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Automatic system for an epilator device
Assignee: Ya Man Ltd
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Filing: 1983-12-27
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Granted: 1989-03-21
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Expires: 2003-12-27
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to an automatic system for beauty equipment of eternal epilation, facial treatment, beautiful skin creation, weight reduction, etc. This system provides the measuring apparatuses (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) that measure the condition of the portion to which beauty treatment is to be applied, e.g. skin moisture, temperature, pH, etc. It processes the output obtained through the above measuring apparatuses by central processing unit (11, 12, 13, 14) in operation and then controls the operating condition of beauty equipment (22, 23, 24, 25), e.g. strength or weakness of the output, on or off, based on the above result.
Inventors
- 👤 Iwao Yamazaki
- 👤 Yuji Nakamichi
- 👤 Keizo Abe
- 👤 Tatsuya Okudera
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 00:03
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45D; A45D44/00; A45D44/02; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/18; A61B18/20; A61B18/203; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00452; A61B2018/00476; A61N; A61N5/00; A61N5/06; A61N5/0613; A61N5/0616; A61N5/0617
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
An automatic system for removing unwanted hair from a patient by the application of electromagnetic wave energy from epilator means, which system comprises: epilator means for applying electromagnetic wave energy to a hair for conduction to the hair papilla; electromagnetic wave energy generating means connected to the epilator means for producing electromagnetic wave energy at a desired frequency and voltage; measuring means for measuring one or more physical parameters of said patient, said parameter or parameters being selected from the group consisting of skin moisture, skin pH, skin temperature, skin color, and hair weight; and receiving means for receiving said measurements, evaluating said measurements, and automatically determining operating conditions of said epilator means, said receiving means being connected (i) to said measuring means to receive said measurements and (ii) to said electromagnetic wave generating means to produce electromagnetic wave energy at a desired frequency and voltage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
An automatic system for removing unwanted hair from a patient by the application of electromagnetic wave energy from epilator means, which system comprises: epilator means for applying electromagnetic wave energy to a hair for conduction to the hair papilla; electromagnetic wave energy generating means connected to the epilator means for producing electromagnetic wave energy at a desired frequency and voltage; measuring means for measuring one or more physical parameters of said patient, said parameter or parameters being selected from the group consisting of skin moisture, skin pH, skin temperature, skin color, and hair weight; and receiving means for receiving said measurements, evaluating said measurements, and automatically determining operating conditions of said epilator means, said receiving means being connected (i) to said measuring means to receive said measurements and (ii) to said electromagnetic wave generating means to produce electromagnetic wave energy at a desired frequency and voltage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The automatic system of claim 1, wherein the parameter or parameters are selected from the group consisting of skin moisture, skin pH, skin temperature, and hair weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The automatic system of claim 1, wherein the single parameter measured is skin moisture.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
154 words
An automatic system to decide the operating conditions of an external epilator and facial treatment equipment to be applied to a patient, said epilator being adapted to remove unwanted hair by the application of electrical energy in the form of one or more of direct current, low frequency current, and high frequency current and said facial treatment equipment being adapted to activate metabolism through skin stimulation by the application of electromagnetic wave energy such as infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, laser rays and the like, said automatic system comprising: first means for measuring physical parameters of said patient; second means for calculating and evaluating alkali unit numbers based upon said physical parameters of said patient and thickness and/or length of hair; and third means for automatically selecting and setting the operating conditions and/or facial treatment equipment in response to said data values from said first and second means and other physical parameters of said patient.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
154 words
An automatic system to decide the operating conditions of an external epilator and facial treatment equipment to be applied to a patient, said epilator being adapted to remove unwanted hair by the application of electrical energy in the form of one or more of direct current, low frequency current, and high frequency current and said facial treatment equipment being adapted to activate metabolism through skin stimulation by the application of electromagnetic wave energy such as infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, laser rays and the like, said automatic system comprising: first means for measuring physical parameters of said patient; second means for calculating and evaluating alkali unit numbers based upon said physical parameters of said patient and thickness and/or length of hair; and third means for automatically selecting and setting the operating conditions and/or facial treatment equipment in response to said data values from said first and second means and other physical parameters of said patient.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The automatic system of claim 4, wherein the first means measures skin moisture, skin pH, skin temperature, and skin pressure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The automatic system of claim 4, wherein the first means measures skin moisture, skin pH, and skin temperature.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The automatic system of claim 4, wherein said other physical parameters are skin color and skin elasticity.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
169 words
The automatic system of claim 4 which comprises an automatic system for removing unwanted hair by application of electromagnetic energy from epilator means and for facial treatment by skin stimulation comprising: epilator means for applying electromagnetic wave energy to a hair for conduction to the hair papilla; electromagnetic wave energy generating means for producing electromagnetic wave energy at a desired frequency and voltage; means for measuring one or more physical parameters of the patient, said parameters or parameters being selected from the group consisting of skin moisture, skin pH, skin temperature, skin color, skin elasticity, hair thickness, and length of hair; receiving means for receiving said measurements; means for calculating and evaluating alkali unit numbers based upon said measurements; and receiving means for receiving said measurements, evaluating said measurements, and automatically determining operating conditions of said epilator means, said receiving means being connected to said measuring means to receive said measurements and to said electromagnetic wave generating means to produce electromagnetic wave energy at a desired frequency and voltage.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The automatic system of claim 4, wherein unwanted hair is removed by application of electromagnetic energy from epilator means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The automatic system of claim 4, wherein facial treatment comprises skin stimulation by application of electromagnetic wave energy.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
The automatic system of claim 4, wherein an alkali unit number is determined from measurements of one or more physical parameters selected from the group consisting of skin moisture, skin pH, skin temperature, skin color, skin elasticity, hair thickness, and length of hair.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
127 words
An automatic system to decide the operating conditions of external epilator equipment to be applied to a patient, said epilator being adapted to remove unwanted hair by the application of electrical energy, said automatic system comprising: first means for measuring skin moisture, skin pH, and skin temperature; second means for measuring hair thickness and/or length and calculating alkali unit members; third means for receiving data from said first and second means and calculating revised alkali unit numbers; fourth means for measuring skin color and skin elasticity; fifth means for receiving data from said third and fourth means and calculating further revised alkali unit numbers; and decision means to evaluate said further revised alkali unit numbers and other data regarding the patient to automatically determine epilator operating conditions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
127 words
An automatic system to decide the operating conditions of external epilator equipment to be applied to a patient, said epilator being adapted to remove unwanted hair by the application of electrical energy, said automatic system comprising: first means for measuring skin moisture, skin pH, and skin temperature; second means for measuring hair thickness and/or length and calculating alkali unit members; third means for receiving data from said first and second means and calculating revised alkali unit numbers; fourth means for measuring skin color and skin elasticity; fifth means for receiving data from said third and fourth means and calculating further revised alkali unit numbers; and decision means to evaluate said further revised alkali unit numbers and other data regarding the patient to automatically determine epilator operating conditions.
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