SKIN CARE SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20170056685A1
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: HARVEY, SEVERIN LUC RAMSES, STURM, DIETER, SCHOENMAKERS, ADRIANUS THEODORUS HENDRIKUS, JANSEN, MARJOLEIN YVONNE
• Application Number:
  US15/239,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20170056685A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/008 Disc-shaped brush bodies
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/02 power-driven carriers
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0004 with a controlling means
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1006 Brushes for cleaning the hand or the human body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0443 Modular apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/441 Skin evaluation, e.g. for skin disorder diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/442 Evaluating skin mechanical properties, e.g. elasticity, hardness, texture, wrinkle assessment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/443 Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/0085 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2015/0042 Balls or spheres
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0107 modular
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/105 with means for delivering media, e.g. drugs or cosmetics
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1207 with electric or magnetic drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1635 Hand or arm, e.g. handle
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1685 interchangeable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5007 computer controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5038 freely programmable by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5043 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5046 : Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5048 : Audio interfaces, e.g. voice or music controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5058 : Sensors or detectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5092 : Optical sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5097 : wireless
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/005 : hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 9/0057 : Suction suction kneading A61H7/008
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0626 : Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0644 : Handheld applicators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0616 : Skin treatment other than tanning
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 : relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 : for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 : for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 : for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

The present invention relates to a skin care system (10), comprising: (i) a skin treatment device (12) for treating a skin of a user; (ii) a receiving unit (14) for receiving information on the skin of the user; and (iii) an evaluation unit (16) which is configured to evaluate the received information on the skin of the user and to determine based on said evaluation one or more personalized device settings for operating the skin treatment device (12). The skin treatment device (12) comprises a control unit (36) which is configured to operate the skin treatment device (12) upon initiation based on the determined one or more personalized device settings.

Claims

1. A skin care system (10), comprising:

a skin treatment device (12) for treating a skin of a user;

a receiving unit (14) for receiving information on the skin of the user; and

an evaluation unit (16) which is configured to evaluate the received information on the skin of the user and to determine based on said evaluation one or more personalized device settings for operating the skin treatment device (12);

wherein the skin treatment device (12) comprises a control unit (36) which is configured to operate the skin treatment device (12) upon initiation based on the determined one or more personalized device settings.

2. The skin care system of claim 1, wherein said information on the skin of the user comprises a plurality of skin parameters measured by means of one or more sensors (20), wherein said skin parameters include at least one of:

(i) a parameter indicative of an amount of cutaneous sebum of the skin, (ii) a parameter indicative of a hydration state of the skin, (iii) a parameter indicative of an elasticity characteristic of the skin, (iv) a parameter indicative of an amount and/or characteristic of pores of the skin, (v) a parameter indicative of an amount and/or characteristic of wrinkles of the skin, (vi) a parameter indicative of an extent of UV-damage of the skin, (vii) a parameter indicative of a skin cleansing, (viii) a parameter indicative of a makeup quantity on the skin, (ix) a parameter indicative of a redness of the skin, (x) a parameter indicative of a colour of the skin, and (xi) a parameter indicative of a pigmentation of the skin.

3. The skin care system of claim 1, wherein the evaluation unit (16) is configured to evaluate the received information on the skin of the user by individually scoring the plurality of skin parameters and ranking them in predefined ranking scales.

4. The skin care system of claim 1, wherein the evaluation unit (16) is configured to determine based on said evaluation not only one or more personalized device settings, but also a personalized advice for the user in graphical, text and/or audible form, wherein the skin care system further comprises an output unit for outputting the personalized advice.

5. The skin care system of claim 1, wherein the receiving unit (14) comprises an input interface (22) for receiving personal data of the user, and wherein the evaluation unit (16) is configured to evaluate not only the received information on the skin of the user, but also the personal data of the user in order to determine the one or more personalized device settings.

6. The skin care system of claim 1, comprising at least one computing device (44, 46) which includes the receiving unit (14) and/or the evaluation unit (16), wherein the skin treatment device (12) is implemented as a handheld device that is structurally separate from the at least one computing device (44, 46).

7. The skin care system of claim 6, further comprising a data transmission unit (48) for transmitting the personalized device settings from the evaluation unit (16) to the skin treatment device (12).

8. The skin care system of claim 1, wherein the skin treatment device (12) is implemented as a handheld device with a device housing (28), wherein the receiving unit (14) and/or the evaluation unit (16) are arranged within the device housing (28).

9. The skin care system of claim 1, wherein the skin treatment device (12) comprises a memory unit (40) for storing the one or more personalized device settings.

10. The skin care system of claim 9, wherein the skin treatment device (12) comprises:

a base unit (26) with a device housing (28) in which the control unit (36) and a driving unit (34) is arranged; and

at least one treatment head (30) that is configured to be releasably coupled to the device housing (28),

wherein the control unit (36) is configured to control the driving unit (34) to drive the at least one treatment head (30) based on the determined one or more personalized device settings stored in the memory unit (40).

11. The skin care system of claim 10, wherein the memory unit (40) is arranged at or within the at least one treatment head (30).

12. The skin care system of claim 10, wherein the one or more personalized device settings comprises at least one of (i) a rotational speed with which the at least one treatment head is driven, (ii) a vibration frequency speed with which the at least one treatment head is driven, (iii) a movement direction along which the at least one treatment head is driven, (iv) a treatment time which defines how long the at least one treatment head is driven per treatment session, (v) an underpressure level generated at the treatment head, (vi) a frequency and/or pattern of an underpressure generated at the treatment head, (vii) a light intensity of a light generated at the treatment head, and (viii) a frequency of a light generated at the treatment head.

13. The skin care system of claim 11, wherein the at least one treatment head (30) includes a first treatment head (30a) and a second treatment head (30b) which may be exchanged such that either the first or the second treatment head (30a, 30b) is coupled to the base unit (26), wherein the evaluation unit (16) is configured to determine based on said evaluation (i) first personalized device settings and (ii) second personalized device settings, wherein the first treatment head (30a) comprises a first memory unit (40a) for storing the first personalized device settings, wherein the second treatment head (30b) comprises a second memory unit (40b) for storing the second personalized device settings, and wherein the control unit (36) is configured to control the driving unit (34) based on the first device settings stored in the first memory unit (40a) if the first treatment head (30a) is attached to the base unit (26), and to control the driving unit (34) based on the second device settings stored in the second memory unit (40b) if the second treatment head (30b) is attached to the base unit (26).

14. A method, comprising the steps of:

providing a skin treatment device (12) for treating a skin of a user, wherein the skin treatment device (12) comprises a memory unit (40) and a control unit (36) that is configured to operate the skin treatment device (12) upon initiation based on one or more personalized device settings stored in the memory unit (40);

receiving information on the skin of the user;

evaluating the received information on the skin of the user;

determining based on said evaluation the one or more personalized device settings for operating the skin treatment device (12); and

storing the determined one or more personalized device settings in the memory unit (40).

15. A skin evaluation device (18), comprising:

a receiving unit (14) for receiving information on a skin of a user;

an evaluation unit (16) which is configured to evaluate the received information on the skin of the user and to determine based on said evaluation one or more personalized device settings for operating a skin treatment device (12); and

a data transmission unit (48) for transmitting the personalized device settings from the evaluation unit (16) to the skin treatment device (12).

16. A skin treatment device (12) for treating a skin of a user, comprising:

a memory unit (40) having stored thereon one or more personalized device settings for operating the skin treatment device (12) which have been determined based on an evaluation of information on the skin of the user; and

a control unit (36) which is configured to operate the skin treatment device (12) upon initiation based on the one or more personalized device settings stored in the memory unit (40).

17. A treatment head (30) for a skin treatment device (12) for treating a skin of a user, the skin treatment device (12) comprising (i) a base unit (26) with a device housing (28), (ii) a driving unit (34) which is arranged in the device housing (28) and configured to drive the treatment head (30), and (iii) a control unit (36) which is arranged in the device housing (28) and configured to control the driving unit (34) to drive the treatment head (30) based on personalized device settings which have been determined based on an evaluation of information on the skin of the user,

wherein the treatment head (30) comprises a memory unit (40) which is configured to store the personalized device settings, and wherein the treatment head (30) is configured to be releasably coupled to the device housing (28).