Cosmetic device system with a communication and power interface for a cosmetic device
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsJoHannes D. Paul, Joseph E. Skidmore
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Abstract
A personal cosmetic appliance system that includes a personal cosmetic appliance including a main unit physically configured to couple with a detachable unit having a cosmetic applicator configured to perform a cosmetic treatment on a body part of the user and a detachable unit communication interface, the main unit including a main unit communication interface having circuitry configured to communicatively couple to the detachable unit communication interface to transmit and receive information with the detachable unit, and to communicatively couple at least one of the detachable unit communication interface and the main unit communication interface to a client device associated with the personal cosmetic appliance.
Claims18
A personal cosmetic appliance system comprising:
- a personal cosmetic appliance including
- a main unit, which includes a handle portion of the personal cosmetic appliance, physically configured to couple with a detachable unit having a cosmetic applicator configured to perform a cosmetic treatment on a body part of the user and a detachable unit communication interface, the main unit including a main unit communication interface having circuitry configured
- to communicatively couple to the detachable unit communication interface, at a point where the detachable unit is configured to attach to the main unit, to transmit and receive information with the detachable unit, and
- to communicatively couple at least one of the detachable unit communication interface and the main unit communication interface to a client device associated with the personal cosmetic appliance,
- wherein the main unit includes a motor that drives the cosmetic applicator to make repetitive movement relative to the main unit, and the detachable unit communication interface and the main unit communication interface are both disposed on elements that are driven by the motor to make the repetitive movements,
- wherein the main unit communication interface includes circuitry configured to establish a secured protocol and to exchange encrypted and anonymized information with the client device.
A method implemented by a personal cosmetic appliance system that includes a personal cosmetic appliance and a client device, where the personal cosmetic appliance includes a main unit, which includes a handle portion of the personal cosmetic appliance, physically configured to couple with a detachable unit having a cosmetic applicator configured to perform a cosmetic treatment on a body part of the user and a detachable unit communication interface, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling, by circuitry of the main unit at a point where the detachable unit is configured to attach to the main unit, to the detachable unit communication interface to transmit and receive information with the detachable unit, and
- communicatively coupling, by the circuitry of the main unit, at least one of the detachable unit communication interface and the main unit communication interface to a client device associated with the personal cosmetic appliance,
- wherein the main unit includes a motor that drives the cosmetic applicator to make repetitive movement relative to the main unit, and the detachable unit communication interface and the main unit communication interface are both disposed on elements that are driven by the motor to make the repetitive movements,
- wherein the method further includes establishing a secured protocol and to exchange encrypted and anonymized information with a client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.