Consumable for Aerosol Generation Device Comprising Information Code and Aerosol Generation Device Detecting it

Abstract

A consumable for an aerosol generation device including a tobacco material configured to generate an aerosol includes an information code for storing information about the consumable, and an aerosol generation device for detecting the code. More specifically, a consumable for use in an aerosol generation device, includes an aerosol-generating substrate and a wrapper, wherein a pattern representing an information code for storing information about the consumable is disposed on the wrapper along the direction which corresponds to the insertion or removal direction of the consumable into or from the aerosol generation device.

1 . A consumable for use in an aerosol generation device, comprising an aerosol-generating substrate and a wrapper, wherein a pattern representing an information code for storing information about the consumable is disposed on the wrapper along a direction which corresponds to an insertion or a removal direction of the consumable into or from the aerosol generation device. 
     
     
         2 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , having a substantially cylindrical shape. 
     
     
         3 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the consumable has an elongated shape and the insertion or removal direction of the consumable into or from the aerosol generation device is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the consumable. 
     
     
         4 . The consumable according to  claim 3 , wherein the pattern is arranged on the wrapper in a manner that the pattern is readable in the direction which corresponds to the insertion or removal direction of the consumable into or from the aerosol generation device. 
     
     
         5 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the pattern is readable on at least two longitude regions in the longitude regions in the longitudinal direction which are spaced from each other by at least 10°in the circumferential direction. 
     
     
         6 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the pattern is repeated in a circumferential direction of the consumable and/or in a longitudinal direction of the consumable. 
     
     
         7 . The consumable according to  claim 5 , wherein the pattern is repeated on different longitudinal positions and on different circumferential positions. 
     
     
         8 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the pattern includes an image, dots, lines, a barcode, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein one or more reference units are arranged in or with the pattern on the wrapper so as to allow a detector comprised by the aerosol generation device to correctly detect the pattern. 
     
     
         10 . The consumable according to  claim 8 , wherein the reference unit are circumferentially repeated on the consumable. 
     
     
         11 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the pattern is repeated, and the repeated patterns extend in the longitudinal direction of the consumable over a longitudinal dimension which represents at least 20% of the total longitudinal dimension of the consumable. 
     
     
         12 . A method of using a consumable according to  claim 1 , comprising detecting, by a detector of the aerosol generation device, the pattern on the wrapper comprised by the consumable. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the pattern is detected by the detector upon insertion and/or removal of the consumable and during relative movement between the consumable and the detector. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the pattern is read in the direction which corresponds to the insertion and/or removal direction of the consumable into or from the aerosol generation device. 
     
     
         15 . An aerosol generation device for use with a consumable according to  claims 1 , comprising a heating chamber for receiving at least parts of the consumable therein and a detector, wherein the detector is configured to perform a method comprising detecting, by the detector of the aerosol generation device, the pattern on the wrapper comprised by the consumable. 
     
     
         16 . The aerosol generation device according to  claim 15 , wherein the detector is provided within or above the heating chamber. 
     
     
         17 . The aerosol generation device according to  claim 16 , wherein the detector is provided outside the heating chamber. 
     
     
         18 . The aerosol generation device according to  claim 16 , wherein the detector is provided between the heating chamber and an opening of a housing through which the consumable is configured to be inserted into the heating chamber. 
     
     
         19 . An aerosol generation system comprising a consumable according to  claims 1 , and
 an aerosol generation device comprising a heating chamber for receiving at least parts of the consumable therein and a detector, wherein the detector is configured to perform a method comprising detecting, by the detector of the aerosol generation device, the pattern on the wrapper comprised by the consumable,   wherein the system is configured in a way such that the pattern comprised by the consumable is detected by the method.