US 12,295,424 B2
Charging device and information processing system
Hideshi Hamaguchi, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/773,605.
Application 18/773,605 is a continuation of application No. 17/129,345, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 12,070,083.
Application 17/129,345 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/028532, filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0365883 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/90 (2020.01) [A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging device for supplying electric power to an aerosol generation device which generates aerosol, comprising:
a connector configured to connect the aerosol generation device to the charging device, through which the electric power is supplied from the charging device to a battery in the aerosol generation device and information is transmitted and received between the charging device and the aerosol generation device;
a power interface configured to connect to a power supply;
a user interface comprising a plurality of light sources configured to issue a notification about charging information related to a battery in the charging device;
a controller configured to acquire connection information indicating that the aerosol generation device has been connected to the charging device and charging information related to the battery in the aerosol generation device; and
a communication interface configured to provide a function for connection to a terminal device, wherein
the controller is configured to transmit at least the connection information to the terminal device via the communication interface,
the charging information related to the battery in the charging device includes a remaining amount of charge of the battery in the charging device, and the user interface is configured to issue a notification about the remaining amount of charge of the battery in the charging device,
the remaining amount of charge of the battery in the charging device is associated with any of a plurality of remaining levels of charge, and a number of lights of the plurality of the light sources to be activated based on the remaining amount of charge of the battery in the charging device is set to correspond to each of the remaining levels of charge,
the controller is further configured to transmit the charging information relating to the battery in the charging device to the terminal device via the communication interface, so that a charging status is determined by the terminal device, and
the charging information relating to the battery in the charging device to be transmitted to the terminal device includes information for issuance of a notification about the remaining amount of charge of the battery in the charging device in a percentage expression at the terminal device.