Patents by Inventor Robert Thomas Hinkle

Robert Thomas Hinkle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250091235
    Abstract: Sensor-based systems and methods of analyzing shaving usage based on time duration and shave event status. A shaving device comprises a blade. The shaving device is communicatively coupled to a sensor and one or more processor(s). Sensor data is collected from the sensor while a user is shaving, and user-specific pressure data is determined therefrom to define shaving stroke(s) based on pressure applied to the user's skin. Based on the one or more shaving strokes and timer intervals thereof, a total duration can be tracked. In addition, a shaving event can be determined based on the shaving stroke(s). An output associated with the shaving device may be generated based on the determining that each of a predetermined duration threshold value and a predetermined shave event threshold value has been met or exceeded, the output comprising an indication that the each of the thresholds has been met or exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Good, Alexander James Hinchliffe Friend, Susan Clare Robinson, Nicola Dawn Dixon, Angela Louise Richardson, Lindsey Claire McConnell, Christopher Francis Rawlings, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Robert Thomas Hinkle, Olaf Soerensen
  • Publication number: 20250091236
    Abstract: Sensor-based systems and methods of analyzing shaving usage based on time duration. A shaving device comprises a blade. The shaving device is communicatively coupled to a sensor and one or more processor(s). Sensor data is collected from the sensor while a user is shaving, and user-specific pressure data is determined therefrom to define one or more shaving strokes based on pressure applied to the user's skin. Based on the one or more shaving strokes and timer intervals thereof, a total duration can be tracked. The total duration can be determined to meet or exceed a predetermined threshold value. An output associated with the shaving device may be generated based on the determining that the total duration meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the output comprising an indication that the total duration meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Good, Alexander James Hinchliffe Friend, Susan Clare Robinson, Nicola Dawn Dixon, Angela Louise Richardson, Lindsey Claire McConnell, Christopher Francis Rawlings, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Robert Thomas Hinkle, Olaf Soerensen
  • Publication number: 20250091237
    Abstract: Sensor-based systems and methods of analyzing shaving usage. A shaving device comprises a blade. The shaving device is communicatively coupled to a sensor and one or more processor(s). Sensor data is collected from the sensor while a user is shaving, and user-specific pressure data is determined therefrom to define one or more shaving strokes based on pressure applied to the user's skin. Based on the one or more shaving strokes, a shaving event can be detected and a shave event count value can be an incremented. The shave event count can be determined to meet or exceed a predetermined threshold value. An output associated with the shaving device may be generated based on the determining that the shave event count value meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value, the output comprising an indication that the shave event count value meets or exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Good, Alexander James Hinchliffe Friend, Susan Clare Robinson, Nicola Dawn Dixon, Angela Louise Richardson, Lindsey Claire McConnell, Christopher Francis Rawlings, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Robert Thomas Hinkle, Olaf Soerensen
  • Patent number: 11673282
    Abstract: Sensor-based shaving systems and methods of analyzing a user's shave event are described for determining a unique threshold value of the user. A grooming device comprises a handle having a connecting structure connected to a hair cutting implement. A shave event sensor associated with the grooming device measures a user behavior, which includes collecting a first dataset comprising shave data defining a shave event. The first dataset is transmitted via a communication device and is analyzed to determine baseline behavior data of the user, and a unique threshold value of the user is determined from the baseline behavior data. One or more subsequent datasets, each comprising shave data of one or more corresponding shave events, is compared to the unique threshold value to determine comparison data. An indication is provided, based on the comparison data, to indicate a deviation from the threshold value and to influence the user behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Good, Balasundram Periasamy Amavasai, Christopher Francis Rawlings, Amanda Washington, Susan Clare Robinson, Claus Hittmeyer, Werner Friedrich Johann Bonifer, Weiyan Yang, Angela Louise Richardson, Alexander James Hinchliffe Friend, Nicola Dawn Dixon, Shirley Namubiru, Joshua Thomas Kissel, Michael Thomas Roller, Venugopal Vasudevan, Robert Thomas Hinkle
  • Patent number: 11273565
    Abstract: A grooming device. The grooming device includes a handle having a housing portion with proximal and distal ends. A displacement sensor is positioned within the handle. A power source is positioned within the handle and provides power to the displacement sensor. A neck portion of the handle has proximal and distal ends and the distal end of the neck portion is connected to the proximal end of the housing portion. An implement connecting structure is positioned at the proximal end of the neck portion and includes a connection element. An eject element is moveable within the handle, and a location element is connected to the eject element. A grooming implement is connected to the connection element. As the eject element moves to eject the grooming implement from the connection element the displacement sensor detects displacement of the location element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Good, Balasundram Periasamy Amavasai, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Werner Friedrich Johann Bonifer, Robert Thomas Hinkle
  • Publication number: 20220001556
    Abstract: Sensor-based shaving systems and methods of analyzing a user's shave event are described for determining a unique threshold value of the user. A grooming device comprises a handle having a connecting structure connected to a hair cutting implement. A shave event sensor associated with the grooming device measures a user behavior, which includes collecting a first dataset comprising shave data defining a shave event. The first dataset is transmitted via a communication device and is analyzed to determine baseline behavior data of the user, and a unique threshold value of the user is determined from the baseline behavior data. One or more subsequent datasets, each comprising shave data of one or more corresponding shave events, is compared to the unique threshold value to determine comparison data. An indication is provided, based on the comparison data, to indicate a deviation from the threshold value and to influence the user behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Good, Balasundram Periasamy Amavasai, Christopher Francis Rawlings, Amanda Washington, Susan Clare Robinson, Claus Hittmeyer, Werner Friedrich Johann Bonifer, Weiyan Yang, Angela Louise Richardson, Alexander James Hinchliffe Friend, Nicola Dawn Dixon, Shirley Namubiru, Joshua Thomas Kissel, Michael Thomas Roller, Venugopal Vasudevan, Robert Thomas Hinkle
  • Publication number: 20220001558
    Abstract: A grooming device. The grooming device includes a handle having a housing portion with proximal and distal ends. A displacement sensor is positioned within the handle. A power source is positioned within the handle and provides power to the displacement sensor. A neck portion of the handle has proximal and distal ends and the distal end of the neck portion is connected to the proximal end of the housing portion. An implement connecting structure is positioned at the proximal end of the neck portion and includes a connection element. An eject element is moveable within the handle, and a location element is connected to the eject element. A grooming implement is connected to the connection element. As the eject element moves to eject the grooming implement from the connection element the displacement sensor detects displacement of the location element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Good, Balasundram Periasamy Amavasai, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Werner Friedrich Johann Bonifer, Robert Thomas Hinkle