公开(公告)号：US20200338285A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-29

申请号：US16737935

申请日：2020-01-09

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Manabu YAMADA ,  Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Hirofumi MATSUMOTO

IPC分类号： A61M15/00 ,  A61M11/04 ,  A61M15/06 ,  A24B15/167 ,  A24F47/00 ,  A24B15/28

摘要： An inhaler device configured to consume an accumulated capacity to contribute to generation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor, a sensor configured to detect a predefined variable, an interface configured to make a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol, and a controller configured to cause the interface to function in a first mode when a detected or estimated capacity is smaller than a threshold and the variable satisfies a predefined condition for requesting the generation of the aerosol.

公开(公告)号：US20200282157A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16737941

申请日：2020-01-09

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Manabu YAMADA ,  Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Hirofumi MATSUMOTO

IPC分类号： A61M15/00 ,  A24B15/167 ,  A61M15/06 ,  A61M11/04 ,  A24B15/28 ,  A24F47/00

摘要： An inhaler device configured to consume an accumulated capacity to contribute to generation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor, a sensor configured to detect a predefined variable, an interface configured to make a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol, and a controller configured to cause the interface to function in a first mode when a detected or estimated capacity is smaller than a threshold and the variable satisfies a predefined condition for requesting the generation of the aerosol.

公开(公告)号：US20200245688A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16856260

申请日：2020-04-23

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Manabu YAMADA ,  Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Takeshi AKAO ,  Takuma NAKANO ,  Hajime FUJITA

IPC分类号： A24F40/60 ,  A24F40/90 ,  A24F40/50

摘要： An inhalation component generation device includes a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source with electric power from a power supply, a notification unit, and a control unit configured to acquire a value indicating a remaining amount of the power supply and acquire an operation request signal to the load to generate a command for operating the load. The control unit is configured to cause the notification unit to perform second notification when the value indicating the remaining amount of the power supply is less than a first threshold and equal to or more than a second threshold smaller than the first threshold. The control unit is configured to cause the notification unit to perform third notification when the value indicating the remaining amount of the power supply is less than the second threshold. The first threshold is changeable based on an algorithm. The control unit is configured to set the first threshold based on a value derived by performing a smoothing process by which a primary first threshold derived by the algorithm approaches at least one of a plurality of the first thresholds that are previously changed.

公开(公告)号：US20190380395A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16554292

申请日：2019-08-28

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Takaya TAKAHASHI ,  Manabu YAMADA

IPC分类号： A24F47/00 ,  H02H7/18 ,  H02H7/20 ,  H02H3/20

摘要： A battery unit includes a power source; a detection part for detecting an output voltage of the power source; a connection part to which a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source and a charger for charging the power source are connectable; and a control part being able to execute a power supplying mode that allows supply of electric power from the power source to the load and a charging mode that allows charging of the power source by the charger, wherein if a decreased quantity of the output voltage per predetermined period in the charging mode is equal to or less than a threshold value that has been set based on a decreased quantity of the output voltage per the predetermined period in the power supplying mode, the control part determines that there is abnormality in the charging mode.

公开(公告)号：US20190335816A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US16513747

申请日：2019-07-17

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Manabu YAMADA ,  Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Hirofumi MATSUMOTO

IPC分类号： A24F47/00 ,  A61M15/06 ,  A61M11/04

摘要： An inhalation device that makes it possible to easily manage the remaining amounts of elements required for inhalation of an aerosol or a flavored aerosol.

公开(公告)号：US20180293831A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US16008416

申请日：2018-06-14

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Takuma NAKANO ,  Manabu YAMADA ,  Taiji MIYAKAWA

IPC分类号： G07F9/02 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  G05B15/02

摘要： Provided is a sales system, comprising a sales terminal and a user terminal. The user terminal further comprises a user-side storage unit which pre-stores desired merchandise identification information, and a user-side communication unit which, when the user terminal has entered a communication area wherein communication with the sales terminal is possible, transmits via near-field communication to the sales terminal the desired merchandise identification information which has been pre-stored in the user-side storage unit. The sales terminal further comprises a sales-side storage unit which stores merchandise identification information, which identifies each of a plurality of pieces of merchandise, in association with merchandise location information which indicates the location on a display shelf of each of the plurality of pieces of merchandise, and a sales-side control unit which, on the basis of the desired merchandise identification information, extracts from the sales-side storage unit desired merchandise location information which is the merchandise location information which indicates the location on the display shelf of the desired merchandise.

公开(公告)号：US20180153214A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15886637

申请日：2018-02-01

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Takeshi AKIYAMA ,  Atsuro YAMADA ,  Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Manabu YAMADA

IPC分类号： A24F47/00 ,  A24B15/16

CPC分类号： A24F47/006 ,  A24B15/165

摘要： A manufacturing method of a burning type heat source extending along a first direction from an ignition end toward a non-ignition end. The burning type heat source (50) has a single longitudinal hollow (51) extending along the first direction (D1). The longitudinal hollow (51) includes: a first hollow (51A) having a first cross section area; and a second hollow (51B) having a second cross section area smaller than the first cross section area. The first cross section area of the first hollow (51A) is 1.77 mm2 or more.

公开(公告)号：US20180027873A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15715423

申请日：2017-09-26

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Takuma NAKANO ,  Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Manabu YAMADA

IPC分类号： A24F47/00

CPC分类号： A24F47/006 ,  A24F47/00

摘要： A production method for an inside holding member comprises: forming a first side wall of the inside holding member that is used for a flavor inhaler and that retains a combustion heat source and a flavor source, into a cylindrical shape to surround at least a part of the combustion heat source and at least a part of the flavor source; and forming a hook section capable of locking the combustion heat source, and an introduction port adjacent to the hook section, by protruding a part of the first side wall from the first side wall.

公开(公告)号：US20180014570A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15715430

申请日：2017-09-26

申请人： JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

发明人： Takuma NAKANO ,  Manabu TAKEUCHI ,  Manabu YAMADA

IPC分类号： A24F47/00

CPC分类号： A24F47/006 ,  A24F47/00 ,  A24F47/004

摘要： A flavor inhaler comprises: a cylindrical holding member; a combustion heat source provided at an ignition end; a flavor source; an inside holding member that retains at least the flavor source; and an introduction port that introduces air to the flavor source. The inside holding member has a first side wall to surround at least a part of the flavor source. The cylindrical holding member has a second side wall to surround the first side wall. The second side wall has a through-hole that is fluidly coupled to external air. There are provided a first flow path and the second side wall, the first flow path connecting the through-hole and the introduction port each other and passing between the first side wall and the second side wall, the second flow path connecting the flavor source and a suction port to suck flavor generated at the flavor source. A flow-path forming member is formed such that a length of a flavor source outer perimeter segment that is a section corresponding an outer perimeter of the flavor source, in the first flow path, is longer than a shortest length connecting the introduction port and a location where fluid flows into the flavor source outer perimeter segment.

公开(公告)号：US20210360970A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US17398453

申请日：2021-08-10

申请人： Japan Tobacco Inc.

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

IPC分类号： A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/53

摘要： 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.