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US 7,986,987 B2Granted
Device, system and method for observing a typological characteristic of the body
AssigneeL’oréAl
InventorsRoland Bazin, Franck Giron
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Abstract
A portable device for observing a typological characteristic of the body. For example, the device can be used to observe at least one characteristic of the appearance of the skin or the hair. The device can generate at least two images of the zone under examination. The images differ from each other as to a feature other than magnification and the intensity of the light source.
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A hand held portable device for observing at least one characteristic of appearance of the skin or the hair, comprising:
- an integrated light source configured to generate light,
- means for exposing a zone of the skin or the hair under examination with said light from said light source,
- means for generating at least two images of said zone under examination, said images differing from each other as to a feature other than magnification and the intensity of said light, and
- an aperture that allows a user to observe said zone of the skin or the hair under direct examination by looking through said aperture of the hand held portable device during operation of the hand held portable device, the device being configured to observe said zone under examination according to different configurations, one of said different configurations being exposing said zone to lighting by transillumination.
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A device for observing a zone of a body, comprising:
- a support;
- an assembly defining a viewing element through which said zone can be observed directly by looking through the device without a photographic or video device;
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- an optical element positioned on a path of a light incident on said zone, said optical element being movable relative to said support along a longitudinal axis of the support,
- wherein said optical element changes an incidence of said light on said zone when said optical element moves from a first position to a second position, and
- wherein the device is configured to observe said zone under examination according to different configurations, one of said different configurations being exposing said zone to lighting by transillumination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.