WO2024049261A1 - Dispositif de génération d'aérosol et son procédé de fonctionnement - Google Patents

Dispositif de génération d'aérosol et son procédé de fonctionnement Download PDF

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WO2024049261A1
WO2024049261A1 PCT/KR2023/013042 KR2023013042W WO2024049261A1 WO 2024049261 A1 WO2024049261 A1 WO 2024049261A1 KR 2023013042 W KR2023013042 W KR 2023013042W WO 2024049261 A1 WO2024049261 A1 WO 2024049261A1
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박인수
권찬민
김태균
이미정
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    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B6/00—Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
    • H05B6/64—Heating using microwaves

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  • Embodiments relate to an aerosol generating device and method of operating the same that can generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating article by dielectric heating.
  • Aerosol generating devices that generate aerosols by heating aerosol-generating materials using resistance heating or induction heating have been common, but recently, even dielectric heating-type aerosol generating devices have been proposed that heat aerosol-generating materials using microwaves.
  • An aerosol generating device using a dielectric heating type refers to a device that generates heat in a dielectric contained in an aerosol-generating material by resonance of microwaves and can heat the aerosol-generating material through the heat generated from the dielectric.
  • the power profile to maintain optimal atomization performance may be different. If a dielectric heating type aerosol generating device includes a separate sensor to identify the type of aerosol generating article, manufacturing costs may increase and difficulties may arise in product miniaturization.
  • an induction heating type aerosol generating device capable of independently identifying an aerosol generating article can be provided without adding a separate insertion detection sensor.
  • An aerosol generating device includes an oscillator that generates microwaves, a receiving space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article, a resonator that resonates the microwaves to heat the aerosol-generating article, and a resonator that heats the aerosol-generating article by resonating the microwaves. It includes a power monitoring unit that measures reflected microwaves that are reflected and input to the oscillator, and a processor that determines the type of the aerosol-generating article based on the reflected microwaves measured by the power monitoring unit.
  • the method of operating an aerosol generating device including an oscillator for generating microwaves and a resonator for heating the aerosol-generating article by resonating the microwaves and including an accommodating space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article includes the aerosol-generating article. identifying whether the aerosol-generating article has been inserted into the receiving space; generating incident microwaves output from the oscillator and input to the resonator when insertion of the aerosol-generating article is detected; and reflecting from the resonator to the oscillator. It includes measuring input reflected microwaves, and determining the type of the aerosol-generating article based on the measured reflected microwaves.
  • the aerosol generating device can identify an inserted aerosol generating article by itself, without adding a separate insertion detection sensor, by using reflected microwaves reflected from the resonator to the oscillator.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an aerosol generating device according to one embodiment.
  • Figure 2 is an internal block diagram of an aerosol generating device according to one embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is an internal block diagram of the dielectric heating unit of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a heater assembly according to one embodiment.
  • Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the heater assembly of Figure 4.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view schematically showing a heater assembly according to another embodiment.
  • Figure 7 is a block diagram of an aerosol generating device according to one embodiment.
  • FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams for explaining a look-up table including power profiles corresponding to each of a plurality of aerosol-generating articles.
  • Figure 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation method of the dielectric heating type aerosol generating device.
  • the processor 101 may adjust the magnitude of the microwave power output from the oscillator 210 based on the operating mode of the aerosol generating device 100.
  • the aerosol generating device 100 may operate in standby mode and heating mode.
  • the standby mode refers to a state in which the aerosol generating device 100 is turned on, but the heater assembly 200 (or dielectric heating unit) does not perform a heating operation.
  • the heating mode is a stage in which the heater assembly 200 performs a heating operation and can be divided into a preheating section and a smoking section.
  • the oscillator 210 may supply microwave power with a first power in a standby mode (e.g., S10, S20, and S30), and may supply microwave power with a second power greater than the first power in a heating mode (e.g., S40). there is.
  • a standby mode e.g., S10, S20, and S30
  • a heating mode e.g., S40
  • the processor 101 uses the insertion detection sensor of the sensor unit (104 in FIG. 2) in standby mode to identify whether the aerosol-generating article 10 has been inserted into the receiving space (220h in FIG. 4). (S10).
  • the insertion detection sensor may include at least one of a film sensor, a pressure sensor, an optical sensor, a resistive sensor, a capacitive sensor, an inductive sensor, and an infrared sensor.
  • the processor 101 may output the incident microwave W1 using the oscillator 210 (S20).
  • the aerosol generating device 100 may include a memory (106 in FIG. 2) that stores the relationship between the size of the reflected microwave W2 and the power profiles in the form of a lookup table.
  • Each of the plurality of aerosol-generating articles 10 may have a fixed dielectric permittivity depending on the composition of the tobacco rod 11. Accordingly, each of the plurality of aerosol-generating articles 10 may have a different magnitude of reflected microwave W2 in response to the same magnitude of incident microwave W1.
  • the processor 101 may adjust the magnitude of the microwave power output from the oscillator 210 based on the power profile corresponding to the type of aerosol-generating article 10 determined in the standby mode (S40) ).
  • the aerosol generating device 100 may include a memory (106 in FIG. 2) that stores the relationship between the plurality of aerosol generating articles 10 and power profiles in the form of a lookup table.
  • the first heating profile corresponding to the first aerosol-generating article includes target temperature information (or target power information) according to the preheating section (PR1) and the smoking section (PR2)
  • the oscillator 210 may supply microwave power at the 2-11th power in the preheating section (PR1), and may supply microwave power at the 2-21st power that is smaller than the 2-11th power in the smoking section (PR2).
  • the processor 101 may gradually increase the level of microwave power in the smoking section PR2.
  • the second heating profile corresponding to the second aerosol-generating article includes target temperature information (or target power information) according to the preheating section (PR1) and the smoking section (PR2), and the oscillator 210 includes the preheating section ( Microwave power may be supplied at the 2-12th power in PR1), and microwave power may be supplied at the 2-22nd power that is smaller than the 2-12th power in the smoking section (PR2).
  • the processor 101 may gradually increase the level of microwave power in the smoking section PR2.
  • the third heating profile corresponding to the third aerosol-generating article includes target temperature information (or target power information) according to the preheating section (PR1) and the smoking section (PR2), and the oscillator 210 includes the preheating section ( Microwave power may be supplied at the 2-13th power in PR1), and microwave power may be supplied at the 2-23rd power that is smaller than the 2-13th power in the smoking section (PR2).
  • the processor 101 may gradually increase the level of microwave power in the smoking section PR2.
  • the size of the 2-13th power, the size of the 2-12th power, and the 2-13th power can be set to be large in the order of the size of the 11th power, followed by the size of the 2-23rd power, the size of the 2-22nd power, and the size of the 2-21st power.
  • the processor 101 may determine whether to reuse the aerosol-generating article 10 based on the reflected microwaves W2 measured in standby mode.
  • the processor 101 may stop the generation of microwaves in the oscillator 210 when the reflected microwave W2 measured in standby mode is greater than or equal to a preset threshold. That is, the reused aerosol-generating article 10 may have a dielectric constant significantly lower than that of the unused aerosol-generating article 10 because the aerosol-generating materials contained in the cigarette rod 11 have been exhausted. Accordingly, the reflected microwaves (W2) of a reused aerosol-generating article 10 may be greater than the reflected microwaves (W2) of an unused aerosol-generating article 10.
  • the preset threshold may be calculated experimentally and statistically and stored in advance in the memory 106.
  • configuration A described in a particular embodiment and/or drawing may be combined with configuration B described in other embodiments and/or drawings.
  • configuration A described in a particular embodiment and/or drawing may be combined with configuration B described in other embodiments and/or drawings.

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Un dispositif de génération d'aérosol, selon un mode de réalisation de la présente demande, comprend : une unité d'oscillation qui génère des micro-ondes ; une unité de résonance qui comprend un espace de réception pour recevoir un article de génération d'aérosol, et chauffe l'article de génération d'aérosol par résonance des micro-ondes ; une unité de surveillance de puissance qui mesure les micro-ondes réfléchies réfléchies par l'unité de résonance et entrées dans l'unité d'oscillation ; et un processeur qui détermine le type d'article de génération d'aérosol sur la base des micro-ondes réfléchies mesurées par l'unité de surveillance de puissance.
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