MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547085224 A) filed by Koninklijke Philips N. V., Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Sept. 8, for 'personal care appliance.'
Inventor(s) include Darwinkel, Geert-Jan; and Heerema, Gijsbert, Marius.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "There is described a personal care appliance (100). The personal care appliance (100) comprises a handle (110) and a head (120) at an end of the handle (100). The head (120) has a connection portion (121) connectable to a replaceable device (200). The personal care appliance (100) also comprises a sensor (40) configured for sensing acceleration and rotational velocity and a controller (42) configured to: monitor the sensed acceleration and rotational velocity over time; determine that the personal care appliance (100) has experienced an impact rendering the replaceable device (200) unsuitable for further use based on the monitored acceleration and rotational velocity; and transmit a signal indicating that the replaceable device (200) should be replaced in response to the determination that the personal care appliance (100) has experienced an impact rendering the replaceable device (200) unsuitable for further use."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 22, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/057718.
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