Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Julien Philippe Latul

Everhardus Johannes Hoexum

Luc Berntsen

Arjan Sander Vonk

Martijn Jan Kuitert

Simone Dekker

The present invention relates to a hair clipping device () comprising: a housing (), a cutting assembly () for clipping hairs, a comb attachment () which is attachable to the housing (), a drive unit () for moving the comb attachment () relative to the cutting assembly () between different comb positions in order to set a hair cut-length, a control unit () for controlling the drive unit (), a memory unit (), and a user interface (). The user interface () is configured to receive from a user a first memory input indicative of a first comb position and to send a first memory signal to the control unit () in response to receiving the first memory input, and wherein the user interface () is configured to receive from the user a first recall input indicative of the first comb position and to send a first recall signal to the control unit () in response to receiving the first recall input, wherein the control unit () is configured to store position information regarding the first comb position in the memory unit () in response to receiving the first memory signal, and wherein the control unit () is configured to recall the position information regarding the first comb position from the memory unit () in response to receiving the first recall signal and to control the drive unit () to move the comb attachment () to the first comb position according to the position information regarding the first comb position.

Hair clipping device

According to an aspect, there is provided a method comprising generating (202) a guidance indicator relating to a portion of a user; determining (204) a position of a portion of a portable device relative to the portion of the user; and generating (208) an indication signal when it is determined that at least a portion of the portable device is in a defined position relative to the guidance indicator. According to other aspects, apparatus and a machine readable medium are provided.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Julien Philippe Latul