Identification of hair care appliance attachments
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsColby Jackson Higgins, Karen Hamaguchi, Gabriel Baczewski
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Abstract
Various exemplary attachments for hair care appliances and methods of using attachments for hair care appliances are provided. In general, a hair care appliance in an exemplary embodiment is in the form of a hair dryer that has an air inlet and at least one air outlet, and various internal components that facilitate use and operation of the hair care appliance, such as a fan, motor, and heater. In an exemplary embodiment, the hair care appliance is configured to releasably couple to an attachment so that the hair care appliance and the attachment are in electrical communication. The hair care appliance is configured to automatically identify the attachment releasably coupled to the hair care appliance.
Claims20
A hair care assembly, comprising:
- a hair care appliance including a motor, a heater, a fan, and a processor, the motor being configured to drive the fan, the fan being configured to draw air in through an air inlet and to expel air from an air outlet, the heater being configured to heat air flow from the fan, and the processor being configured to control the motor and the heater;
- and
- an accessory configured to removably mate to the hair care appliance so that the accessory is communicable with the air outlet and is in electrical communication with the hair care appliance;
- wherein, with the accessory removably mated to the hair care appliance, the processor is configured to receive a return signal from the accessory and is configured to modify at least one operating parameter of the hair care appliance based on the received return signal.
A hair care system, comprising:
- a hair care appliance comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- in response to releasable coupling of an accessory to the hair care appliance such that the accessory and the hair care appliance are mechanically and electrically coupled together, automatically identifying the accessory, and
- automatically setting at least one operational parameter of the hair care appliance based on the identification of the accessory.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- in response to releasable coupling of an accessory to a hair care appliance such that the accessory and the hair care appliance are mechanically and electrically coupled together, automatically identifying the accessory;
- and
- automatically setting at least one operational parameter of the hair care appliance based on the identification of the accessory;
- wherein the accessory is one of a brush attachment, a curling attachment, and a concentrator attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.