Aerosol generator and system having means for adjusting the visual characteristics of the photoemitter

Abstract

The system includes an aerosol generating device and / or a charging device associated with the aerosol generating device, the charging device and / or the aerosol generating device including at least one light emitter unit and a control module, the control module configured to adjust at least one visual characteristic of light emitted by the at least one light emitter unit based on at least one of the measured light intensity value and the local time obtained from the timer.

Claims

1. A system comprising an aerosol generator and / or a charging device associated with the aerosol generator, wherein the aerosol generator and / or the charging device are arranged to interact with a tobacco stick. At least one optical emitter unit, A control module configured to adjust at least one visual characteristic of the light emitted by the at least one light emitter unit based on local time obtained from a timer, A communication interface configured to exchange data with a mobile terminal, wherein the data includes instructions for adjusting at least one visual feature, The system further comprises the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is configured to display a user interface for inputting the command, the command includes a time setting, and the user interface includes a first user interface element for inputting the time setting. The first user interface element includes the first interactive element and the second interactive element, which are arranged such that the user can define a first period and a second period by moving the first interactive element and the second interactive element relative to each other. A system in which the first period is associated with a first visual feature, and the second period is associated with a second visual feature.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first user interface element further includes a circular element, and the first interactive element and the second interactive element are configured to be movable relative to each other along a circular path centered on the center of the circular element.

3. The aforementioned time setting includes an event associated with the time, The system according to claim 1, wherein the aforementioned time is obtained from a calendar application based on the aforementioned event.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to adjust the at least one visual feature of the at least one optical emitter unit when the local time obtained from the timer corresponds to the time setting.

5. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control module is further configured to adjust at least one visual characteristic of the light emitted by the at least one optical emitter unit based on a measured light intensity value, and adjusting the at least one visual characteristic of the light emitted by the at least one optical emitter unit based on a measured light intensity value includes adjusting the at least one visual characteristic of the at least one optical emitter unit when the light intensity value is above or below a predetermined threshold.

6. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein adjusting at least one visual characteristic of the light emitted by the at least one light emitter unit includes adjusting the luminance characteristic of the at least one light emitter unit.

7. A method for adjusting the visual characteristics of at least one of the light emitted by at least one photo-emitter unit of an aerosol generator arranged to interact with a tobacco stick and / or at least one photo-emitter unit of a charger associated with the aerosol generator, wherein the method is The control module adjusts at least one visual characteristic of the light emitted by the at least one light emitter unit based on local time obtained from the timer, Exchanging data with a mobile terminal via a communication interface, wherein the data includes instructions for adjusting at least one visual feature; and displaying a user interface for inputting the instructions by the mobile terminal, wherein the instructions include a time setting, and the user interface includes a first user interface element for inputting the time setting. The first user interface element includes the first interactive element and the second interactive element, which are arranged such that the user can define a first period and a second period by moving the first interactive element and the second interactive element relative to each other. A method in which the first period is associated with a first visual feature, and the second period is associated with a second visual feature.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein exchanging data with the mobile terminal includes receiving the command from the mobile terminal.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the instruction includes a visual feature setting for adjusting the at least one visual feature, and the user interface includes a second user interface element for inputting the visual feature setting.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the visual feature setting is a brightness setting, and the second user interface element is a slider.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the time setting includes a time associated with an event and an event associated with an event, and the method further comprises obtaining the time from a calendar application based on the event.

12. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, further comprising adjusting the at least one visual characteristic of the light emitted by the at least one optical emitter unit based on a measured light intensity value, wherein adjusting the at least one visual characteristic of the light emitted by the at least one optical emitter unit based on a measured light intensity value includes adjusting the at least one visual characteristic of the at least one optical emitter unit if the light intensity value is above or below a predetermined threshold.

13. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein when executed by a processor, the method of any one of claims 8 to 12 is carried out.

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