Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Mitsuru Takechi

Atsushi Takahashi

Yasuo Ibuki

Shinji Nishimura

Takafumi Ohba

Takeshi Matsusaka

Shunichi Watanabe

Yoko Onogi

A handheld personal care device according to the present disclosure includes: an operation switch configured to change a treatment operation of an operation unit; a sensor electrode configured to cause a change in capacitance depending on whether or not the grip unit is grasped; and a control device electrically connected to the operation switch and the sensor electrode and configured to control the treatment operation of the operation unit. The control device includes: a grasp detector configured to detect that the grip unit is grasped based on a change in capacitance of the sensor electrode; and a change permission part configured to permit the operation switch to change the treatment operation of the operation unit when the change permission part receives, from the grasp detector, grasp information indicating that the grip unit is grasped.

Handheld personal care device

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Shiga, Japan

Mitsuru Takechi