US 12,089,649 B2
Aerosol generation apparatus, and method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for operating same
Manabu Yamada, Tokyo (JP); Takeshi Akao, Tokyo (JP); Kazuma Mizuguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Hajime Fujita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/023,406.
Application 17/023,406 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/011665, filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022405 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/50 (2020.01) [A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 11/00 (2013.01); A61M 15/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generation apparatus, comprising:
a container configured to store an aerosol source or an aerosol base material that retains the aerosol source;
a first sensor configured to generate an output upon receipt of a user's request with regard to an aerosol generation;
a first circuit connected in series between a power supply and a load, wherein the first circuit includes a first switch;
a second circuit connected in parallel with the first circuit to the power supply and the load, wherein the second circuit includes a second switch and has an electric resistance value higher than an electric resistance value of the first circuit; and
processing circuitry configured to
control the aerosol generation apparatus so that a period during which the output is generated by the first sensor includes:
a time point at which the second switch turns to an on state when the first switch is in an on state, or
a time point at which the second switch turns to an on state at the same time as the first switch becoming an off state.