EP2676567B1 - Personal appliance with different modes of operation - Google Patents

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EP2676567B1
EP2676567B1 EP13003135.4A EP13003135A EP2676567B1 EP 2676567 B1 EP2676567 B1 EP 2676567B1 EP 13003135 A EP13003135 A EP 13003135A EP 2676567 B1 EP2676567 B1 EP 2676567B1
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Gisa Nicolin
Juergen Seng
Olaf Soerensen
Christoph Schmitz
Francis Pinto
Catrin Zebe
Sven Beutner
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D1/02—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel
    • A45D1/04—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel by electricity
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D1/28—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for controlling or indicating the temperature
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/001—Hair straightening appliances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D6/00—Details of, or accessories for, hair-curling or hair-waving devices
    • A45D6/20—Devices for controlling the temperature of hair curlers

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  • the present invention relates to personal appliances according to the preamble of claim 1 and is concerned with a beneficial method for operating such personal appliance and the required technical features.
  • a dryer hood is a relatively spacious personal appliance. Hence, it is relatively easy to place one or several sensors in a dryer hood.
  • As a dryer hood is a very specific type of a personal appliance comprising the hood as a closed space, it is relatively easy to find an appropriate place for a sensor and to make representative measurements.
  • US patent 4,602,143 discloses an infrared hair styling device.
  • This device is provided in the form of a curling iron with an infrared radiation source.
  • the curling iron comprises a hollow barrel for radiating infrared radiation.
  • the barrrel is substantially transparent to radiation.
  • the curling iron is also provided with a circuit for energizing the infrared source in a cyclical manner in order to maintain the temperature of the barrel within a predetermined range.
  • This device also comprises a temperature sensor to sense the temperature of the barrel in order to activate the control unit for maintaining the predetermined temperature range. Hence, within a predetermined temperature range the infrared source will cycle on and off.
  • EP 2 524 617 A2 published after the priority date of the current application discloses a hair styling apparatus with a heating device and a hair protection function. It discloses a temperature-sensing unit, a temperature setting by the user and a moisture sensor in order to select suited temperature for the hair treatment. No possibility is provided for the user to enter data related to at least one of hair length, hair density and/or hair used as user related data for the selection of the first or second operating mode.
  • WO 2012/174168 A2 published after the priority date of the current application, a hair care tool for dynamic and optimum hair styling temperature control is described.
  • the hair moisture is measured by a change in temperature and converted to hair moisture using a look-up table. The measurement is performed prior and during a styling session. No possibility is provided for the user to enter data related to at least one of hair length, hair density and/or hair used as user related data for the selection of the first or second operating mode.
  • US 2010/0286754 discloses an assembly for preventing and treating moisture-based skin dermatitis with a temperature control having a temperature sensor and a user selectable input temperature. Further, a moisture sensor is provided to detect the moisture on the skin. The chosen treatment then depends on the detected moisture.
  • a hair styling appliance having separated heating zones with different heating plates and a temperature sensor for each heating plate.
  • An individual control of the different, separated heating zones is provided based on the temperature sensor measurements for each heating zone.
  • a hair treatment device such as a hair straightener
  • the temperature control has two sensors. From the sensor data, a parameter can be generated, the parameter being based on the condition of the hair. This parameter might be a difference of the two temperature sensor data. The parameter influences the temperature control.
  • a hair straightener is known for performing a grooming task on a user. The straightener being able to perform the grooming task in at least a first mode and a second mode, which is different from the first mode.
  • It comprises a user interface enabling the user to manually enter further user related data relevant to the grooming task and a data processing unit that generates a selection signal for selecting at least either the first or the second mode depending on the user related data entered, wherein the hair straightener comprises a data storage unit, and the data processing unit generates a selection signal also depending on the data stored in the data storage unit and the data entered via the user interface relates to different types of hair.
  • the present invention attempts to improve these concepts found in the prior art.
  • the present invention attempts to provide a personal appliance which provides an optimal mode of usage for different users and for different usage situations.
  • the present invention relates to a hair straightener according to appended independent claim 1. Preferred embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the depending claims.
  • a personal appliance can take a variety of forms.
  • the personal appliance can be can be a grooming appliance, for example a shaver, a trimmer, a beard trimmer, an epilator, or a hair care device, e.g. a curler, a straightener, a brush, a hair dryer, and the like.
  • the grooming task is different and hence the first mode and the second mode to perform the grooming task are different and specific to the personal appliance.
  • a shaver could be operated with fast moving or slow moving cutting knives.
  • the personal appliance can also be an epilator.
  • a first mode could be one of slow motion of the epilation roll and a second mode could be one of a fast movement of the epilation roll.
  • the grooming task will typically be the task of drying hair or straightening hair or curling hair. In hair care grooming tasks the temperature at which the task is performed is critical.
  • a first mode for such hair care grooming task could be a mode of low temperature and a second mode for a hair care grooming task could be a mode of high temperature.
  • the personal appliance is a hair straightener and comprises at least one sensor for measuring user data relevant to the grooming task.
  • the hair temperature or hair dryness or hair wetness could be measured.
  • user data will be representative for an aspect or a feature of the user's body and the state this body or part of the body is in.
  • the personal appliance should further comprise a user interface enabling the use to enter user related data.
  • user related data can for example be skin type, skin color and tone, skin dryness, frequence of doing the same or a different grooming task, hair color, hair length, density of body hair, or the like.
  • the interface will allow the user to enter such data.
  • a key pad allowing to enter letters and numbers or numbers only or the like can be useful.
  • a switch with two or more positions or a button can also be useful to enter data.
  • the user interface will comprise a display.
  • a display can be helpful to enter a variety of user data with relative simple selections, for example selections by using a button.
  • a touch display can also be a useful user interface.
  • an external device serves for entering data.
  • Useful devices are computers, also in the form of laptop or tablet computer, or mobile phones, smart phones, digital assistants and the like. These devices can be connected to the personal applicance via a cable or via a wireless connection, using e.g. the W-LAN or Bluetooth connection elements and protocols.
  • the data storage unit in addition also stores individual data which are at least in part generated during usage by the user.
  • the applicance is then able to improve its performance (select the most appropriate mode or temperature setting of the heating plates of a straightener) in shorter time due to the training occurred by earlier usage.
  • the appliance is then "self-learning". This aspect can be also indepenedently claimed in the context of the other features described hereinbelow and above.
  • the personal appliance will further comprise a data processing unit.
  • This processing unit is able to perform mathematical and logical operations.
  • the unit will typically comprise integrated circuits and similar parts often used in computers.
  • the data processing unit will generate a selection signal for either the first or the second mode. This signal can then be used to trigger the selection of the respective mode.
  • the signal will be low volt signal and suitable electrical or electronic means will be required to transform the signal into a signal suitable to actually trigger the selection. It is useful in the context of the present invention, that the selection signal generated by the data processing unit is performed into a second selection signal. Such a second selection signal can be more suitable to trigger the desired selection, for example be of higher voltage.
  • the selection signal is generated in a complex operation and depends at least on the data measured by the at least one sensor and also on the user related data entered.
  • the combination of such various data provides a higher quality of the selection signal. That means, that the signal is more likely to trigger the selection of an ideal grooming mode as compared to signals generated in a simpler way, for example by a user selection only or by a sensor selection only.
  • first mode and a second mode can exist.
  • different mode can be different temperature settings.
  • second mode comprises features of the first mode and additional features.
  • the first mode can be the operation of an electric shaver alone and the second mode can be the operation of the electric shaver and an electric trimmer.
  • a personal appliance which further comprises a data storage unit.
  • a data storage unit can take a variety of commonly known forms.
  • the data processing unit can then generate a selection signal also depending on the data stored in the data storage unit.
  • the nature of the data stored in the data storage unit can be quite different.
  • the data can be non-individual.
  • Such non-individual data are to be understood as data not generated relative to a specific individual user.
  • data can be usage data generated from a large variety of users representative for an unspecified variety of users or representative for a certain subset of users (e.g. young women or the like).
  • the two sensors can measure the same property, for example temperature.
  • Two sensors can achieve a more accurate temperature measurement as compared to a single sensor.
  • temperature data received from two sensors can be processed for achieving a different quality of information rather than temperature.
  • the temperature difference between the front end and the rear end of the heating plates of a hair straightener can be representative for the dryness of the hair. If the hair is wet, it will normally absorb more heat from the heated plates of a hair straightener, and hence the temperature drop between the front sensor and the rear sensor (in a given stroke direction) is more pronounced. Therefore, a set of temperature data can be transferred into a set of dryness data. Dryness data are referred to as a data set of a different nature as compared to the temperature data set.
  • a personal appliance is considered useful, wherein the data measured by the at least one sensor form a first data set comprising a data representing a first physical property and wherein a second data set comprising a data representing a second physical property is generated using data from the first data set and the second physical property is different from the first physical property.
  • the first set of data can be temperature data and the second set of data can be dryness data.
  • this conversion can be achieved by relying on data stored in the data storage.
  • the data storage may have representative data for temperature drop depending on hair dryness.
  • wetness data is the same physical property as dryness data for all embodiments.
  • the personal appliance comprises a third sensor which measures data of a different nature than the first and the second sensor.
  • the third sensor may measure hair dryness directly.
  • the data of the third sensor can then be compared with the process data of the first two sensors. The comparison can then lead to an estimate about the reliability of the sensors and to an overall more accurate measurement.
  • the data of the third different sensor can be used to create a data set of yet different quality.
  • the temperature data generated by the first and second sensor could be used to have an estimate for the speed with which the device is moved through the hair.
  • the third sensor or a fourth sensor could also be a sensor measuring the position of the hair straightener.
  • Fig. 1 shows a representative hair care device in the form of a curler, which can implement all aspects of the present invention.
  • the curler 100 comprises a gripping unit 110.
  • the gripping unit comprises a display window 112.
  • the gripping unit can further comprise a switch or interface 120.
  • the device 100 will as a further essential component comprise the hair treatment unit 130.
  • the hair treatment unit comprises the central heated barrel 132 and the clip 134.
  • an actuator button 136 is provided for opening the clip.
  • a first region 140 is suitable for a first sensor and a second region 142 is suitable for a second sensor. These regions can be adjacent to either side of the clip 134.
  • Fig. 2 shows a hair straightener, which embodies the present invention.
  • the hair straightener 200 comprises a gripping unit 210.
  • the gripping unit essentially comprises a first arm 212 and a second arm 214. Both arms are linked at joint 216.
  • a cable 218 is provided at one end of the straightener 200.
  • the straightener comprises a dial knob 220.
  • the straightener 200 comprises a hair treatment unit 230.
  • This hair treatment unit also comprises a first arm 232 and a second arm 234.
  • a gripping unit 236 is provided at one end of the first arm 232 .
  • Both arms comprise heated surfaces and for the second arm 214 the first heating surface 250 can be clearly seen. Adjacent to the first heating surface 250 an area 240 for the first sensor is provided and an area 242 for the second sensor is provided.
  • Fig. 3 provides a schematic illustration of the functioning of the present invention, without providing actual parts of the invention as embodied in a personal appliance.
  • the personal appliance might generate first sensor data SD1 and second sensor data SD2. Additionally, the user can enter data by a suitable interface, such that further entered data ED are available. All these data are transmitted to a central processing unit. This unit will then generate an output signal O.
  • Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
  • sensor data SD1 and sensor data SD2 are provided to a processing unit along side with entered data ED.
  • the processing unit P also is linked to a knowledge data base KDB. From this data base, data can be provided for a better processing and analysing of the data SD1, SD2 and ED. Hence, the output signal O can be of a better quality.
  • Fig. 5 discloses a yet further embodiment of the present invention.
  • the sensor data SD1 and SD2 are processed differently. It can be assumed, that SD1 and SD2 are data of the same type, for example temperature data taken by two temperature sensors at two different positions of interest. These sensor data can then be processed in a sensor data processor SDP.
  • the output of the sensor data processor to the central processor P can be of a different nature than the input data.
  • the output data can have the quality of dryness data, while the input data only are temperature data.
  • time data TD can be provided. Such data can be provided by a simple commercially available time signal. It is then possible to have a time curve of the sensor data.
  • time data TD can be provided directly to the central processor P or can alternatively, as shown, be provided to the sensor data processor SDP.
  • the sensor data processor SDP is enabled to provide time dependent data. For example, a time dependent temperature curve or a time dependent dryness curve can be provided.
  • data SD3 data from further sensors to the sensor processors, such as data SD3.
  • data again can be combined with a time signal in the central processor P or in another processor, similar to the sensor data processor SDP shown. Where such data provided these data will lead to a higher quality output signal O, especially when the central processor P can also compare the measure data with reference data such as data from a knowledge data base KDB.
  • Fig. 6 shows yet another embodiment of the present invention.
  • a second data base is provided.
  • a user data base UDB is provided.
  • Such user data base can store data generated over the use by an individual user or a small number of users (for example within a family). Based on such a data base it is possible to detect changes in user habits. It is also possible to distinguish between different users. For example one member of the family may normally use the appliance with dry hair another memeber of the familiy will normally use the appliance with wet hair. Hence, by comparing fresh data with stored data from a small number of users, it is possible to analyse the situation or to at least make an educated guess.
  • a user using the device on wet hair can be offered a higher temperature than a user using the device with dry hair.
  • other settings can also be selected suitable for the individual user, for example the settings for users with colored hair can be different than for a user with hair of natural color.
  • the first sensor data (SD1) can be referred to as sensor data 10
  • the second sensor data (SD2) can be referred to as sensor data 12
  • the time data (TD) can be referred to as 16
  • the sensor data processor (SDP) can be referred to as 18
  • the enter data (ED) can be referred to as 20
  • the third sensor data (SD3) can be referred to as 14
  • the central processor (P) can be referred to as 30
  • the output signal (O) can be referred to as 40
  • the knowledge data base (KDB) can be referred to as 50
  • UDB user data base
  • 60 the user data base

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