Abstract: Oral care based imaging computer-implemented systems and methods for determining perceived attractiveness of a facial image portion of at least one person depicted in a digital image. The method has the following steps: a) obtaining a digital image comprising at least one oral feature of at least one person, wherein the digital image includes a facial image portion of the at least one person, the facial image portion having both positive and negative attributes as defined by pixel data of the digital image; b) analyzing the facial image portion; c) generating an Attractiveness Score indicative of a perceived attractiveness of the facial image portion based on the analyzed facial image portion in the obtained digital image; d) further generating an image description that identifies at least one area in said facial image portion based on the Attractiveness Score; and e) presenting the image description to a use.

Abstract: Oral care based imaging computer-implemented systems and methods for analyzing attributes of a facial image portion of at least one person depicted in a digital image. An oral care digital imaging computer-implemented method for analyzing a facial image portion of a person depicted in a digital image may include analyzing the facial image portion for positive and negative attributes as defined by pixel data of the digital image and generating a probability value based on the positive and negative attributes in the facial image portion in the digital image.

Abstract: A kit that includes a personal care implement having a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic holder to which the personal care implement is magnetically attachable and detachable, the magnetic holder having a timer, the timer being activated by detaching the personal care implement from the magnetic holder.

Abstract: A system for classifying the usage of a handheld consumer device having a sensor and an analyzer. The sensor determines usage data at successive time instants and provides a temporally successive sequence of usage data during a usage session. The analyzer classifies the usage of the device with respect to at least one set usage classes and assembles a temporally successive sequence of input tuples of usage data relating to a predetermined time period of the usage session, each of the input tuples having at least one element representing the usage data at the respective time instant and for inputting the sequence of input tuples into at least one artificial neural network arranged to output at least one output tuple comprising a number of elements in accordance with the number of usage classes, each element of the output tuple representing a prediction value that the usage of the consumer device at the given time instant relates to a respective usage class.

Abstract: Digital image stitching systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating one or more panoramic image views. A plurality of digital images depicting a target feature within an application area are captured by a camera of a scanner device. Motion data is captured, by a sensor coupled to the scanner device, as the scanner device moves relative to the target feature, where relative position data, corresponding to the plurality of digital images, is determined based on the motion data. An angle or position is generated for a first image relative to a second image of the plurality of images, and, based on image matching of the angle or the position of the second image with respect to the first image, a panoramic image view is generated depicting the target feature in a wider field of view of the application area than either the first image or the second image.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A system for classifying the usage of a handheld consumer device having a sensor and an analyzer. The sensor determines usage data at successive time instants and provides a temporally successive sequence of usage data during a usage session. The analyzer classifies the usage of the device with respect to at least one set usage classes and assembles a temporally successive sequence of input tuples of usage data relating to a predetermined time period of the usage session, each of the input tuples having at least one element representing the usage data at the respective time instant and for inputting the sequence of input tuples into at least one artificial neural network arranged to output at least one output tuple comprising a number of elements in accordance with the number of usage classes, each element of the output tuple representing a prediction value that the usage of the consumer device at the given time instant relates to a respective usage class.

Abstract: Included are embodiments for remotely determining a battery characteristic. Some embodiments include searching for a first wireless signal that identifies the energy storage device and, in response to receiving the first wireless signal, determining a current charge level of the energy storage device. Some embodiments include receiving a second wireless signal from the energy storage device, determining from the second wireless signal, whether the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches a predetermined threshold, and in response to determining that the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches the predetermined threshold, facilitating replacement of the battery.

Abstract: A device and method for applying a material to a hard surface. The device has a sensor and one or more applicator nozzles. The device further includes a reservoir for containing a material to be deposited, and a CPU. The method includes providing information from the sensor about the surface to the CPU, which uses the information to identify where the material is to be deposited and/or how much to deposit.

Abstract: Oral care based digital imaging systems and methods are provided for processing information associated with image data such as a digital image and/or a video defined by a sequence of digital images. A system and a method are provided for evaluating and/or predicting the effectiveness of an oral care product to improve at least one oral health condition of at least one person depicted in a digital image.

Abstract: A system and method for treating a surface of a user’s body part, including: obtaining target surface condition information from a user’s body part surface using one or more condition sensors taken from a group consisting of: an optical sensor and a bio-sensor; classifying the target surface condition information using a machine learning classifier to determine an initial target surface condition classification; obtaining treatment progress information using a combination of motion sensor data and surface condition information from the one or more condition sensors; and classifying the treatment progress information using a machine learning classifier to determine a progress classification for treating the initial target surface condition classification.

Abstract: Disclosed are hair analysis systems and methods comprising: (a) capturing an image of a user at as captured by a camera and sending the image to a hair analysis processor; (b) analyzing the user's hair condition at the hair analysis processor, based on the image from the camera by using a model that is trained using a plurality of images of users that each feature one or more micro features of a respective user's hair, and providing an analysis result to a display; and (c) displaying at the display the analysis result to the user. The present invention provides the system and the method with an improved sensitivity.

Abstract: A skin care computing device that includes a user interface, a camera, a speaker, a communication interface, and a personal care assistant application. The personal care assistant application can identify personal care products being used by a user and product use event data describing the use of a personal care product by the user, such as the date and time of the use, the duration and frequency of the use, and the manner in which the personal care product is being used. Then the personal care assistant application generates user feedback information for the personal care product based on the product use event data, previous instances of product use event data, and/or user profile data for the user.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Oral care based imaging computer-implemented systems and methods for determining perceived attractiveness of a facial image portion of at least one person depicted in a digital image. The method has the following steps: a) obtaining a digital image comprising at least one oral feature of at least one person, wherein the digital image includes a facial image portion of the at least one person, the facial image portion having both positive and negative attributes as defined by pixel data of the digital image; b) analyzing the facial image portion; c) generating an Attractiveness Score indicative of a perceived attractiveness of the facial image portion based on the analyzed facial image portion in the obtained digital image; d) further generating an image description that identifies at least one area in said facial image portion based on the Attractiveness Score; and e) presenting the image description to a use.

Abstract: A method for operating a dental appliance by providing a dental appliance including at least one motion sensor that provides motion data, the motion sensor is one of an orientation sensor, an acceleration sensor, and an inertial sensor. Further, providing at least one camera associated with the dental appliance that provides image data, and segmenting the image data received from the camera to segment a surface condition using a first machine learning neural network to generate a surface condition segmentation. Then classifying the motion data received from the motion sensor and the image data received from the camera to classify motion and position of the dental appliance with respect to a surface of a user's anatomy, using a second machine learning neural network classifier to generate a surface position comprising at least one of a relational motion classification or a relational position classification.

Abstract: Millimeter (mmWave) mapping systems and methods are disclosed for generating one or more point clouds and determining one or more vital signs for defining a human psychological state. A point cloud comprising point cloud data defining a person or an object detected within a physical space is generated based on one or more mmWave waveforms of an mmWave sensor. A posture of the person within the portion of the physical space is determined from the point cloud data. One or more vital signs of the person is determined based on the mmWave waveform(s). An electronic feedback is provided representing a human psychological state of the person as defined by the point cloud data and the one or more vital signs of the person.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a household cleaning appliance, including: providing a household cleaning appliance including, a powered and electronically controlled cleaning implement, and 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, a load sensor, audio sensor, humidity sensor, and a temperature sensor; providing a camera associated with the household cleaning appliance; deriving an augmented classification using one or more classifiers classifying the physical sensor data and the image data; and modifying operation of the cleaning implement based upon the augmented classification.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an absorbent article for personal hygiene. More particularly, in one embodiment, the absorbent article absorbent article includes at least one property changing indicator. A detector device is also provided that includes at least one sensor. The sensor is adapted to detect the property change of the property change indicator in the absorbent article. In one particular embodiment, for example, the property changing indicator may include an optical property indicator such as a color change indicator and the sensor may include an optical sensor such as a color sensor.

Abstract: 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.