Personal care appliance including wireless input interfaces
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1. A personal care appliance comprising:
- an input interface configured to be removably affixed to an outer surface of the personal care appliance in a user-selectable location, the input interface including a transponder configured to be selectively capable or incapable of transmitting a signal through physical actuation;
a reader configured to receive signals from the transponder; and
a computing arrangement including circuitry configured to decode signals received by the reader and to actuate the personal care appliance based on the received signals.
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Abstract
Personal care appliances and systems including wireless input interfaces and related methods of use are described.
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1. A personal care appliance comprising:
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an input interface configured to be removably affixed to an outer surface of the personal care appliance in a user-selectable location, the input interface including a transponder configured to be selectively capable or incapable of transmitting a signal through physical actuation; a reader configured to receive signals from the transponder; and a computing arrangement including circuitry configured to decode signals received by the reader and to actuate the personal care appliance based on the received signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A personal care appliance comprising:
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an input interface configured to be removably affixed to an outer surface of the personal care appliance, the input interface including a transponder configured to be selectively capable or incapable of transmitting a signal; a reader configured to receive signals from the transponder; and a computing arrangement including circuitry configured to decode signals received by the reader and to actuate the personal care appliance based on the received signals, wherein the reader is one of a plurality of readers and wherein the computing arrangement is configured to iteratively power each of the plurality of readers.
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