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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventors:
Christiane Gimkiewicz, Ismaning Bei Muenchen, DE;
Rolf Eckert, Neuchatel, CH;
Edoardo Franzi, Cheseaux-Noreaz, CH;
David Hasler, Neuchatel, CH;
Ross Stanley, Epalinges, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); G06K 7/12 (2006.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); G06K 7/10732 (2013.01); G06K 7/12 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
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.