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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Christiane Gimkiewicz, Ismaning Bei Muenchen, DE;
Rolf Eckert, Neuchatel, CH;
Edoardo Franzi, Cheseaux-Noreaz, CH;
David Hasler, Neuchatel, CH;
Ross Stanley, Epalinges, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
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.