Cosmetic Device 3D Condition Mapping for Precise Body-Part Localization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hair and skincare devices lack the ability to precisely locate and reconstruct sensed conditions on a user's body in a virtual three-dimensional environment for real-time feedback and precise control.

Innovation Solution

A system that integrates sensors and location trackers with 3D reconstruction algorithms to associate sensed conditions with spatial positions, enabling precise localization and real-time adjustments in a virtual environment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If sensors and location trackers are integrated with 3D reconstruction algorithms to associate sensed conditions with spatial positions, then measurement precision and control precision are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocation precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple previously separate functions into an integrated system: sensors for detecting body conditions, location trackers for spatial positioning, and 3D reconstruction algorithms for virtual environment mapping. This merging enables precise association of sensed conditions with spatial positions while managing system complexity through unified architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from traditional 2D display interfaces to a full 3D virtual environment representation of the user's body. By reconstructing the body model in three-dimensional space and mapping sensor data to corresponding 3D coordinates, the system achieves precise spatial localization and enables intuitive interaction from multiple viewing angles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of information

If a virtual three-dimensional environment is created for reconstructing sensed conditions, then information completeness is improved, but loss of time for processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes a 3D virtual model of the user's body geometry and topology before sensing begins. This preliminary preparation allows sensor data to be directly mapped to pre-defined spatial coordinates and surface regions, eliminating the need for complex real-time 3D reconstruction and reducing processing time during actual sensing operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a virtual copy or digital twin of the user's body in three-dimensional space, which serves as a reference framework for mapping sensor measurements. This virtual model preserves complete geometric and topological information, enabling comprehensive data association without requiring repeated physical scanning or complex calculations during measurement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20250241438A1System for sensing and associating a condition on a body part of the user with a three-dimensional environment when using a cosmetic device
Publication Date: 2025.07.31 LOREAL SA
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AI summary

A system is provided that includes a device configured to treat a body part of a user, the device including, at least one sensor configured to sense a condition of the body part; and a location tracker configured to track a location of the device in space, wherein the system is includes processing circuitry configured to receive information of a specific sensed condition of the body part detected by the at least one sensor during a session, receive, from the location tracker, information of the tracked location of the device during the session, and associate a specific time when the specific sensed condition is detected by the device with a location of the device in space at the specific time.