Smart shaving system with a 3D camera
AssigneeBIC Violex Single Member S.A.
InventorThomas Brette
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Abstract
A smart shaving system with a three-dimension (3D) camera assists the user of a shaving razor. The 3D camera is communicatively connected to the shaving razor and to a razor cartridge vendor platform via an Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway. The 3D camera can be incorporated into the shaving razor. The razor has hardware/software capabilities to function as a stand-alone Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. The 3D camera can assist the user to determine whether a particular skin surface area has been adequately shaved, and/or (ii) assist the user regarding the type of shaving cartridge and/or razor suited for the particular user's physical characteristics (e.g., skin and/or hair).
Claims17
A system configured to assist a user with a suggestion of a shaving cartridge model or a shaving razor model, comprising:
- a first razor for shaving hair;
- a three dimension (3D) camera configured to record an image of at least one of a user's skin surface or a user's body contour;
- a control unit communicatively connected to the 3D camera and configured to process image data of the image recorded by the 3D camera to determine at least one physical characteristic of the at least one of the user's skin surface or the user's body contour;
- wherein the control unit is configured to provide feedback information received from a vendor platform based on the at least one physical characteristic, wherein the feedback information is regarding a suggestion of at least one of (i) the shaving cartridge model suited for the at least one physical characteristic and/or (ii) the shaving razor model suited for the at least one physical characteristic;
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- an output unit configured to receive the feedback information from the control unit and output the feedback information.
A method for assisting a user with a suggestion of a shaving cartridge model or a shaving razor model based on shaving with an initial razor, comprising:
- recording, by a 3D (three-dimension) camera, an image of at least one of the user's skin surface or the user's body contour;
- processing image data of the image recorded by the 3D camera to determine at least one physical characteristic of the at least one of the user's skin surface or the user's body contour;
- receiving, by a control unit, feedback information from a vendor platform;
- providing feedback information based on the at least one physical characteristic, wherein the feedback information is regarding a suggestion of at least one of (i) the shaving cartridge model suited for the at least one physical characteristic, or (ii) the shaving razor model suited for the at least one physical characteristic;
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- outputting, by an output unit configured to receive the feedback information from the control unit, the feedback information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.