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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2017
Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa, Duesseldorf, DE;
Georg Knuebel, Duesseldorf, DE;
Meike Voss-Klimke, Langenfeld, DE;
Oliver Seiler, Duesseldorf, DE;
Ludger Buetfering, Nideggen-Rath, DE;
Asrtid Kroos, Monheim, DE;
Annika Koenen, Grevenbroich, DE;
HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method with different exemplary embodiments for determining a degree of damage to hair. Said method can comprise the following steps: during the exposure of a hair sample to near-infrared and/or infrared light, recording a spectrum of at least part of the near-infrared and/or infrared light that has interacted with the hair sample, comparing at least part of the spectrum with a spectroscopic calibration model obtained by near-infrared and/or infrared spectra and degrees of damage of a plurality of calibration hair samples, and determining the degree of damage to the hair using said comparison.