Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home and Personal Care Usa, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Robert Lindsay Treloar

Stephen Lee Wire

Derek Guy Savill

Susan Bates

Katharine Jane Shaw

Joanne Louise Cook

Myriam Fessi

Brian Patrick Newby

Michel François Valstar

Justin Nobuyuki Minow Pinkney

Paul Robert Tennent

Steven David Benford

Ruediger Zillmer

Adam Thomas Russell

Morag Fiona Hutcheon

An augmented mirror for use with one or more user objects, the augmented mirror comprising: a partially silvered mirrored surface; a screen underneath the mirrored surface; a camera including a depth scanner; and a computer module for receiving data from the camera and for providing graphical images to the screen; wherein the sole means of communication with the computer module is via the one or more user objects.

Augmented mirror

A system for measuring the diameter of a human hair (), the system comprising: a mobile device (); and a reference card () including a hair attachment mechanism (); the mobile device configured to convert an image of a human hair attached to the reference card by the attachment mechanism into a measurement of the diameter of the human hair, using the size of the reference card itself and/or the size of a calibration marker () on a surface of the reference card as a size reference.

System and method for measuring hair diameter

A method of generating a model of a real object derived from a model of a second object, the model of the second object being defined by an array of data points, a number of identifiable components and a number of further components, comprises measuring parameters of corresponding identifiable components of a real object corresponding to the identifiable components in the model the second object. An array of data points defining a first model of the real object is generated the measured parameters. A further model of the real object is generated by substantially aligning the model of the second object with the first model of the real object, placing identifiable components represented in the model of the second object into positions corresponding to positions of equivalent components in the real object as defined by the measured parameters, placing the further components represented in the model of the second object into positions on the first model of the real object to represent corresponding components in the real object and adjusting the positions of one or more of the components placed on the first model of the real object to generate the further model of the real object. There is also disclosed an apparatus for generating a model of a real object.

Method and apparatus for generating a model of an object

A method is proposed for analysing the usage of a toothbrush made by a subject. The position of the toothbrush is monitored using a position sensor on the brush, and the position of the teeth is monitored by a position sensor mounted in a known fixed relation to the teeth. The resultant data is used to find the relative positions of the toothbrush and teeth over time. Statistical analysis of this data permits the identification of habitual brushing failures by subjects of the toothbrush. The toothbrush may transmit the output of its position sensor to a data analysis unit as a wireless signal. The toothbrush may also be provided with further sensors, such as pH and pressure sensors, the output of which is used in the statistical analysis to enrich the results.

Toothbrush usage monitoring system

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Robert Lindsay Treloar