Philip Morris Products S.a.

Sentec Ag

Rolf Eckert

Ross Stanley

Edoardo Franzi

David Hasler

Christiane Gimkiewicz

Peter Matthias Schumacher

Dominik Rudmann

Joseph Lang

Maurizio Tormen

Branislav Timotijevic

Christoph Ellenberger-Girard

Simon Caruel

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

A sensor () for detection of gas, in particular for detection of CO. The sensor () has a contact face () which is directed towards a measuring site. The sensor () includes at least one radiation source (), a measurement volume () for receiving the gas to be measured, and at least a first detector () for detection of radiation transmitted from the source () to the first detector () through the measurement volume (). The sensor has a path () of the radiation between radiation source () and first detector (). The radiation propagates along the path in a non-imaging way.

Sensor for detection of gas and method for detection of gas

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.

A sensor () for detection of gas, in particular for detection of CO2. The sensor () has a contact face () which can be directed towards a measuring site. The sensor () includes at least one radiation source (), a measurement volume () for receiving the gas to be measured, and at least a first detector () for detection of radiation transmitted from the source () to the first detector () through the measurement volume (). The sensor has a path () of the radiation between radiation source () and first detector (). The radiation propagates along the path in a non-imaging way.

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Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Rolf Eckert