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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Shakith Devinda Fernando, Eindhoven, NL;
Karl Catharina Van Bree, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Brouwer, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerben Kooijman, Leende, NL;
Felipe Maia Masculo, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis Willem Hameetman, Rotterdam, NL;
Adrienne Heinrich, Taguig, PH;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for use with a treatment device. The treatment device is configured to apply a light pulse to skin of a subject to perform a treatment operation to hairs on the skin. The apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to receive one or more images of a first area of the skin from an imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit is arranged to obtain images of the skin of the subject; process the one or more images to determine whether the hairs on the first area of the skin have been treated with a light pulse based on a degree of at least one of carbonisation and curling of the hairs on the first area of the skin as shown in the one or more images; and output a first signal indicating whether the hairs on the first area of skin have been treated with a light pulse.