Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Sahil Wadhwa

Yong Jiang

Willem Auke Westerhof

Hee Keng Chua

Babu Varghese

Christoph Dobrusskin

Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin

Martijn Van Zutphen

Luck Wee Png

Willem Minkes

Siew Hon Loke

Nicole Louisa De Klein

Arnoldus Johannes Martinus Jozeph Ras

Christianus Martinus Van Heesch

Chee Keong Ong

Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk

Asok Kumar Kasevan

Walter Hermans

Wilhelmus Hendrikus Maria Bruggink

Mahesh Gurumalliah Areyur

Anna Louise Wijnoltz

Kean Hao Raymond Lee

Yue Wu

Kin Leong Yip

Chen-Shiang Lee

Mirjam Christiana Albrecht Van Coillie

Gijsbert Hendrik Van Veldhuizen

Mohankumar Krishnan Valiyambath

Mahesh Gurumalliah Areuyr

Coen Petrus Martinus Claassen

Mohankumar Valiyambath Krishnan

An apparatus for obtaining images for use in determining one or more properties of skin of a subject, the apparatus comprising an image sensor unit for generating an image of a skin sample, wherein the skin sample corresponds to an area of skin of the subject within a field of view, FOV, of the image sensor unit when the skin of the subject is spaced a predetermined working distance from the image sensor unit; a first light arrangement comprising one or more light sources for illuminating the skin of the subject; and a second light arrangement comprising one or more light sources for illuminating the skin of the subject. The one or more light sources in the first light arrangement are spaced from the image sensor unit and arranged such that light emitted by the light sources in the first light arrangement that is specularly reflected by a skin sample at the predetermined working distance is incident on the image sensor unit, and the one or more light sources in the second light arrangement are spaced from the image sensor unit and arranged such that light emitted by the light sources in the second light arrangement that is specularly reflected by a skin sample at the predetermined working distance is not incident on the image sensor unit.

Obtaining images for use in determining one or more properties of skin of a subject

The present invention relates to a device for skin parameter measurement, comprising a housing structure () defining an interior cavity () and a first opening () at a skin contact end () of the interior cavity (), a movable part () connected to the housing structure () via an elastic connecting arrangement (), the movable part () being movable with respect to the housing structure () and configured to protrude the skin contact end () through the first opening () of the housing structure when no external force is applied to move the movable part () with respect to the housing structure, the movable part () further comprising a second opening (), an optical sensing unit () for performing measurement of a first skin parameter when the device is in contact with a skin surface, the optical sensing unit being provided within the interior cavity of the housing structure and comprising an illuminating unit (A) for illuminating the skin surface by emitting light through the second opening () of the movable part and an imaging unit (B) for receiving light reflected by the illuminated skin surface, and an electrical sensing unit () for measuring a second skin parameter, wherein the electrical sensing unit () is arranged at a front end section of the movable part () defining the second opening ().

Device, system and method for measurement of a skin parameter

The present application relates to a hand-held steamer head for a fabric steamer. The hand-held steamer head has a body () with one or more steam vents () and a friction surface () for locating against a fabric to be steamed. The friction surface () is configured to act on the fabric to resist movement of the fabric relative to the body () as the body () is drawn over the fabric. The present invention also relates to a fabric steamer having a hand-held steamer head and a hand-held steamer head kit.

Hand-held steamer head

The invention relates to a device for generating steam. The device comprises a water outlet arrangement having an open end to spray water onto a water receiving arrangement. The water receiving arrangement comprises an interior surface defining a chamber in which the open end is arranged so that water sprayed from the open end is sprayed onto the interior surface. The device further comprises a heating element for heating the interior surface up to a temperature for generating steam from water sprayed on the interior surface. The interior surface is formed by two separate cavities, the open end comprising a spray nozzle received within each cavity so that each spray nozzle sprays water onto a region of the interior surface, each region being defined by the cavity in which a respective spray nozzle is received. This allows the water sprayed by the water outlet arrangement be more uniformly spread on the interior surface, leading to more effective heating and more steam may be generated per unit time.

Device and method for generating steam

The present application relates to a steaming device. The steaming device comprises a steam generator () having a heated surface (), a pump configured to direct fluid against the heated surface () to generate steam, an orientation detector to detect orientation of the heated surface (), and a control unit. The control unit is configured to operate the pump to adjust the flow rate of the pump in dependence on the orientation of the heated surface determined by the orientation detector.

Steaming device

A device for guiding a Flex Extending from an Appliance The present application relates to a devicefor guiding a flexof a garment care appliance that, during use of the appliance, hangs downwardly from said appliance. The device comprises a guide tubehaving a passage therethrough to slideably receive the flex of the garment care appliance, and an attachment partfor attachment of the guide tube to a support such that the guide tube is positioned in proximity to, or below, a height at which the appliance is being used. A lower part of the flex that hangs through and below the guide tube maintains an upper part of the flex, extending between the appliance and the guide tube, substantially straight or taut during movement of the appliance towards and away from the device.

Device for guiding a flex extending from an appliance

The invention provides a garment treatment stand () for garment treatment, the garment treatment stand () comprising:&#x2014;a open frame ();&#x2014;a flexible support surface (), in use stretched up tautly on said frame () for providing a surface for pressing against during garment treatment. The current invention adds a flexible steaming/ironing surface to a garment treatment stand, to allow for it to be used as a support during steaming/ironing of the garment. Especially, the garment treatment stand may be used for steaming or pressing garments.

Garment treatment stand

The present invention relates to a steamer head for a garment steamer comprising a main body () with a front end (), a steam outlet () and an air inlet () formed in the front end (). A suction force is applied to draw air through the air inlet () so that a fabric of a garment disposed proximate the front end () is drawn against the front end () by the suction force. Further, steam is applied to the fabric of a garment through the steam outlet (). The front end () of the main body () comprises first and second surfaces (). The steam outlet () is formed in the first surface () and the air inlet () is formed in the second surface (), so that the fabric is drawn against the second surface () and steam is applied to the fabric at the first surface (). The first and second surfaces () together forma convex surface. The present invention also relates to a garment steamer comprising asteamer head and a method of removing creases from a garment using a garment steamer.

Steamer head for a garment steamer

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Sahil Wadhwa