Inhaling device, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Abstract

An inhaling device for producing an aerosol by using a first substrate and a second substrate, said inhaling device being equipped with a control unit for controlling the operation of a power supply unit which supplies the power for operation of the inhaling device on the basis of the combination of the first and second substrates.

1 . An inhaler device that generates an aerosol by using a first substrate and a second substrate, comprising:
 a controller that controls operation of a power supply that supplies electric power for operation of the inhaler device on a basis of a combination of the first substrate and the second substrate.   
     
     
         2 . The inhaler device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the controller controls operation of a first heater that heats an aerosol source contained in the first substrate and operation of a second heater that heats an aerosol source contained in the second substrate by controlling supply of electric power to the first heater and the second heater by the power supply on a basis of the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate.   
     
     
         3 . The inhaler device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the controller permits the first heater and the second heater to perform heating in a case where the controller determines that the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate is appropriate.   
     
     
         4 . The inhaler device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 in a state where the first heater and the second heater are permitted to perform heating, the controller causes the first heater to perform heating in a case where a first predetermined condition is satisfied and causes the second heater to perform heating in a case where a second predetermined condition is satisfied.   
     
     
         5 . The inhaler device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the second predetermined condition includes a condition that the first heater has started heating.   
     
     
         6 . The inhaler device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the controller determines whether or not the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate is appropriate before the first heater starts heating.   
     
     
         7 . In inhaler device according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the first predetermined condition includes a condition that a period for which a predetermined user's input is continuously detected has reached a first period.   
     
     
         8 . The inhaler device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the controller determines whether or not the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate is appropriate in a case where the period for which the predetermined user's input is continuously detected has reached a second period shorter than the first period.   
     
     
         9 . The inhaler device according to  claim 8 , wherein
 a difference between the first period and the second period is equal to or more than a period it takes to determine whether or not the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate is appropriate.   
     
     
         10 . The inhaler device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the controller determines whether or not the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate is appropriate after the first heater starts heating.   
     
     
         11 . The inhaler device according to  claim 10 , wherein
 the controller stops heating by the first heater in a case where the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate is not appropriate.   
     
     
         12 . The inhaler device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the second substrate includes the second heater; and   the controller identifies the second substrate on the basis of an electric resistance value of the second heater.   
     
     
         13 . The inhaler device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the controller controls at least one of an amount of electric power supplied to the first heater in a case where the first heater performs heating and/or an amount of electric power supplied to the second heater in a case where the second heater performs heating on a basis of the combination of the first substrate and the second substrate.   
     
     
         14 . The inhaler device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the controller sets a combination of the first substrate and the second substrate regarded as being appropriate on a basis of a user's input.   
     
     
         15 . The inhaler device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the controller identifies the first substrate on a basis of a result of reading of at least one of an information code, a storage medium, and/or a color given to the first substrate.   
     
     
         16 . The inhaler device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the controller identifies the second substrate on a basis of a result of reading of at least one of an information code, a storage medium, and/or a color given to the second substrate.   
     
     
         17 . The inhaler device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first substrate contains a flavor source.   
     
     
         18 . The inhaler device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the second substrate contains a liquid aerosol source.   
     
     
         19 . A control method for controlling an inhaler device that generates an aerosol by using a first substrate and a second substrate, the control method comprising:
 controlling operation of a power supply that supplies electric power for operation of the inhaler device on a basis of a combination of the first substrate and the second substrate.   
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program stored therein, the program for causing a computer for controlling an inhaler device that generates an aerosol by using a first substrate and a second substrate to:
 control operation of a power supply that supplies electric power for operation of the inhaler device on a basis of a combination of the first substrate and the second substrate.