Intelligent hair clipper training system
AssigneeWahl Clipper Corporation
InventorsElizabeth Rose Ortgiesen, Tyler Alan Dayton Tichler, Austin Luke Rose, Matthew Jason Bowers, David Joseph Todd
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Abstract
An intelligent hair clipper training system includes a housing having hair associated therewith, an electric hair clipper for cutting the hair on the housing, at least one comb associated with the hair clipper, a sensor array for detecting a position of the electric hair clipper relative to the housing, an indicator arrangement for indicating different zones of hair on the housing, and a control arrangement configured to interpret positional data provided by the sensor array and cause the indicator arrangement to illuminate one or more of the zones of hair on the housing.
Claims17
An electric hair clipper training system, comprising:
- a housing having hair associated therewith;
- an electric hair clipper for cutting the hair on the housing, said electric hair clipper including a taper lever for adjusting a blade gap between a movable blade and a stationary blade of said electric hair clipper, wherein said taper lever is associated with a taper lever position detection arrangement, said taper lever position detection arrangement comprising a plurality of contacts arranged such that a contact of said taper lever is operable to form an electrical contact with each of said plurality of contacts;
- at least one comb associated with said hair clipper;
- a sensor array for detecting a position of the electric hair clipper relative to the housing;
- an indicator arrangement for indicating different zones of hair on the housing;
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- a control arrangement configured to interpret positional data provided by the sensor array and cause the indicator arrangement to illuminate one or more of said zones of hair on the housing.
A method of providing hair cutting training using a hair clipper training system, the hair clipper training system comprising a housing having hair associated therewith, an electric hair clipper for cutting the hair on the housing, at least one comb associated with said hair clipper, a sensor array for detecting a position of the electric hair clipper relative to the housing, an indicator arrangement for indicating different zones of hair on the housing, and a control arrangement configured to interpret positional data provided by the sensor array and cause the indicator arrangement to illuminate one or more of said zones of hair on the housing, the method comprising:
- illuminating a first zone of hair on the housing using the indicator arrangement;
- detecting whether the electric hair clipper is in proximity to the first zone via the sensor array;
- determining whether a correct comb is attached to the electric hair clipper;
- detecting whether a taper lever of the electric hair clipper is in a correct position;
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- providing an indication, via the indicator arrangement, when the electric hair clipper is not in proximity to the first zone.
An electric hair clipper training system, comprising:
- a housing having hair associated therewith;
- an electric hair clipper for cutting the hair on the housing;
- at least one comb associated with said hair clipper;
- a sensor array for detecting a position of the electric hair clipper relative to the housing;
- an indicator arrangement for indicating different zones of hair on the housing;
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- a control arrangement configured to interpret positional data provided by the sensor array and cause the indicator arrangement to illuminate one or more of said zones of hair on the housing, wherein the control arrangement includes a receiver for receiving a wireless signal from a wireless communication module of the electric hair clipper, wherein the wireless signal from the electric hair clipper includes an indication of a taper lever position of a taper lever of the electric hair clipper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.