Skin care device and operation method therefor
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSungkwan SEO
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Abstract
A skin care device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a brush module mounting part on which a brush module having a brush fixed thereto is mounted, a vibration motor configured to vibrate the brush module mounting part and the brush module in one direction, a rotating shaft formed in the one direction and configured to be fastened to the brush module mounting part, a rotating motor configured to be connected to the rotating shaft, a mounting detection sensor configured to be obtain a sensing value related to a mounting of the brush module, and a controller configured to detect a type of the mounted brush module on the basis of the sensing value and control driving of at least one of the vibration motor and the rotating motor according to a detected type.
Claims14
A skin care device comprising:
- a brush module mounting part on which a brush module having a brush fixed thereto is mounted;
- a vibration motor configured to vibrate the brush module mounting part and the brush module in a first direction;
- a rotating shaft extending along the first direction and configured to be fastened to the brush module mounting part;
- a rotating motor configured to be connected to the rotating shaft;
- a mounting detection sensor configured to obtain a sensing value related to a mounting of the brush module;
- and
- a controller configured to detect a type of the mounted brush module based on the sensing value and control driving of at least one of the vibration motor or the rotating motor according to the detected type of the mounted brush module.
A method for operating a skin care device, the method comprising:
- receiving a power on input or a selection input of an operating level;
- obtaining a sensing value from a mounted detection sensor in response to receiving the power on input or the selection input;
- detecting a brush module mounted on a main body of the skin care device based on the obtained sensing value;
- and
- controlling a driving of at least one of a rotating motor or a vibration motor provided in the main body based on detecting the brush module,
- wherein:
- based on the brush module being detected as being a first brush module having fine bristles, the rotating motor is driven;
- and
- based on the brush module being detected as being a second brush module including a plurality of silicon protrusions, the vibration motor is driven.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.