GROOMING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS INCLUDING DETECTION OF HAIR-COVERED SKIN LESIONS DURING GROOMING AND INCLUDING TOPOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods are described for acquiring, among other things, lesion information from a hair or fur-covered region of a biological subject.
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244 Claims
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184. A grooming system, comprising:
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a brush structure having a bristle face and a plurality of bristles extending outward from the bristle face; an image sensor component forming part of the brush structure; and a scalp-imaging module operably coupled to the image sensor component. - View Dependent Claims (185, 186, 191, 192, 195, 197, 200, 203, 204, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215, 220, 222, 223)
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224. A hairbrush device, comprising:
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a brush structure having a bristle face and a plurality of bristles extending outward from the bristle face; circuitry for acquiring images of one or more scalp regions; and circuitry for generating scalp lesion identification information. - View Dependent Claims (227, 230, 231, 232, 235)
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236. A grooming method, comprising:
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acquiring one or more images of a hair-covered scalp region during grooming; identifying at least one object in the one or more images; and generating scalp lesion information responsive to identifying the at least one object in the one or more images. - View Dependent Claims (241, 242, 243)
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