Apparatus and method for operating a personal grooming appliance or household cleaning appliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for personal grooming and household appliances to leverage internal sensor data and image data to enhance user experience, as existing technologies lack the ability to effectively utilize these data sources for improved operation and user feedback.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that incorporates a personal grooming or household appliance with physical sensors and a camera, using trained machine learning classifiers to derive an augmented classification from sensor and image data, which modifies the appliance's operation based on this classification, allowing for customized user experiences and treatment plans.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If sensor data and image data are combined to improve classification accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple data sources (sensor data from accelerometers, gyroscopes, pressure sensors, and image data from cameras) into a unified classification system. The classifier integrates these diverse inputs to generate augmented classifications, improving measurement precision by leveraging complementary information from different modalities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a classifier as an intermediary component that processes and integrates sensor data and image data. This mediator transforms raw inputs from multiple sources into meaningful augmented classifications, managing the complexity of multi-source data integration while improving classification accuracy.
2Loss of information
If multiple sensors and cameras are added to the appliance, then information completeness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a multi-functional classification system that handles diverse data types (acceleration, orientation, pressure, image data) through a single unified classifier. This universal approach allows the appliance to gather comprehensive information from multiple sensors and cameras while managing complexity through integrated processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges data from multiple information sources (sensors and cameras) into a unified classification framework. By combining these data streams and processing them through a single classifier, the system achieves information completeness without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
3Speed
If real-time data processing is implemented, then responsiveness is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic classification operations where the classifier processes sensor and image data at defined intervals rather than continuously. This periodic processing approach maintains system responsiveness by regularly updating classifications while reducing energy consumption compared to continuous real-time processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The classification system operates autonomously using onboard processing capabilities, making decisions based on accumulated sensor and image data without requiring constant external intervention. This self-service approach enables responsive operation while managing energy resources efficiently through intelligent processing timing.
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AI summary
A system and method for operating a personal grooming/household appliance, including: providing a personal grooming/household appliance including at least one physical sensor taken from a group consisting of: an orientation sensor, an acceleration sensor, an inertial sensor, a global positioning sensor, a pressure sensor, and a load sensor, audio sensor, humidity sensor, and a temperature sensor; providing a camera associated with the personal grooming/household appliance; classifying data received from the physical sensor and from the camera using at least one trained machine learning classifier to generate an augmented classification; and providing user feedback information based upon the augmented classification or modifying operation of the grooming/household appliance based upon the augmented classification.