18971720. SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING SMOKING TOPOGRAPHY DATA (Altria Client Services LLC)
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING SMOKING TOPOGRAPHY DATA
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Inventor(s)
Barry S. Smith of Hopewell VA US
Douglas A. Burton of Glen Allen VA US
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING SMOKING TOPOGRAPHY DATA
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18971720 titled 'SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBTAINING SMOKING TOPOGRAPHY DATA
Original Abstract Submitted
An exemplary smoking topography circuit of an electronic aerosol smoking article, includes at least one sensor configured to measure user interaction with the smoking article, a processor, and memory. The processor is configured to detect a smoking event based an output of the at least one sensor, collect data associated with the smoking event, and arrange the data in a pattern that associates the smoking event to shifts in battery voltage. The memory is configured to store the data pattern in a structured multi-byte format.