System and method for establishing a user-specific hair treatment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11980279-B2
Application number	US-201716311592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2017
Priority date	Jul 5, 2016
Publication date	May 14, 2024
Grant date	May 14, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a user-specific hair treatment with determination and inclusion of the state of the hair. To this end, the content of at least one hair constituent is firstly determined with the aid of near-infrared and/or infrared and/or VIS and/or Raman spectra of the hair of an individual and a hair state is derived via a calibration model. Individual treatment advice is output on the basis of the determined hair state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for the individualized treatment of hair, the method comprising:
a) determining a content of hair constituent of a number of samples of hair with a different hair state by a chromatographic or colorimetric process;
b) recording near-infrared and/or infrared and/or VIS and/or Raman spectra of the samples of hair with a different hair state;
c) creating a calibration model which produces a correlation between near-infrared and/or infrared and/or VIS and/or Raman spectra and the content of hair constituent;
d) recording a near-infrared and/or an infrared and/or a VIS and/or a Raman spectrum of hair of an individual;
e) determining the state of the hair of the individual on the basis of the calibration model; and
f) outputting individual treatment advice regarding the hair of the individual depending on the determined hair state, wherein the hair constituent is selected from the group of amino acids, lipids, melanins, water and mixtures thereof.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the calibration model from steps a) to c) is present in the form of stored information on a local data carrier or in a cloud.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step d) is performed at a hairdresser's, at a point of sale (POS) of hair treatment agents, or in the private field.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step d) is controlled by a smart terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein step d) is controlled by the smart terminal via a previously installed app.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the previously installed app is downloaded via a QR code, an NFC chip, a barcode or an RFID chip directly at a hairdresser's or at a point of sale (POS) of hair treatment agents.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the hair state is a hair state selected from the group of brittle, lacklustre, oxidatively damaged, heat-damaged, chemically damaged, dry, moist, greasy, hydrophilic, high in melanin, low in melanin, normal and combinations thereof.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the calibration model takes into account further factors.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the further factors comprise categorical factors.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the categorical factors comprise ethnicity of the individual, age of the individual and/or hair color of the individual.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the individual treatment advice comprises a recommendation of hair treatment agents.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein hair treatment agents comprise bleaching agents and/or hair dyes and/or haircare products and/or styling products.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the individual treatment advice comprises a recommendation to abstain for a certain period of time from bleaching and/or oxidative dyeing and/or permanent deformation processes and/or heat treatments.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the individual treatment advice comprises a recommendation to lighten and/or oxidatively dye the hair color only by a maximum number of shades for a certain period of time.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the individual treatment advice comprises a dosing recommendation for a bleaching and/or an oxidative dyeing and/or a prediction of the result of a bleaching and/or oxidative dyeing.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the individual treatment advice lies in encouraging or discouraging the individual to/from using hair treatment products that the individual identifies on the basis of QR codes, NFC chips, barcodes or RFID chips.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the individual treatment advice lies in encouraging the individual to use bleaching agents and/or hair dyes and/or haircare products that are prepared individually for the individual and in initiating an ordering process.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in addition to the state of the hair, the wave thereof is determined and this is taken into consideration in the individual treatment advice.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in addition to the state of the hair, the thickness thereof is determined and this is taken into consideration in the individual treatment advice.

20. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in addition to the state of the hair, the degree of greying thereof is determined and this is taken into consideration in the individual treatment advice.

Assignees

• Henkel Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Knuebel Georg
• Gebert-Schwarzwaelder Antje
• Foerster Thomas

Classifications

• A45D44/00 Primary

  Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms · CPC title

• A61B5/0075

  by spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra, e.g. Raman spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy (A61B5/0071 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B5/1032

  Determining colour of tissue for diagnostic purposes · CPC title

• A61B5/448

  Hair evaluation, e.g. for hair disorder diagnosis · CPC title

• A61B5/7246 Primary

  using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity · CPC title