EP4434588A3 — Aerosol delivery device and method of operating the aerosol delivery device

USPTO Abstract

An aerosol delivery device (A) comprising an aerosol generator for generating an aerosol in the aerosol delivery device, the aerosol generator comprising a membrane (1), and a vibrator (7), which is configured to vibrate a fluid and to aerosolise the fluid by the membrane (1), a fluid reservoir (2) for receiving the fluid (3) to be aerosolised, the fluid reservoir (2) being arranged in fluid communication with the membrane (1), a controller (10) which is configured to sequentially operate the vibrator (7) at a plurality of different vibration frequencies, a sensor (13) which is configured to detect at least one electrical parameter of the vibrator (7) for each of the plurality of different vibration frequencies, and a detector (13a) which is configured to detect the presence of fluid (3) in contact with the membrane (1) and/or in the fluid reservoir (2) on the basis of the dependence of the detected values of the at least one electrical parameter on the vibration frequency, wherein the detector (13a) is configured to detect the presence of fluid (3) in contact with the membrane (1) and/or in the fluid reservoir (2) on the basis of the area under a curve of the detected values of the at least one electrical parameter as a function of the vibration frequency, and/or a Fourier transform of a curve of the detected values of the at least one electrical parameter as a function of the vibration frequency.