Patent ID: 11944128
Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. An aerosol generating device comprising:
a memory;
a battery configured to supply power to the aerosol generating device;
a heater configured to be heated when the power is supplied from the battery;
a controller configured to control the battery and the heater,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a user input for performing a cleaning operation of heating the heater to remove material attached on the heater,
read information about a performance history of the cleaning operation previously performed by the aerosol generating device from the memory, in response to the user input,
set a mode of the cleaning operation differently based on the information about the performance history by selecting one of a plurality of cleaning modes of the aerosol generating device, and
perform the cleaning operation according to the set cleaning mode, and

wherein the information about the performance history includes a number of times that the cleaning operation has been performed during a pre-set period, a period corresponding to a pre-set number of uses, a period corresponding to a pre-set number of puffs, or a period corresponding to a pre-set number of times of heating,
wherein the setting of the mode of the cleaning operation comprises setting the cleaning operation to an idle mode based on a number of times that the cleaning operation has been performed during a first period being greater than or equal to a preset threshold number, and
wherein the aerosol generating device outputs notification information without performing the cleaning operation in the idle mode.