heating is not started (NO in S1304), the controller 60 performs the process of S1309 and the following steps.
• Fig. 14 is an example of information output to the portable terminal 600 by the output unit 61.
• the output unit 61 of the controller 60 When the external sensor 31 included in the sensor unit 30 fails, the output unit 61 of the controller 60 outputs a notification that the external sensor 31 has failed to the portable terminal 600. For example, when the humidity sensor fails, the output unit 61 outputs a notification that the humidity sensor has failed to the portable terminal 600. Accordingly, as illustrated in Fig. 14 , the display 601 of the portable terminal 600 displays a notification that the humidity sensor has failed.
• the external sensor 31 fails due to, for example, disconnection or short-circuiting.
• the controller 60 determines that the external sensor 31 has failed when no output value can be received from the external sensor 31.
• the output unit 61 may output a notification to the portable terminal 600 depending on the type of the external sensor 31. For example, the output unit 61 may output a notification to the portable terminal 600 when the vital sensor, the temperature sensor, or the humidity sensor fails, but may output no notification to the portable terminal 600 when the atmospheric pressure sensor, the distance sensor, or the color sensor fails.
• the reason why a notification is output to the portable terminal 600 when the vital sensor fails is because the heating of the heater 170 is not allowed unless the detection value of the vital sensor is within the predetermined allowable range, and the user may not be able to inhale the aerosol when the vital sensor fails.
• the reason why a notification is output to the portable terminal 600 when the temperature sensor or the humidity sensor fails is because the user cannot be notified that the temperature and the humidity are within the predetermined temperature range and the predetermined humidity range, respectively.
• the types of the external sensor 31 for which a notification is output to the portable terminal 600 in case of failure and the types of the external sensor 31 for which no notification is output to the portable terminal 600 in case of failure are not particularly limited, and may be set as appropriate.
• Fig. 15 illustrates examples of sensors and whether or not a notification is required to be output to the portable terminal 600 for each sensor.
• the memory 40 stores whether or not a notification is to be output to the portable terminal 600 in case of failure of the external sensor 31 for each type of the external sensor 31 included in the sensor unit 30.
• the memory 40 stores information that a notification is required to be output to the portable terminal 600 when the vital sensors, the temperature sensor, or the humidity sensor fails but is not required to be output to the portable terminal 600 when the atmospheric pressure sensor, the distance sensor, or the color sensor fails.
• the output unit 61 may output a notification to the portable terminal 600 if the memory 40 stores information that a notification is required in case of failure of that sensor, and may output no notification to the portable terminal 600 if the memory 40 stores information that no notification is required in case of failure of that sensor
• the output unit 61 outputs a notification that the vital sensor has failed to the portable terminal 600.
• the output unit 61 does not output a notification that the atmospheric pressure sensor has failed to the portable terminal 600.
• the cover 10 is attachable to the body 100 including the heater 170 that heats the substrate 500 containing the aerosol source.
• the cover 10 includes the external sensor 31, the communicator 50, and the output unit 61.
• the external sensor 31 is an example of a sensor that detects external information other than the internal information related to the state of the body 100 (e.g., the temperature of the heater 170) and the internal information related to the state of the cover 10.
• the communicator 50 performs communication.
• the output unit 61 outputs the external information detected by the external sensor 31 to an external device other than the cover 10 (for example, portable terminal 600) through the communicator 50.
• the user can check their biological information, such as body temperature, heart rate, pulse rate, blood oxygen saturation level, blood flow rate, COHb, and alcohol concentration, and information of the external environment, such as temperature and humidity, on the portable terminal 600, for example. Therefore, the user's convenience can be improved.
• biological information such as body temperature, heart rate, pulse rate, blood oxygen saturation level, blood flow rate, COHb, and alcohol concentration
• information of the external environment such as temperature and humidity
• the external sensor 31 may be provided at one of the ends in the centerline direction of the column-shaped holder 190 formed in the body 100 to accommodate a portion of the substrate 500. Accordingly, the external sensor 31 does not easily receive the load applied by the user, so that the external sensor 31 does not easily break.
• the structural elements (e.g., external sensor 31) mountable in the cover 10 are limited if only contactless power transmission is used.
• the flexibility of the structural elements mountable in the cover 10 can be increased.
• the cover 10 may have no battery 21 and be operated only by the electric power supplied from the body 100 through contactless power transmission when the cover 10 is attached to the body 100 or when the cover 10 is near the body 100.
• each type of cover 10 may include different types of sensors.
• one cover 10 may include only the temperature sensor, the humidity sensor, and the atmospheric pressure sensor while another cover 10 includes only the vital sensors.
• the user can replace the cover 10 to change the functions provided by the generation device 1.
• the cover 10 can be replaced to change the appearance of the generation device 1.
• the user can customize the appearance and function of the generation device 1 based on, for example, their preference. As a result, the product value of the generation device 1 can be increased.
• the cover 10 When the cover 10 is removably attachable to the body 100, for example, in case of failure of the body 100, only the body 100 may be replaced and the cover 10 may be continuously used. Since the cover 10 includes the memory 40, when only the body 100 is replaced, the information stored in the memory 140 of the body 100 can be transferred to the memory 40 of the cover 10.
• the information stored in the memory 140 of the body 100 may be, for example, the programs of the heat control process described with reference to Fig. 12 and the control sequence specifying the temporal change in the target temperature of the heater 170 during heating of the heater 170.
• the information may be transferred by contactless power transmission, such as near-field communication, or by forming a USB terminal on the cover 10 and connecting a cable to this USB terminal and the USB terminal 113 of the body 100.
• the cover 10 is not limited to this.
• a projection that projects from the rear face 13 toward the body 100 may be provided at a position corresponding to the operation button 121 of the body 100 and between the upper magnet 71 and the lower magnet 72, and the projection may be capable of pressing the operation button 121 when the cover 10 is elastically deformed.
• Whether or not the heating command is issued may be determined based on whether the operation button 121 is operated in a predetermined manner (e.g., continuously pressed for 3 seconds).
• the touch sensor 35 may be provided on the cover 10 to detect when the cover 10 is touched by the user, and the switch of the external sensor 31 may be turned on when the cover 10 is touched by the user.

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