BODYCARE DEVICE

• US 20170049278A1
• Filed: 04/23/2015
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: THOMASSEN, HENRICUS JOHANNES MARIA
• Granted Patent: US 11,179,009 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/008 Disc-shaped brush bodies
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/023 with means for inducing vibration to the bristles
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0006 with a controlling brush technique device, e.g. stroke movement measuring device
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/102 Brush specifically designed for massaging the skin or scalp A46B2200/1026 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/0095 Removable or interchangeable brush heads
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/04 interchangeably removable bristle carriers
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/043 hand operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 17/221 Control arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0153 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1215 Rotary drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1481 Special movement conversion means
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1671 rotational
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1685 interchangeable modular devices, A61H2201/0107
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5007 computer controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/501 connected to external computer devices or networks
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5038 freely programmable by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5058 Sensors or detectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/022 Face
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/0254 with rotary motor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/005 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 : for remote control of appliances

Abstract

A bodycare device such as a facial skincare device performs a skincare procedure on a subject, in a series of zones of the skin of the subject, with each zone receiving a different skincare routine. The device (1) has an interchangeable treatment head (3) to perform the skincare procedure. A controller (10) controls the treatment head to perform the skincare procedure. A sensor (14) detects an individual treatment head (3) when fitted to the device, by detecting and reading data from a tag (15) on the treatment head, which automatically selects the sequence of skincare routines to be performed by the device on the zones of the skin of the subject.

Claims

1. A skincare device for performing a skincare procedure on a subject, comprising:

a drive train to receive and drive an interchangeable treatment head to perform the skincare procedure, wherein the drive train includes a drive shaft to receive the interchangeable treatment head, a motor configuration to rotate the drive shaft and/or apply a vibratory motion to the drive shaft;

a controller to control the drive train so that the treatment head performs the skincare procedure; and

a sensor to detect an individual treatment head when fitted on the drive train;

the controller being responsive to the sensor to control the drive train to perform the skincare procedure in a sequence of individual skincare routines suited to respective zones of the body of the subject in dependence on the individual treatment head fitted to the drive train, and wherein the controller is further operable to control the motor configuration so as to control drive parameters for the drive train for each of the skincare routines individually

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller has an associated memory with stored values for the drive parameters of the sequence of individual skincare routines suited to respective zones of the skin of the subject in dependence on the individual treatment head fitted to the drive train.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to detect wirelessly an identity device on the treatment head fitted to the drive train.

4. A device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the sensor includes a NFC device configured to detect a RFID tag on the treatment head.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein motor configuration comprises a first motor coupled to rotate the drive shaft, and a second motor that comprises drive coil and a magnetic member configured to impart a vibratory motion to the drive shaft.

6. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drive parameters include the speed or direction of rotation of the drive train for each of the skincare routines individually.

7. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drive parameters include the frequency or amplitude of the vibratory motion of the drive train for the skincare routines individually.

8. A device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the drive parameters include an amplitude modulation applied to the vibratory motion of the drive train for the skincare routines individually.

9. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drive parameters include the duration of each of the skincare routines individually.

10. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is configured in response to the sensor providing a signal corresponding to a particular treatment head, to retrieve the stored values of the drive parameters for the detected treatment head from the memory, and control the drive train to perform the sequence of individual routines suited to respective zones of the skin of the subject in accordance with the drive parameters retrieved from the memory for the particular treatment head.

11. A device as claimed in claim 1, and including at least one said interchangeable treatment head.

12. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the skin care routines are editable or adaptable by a user.

13. A computer program to be run by a processor to be coupled to the skincare device as claimed in claim 1, to control selectively the drive parameters stored in the memory for the individual treatment head.

14. A computer program as claimed in claim 13, wherein the skin care routines are editable or adaptable by a user.

15. A computer program as claimed in claim 13, to be run by a mobile communication device to wirelessly communicate with the skincare device to control selectively the drive parameters stored in the memory for the individual treatment head and/or communicate with a remote data source to update or modify user preferred stored values of the drive parameters.