Philip Morris Products S.a.

Christiane Gimkiewicz

Edoardo Franzi

Ross Stanley

David Hasler

Rolf Eckert

An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, including: a housing defining a cavity configured to at least partially receive the smoking article; and an image sensor configured to detect indicia on the smoking article, the image sensor being disposed on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, an image detector, and a plurality of microlenses held in a support structure, the plurality of microlenses being configured to provide a mosaic of inverted images on the image detector. A smoking system is also provided.

Electrically operated smoking device including a compact system for identifying smoking articles in the device

An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, the device including: a housing defining a cavity to at least partially receive the smoking article; and a sensing system to detect indicia on the smoking article, the sensing system being positioned on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, a mirror, an imaging lens, and an image detector, the mirror being positioned on an internal surface of the cavity adjacent to the light source and the imaging lens.

Electrically operated smoking device including a system for identifying smoking articles in the device

There is provided an electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article, the device including a housing defining a cavity configured to at least partially receive the smoking article; and a sensing system configured to detect indicia on the smoking article, the sensing system being disposed on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, an image detector, and a plurality of microlenses disposed on the image detector.

There is provided an electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article, including a housing defining a cavity configured to at least partially receive a smoking article; and a sensing system configured to detect indicia on the smoking article, the sensing system being disposed on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, a mirror, an imaging lens, and an image detector, the mirror being disposed on an internal surface of the cavity adjacent to the light source and the imaging lens.

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Munich, Georgia

Christiane Gimkiewicz