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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Kt&g Corporation, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Wonkyeong Lee, Guri-si, KR;
Paul Joon Sunwoo, Seoul, KR;
Min Kyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Soung Ho Ju, Daejeon, KR;
Assignee:
KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/49 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/49 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aerosol generating device includes a housing, a battery disposed in the housing and configured to supply power, an aerosol generator configured to receive the power from the battery and activate aerosol generation, a biometric information obtainer exposed to an outside of the housing and configured to obtain biometric information of a user, and a controller configured to perform authentication of the user based on the biometric information and activate the aerosol generator based on a result of the authentication.