The Gillette Company

Kevin David Cowley

Alison Fiona Stephens

Susan Clare Robinson

Leigh Knight

Sean Patrick Wheeler

Mark Peterson

Oliver David Oglesby

David John O'Callaghan

Digital imaging systems and methods are described for analyzing pixel data of an image of a shaving stroke for determining pressure being applied to a user's skin. A plurality of training images of a plurality of individuals are aggregated, each of the training images comprising pixel data of a respective individual when shaving with a shaving razor. A pressure model, trained with the pixel data, is operable to determine pressure being applied to the respective individual's skin. An image of a user when shaving with the shaving razor is received and analyzed, by the pressure model, to determine a user-specific pressure being applied to the user's skin by the shaving razor when a user shaving stroke is taken. A user-specific electronic recommendation to address at least one feature identifiable within the pixel data is generated and rendered, on a display screen of a user computing device.

Digital imaging systems and methods of analyzing pixel data of an image of a shaving stroke for determining pressure being applied to a user's skin

A system and method for generating a numerical skin model. The skin model may be used to predict the interaction of the skin to various devices, such as shaving devices and absorbent articles, for example. The computer-based numerical skin material model of the simulated skin may comprise a mechanical behavior model of a surface epidermis, a mechanical behavior model of a dermis, a mechanical behavior model of a hypodermis, and a van der Waals hyperelastic formulation to represent the behavior of the simulated skin. A strain stiffening viscoelasticty of the simulated human skin may be determined by a Prony time series expansion.

Skin modeling methods and systems

A wet shaving razor cartridge that comprises a plurality of at least five elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge; wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 3 mm. Also, a wet shaving razor cartridge that comprise a plurality of at least four elongate blade assemblies disposed in parallel between a guard and a cap of a housing, each blade assembly having a sharp cutting edge; wherein said blade assemblies exhibit a cumulative interblade span of no greater than about 2.5 mm.

Razors and razor cartridges with a decreased total interblade span

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Reading, United Kingdom

Kevin David Cowley