Patent ID: 11918049
Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling supply of electric power from a primary device to a secondary device in a smoking system, comprising steps for:
recognizing one of a first mode and a second mode as a mode that is being executed, wherein the first mode is that for allowing supply of electric power from the primary device to a load which is included in the secondary device and used for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source, and the second mode is that for allowing supply of electric power from the primary device to a power source which is included in the secondary device and is able to supply electric power to the load;
receiving an instruction for performing transition from the mode that is being executed, that is one of the first mode and the second mode, to the other mode; and
at a timing between the first mode and the second mode in at least one of a first transition, that is a transition from the first mode to the second mode, and a second transition, that is a transition from the second mode to the first mode, executing, in response to the instruction, a transition mode that comprises a transition time for changing a predetermined variable relating to supply of electric power,
wherein the first mode allows the supply of electric power from the primary device to the load and the power source at a same time.