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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchâtel, CH;

Inventors:

Oleg Mironov, Cudrefin, CH;

Enrico Stura, Palézieux-Village, CH;

Maxime Ducros, Les Hôpitaux-Neufs, FR;

Daniela Hau, Cudrefin, CH;

Assignee:

Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method of operating an aerosol-generating device is provided, the device including a power supply to supply power to generate the aerosol, and a controller, the method including: monitoring a parameter indicative of aerosol generation during operation of the device; and analysing the monitored parameter to identify a user puff defined by a puff start and end, the analysing including calculating first and second characteristics of the monitored parameter, and analysing the first and the second characteristics to determine the puff start and end, the parameter indicative of aerosol generation representing power supplied by the power supply, the first and the second characteristics respectively being a first and a second moving average value of the monitored parameter computed on a first and a second time window having a first and a second time window duration, the second time window duration being different from the first time window duration.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mironov, Oleg. (2026). Aerosol-generating device and method with puff detection (U.S. Patent No. 12667138). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12667138

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