Japan Tobacco Inc.

Japan Tabacco Inc.

Manabu Takeuchi

Manabu Yamada

Takuma Nakano

Akihiko Suzuki

Hirofumi Matsumoto

Hajime Fujita

Masafumi Tarora

Takaya Takahashi

Kazuhiko Katayama

Kimitaka Uchii

Norio Kawata

Takeshi Akiyama

Takeshi Akao

Yasunobu Inoue

Takeshi Shinkawa

Yoshinori Fujisawa

Atsuro Yamada

Kensuke Uchiyama

Hiromi Uematsu

Tateki Sumii

Takashi Hasegawa

Takashi Ogawa

Michihiro Inagaki

Morio Yajima

Kazuo Yoshimoto

Shinya Osuga

Hiroshi Sasaki

Takashi Oda

Tomoichi Watanabe

Sadayoshi Matsuura

Makoto Sendo

Yasuhiro Shinozaki

Hajime Ohinata

Akihiro Koide

Takeshi Bandai

Toshio Yanagi

Kota Takeda

Akihiro Inoue

Takeshi Kobayashi

Masayuki Susa

Takuo Shiga

Ryutaro Tsuruizumi

Masao Kobari

Michinori Yokoi

Taiji Miyakawa

Masashi Furukoshi

Atsushi Mikita

A heater assembly comprises a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.

Heater assembly and container

An external unit for an inhalation component generation device includes a connection part that is electrically connectable to a power supply of the inhalation component generation device, a sensor that is capable of outputting an output value related to an electrical resistance value of a resistor provided in the power supply, and a first control part that is configured to determine, based on the output value, whether to change a predetermined control with respect to the power supply connected to the connection part or whether to perform the predetermined control.

External unit for inhalation component generation device, inhalation component generation system, method for controlling external unit for inhalation component generation device, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A non-combustion-type flavor inhaler includes: an atomization assembly including an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without combustion; and a power supply assembly including a power supply for supplying power to the atomizer. The power supply assembly includes: paired electrodes for electrical connection with the atomizer; and a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected with the power supply. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is electrically connectable to a charger for charging the power supply. The non-combustion-type flavor inhaler is provided with a control circuit configured to detect a predetermined current in an opposite direction to a direction of a current flowing through the first electrode or the second electrode when the charger charges the power supply.

Power supply assembly, non-combustion-type flavor inhaler, and non-combustion-type flavor inhalation system

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.

Inhaler device, and method and program for operating the same

An inhalation device that makes it possible to reduce the possibility of a user neglecting to replenish the remaining amounts of elements required for inhalation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor.

Provided is a battery unit including: a power supply; a detector configured to detect an output voltage of the power supply; a connecting configured to be connectable with a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source; and a controller capable of executing a power supply mode in which electric power is supplied to the load from the power supply. The controller executes a specific control different from the supply of electric power to the load based on am amount of change in the output voltage per a predetermined time period in the power supply mode.

Battery unit, flavor inhaler, method of controlling battery unit, and program

A heater assembly includes a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.

A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.

Non-combustion type flavor inhaler and aerosol delivery method

A battery unit includes a power supply; a connection configured to be connectable with a load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source and a charger for charging the power supply; and a controller that performs a specific process at least selectively executable to at least temporarily disable the supply of electric power to the load from the power supply, if erroneously determining the load connected to the connection as the charger is identified.

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.

Battery unit, flavor inhaler, method for controlling battery unit, and program

An inhaler device including an atomizer configured to consume a first accumulated capacity and a second accumulated capacity to generate aerosol, and a light emitting diode (LED) configured to output a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol. The inhaler device further including circuitry configured to cause the LED to function in a first mode when the first accumulated capacity, detected or estimated, is smaller than a first threshold and the second accumulated capacity, detected or estimated, is equal to or larger than a second threshold, and cause the LED to function in a second mode different from the first mode when the first accumulated capacity is smaller than the first threshold and the second accumulated capacity is smaller than the second threshold.

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Tokyo, Japan

Manabu Takeuchi