CN113598940A

CN113598940A - Depilating instrument and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN113598940A
Application number: CN202110856704.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林俊宏; 王小伍; 肖晶
Original assignee: Shenzhen Qianyu Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Qianyu Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-28
Filing date: 2021-07-28
Publication date: 2021-11-05

Abstract

The invention provides a depilating apparatus and a control method thereof, the depilating apparatus comprises a host machine and at least one type of functional head, wherein the functional head is detachably mounted on the host machine, the depilating apparatus further comprises a light-emitting unit, a control unit and a signal unit, the light-emitting unit is used for generating high-intensity light in a wide spectral range suitable for realizing light depilation or whitening, the control unit instructs the light-emitting unit to work based on at least two preset operation modes, and the signal unit responds to the connection state of the functional head and the host machine to generate a corresponding analog signal to the control unit so as to select the preset operation mode. When the functional head is installed on the host computer, but the type of the automatic recognition functional head of appearance that moults to switch to the operation mode that corresponds, need not user's manual selection mode, reduce the functional head and mismatch with the operation mode of selecting and lead to the obscure risk of cosmetic effect, provide the voice guidance simultaneously, correct and polish the action, reduce the use risk, guaranteed cosmetic effect, improved user experience.

Description

Depilating instrument and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of personal care appliances, and particularly relates to a depilating instrument and a control method thereof.

Background

Currently, discontinuous Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is adopted in household depilating or whitening and skin-tendering instruments on the market, short-wave Light (UV) harmful to the skin is filtered through a short-wave cut-off filter, and Light waves with specific spectrum in a treatment range are obtained. The light-emitting unit is processed in a single direction by the filtering method, and light with multiple wavelengths exists in the wavelength interval. Because the hair follicles at different parts of the body have different depth and thickness degrees, the optimal wave band length which can act and achieve the effect is different, and meanwhile, the size and the shape of the light outlet also influence the using effect of the depilating apparatus. In addition, the optimal band length required for the whitening and skin-tendering and depilating functions is also different. The light with improper wave band length is applied, the use effect required by the user cannot be achieved, and unnecessary damage is easily caused to the user.

In order to meet different use requirements of users, different types of functional heads can be provided for being replaced on the host. However, when there is a risk that the function head is not matched with the selected operation mode, which results in an unobvious cosmetic effect, or the function head is not matched with the body part corresponding to the executed operation mode, the user experience effect is poor. Therefore, it is necessary to design a depilating device convenient for the user to operate and use, so that the depilating device with the system is convenient for the user to operate and use according to the self condition while ensuring the use effect, and the flexibility is improved.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present invention is to provide an epilating apparatus having a function of solving one or more of these problems, and a control method thereof, including a main machine and at least one type of function head detachably mounted to the main machine, further including a light emitting unit for generating high intensity light in a wide spectral range suitable for achieving light epilation or whitening, a control unit instructing the light emitting unit to operate based on at least two preset operation modes, and a signal unit generating a corresponding analog signal to the control unit in response to a connection state of the function head and the main machine to select the preset operation mode. When the functional head is installed on the host computer, but the type of the automatic recognition functional head of appearance that moults to switch to the operation mode that corresponds, need not user's manual selection mode, reduce the functional head and mismatch with the operation mode of selecting and lead to the obscure risk of cosmetic effect, provide the voice guidance simultaneously, correct and polish the action, reduce the use risk, guaranteed cosmetic effect, improved user experience.

The technical scheme of the invention is to provide a depilating instrument, which comprises a main machine and at least one type of functional head, wherein the functional head is detachably arranged on the main machine, and the depilating instrument further comprises:

a light emitting unit for generating high-intensity light in a wide spectral range suitable for accomplishing photo-depilation or whitening;

a control unit electrically connected to the light emitting unit, the control unit instructing the light emitting unit to operate based on at least two preset operation modes;

and the signal unit is used for responding to the connection state of the functional head and the host to generate a corresponding analog signal to the control unit so as to select the preset operation mode.

Further, the control unit includes:

the storage module can store or load preset programs corresponding to at least one polishing mode, and one preset program corresponds to one operation mode;

the identification module is used for receiving the analog signal sent by the signal unit and identifying the type of the functional head installed on the host;

and the processing module is used for receiving the identification result of the identification module, selecting one operation mode from the operation modes stored in the storage module according to the identification result of the type of the functional head and instructing the light-emitting unit to execute the operation mode.

Furthermore, the depilating apparatus further comprises a display unit connected with the control unit, or the depilating apparatus further comprises a sound production unit connected with the control unit.

Further, the depilating apparatus comprises a first switch and a second switch, the first switch is connected with the control unit, and the first switch is used for inputting a signal to the control unit to turn on or off the light-emitting unit; the second switch is connected with the control unit and is used for inputting signals to the control unit so as to switch the gear of the current operation mode.

Further, the first switch and/or the second switch is any one of a touch switch, a button switch, a knob switch and a voice-operated switch.

Further, the signal unit comprises a magnetic component arranged on the functional head and a hall sensor arranged on the control unit, or the signal unit comprises an electronic tag arranged on the functional head and an electronic tag identification module arranged on the control unit, or the signal unit comprises a conductive piece arranged on the functional head and a conductive part arranged and connected with the control unit.

The technical scheme of the invention also provides a control method of the depilating apparatus, which comprises the depilating apparatus, and the method comprises the following steps:

detecting whether the depilating instrument is in an activated state;

if yes, detecting whether a functional head is installed on the host;

if so, identifying the type of the functional head of the depilating instrument, and selecting a preset operation mode matched with the type of the functional head to perform polishing operation according to the type of the functional head.

Further, the method further comprises:

and outputting a guide voice matched with the preset operation mode, wherein the guide voice is used for guiding a user to operate according to the operation mode matched with the preset operation mode.

Further, the method further comprises:

detecting whether the current polishing action of the user is matched with the standard polishing action corresponding to the preset operation mode;

when the current polishing action is not matched with the standard polishing action, the depilating instrument outputs a polishing error prompt voice to prompt a user to perform polishing operation according to the polishing action matched with the preset operation mode.

Further, the method further comprises:

and when the current light-emitting action is not matched with the standard light-emitting action, controlling the light-emitting unit of the depilating instrument to pause working, detecting whether the light-emitting action of the depilating instrument is changed from the current light-emitting action to the light-emitting action corresponding to the preset operation mode, and when the detection result is yes, controlling the light-emitting unit of the depilating instrument to continue working.

Drawings

The above-mentioned and other features and advantages of this disclosure, and the manner of attaining them, will become more apparent and the disclosure itself will be better understood by reference to the following description of non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an epilating apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the hair removal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a signal unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another internal structure of a signal unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a control method of the hair removal device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a control method for an epilating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a control method for an epilating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a control method for an epilating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

100-a depilatory instrument; 10-a host machine; 11-a light-emitting unit; 12-a control unit; 121-hall sensor; 122-electronic tag identification module; 123-a second conductive portion; 124-a processing module; 125-a storage module; 126-an identification module; 127-an input module; 13-a signal unit; 14-a display unit; 15-a sound-emitting unit; 20-a functional head; 21-a magnetic component; 22-an electronic tag; 23-a first conductive portion; 30-a handle; 40-a head; 50-a first switch; 60-second switch.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be considered as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as implying or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features mentioned. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments can be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not be within the scope of the disclosure of the present invention.

In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "part", "assembly", or "unit" are used only for convenience of description of the present invention, and have no specific meaning by themselves, and thus may be used mixedly.

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1-5, the present invention provides an epilating apparatus 100 comprising a main body 10 and at least one type of functional head 20. The main body 10 can be composed of a handle 30 and a head 40, the head 40 can rotate relative to the handle 30 and has an adjustable angle, so that the light-emitting surface of the depilating apparatus 100 is more close to the position to be depilated; the host 10 may also be of unitary design. At least one type of function head 20 is removably attachable to the host 10, the function head 20 comprising a light filter head, or the function head 20 comprising a light filter head and an iontophoresis head.

The epilating apparatus 100 comprises a light emitting unit 11, a control unit 12 and a signal unit 13. The light emitting unit 11 and the control unit 12 may be disposed on the host 10, the light emitting unit 11 is configured to generate high-intensity light in a wide spectral range suitable for implementing light depilation or whitening, specifically, the light emitting unit 11 may be an IPL lamp, and the wavelength of the wide-spectrum light generated by the light emitting unit 11 is mostly 500-1200 nm. The light filtering head is provided with a light inlet and a light outlet for the light emitted by the light emitting unit 11 to pass through, and may include a light filter disposed between the light inlet and the light outlet, the light filter being used for selectively transmitting the light of a specific wavelength range from the light emitted by the light emitting unit 11, and the light filter may be a band pass filter. The host is further provided with a control unit 12, and the control unit 12 is electrically connected to the light emitting unit 11 and can instruct the light emitting unit 11 to operate based on at least two preset operation modes. The control unit 12 is configured to recognize the type of the function head 20 mounted on the host computer 10, and control the light emitting unit 11 to operate in a preset operation mode according to the recognition result of the type of the function head 20.

The signal unit 13 generates a corresponding analog signal to the control unit 12 in response to the connection state of the function head 20 and the host 10 to select the preset operation mode. In a preferred embodiment, the signal unit 13 comprises a magnetic component 21 arranged on the functional head 20 and a hall sensor 121 arranged on the control unit 12. The magnetic component 21 on the functional head 20 of different types has different magnetic force, the magnetic field intensity generated between the functional head 20 of different types and the hall sensor 121 is different, the hall sensor 121 converts the magnetic field intensity into an electric signal and transmits the electric signal to the control unit 12 to identify the type of the functional head 20, and the light-emitting unit 11 is controlled to work according to the identification result of the type of the functional head 20. In a preferred embodiment, the signaling unit 13 comprises an electronic tag 22 arranged on the function head 20 and an electronic tag identification module 122 arranged on said control unit. When the function head 20 is mounted on the host 10, the electronic tag identification module 122 reads the information of the electronic tag 22 and transmits the information to the control unit 12, and the control unit 12 identifies the type of the function head 20 according to the received information of the electronic tag 22 and controls the light emitting unit 11 to operate according to the preset operation mode according to the identification result of the type of the function head 20. In a preferred embodiment, the signaling unit 13 comprises a first conductive part 23 arranged at the functional head 20 and a second conductive part 123 arranged in connection with the control unit 12. When the functional head 20 is mounted on the host 10, the first conductive part 23 and the second conductive part 123 are electrically connected to provide corresponding analog signals to the control unit 12. The first conductive parts 23 of the different types of function heads 20 are different to provide different analog signals to the control unit 12, and the control unit 12 identifies the type of the function head 20 according to the different analog signals and controls the light emitting unit 11 to operate in a preset operation mode according to the identification result of the type of the function head 20.

The preset operation modes may be a lip depilation mode, an underarm depilation mode, a hand depilation mode, a leg depilation mode, a private depilation mode and an SR skin rejuvenation mode, and the different operation modes differ from each other at least in one of human body part selection information, polishing intensity, energy density, pulse width and operation duration. Each preset operating mode may also have the option of selecting a respective gear, such as low, medium, high, or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, with a distinction between different gears at least in one of shine intensity, energy density, pulse width, duration of operation. In one embodiment, the preset operating modes differ in energy density, as shown in table 1 below:

TABLE 1

Mode of operation	Lowest energy density	Maximum energy density
			Hand epilation mode	2J/cm²	6J/cm²
Leg epilation mode	2.5J/cm²	5J/cm²
			Facial depilating mode	2.3J/cm²	4.6J/cm²
Underarm depilation mode	2.8J/cm²	5.1J/cm²
			Private model mode	3J/cm²	4.8J/cm²
SR skin rejuvenation mode	2.8J/cm²	3.8J/cm²

Correspondingly, the functional head 20 can include a lip light filtering head, an underarm light filtering head, a hand light filtering head, a leg light filtering head, a private light filtering head and an SR mode light filtering head, wherein any one of the light filtering heads is provided with a light outlet and a light filter, different types of light filtering heads are at least different in light outlet area, light outlet shape and optical parameters of the light filter, so as to be more fit with human body parts needing nursing, the light emitting unit can better act on hair follicles, light with proper energy density is applied to the human body parts needing nursing, meanwhile, different light filter cut-off ranges are reasonably set according to requirements, light with proper wavelength ranges is applied to the human body parts needing nursing, and the hair removal or whitening effect can be achieved more quickly. When the function head 20 is mounted on the host computer 10, the epilating apparatus 100 can automatically identify the type of the function head 20 and switch to the corresponding operation mode, for example, when the lip filter is mounted on the host computer 10, the epilating apparatus 100 automatically switches to the lip epilating mode without manually selecting the mode by a user, thereby reducing the risk that the function head 20 is not matched with the selected operation mode and the cosmetic effect is not obvious. The hair density, skin sensitivity and hair follicle depth of each part of the body are different, and the light wave wavelength and energy density which are most suitable for each part are applied to each part, so that the skin is protected from being damaged additionally, and a more efficient depilation or whitening effect is achieved.

The function head 20 and the host 10 can have two connection states of separation and installation, when the function head 20 and the host 10 are in the separation state, a corresponding analog signal is generated to the control unit 12, and the control unit 12 instructs the light emitting unit 11 to operate according to a predetermined operation mode or instructs the light emitting unit 11 not to operate. Specifically, if the host 10 is provided with a filter, which may be a short-wave cut filter capable of filtering short-wave light (UV) harmful to the skin, the host 10 may also be used alone when the function head 20 is not added, and at this time, the control unit 12 receives the analog signals when the function head 20 is in a separated state from the host 10, and instructs the light emitting unit 11 to operate according to a predetermined operation mode, which may be one of the preset operation modes; if the main unit 10 is not provided with the optical filter, the control unit 12 instructs the light-emitting unit 11 not to work after receiving the analog signal of the functional head 20 and the main unit 10 in the separated state, so as to prevent the unfiltered short wave from hurting the user. The function head 20 and the host 10 may have a mounted connection state in which the signal unit 13 generates a corresponding analog signal to the control unit 12 in response to the mounted state of the function head 20 and the host 10, and the control unit 12 recognizes the type of the function head 20 mounted on the host 10 according to the corresponding analog signal and controls the light emitting unit 11 to operate in a preset operation mode according to the recognition result of the type of the function head 20. I.e. when the function head 20 comprises a lip filter, an underarm filter, a hand filter, a leg filter, a privacy filter and an SR mode filter, the recognition results of the control unit 12 comprise a no filter, a lip filter, an underarm filter, a hand filter, a leg filter, a privacy filter and an SR mode filter.

In a preferred embodiment, the filter in the host 10 is a short-wave cut filter and the filter in the function head 20 is a long-wave cut filter. The short and long wavelength cut-off filters cooperate to allow only light waves in a particular wavelength range to pass through the filters to the body part to which the user desires to apply.

In a preferred embodiment, the function head 20 comprises a depilation filter head, a whitening and tendering filter head and an iontophoresis head. The depilatory filter head can be mounted to apply only light having a wavelength of between 650nm and 1100nm to the desired body area of the user, and can filter out short-wave light (UV) harmful to the skin, while avoiding insufficient energy density due to strong absorption of light energy having a wavelength of less than 650nm by hemoglobin and proteins, and also avoiding strong absorption of light energy having a wavelength of greater than 1100nm by water in body tissues. The light wave with the wavelength between 650nm and 1100nm has obvious unhairing effect, can meet the unhairing requirement of a user, has good penetrating power, enables the energy density of hair follicles to be higher, improves the unhairing efficiency, simultaneously reduces the absorption of the skin epidermis layer and the epithelial layer to the light energy, reduces the temperature of the skin and effectively relieves the pain feeling of the skin. After the whitening and skin tendering light filtering head is installed, only light waves with the wavelength of 550nm to 650nm can be applied to the body part required to be applied by a user, on one hand, short wave light (UV) harmful to the skin can be filtered, on the other hand, the effect of whitening and skin tendering of the light waves with the wavelength of 550nm to 650nm on the skin of the user is obvious, and the requirements of whitening and skin tendering of the user can be met. According to the user's user demand, make the light of specific wave band apply to the user after passing through functional head 20, can avoid the light energy of invalid or harmful wave band to act on the user, guarantee simultaneously that enough energy density's light energy applies the user, realize the required result of use of user, improve user experience. In a preferred embodiment, the iontophoretic head is configured for delivering an electric current to the skin when using epilator 100, the electric current allowing to increase and/or accelerate the penetration of a cosmetic product that can be applied directly to the skin by the user. In one embodiment, the iontophoretic head includes two electrodes having different potentials. Correspondingly, the preset operation modes include a depilation mode, a skin rejuvenation mode and an iontophoresis mode.

In a preferred embodiment, the control unit 12 includes a storage module 125, an identification module 126, and a processing module 124. The storage module 125 may store or load a preset program corresponding to at least one lighting mode, and one preset program corresponds to one operation mode; the recognition module 126 receives the analog signal sent by the signal unit 13 and recognizes the type of the function head 20 mounted on the host computer 10; the processing module 124 receives the recognition result of the recognition module 126, and selects one of the operation modes stored in the storage module 125 according to the recognition result of the type of the function head 20 and instructs the light emitting unit 11 to execute. It should be understood that the modules referred to in this paragraph may be a combination of circuits or a single electronic device in a specific embodiment, and are not limited to the description of the text, which should be understood from the description of the present specification. For the programming, one solution is to provide a memory module 125 in the host 10 of the epilating apparatus 100, and the memory module 125 may be a separate memory module; or a memory module integrated with a microcontroller, in the production process of the depilating apparatus, a manufacturer burns a control program corresponding to an operation mode into a microprocessor chip, and the control unit 12 may be a microprocessor or a chip circuit or other electronic component set with logic calculation capability, for example, the chip for processing is NY8a 051D, the control chip has a flash memory and a register, and the system is programmable, as the prior art, which may refer to the introduction of the chip specifically.

In this embodiment, at least two preset operation modes can be set in the storage module 125 of the control unit 12 for the control unit 12 to call, so that the light-emitting unit 11 has different light-emitting intensities, energy densities, pulse widths, working durations, and the like, thereby facilitating the user to select the operation mode of the depilating apparatus 100. Alternatively, the storage module 125 stores a predetermined operation mode for use when the epilating apparatus is powered on, and when the epilating apparatus 100 is powered on, a user can fine-tune parameters of the circuit by operating buttons or the like to switch from the predetermined operation mode to at least one other predetermined operation mode, which is not described in detail herein. Alternatively, the storage module 125 may be disposed in the microprocessor, and the storage module 125 may be connected to the outside of the microprocessor, which is not described in detail herein. The storage module 125 is configured to store at least two preset operation modes, and the control unit 12 can call the storage module 125 to use the at least two preset operation modes, where the preset operation modes are: the light emitting unit is arranged in a lighting output mode, such as: the preset operation mode may be a parameter set written in the storage module by a software program and corresponding to the lighting intensity, energy density, pulse width, operation duration, etc. of the light emitting unit, and will not be described in detail herein.

In a preferred embodiment, the epilating apparatus 100 further comprises a display unit 14 connected to the control unit 12. The display unit 14 can be a display screen, an indicator light, a light bar or a light group, and the display unit 14 is used for emitting light corresponding to the state of the light emitting unit 11, so as to facilitate the user to identify the operation mode of the hair removal apparatus 100, or the strength of the current operation mode of the hair removal apparatus 100, that is, the gear position of the current operation mode, so as to achieve the effect of facilitating the user to distinguish.

In a preferred embodiment, the epilating apparatus 100 further comprises a sound emitting unit 15 connected to the control unit 12. The sound emitting unit 15 is used for providing a guiding voice of the current operation mode, or emitting an early warning message when the current operation mode and/or the optical filter head are not matched with the actual using position.

In a preferred embodiment, the control unit 12 includes an input module 127 for user input, which is used to form an input signal for triggering the control unit 12 to issue a command, and the input module 127 may be connected to several switches, or corresponding to a user interface connected to the switches, such as: buttons, touch screens, etc., which will not be described in detail herein. In a preferred embodiment, the epilating apparatus 100 comprises a first switch 50 and a second switch 60, the first switch 50 is connected to an input module 127, the input module 127 receives an input signal formed by the first switch 50, so that the control unit 12 can turn on or off the epilating apparatus 100 according to the signal of the first switch 50, and a user can control the first switch 50 through a button or a touch screen; the second switch 60 is connected to the input module 127, the second switch 60 is used for inputting a signal to the input module 127 to switch the gear of the current operation mode, the user can control the second switch 60 by a knob, when the function head 20 is mounted on the host 10, the control unit 12 identifies the type of the function head 20, and controls the light-emitting unit 11 to operate according to the identification result of the type of the function head 20 according to the preset operation mode; in this mode of operation, the second switch 60 can be rotated to make a gear selection. The first switch 50 and/or the second switch 60 is any one of a touch switch, a push switch, a rotary switch, and a voice control switch.

The functional head 20 and the host 10 may be a snap connection or a magnetic attachment. In a preferred embodiment, the function head 20 is provided with a first magnet, the host 10 is provided with a second magnet at a corresponding position, and the function head 20 is fixed by the mutual attraction force of the first magnet and the second magnet. One of the first magnet and the second magnet is a magnet, and the other of the first magnet and the second magnet is a magnet or a magnetic substance that can be attracted by the magnet.

In a preferred embodiment, the lighting unit 11 comprises an IPL tube. The epilating apparatus 100 further comprises a power supply unit which supplies power to the IPL lamp tube. The control unit 12 may be a control circuit board, the power supply unit may be a charging capacitor, and the control circuit board controls the lighting of the IPL lamp tube after the energy storage of the charging capacitor is completed and reaches a preset voltage. The depilating device 100 may further include a housing, a mounting bracket, a refrigerating element, a heat dissipating element, a fan, a control circuit board, the light emitting unit 11, a fan, a heat dissipating element, a capacitor installed in the housing through the mounting bracket, the refrigerating element for providing an ice feeling on a skin contact surface, the heat dissipating element may be a heat pipe and/or a heat dissipating fin, the heat dissipating element for dissipating heat from the light emitting unit 11 and a heat dissipating surface of the refrigerating element, the fan for dissipating heat from the light emitting unit 11, the heat dissipating surface of the refrigerating element and other components inside the host computer 10, and a through hole for dissipating heat is further provided on the host computer housing. The epilating apparatus 100 may further comprise a sensing module electrically connected to the control unit for sensing whether skin is near the working surface to control the light emitting unit 11 to be turned on and off. Depilating apparatus 100 is connected to an external power source via a power cord and/or a charging interface.

Example two

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an epilating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, including the epilating apparatus described above, the method includes the following steps:

101. it is detected whether the epilating apparatus is in an activated state, step 102 is performed if the epilating apparatus is in the activated state, and step 101 is continued if the epilating apparatus is not in the activated state.

In this embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the depilating apparatus may be activated by a user pressing a switch button of the depilating apparatus, or may be activated according to a received activation signal sent by a terminal (e.g., an associated mobile phone) associated with the depilating apparatus, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

102. Detecting whether the host machine is provided with the functional head, if the host machine is provided with the functional head, executing step 103, and if the depilating instrument is not provided with the functional head, controlling the depilating instrument to work in a set operation mode or controlling the depilating instrument not to work.

In the embodiment of the invention, optionally, the host is provided with a filter, the filter is a short-wave cut-off filter, and can filter short-wave light (UV) harmful to skin, so that the host can be used alone when no functional head is added, and the control unit receives an analog signal that the functional head is not installed on the host, and then instructs the light-emitting unit to operate according to a predetermined operation mode, wherein the predetermined operation mode can be one of preset operation modes; optionally, the host is not provided with an optical filter, and the control unit instructs the light-emitting unit not to work after receiving the analog signal that the host is not provided with the functional head, so as to avoid the unfiltered short wave from hurting users.

103. And identifying the type of the functional head of the depilating instrument, and selecting a preset operation mode matched with the type of the functional head according to the type of the functional head to perform polishing operation.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the depilating apparatus may select the preset operation mode matching with the type of the functional head according to the type of the functional head, and further, may further acquire the personal identification information (age, sex, hair condition, skin condition, etc.) of the user (user) of the functional head, and select the matching preset operation mode by combining the type of the functional head and the personal identification information of the user of the functional head. The preset operation mode may include different human body part selection information, different lighting intensities, different energy densities, different pulse widths (lighting time intervals), different working durations, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. When the function head is installed on the host computer, the type that the appearance that moults can automatic identification function head to switch to the mode of operation that corresponds, if when the hand optical filter head was installed on the host computer, the appearance that moults automatic switch over to the hand mode of mouling need not the manual mode of selection of user, reduces the function head and does not match with the mode of operation of selection and lead to the unobvious risk of cosmetic effect.

EXAMPLE III

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart of another method for controlling an epilating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, including the above-mentioned epilating apparatus, the method includes the following steps:

in the embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the depilating apparatus includes steps 201 to 203, and for the description of steps 201 to 203, please refer to the detailed description of steps 101 to 103 in the second embodiment, which is not repeated herein. Further, the method further comprises:

204. and outputting a guide voice matched with the preset operation mode, wherein the guide voice is used for guiding a user to operate according to the operation mode matched with the preset operation mode.

In the embodiment of the invention, the guiding voice can also remind the user of the current operation mode, if the operation mode is in the hand depilation mode, the current mode is reminded to be used for the hand, and the situation that the user mistakenly depilates other parts in the hand depilation mode, such as lips, so that light with unreasonable wave bands and energy density is applied to the body of the user and an improper light filter head is used is avoided. The guiding voice can guide the user to correctly use the depilating instrument, avoid causing unnecessary damage to the user and ensure the use effect of the depilating instrument.

Example four

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a control method of an epilating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, including the epilating apparatus described above, the method includes the following steps:

in the embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the depilating apparatus includes steps 301 to 304, and for the description of steps 301 to 304, please refer to the detailed description of steps 201 to 204 in the third embodiment, which is not repeated herein. Further, the method further comprises:

305. and detecting whether the current polishing action of the user is matched with the standard polishing action corresponding to the preset operation mode. When the current polishing action does not match the standard polishing action, executing step 306; when the current polishing action matches the standard polishing action, step 305 is continued.

In an embodiment of the invention, the epilating apparatus may be provided with a motion sensor, such as a gravity sensor. The depilating apparatus can determine the current lighting action of the user by analyzing the orientation data (various postures of the depilating apparatus, which may include the orientation of the light outlet of the depilating apparatus, such as upward, downward, inward, etc.) acquired by the gravity sensor and the lighting time recorded from the start of lighting by the depilating apparatus.

306. And the depilating instrument outputs a lighting error prompt voice to prompt a user to perform lighting operation according to the lighting action matched with the preset operation mode.

According to the embodiment of the invention, when the fact that the current polishing action of the user of the depilating instrument does not accord with (is not matched with) the standard polishing action is detected, the polishing error prompt voice is output to correct the current polishing action of the user, so that the polishing error area of the user can be found and corrected in time, and the eyes of the user are prevented from being injured by light leakage.

EXAMPLE five

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an epilating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, including the epilating apparatus described above, the method includes the following steps:

in the embodiment of the present invention, the control method of the depilating apparatus includes steps 401 to 403, and for the description of steps 401 to 403, please refer to the detailed description of steps 101 to 103 in the second embodiment, which is not repeated herein. Further, the method further comprises:

404. and detecting whether the current polishing action of the user is matched with the standard polishing action corresponding to the preset operation mode. When the current polishing action is not matched with the standard polishing action corresponding to the preset operation mode, executing step 405; and when the current polishing action is matched with the standard polishing action corresponding to the preset operation mode, ending the process.

405. And when the current lighting action is not matched with the standard lighting action corresponding to the preset operation mode, controlling a light-emitting unit of the depilating instrument to pause working.

406. And detecting whether the current polishing action of the depilating instrument is changed from the current polishing action to the polishing action corresponding to the preset operation mode. When the detection result is yes, step 407 is executed; when the detection result is negative, the step 406 is continued.

407. And controlling the light-emitting unit of the depilating apparatus to work continuously.

The invention provides a depilating apparatus and a control method thereof, the depilating apparatus comprises a host machine and at least one type of functional head, wherein the functional head is detachably mounted on the host machine, the depilating apparatus further comprises a light-emitting unit, a control unit and a signal unit, the light-emitting unit is used for generating high-intensity light in a wide spectral range suitable for realizing light depilation or whitening, the control unit instructs the light-emitting unit to work based on at least two preset operation modes, and the signal unit responds to the connection state of the functional head and the host machine to generate a corresponding analog signal to the control unit so as to select the preset operation mode. When the functional head is installed on the host computer, but the type of the automatic recognition functional head of appearance that moults to switch to the operation mode that corresponds, need not user's manual selection mode, reduce the functional head and mismatch with the operation mode of selecting and lead to the obscure risk of cosmetic effect, provide the voice guidance simultaneously, correct and polish the action, reduce the use risk, guaranteed cosmetic effect, improved user experience. Light in a proper wave band range is applied according to different hair density degrees, skin sensitivity degrees and hair follicle depths of all parts of a body, and meanwhile, a reasonable operation mode is set, so that the beautifying effect is realized more efficiently and scientifically, and the use comfort level is improved. When the lighting action is incorrect, a voice prompt is given or the lighting action is suspended, so that unnecessary damage to a user is avoided.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The foregoing is a more detailed description of the present invention that is presented in conjunction with specific embodiments, and the practice of the invention is not to be considered limited to those descriptions. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that a number of simple derivations or substitutions can be made without departing from the inventive concept.

Claims

1. An epilating apparatus comprising a main body and at least one type of functional head detachably mountable to the main body, further comprising:

2. An epilating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the control unit comprises:

3. An epilating apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the epilating apparatus further comprises a display unit connected to the control unit, or the epilating apparatus further comprises a sound emitting unit connected to the control unit.

4. An epilator as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the epilator comprises a first switch and a second switch, the first switch being connected to the control unit, the first switch being adapted to input a signal to the control unit to switch the light emitting unit on or off; the second switch is connected with the control unit and is used for inputting signals to the control unit so as to switch the gear of the current operation mode.

5. An epilator as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the first switch and/or the second switch is any one of a touch switch, a push-button switch, a rotary switch, a voice-activated switch.

6. The hair removal device of claim 1, wherein the signal unit comprises a magnetic component disposed on the functional head and a hall sensor disposed on the control unit, or the signal unit comprises an electronic tag disposed on the functional head and an electronic tag identification module disposed on the control unit, or the signal unit comprises a conductive component disposed on the functional head and a conductive component disposed in connection with the control unit.

7. An epilating apparatus control method, characterized in that it comprises an epilating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the method comprising:

detecting whether the depilating instrument is in an activated state;

if yes, detecting whether a functional head is installed on the host;

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising: