Abstract: An interior trim for a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a first carrier, which has an inner side, facing the passenger compartment, and an outer side, directed away from the passenger compartment. A heating element is arranged on the outer side. It is proposed to arrange a matrix and a filler in the first carrier. The filler has a thermal conductivity that is higher than that of the matrix so that heat generated by the heating element can be directed through the filler into the passenger compartment.

Abstract: An arrangement and a computer program product are provided for determining body surface characteristics. An arrangement includes an acquisition unit configured to detect body surface features by Multiple Spatially Resolved Reflection Spectroscopy (MSRRS) in a wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 1500 nm; a data storage unit to interrogate data using the characteristics; and a user interface comprising an output unit, wherein the user interface is configured to interact with a user. Further, the arrangement includes a portable computing unit configured for: interacting with a user and for evaluating the features and for determining the characteristics based on the features; obtaining from the data storage unit features of treatment products and/or application instructions for non-therapeutic treatment of a body surface according to the characteristics; and instructing the output unit to output information on the treatment products and/or application instructions to a user.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for determining a homogeneity of complexion is provided. The method may include provision of a digital image on which skin is portrayed and which is parameterized in a color space which is defined by a parameter set in which one of the parameters is a hue, identifying and/or defining at least one skin examination area in the transformed image, calculating a hue distribution in the at least one skin examination area, and determining at least one homogeneity value for the complexion based on the calculated hue distribution.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for determining a homogeneity of complexion is provided. The method may include provision of a digital image on which skin is portrayed and which is parameterized in a color space which is defined by a parameter set in which one of the parameters is a hue, identifying and/or defining at least one skin examination area in the transformed image, calculating a hue distribution in the at least one skin examination area, and determining at least one homogeneity value for the complexion based on the calculated hue distribution.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for determining a skin moisture content is provided. The method includes: contacting at least one skin region with at least one sensor contact region of a skin moisture measuring device; detecting a signal dependent on skin moisture in the skin region with the skin moisture measuring device; and associating a skin moisture content with the detected signal by comparing the detected signal with reference signals for known skin moisture contents, wherein the reference signals are located in a database stored in a processor cloud architecture.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for determining a glossiness value of a skin of a user are provided. In an embodiment, a polarized light having a property value is emitted from a portable light source towards the portion of the skin of the user. The portable light source is coupled to a handheld device. The polarized light is cast on the portion of the skin of the user from the portable light source. Reflected light reflected from the portion of the skin of the user is measured using a sensor coupled to the handheld device. The reflected light has a property value. A ratio between the property values of the emitted polarized light and the measured reflected light is determined using a processor of the handheld device. The glossiness value of the portion of the skin of the user is determined based on the determined ratio.

Abstract: An arrangement and a computer program product are provided for determining body surface characteristics. An arrangement includes an acquisition unit configured to detect body surface features by Multiple Spatially Resolved Reflection Spectroscopy (MSRRS) in a wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 1500 nm; a data storage unit to interrogate data using the characteristics; and a user interface comprising an output unit, wherein the user interface is configured to interact with a user. Further, the arrangement includes a portable computing unit configured for: interacting with a user and for evaluating the features and for determining the characteristics based on the features; obtaining from the data storage unit features of treatment products and/or application instructions for non-therapeutic treatment of a body surface according to the characteristics; and instructing the output unit to output information on the treatment products and/or application instructions to a user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to various exemplary embodiments of a method for determining a non-therapeutic treatment of the oral cavity, wherein the method comprises measuring volatile organic constituents in air exhaled from the oral cavity, determining a respiratory-air load on the basis of the measured concentration, and determining a non-therapeutic treatment of the oral cavity on the basis of the determined respiratory-air load.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for determining a glossiness value of a skin of a user are provided. In an embodiment, a polarized light having a property value is emitted from a portable light source towards the portion of the skin of the user. The portable light source is coupled to a handheld device. The polarized light is cast on the portion of the skin of the user from the portable light source. Reflected light reflected from the portion of the skin of the user is measured using a sensor coupled to the handheld device. The reflected light has a property value. A ratio between the property values of the emitted polarized light and the measured reflected light is determined using a processor of the handheld device. The glossiness value of the portion of the skin of the user is determined based on the determined ratio.

Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments systems and methods for determining an efficacy of a cosmetic skin treatment are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a system for determining an efficacy of a cosmetic skin treatment comprises: a sensor configured to determine a skin ageing information item of a user and a memory configured to store the skin ageing information item of the user determined by the sensor. A processor is configured to determine an objective skin treatment success of the user on the basis of a comparison of the skin ageing information item of the user measured by the sensor with a stored skin ageing information item stored in the memory.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for ascertaining the condition of the skin including: ascertaining a trace element content of skin, including: arranging a plurality of electrodes over a skin area, wherein the plurality of electrodes includes at least one first electrode and one second electrode, wherein the first electrode contacts a selection layer arranged on the skin area and the second electrode contacts the skin area, wherein only the trace element, in the event of contact with the selection layer, is suitable for generating a signal which is dependent on the concentration of the trace element and can be measured between the first and the second electrode; measuring the signal dependent on the concentration of the trace element; comparing the measured signal with reference signals for known trace element contents of skin; and ascertaining the condition of the skin on the basis of the ascertained trace element content.

Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a method for determining a degree of colonization of skin with acne bacteria is provided. The method may comprise: for at least one region of a user's skin, recording an image of the region of skin by a camera during illumination of the region of skin with ultraviolet and/or blue light, wherein the camera is configured to at least capture light in a fluorescence wavelength range of a fluorescent agent produced by the acne bacteria, by the image, determining a captured quantity of light which is emitted from the fluorescent agent as fluorescence as a consequence of the illumination, and allocating a degree of colonization of the skin to the determined captured quantity of light, wherein the allocation of the degree of colonization of the skin to the determined captured quantity of light is carried out by a database stored in cloud computing architecture.

Abstract: An interior trim for a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a first carrier, which has an inner side, facing the passenger compartment, and an outer side, directed away from the passenger compartment. A heating element is arranged on the outer side. It is proposed to arrange a matrix and a filler in the first carrier. The filler has a thermal conductivity that is higher than that of the matrix so that heat generated by the heating element can be directed through the filler into the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A thermally insulating device for a vehicle includes at least a first molded component which is constructed at least partially in a planar manner. The first molded device is also shaped in such a manner that it surrounds a hollow space in an air-tight manner. The first molded component has at least a first outer side and at least a first inner side. The first inner side faces the hollow space, and the hollow space is evacuated.

Abstract: A temperature control device for heating an interior space of a vehicle and/or units of the vehicle, includes a number of electrically operated heating elements, electric leads, by means of which the heating element can be connected to the voltage supply of the vehicle, and at least one heat transfer section. A fluid flows through the at least one heat transfer section and transfers the heat generated by the heating elements to a fluid. The at least one heat transfer section includes a thermally conductive first material, and the heating elements and the electric leads are enclosed by an electrically non-conductive and thermally conductive second material. A related method is also disclosed for producing the present temperature control device.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for shifting the cross-point of a digital signal in an optical transmitter. The cross-point shifting techniques may use multiple differential transconductors with their common polarity outputs coupled together to shift the cross-point of a signal. Using multiple differential transconductors in this manner may increase the balance between the positive and negative polarities of the resulting cross-point shifted signal relative to other types of cross-point shifting techniques, which may improve the quality of an optical signal generated by an optical transmitter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a load compartment cover having sound-absorbing characteristics. A load compartment is provided between the rear seats and a tailgate. The load compartment cover is embodied from a sound-absorbing partition that is arranged in a space above a base of the load compartment and is embodied from a material that is in part permeable to sound waves. A load compartment cover of this type is to be easily handled in practice and is not to comprise any disadvantages associated with known load compartment covers. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the partition is formed from multiple, preferably two, thin sheets that are arranged spaced apart one above the other. The thin sheets are provided with a micro perforation and only one air cushion is provided between the thin sheets.

Abstract: An energy absorber for an overhead system in a vehicle, wherein the energy absorber comprises a sound absorption device. To improve the sound absorption, it is provided that the sound absorption device comprises at least one acoustic membrane formed within a protrusion formed in an energy absorbing panel member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a load compartment cover having sound-absorbing characteristics. A load compartment is provided between the rear seats and a tailgate. The load compartment cover is embodied from a sound-absorbing partition that is arranged in a space above a base of the load compartment and is embodied from a material that is in part permeable to sound waves. A load compartment cover of this type is to be easily handled in practice and is not to comprise any disadvantages associated with known load compartment covers. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the partition is formed from multiple, preferably two, thin sheets that are arranged spaced apart one above the other. The thin sheets are provided with a micro perforation and only one air cushion is provided between the thin sheets.

Abstract: An energy absorber for an overhead system in a vehicle, wherein the energy absorber comprises a sound absorption device. To improve the sound absorption, it is provided that the sound absorption device comprises at least one acoustic membrane formed within a protrusion formed in an energy absorbing panel member.