Grooming systems, devices, and methods including detection of hair-covered skin lesions during grooming and including topographical analysis
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1. A grooming system, comprising:
- a body structure including a plurality of spaced-apart projections configured to engage hair;
a sensor array including one or more sensors forming part of at least one of the plurality of spaced-apart projections, the sensor array operably coupled to the body structure, and configured to scan a scalp region;
a scalp lesion morphology module operably coupled to the sensor array and including computing device circuitry and memory circuitry;
wherein the scalp lesion morphology module is operably coupled to the sensor array and is configured to generate lesion information associated with the scalp region responsive to one or more inputs from the sensor array;
one or more marker-dispenser components; and
an examined region module operably coupled to the one or more marker dispenser components and including computing device circuitry and memory circuitry, the examined region module configured to activate release of one or more marker or dye particles by the marker dispenser components.
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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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1. A grooming system, comprising:
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a body structure including a plurality of spaced-apart projections configured to engage hair; a sensor array including one or more sensors forming part of at least one of the plurality of spaced-apart projections, the sensor array operably coupled to the body structure, and configured to scan a scalp region; a scalp lesion morphology module operably coupled to the sensor array and including computing device circuitry and memory circuitry;
wherein the scalp lesion morphology module is operably coupled to the sensor array and is configured to generate lesion information associated with the scalp region responsive to one or more inputs from the sensor array;one or more marker-dispenser components; and an examined region module operably coupled to the one or more marker dispenser components and including computing device circuitry and memory circuitry, the examined region module configured to activate release of one or more marker or dye particles by the marker dispenser components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A grooming device, comprising:
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a comb component including a spine having a plurality of spaced-apart teeth extending outward from the spine; one or more sensors forming part of at least one of the plurality of spaced apart teeth, the one or more sensors forming a sensor array operable to measure surface variations on the scalp as a function of position during grooming; one or more marker-dispenser components; circuitry for acquiring surface variations information of a scalp lesion from one or more inputs from the sensor array during grooming; circuitry for generating classification information associated with the scalp lesion responsive to the one or more inputs from the sensor array; an examined region module operably coupled to the one or more marker-dispenser components and configured to activate release of one or more marker or dye particles by the marker-dispenser components; and circuitry including at least one of a receiver component, a transceiver component, and a transmitter component operable to communicate with a remote enterprise for actuating a discovery protocol that allows the circuitry including the at least one of the receiver component, the transceiver component, and the transmitter component and the remote enterprise to identify each other and to negotiate one or more pre-shared keys via the at least one of the receiver component, the transceiver component, and the transmitter component; wherein the circuitry for acquiring surface variations, the circuitry for generating classification information, the examined region module, and the circuitry including the at least one of the receiver component, the transceiver component, and the transmitter component include computing device circuitry and memory circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method, comprising:
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acquiring surface variation information of a hair-covered scalp region with a sensor array operably coupled to a grooming device during grooming with the grooming device, the grooming device including a comb component including a spine having a plurality of spaced-apart teeth extending outward from the spine;
the sensor array, wherein the sensor array includes one or more sensors forming part of at least one of the plurality of spaced apart teeth;
one or more marker-dispenser components;
an examined region module operable connected to the one or more marker-dispenser components and including computing device circuitry and memory circuitry; and
a scalp lesion morphology module including computing device circuitry, memory circuitry and at least one of a receiver component, a transceiver component, and a transmitter component;generating scalp lesion morphology information with the scalp lesion morphology module based on acquiring the surface variation information of the scalp region with the sensor array operably coupled to the grooming device; and activating the one or more marker-dispenser components with the examined region module to release a marker to the scalp region. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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