US 12,108,801 B2
External unit for inhalation component generation device, inhalation component generation system, method for controlling external unit for inhalation component generation device, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Manabu Yamada, Tokyo (JP); Manabu Takeuchi, Tokyo (JP); Takeshi Akao, Tokyo (JP); and Hajime Fujita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/941,603.
Application 16/941,603 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/003551, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0352254 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/50 (2020.01) [A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An external unit for an inhalation component generation device, the external unit comprising:
an interface including two terminals that are configured to be electrically connectable to a power supply of the inhalation component generation device;
a sensor configured to acquire a value of a voltage difference between the two terminals or of a current flowing into and from the two terminals, the value related to an electrical resistance value of a resistor provided in the power supply, and to output the value as an output value; and
circuitry configured to determine, based on the output value, whether to change a predetermined control with respect to the power supply connected to the interface or whether to perform the predetermined control, wherein the predetermined control is a control for charging a secondary battery provided in the power supply and changing the predetermined control includes changing a rate for charging the secondary battery through the two terminals to be a rate determined according to a type of the power supply, the type determined according to the output value.