US 12,349,737 B2
Aerosol generation device with optical code detector
Layth Sliman Bouchuiguir, Bellevue (CH); and Patrice Borne, Publier (FR)
Assigned to JT International S.A., (CH)
Appl. No. 17/787,733
Filed by JT International SA, Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/086016
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122474, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19218739 (EP), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077819 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/51 (2020.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generation device, comprising:
a casing defining an insertion opening for insertion of an aerosol generation carrier;
a heating chamber configured to partially contain a first portion of the aerosol generation carrier such that at least a second portion of the aerosol generation carrier extends outside the heating chamber, the heating chamber configured to heat the first portion of the aerosol generation carrier inserted in the heating chamber; and
an optical detection unit comprising an image detector arranged for optically detecting a code provided on a section of a surface of the second portion of the aerosol generation carrier extending outside the heating chamber, wherein the optical detection unit is configured to receive light through an optical aperture formed in a component of the aerosol generating device, the optical aperture being located outside the heating chamber.