Control unit of aerosol generation device

Abstract

A control unit of an aerosol generation device includes a processing device configured to acquire a remaining amount of an aerosol source. When the remaining amount of the aerosol source is smaller than a threshold value, the processing device suppresses discharge from a power supply to an atomizer configured to atomize the aerosol source, and when the remaining amount of the aerosol source is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the processing device controls the discharge from the power supply to the atomizer so as to make an amount of the aerosol source to be atomized different, based on the remaining amount of the aerosol source.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A control unit of an aerosol generation device comprising:
 a processing device configured to acquire a remaining amount of an aerosol source,   wherein when the remaining amount of the aerosol source is smaller than a threshold value, the processing device suppresses discharge from a power supply to an atomizer configured to atomize the aerosol source, and   wherein when the remaining amount of the aerosol source is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the processing device controls the discharge from the power supply to the atomizer so as to make an amount of the aerosol source to be atomized different, based on the remaining amount of the aerosol source.   
     
     
         2 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 1 , wherein when the remaining amount of the aerosol source is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the processing device controls the discharge from the power supply to the atomizer so that the amount of the aerosol source to be atomized increases as the remaining amount of the aerosol source increases. 
     
     
         3 . A control unit of an aerosol generation device comprising:
 a processing device configured to acquire a remaining amount of an aerosol source,   wherein when the remaining amount of the aerosol source is a first remaining amount, the processing device electrically discharges first electric power from a power supply to an atomizer configured to atomize the aerosol source, and   wherein when the remaining amount of the aerosol source is a second remaining amount different from the first remaining amount, the processing device electrically discharges second electric power different from the first electric power from the power supply to the atomizer.   
     
     
         4 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 3 , wherein the first remaining amount is larger than the second remaining amount, and
 wherein the first electric power is more than the second electric power.   
     
     
         5 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a storage part configured to store the aerosol source,
 wherein the processing device is configured to acquire the remaining amount of the aerosol source in the storage part, as the remaining amount of the aerosol source.   
     
     
         6 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 5 , wherein the processing device is configured to acquire the remaining amount of the aerosol source in the storage part, based on a length of the discharge from the power supply to the atomizer. 
     
     
         7 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing device is configured to acquire the remaining amount of the aerosol source in a retaining part configured to retain the aerosol source supplied from a storage part configured to store the aerosol source, in a position in which the atomizer can atomize the aerosol source, as the remaining amount of the aerosol source. 
     
     
         8 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 7 , wherein the processing device is configured to acquire the remaining amount of the aerosol source in the retaining part, based on the remaining amount of the aerosol source in the storage part. 
     
     
         9 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 7 , wherein the processing device is configured to acquire the remaining amount of the aerosol source in the retaining part immediately before the discharge from the power supply to the atomizer, as the remaining amount of the aerosol source. 
     
     
         10 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 7 , wherein the processing device is configured to acquire an activation command of the aerosol generation device and an atomization command of the aerosol source by the atomizer, and
 wherein the processing device is configured to acquire the remaining amount of the aerosol source in the retaining part, as the remaining amount of the aerosol source, when the atomization command is acquired.   
     
     
         11 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to one of  claim 1 , wherein the processing device is configured to control, based on the remaining amount of the aerosol source, electric power that is electrically discharged from the power supply to an adjustor capable of adjusting an amount of flavor that is added from a flavor source to aerosol generated from the aerosol source. 
     
     
         12 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 11 , wherein the processing device is configured to acquire an atomization command of the aerosol source by the atomizer, and
 wherein the processing device is configured to control, based on the remaining amount of the aerosol source, electric power that is electrically discharged from the power supply to the adjustor so that an amount of flavor added to aerosol generated in response to the atomization command acquired at a first timing is the same as an amount of flavor added to aerosol generated in response to the atomization command acquired at a second timing after the first timing.   
     
     
         13 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 12 , wherein the processing device is configured to control the discharge from the power supply to the atomizer so that a length of discharge from the power supply to the atomizer by each atomization command does not exceed an upper limit time, and
 wherein the processing device is configured to determine electric power that is electrically discharged from the power supply to the atomizer according to the atomization command acquired at the second timing, based on the upper limit time.   
     
     
         14 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a temperature detection device capable of outputting a temperature of a heat generating element that can heat a flavor source configured to add flavor to aerosol generated from the aerosol source,
 wherein the processing device can acquire an atomization command of the aerosol source by the atomizer,   wherein the processing device is configured to control discharge from the power supply to the heat generating element so that a temperature of the heat generating element is to converge to a target temperature,   wherein when a temperature of the heat generating element acquired in response to the atomization command is lower than the target temperature, the processing device electrically discharges third electric power from the power supply to the atomizer,   wherein when a temperature of the heat generating element acquired in response to the atomization command is equal to or higher than the target temperature, the processing device electrically discharges fourth electric power from the power supply to the atomizer, and   wherein the third electric power is set based on the remaining amount of the aerosol source and is greater than the fourth electric power.   
     
     
         15 . The control unit of an aerosol generation device according to  claim 14 , wherein the processing device is configured so that the more the remaining amount of the aerosol source is, the greater the third electric power is. 
     
     
         16 . A control unit of an aerosol generation device comprising:
 a processing device configured to acquire a remaining amount of an aerosol source,   wherein the processing device is configured to control, based on the remaining amount of the aerosol source, electric power that is electrically discharged from a power supply to an adjustor capable of adjusting an amount of flavor that is added from a flavor source to aerosol generated from the aerosol source.