Hair removal apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsMartin Fuellgrabe, Stefan Fuerst, Christian Neyer, Johannes Julian Weinkauff, Lucy Abigail Zimmermann
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Abstract
A hair removal apparatus is provided including: a first sensor that is configured to determine a current handling of the hair removal apparatus during the hair removal operation, an actuator for changing a hair removal characteristic of the hair removal apparatus, a control unit for controlling the actuator, and an adaptation unit that is configured to adapt during the hair removal operation the control function of the control unit.
Claims17
A hair removal apparatus for removing, in a hair removal operation, hair from a body portion, the hair removal apparatus comprising:
- a shaver comprising a shaver head and a shaver handle,
- a first sensor located in the shaver handle that is configured to determine a current handling of the hair removal apparatus during the hair removal operation,
- an actuator for changing a hair removal characteristic of said hair removal apparatus, and
- an electronic unit comprising:
- a control unit for controlling the actuator, wherein the control unit is configured to receive first multiple input data from the first sensor and to map, by using a control function, said first multiple input data to an output signal for controlling the actuator during the hair removal operation and
- an adaptation unit that is configured to receive second multiple input data from the first sensor and from a second sensor, and to adapt during the hair removal operation the control function of the control unit depending on the second multiple input data, wherein the second sensor is located in the shaver handle.
A shaver comprising:
- a shaver body and a shaver head being pivotally attached to said shaver body by a pivoting element mounted to said shaver body, wherein the pivoting element defines a pivoting axis, wherein the shaver head is configured to move relative to the shaver body by swiveling around the pivoting axis and
- an actuator for altering a swiveling stiffness at which the shaver head moves relative to the shaver body by swiveling around the pivoting axis,
- a pressure sensor located in the shaver body that is configured for sensing a current pressure exerted by the shaver on a skin of a user during a shaving operation, and
- an electronic unit comprising:
- a control unit for controlling the actuator, wherein the control unit is configured to receive pressure sensor data from the pressure sensor and to map, by using a control function, said pressure sensor data to an output signal for controlling the actuator during the shaving operation and
- an adaptation unit that is configured to receive the pressure sensor data from the pressure sensor and further sensor data from a second sensor, and to adapt during the shaving operation the control function of the control unit depending on the pressure sensor data and the further sensor data, wherein the second sensor is located in the shaver body.
A method for controlling a hair removal apparatus for removing hair from a body portion in a hair removal operation, the hair removal apparatus comprising a shaver comprising a shaver head, a shaver handle, a first sensor located in the shaver handle and a second sensor located in the shaver handle, the method comprises:
- receiving first multiple input data from the first sensor based on a sensing of a current handling of the hair removal apparatus during the hair removal operation,
- controlling an actuator for changing a hair removal characteristic of the hair removal apparatus, wherein the step of controlling comprises receiving the first multiple input data and to map, by using a control function, the first multiple input data to an output signal for controlling the actuator during the hair removal operation, and
- receiving second multiple input data from the first sensor and from the second sensor, and adapting during the hair removal operation the control function to the current handling of the hair removal apparatus depending on the second multiple input data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.