Hair condition-determining device, hair condition-determining system, and method for determining a hair condition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12064254-B2
Application number	US-201816609365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2018
Priority date	May 31, 2017
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

A hair condition-determining device can have a device body having at least one first region and one second region, wherein the first region and the second region are designed in such a way that the hair of the user can be moved between the first region and the second region, at least one optional light source arranged in or on the device body for illuminating the hair of the user, at least one optical sensor arranged in or on the device body for sensing light that has been emitted by the light source and has interacted with the hair and/or ambient light that has interacted with the hair, and an electronic circuit device arranged in or on the device body, wherein the electronic circuit device is coupled to the optical sensor in order to receive the detected light.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hair condition-determining device for providing information regarding a hair condition of hair of a user, the device having:
a device body having at least one first region and one second region configured such that the hair of the user can be moved between the first region and the second region;
at least one optional light source, arranged in or on the device body, for illuminating the hair of the user;
at least one optical sensor, arranged in or on the device body, for detecting light which has been irradiated by the light source and has interacted with the hair, and/or ambient light which has interacted with the hair; and
electronic circuit device arranged in or on the device body,
wherein the electronic circuit device is coupled to the optical sensor in order to receive a signal generated by employing the detected light, and
wherein:
the electronic circuit device is designed to determine information regarding the hair condition of the user on the basis of the received signal and to provide the information to the user,
the at least one optical sensor is configured to take one or more recordings in a fluorescence range and/or in a near-infrared range (NIR range),
the electronic circuit is configured, on the basis of the received signal, to determine a degree of hair damage by determining a cysteic acid content, and
the electronic circuit is configured, on the basis of the received signal, to determine a water content of the hair.

2. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the device body is formed as a comb or as a brush, and wherein the first region and the second region comprise two adjacent comb teeth or two adjacent brittles.

3. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 2 , wherein the light source comprises a UV light source, and the at least one optical sensor comprises a detector for detecting fluorescent light.

4. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 2 , wherein the light source comprises an NIR light source, and the at least one optical sensor comprises an NIR detector for detecting near-infrared light.

5. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic circuit device is designed to determine a recommendation on the basis of the determined hair condition and to provide this recommendation to the user.

6. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light source comprises a UV light source, and the at least one optical sensor comprises a detector for detecting fluorescent light.

7. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 6 , wherein the light source comprises an NIR light source, and the at least one optical sensor comprises an NIR detector for detecting near-infrared light.

8. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 6 , wherein the electronic circuit device is designed to determine a recommendation on the basis of the determined hair condition and to provide this recommendation to the user.

9. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light source comprises an NIR light source, and the at least one optical sensor comprises an NIR detector for detecting near-infrared light.

10. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic circuit device is designed to determine a recommendation on the basis of the determined hair condition and to provide this recommendation to the user.

11. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 10 , wherein the recommendation comprises at least one of a haircare product recommendation, a hairstyling product recommendation, hair-colouring product, and a hair treatment recommendation.

12. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 1 , further having:
at least one further sensor for detecting a further hair condition.

13. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 12 ,
wherein the at least one further sensor has a microphone.

14. The hair condition-determining device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic circuit device comprises a wireless data exchange device.

Assignees

• Henkel Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Blank Philippe

Classifications

• G09B19/00

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