Inhalation device, control method, and storage medium

Abstract

An inhalation device that generates an aerosol from a base material including an aerosol source, includes: a heating unit configured to heat the base material to generate the aerosol; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the inhalation device. The control unit is configured to perform: first heating control for controlling a temperature of the heating unit with a temperature lower than a lowest temperature at which the aerosol is generated being set as a target temperature, and second heating control for controlling the temperature of the heating unit with a temperature higher than the lowest temperature being set as the target temperature. The first heating control is performed when authentication processing related to availability of the inhalation device is being performed, and the first heating control is ended and the second heating control is performed when the authentication processing is completed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An inhalation device that generates an aerosol from a base material including an aerosol source, the inhalation device comprising:
 a heating unit configured to heat the base material to generate the aerosol; and   a control unit configured to control an operation of the inhalation device, wherein   the control unit is configured to perform:
 first heating control for controlling a temperature of the heating unit with a temperature lower than a lowest temperature at which the aerosol is generated being set as a target temperature, and 
 second heating control for controlling the temperature of the heating unit with a temperature higher than the lowest temperature being set as the target temperature, 
   the first heating control is performed when authentication processing related to availability of the inhalation device is being performed, and   the first heating control is ended and the second heating control is performed when the authentication processing is completed.   
     
     
         2 . The inhalation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the target temperature in the first heating control is higher than a room temperature.   
     
     
         3 . The inhalation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the target temperature in the first heating control increases according to an elapsed time from a start of the authentication processing.   
     
     
         4 . The inhalation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the target temperature in the first heating control increases according to a progress of the authentication processing.   
     
     
         5 . The inhalation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a plurality of authentications are performed in the authentication processing, and the authentication processing is completed by completing all of the plurality of authentications, and   the target temperature in the first heating control is higher when at least one of the plurality of authentications is completed than when all of the plurality of authentications are not completed.   
     
     
         6 . The inhalation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the control unit notifies a user of information related to a progress of the authentication processing via a notification unit configured to notify predetermined information.   
     
     
         7 . The inhalation device according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the notification unit includes a light emitting unit configured to emit light, and   the control unit notifies the user of the information related to the progress by making a light emitting mode of the light emitting unit different according to the progress.   
     
     
         8 . The inhalation device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the light emitting unit is configured to emit light in a plurality of emission colors, and   the control unit makes the emission colors of the light emitting unit different according to the progress.   
     
     
         9 . The inhalation device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the light emitting unit includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and   the control unit makes the light emitting element that emits light or the number of light emitting elements that emit light among the plurality of light emitting elements different according to the progress.   
     
     
         10 . The inhalation device according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the notification unit includes a display unit configured to display an image, and   the control unit notifies the user of the information related to the progress by making a display mode of the display unit different according to the progress.   
     
     
         11 . The inhalation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the control unit is configured to, when the second heating control is performed, perform the second heating control without requiring completion of the authentication processing, within a certain period of time after the second heating control is completed.   
     
     
         12 . The inhalation device according to  claim 11 , wherein
 the certain period of time is twice a time from a start to completion of the second heating control.   
     
     
         13 . The inhalation device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the control unit ends the first heating control and does not perform the second heating control when the authentication processing is interrupted instead of being completed.   
     
     
         14 . A control method comprising a computer, for controlling an operation of an inhalation device that includes a heating unit for heating a base material including an aerosol source and that generates an aerosol by the heating unit heating the base material, performing the following processing:
 performing first heating control for controlling a temperature of the heating unit with a temperature lower than a lowest temperature at which the aerosol is generated being set as a target temperature, when authentication processing related to availability of the inhalation device is being performed; and   ending the first heating control and performing second heating control for controlling the temperature of the heating unit with a temperature higher than the lowest temperature being set as the target temperature, when the authentication processing is completed.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer, for controlling an operation of an inhalation device that includes a heating unit for heating a base material including an aerosol source and that generates an aerosol by the heating unit heating the base material, to perform the following processing:
 performing first heating control for controlling a temperature of the heating unit with a temperature lower than a lowest temperature at which the aerosol is generated being set as a target temperature, when authentication processing related to availability of the inhalation device is being performed; and   ending the first heating control and performing second heating control for controlling the temperature of the heating unit with a temperature higher than the lowest temperature being set as the target temperature, when the authentication processing is completed.