Automated hair care process
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsJuergen Seng, Olaf Soerensen, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto, Markus Schuessler
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Abstract
A hair treatment device and a corresponding method for treating hair are disclosed. The hair treatment device is suitable for heating hair and has a heating element that is heated to a starting temperature and whose temperature is regulated by a temperature control. The hair treatment device has a sensor that measures data from which a parameter based on the condition of the hair can be generated, wherein the parameter influences the temperature control.
Claims16
A portable hair treatment device that is suitable for heating hair and which comprises a heating element that transmits heat to at least one heating surface for contacting hair, wherein during operation, the heating element is heated to a starting temperature, and the temperature of the heating element is regulated by a temperature control, wherein the hair treatment device comprises two temperature sensors positioned on said hair treatment device that measure the temperature of the hair being treated, and the temperature control determines any temperature difference measured by the first and second sensors, and the temperature control automatically regulates the treatment temperature based on the temperature measurements.
A method for thermal hair treatment using a hair treatment device, said method comprising:
- providing a portable hair treatment device comprising:
- a heating element that transmits heat to a heating surface, said heating surface having a front area and a rear area;
- said heating element being regulated by a temperature control;
- a first temperature sensor adjacent the front area of the heating surface;
- and a second temperature sensor adjacent the rear area of the heating surface;
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- contacting the hair with the hair treatment device, wherein the temperature sensors measure the temperature of the hair being treated, and the temperature control determines any temperature difference measured by the first and second temperature sensors, and the temperature control automatically regulates the treatment temperature based on the temperature measurements.
A hair treatment device comprising:
- a portable hair dryer comprising a handle, a heating element, and a temperature control, wherein said heating element is regulated by said temperature control, and a hot-air outlet nozzle joined to said handle;
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- an attachment that is removably connectable to said hair dryer, said attachment having a plurality of air outlet elements, each of said air outlet elements having a foot part and a top spaced away from said foot part, wherein said attachment comprises:
- a first temperature sensor joined to said attachment adjacent to the foot of said air outlet elements;
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- a second temperature sensor joined to said attachment adjacent to the top of said air outlet elements,
- wherein said temperature sensors measure the temperature of the hair being treated, and the temperature control determines any temperature difference measured by the first and second temperature sensors, and the temperature control automatically regulates the treatment temperature based on the temperature measurements.
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