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

Claim 0:
1. A method of cleaning an aerosol generating device, the method comprising:
receiving a user input for performing a cleaning operation to remove material attached on a heater in the aerosol generating device by heating the heater;
reading information about a performance history of the cleaning operation previously performed by the aerosol generating device from a memory of the aerosol generating device, in response to the user input;
setting 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
performing the cleaning operation according to the set cleaning mode,
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.