Portable textile treatment device with image sensor and illumination system for textile classification

A portable textile treatment device comprising:

• a heatable soleplate intended to be in contact with a textile for treating the textile;
• an image sensor for taking an image of the textile to be treated;
• an illumination system for illuminating a portion of the textile when said image is being taken;
• and
• a control unit configured for:
• a) executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of said algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile;
• and
• b) controlling, based on said classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device;
• wherein:
• the image sensor and the control unit are integrated within the portable textile treatment device,
• the image sensor comprises an active surface sensitive to light, the image sensor being oriented with respect to a surface of the heatable soleplate, with an absolute value of a sensor orientation angle being in a range from 15 to 70 degrees,
• the illumination system comprises a light source oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable soleplate being in contact with the textile, with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in a range from 15 to 70 degrees,
• the illumination system comprises at least one light emitting diode arranged next to a symmetrical axis of an optical system for generating a focused image of a surface portion of the textile on said active surface sensitive to light, and
• the light emitting diodes are operated in pulsed operation by the control unit.

A portable textile treatment device comprising:

• a heatable soleplate intended to be in contact with a textile for treating the textile;
• an image sensor for taking an image of the textile to be treated;
• an illumination system for illuminating a portion of the textile when said image is being taken;
• and
• a control unit configured for:
• a) executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of said algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile;
• and
• b) controlling, based on said classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device;
• wherein:
• the image sensor and the control unit are integrated within the portable textile treatment device,
• the image sensor comprises an active surface sensitive to light, the image sensor being oriented with respect to a surface of the heatable soleplate, with an absolute value of a sensor orientation angle being in a range from 15 to 70 degrees,
• the illumination system comprises a light source oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable soleplate being in contact with the textile, with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in a range from 15 to 70 degrees,
• the illumination system comprises at least one light emitting diode arranged next to a symmetrical axis of an optical system for generating a focused image of a surface portion of the textile on said active surface sensitive to light, and
• the algorithm includes a convolutional neural network having at least one convolutional layer.

A portable textile treatment device comprising:

• a heatable soleplate intended to be in contact with a textile for treating the textile;
• an image sensor for taking an image of the textile to be treated;
• an illumination system for illuminating a portion of the textile when said image is being taken;
• a communication system for connecting the portable textile treatment device to an external computing system;
• and
• a control unit configured for:
• a) executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of said algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile;
• and
• b) controlling, based on said classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device;
• wherein:
• the image sensor and the control unit are integrated within the portable textile treatment device,
• the image sensor comprises an active surface sensitive to light, the image sensor being oriented with respect to a surface of the heatable soleplate, with an absolute value of a sensor orientation angle being in a range from 15 to 70 degrees,
• the illumination system comprises a light source oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable soleplate being in contact with the textile, with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in a range from 15 to 70 degrees,
• the illumination system comprises at least one light emitting diode arranged next to a symmetrical axis of an optical system for generating a focused image of a surface portion of the textile on said active surface sensitive to light,
• the communication system further comprises an interface for receiving a user input of a user using the portable textile treatment device, wherein said user input corresponds to a different classification of the textile which deviates from the classification of the textile obtained by the control unit based on the taken image, wherein the communication system is adapted to transmit to the external computing system said different classification and the taken image, and
• the portable textile treatment device is configured to receive, from the external computing system, using the communication system, an updated version of said algorithm.