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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2021
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Aya Ishihara, Osaka, JP;
Miei Kinoshita, Shiga, JP;
Hiroyuki Inoue, Shiga, JP;
Yuki Chikazawa, Nara, JP;
Abstract
Controller of a hair dryer as a hair care device includes hair characteristic recognition unit, table generation unit, and application amount calculation unit. Hair characteristic recognition unit classifies a user's hair characteristics based on a hair measurement value or a hair image. Table generation unit sets a component amount of a component generated by component generation unit for each hair characteristic. Application amount calculation unit adjusts the component amount for each user based on the hair characteristics of whole hair classified by hair characteristic recognition unit and the component amount set by table generation unit. Alternatively, application amount calculation unit calculates a component application amount given by component generation unit or a heat application amount given by heat application unit for each part based on the hair characteristics for each part of the hair classified by hair characteristic recognition unit and the component amount set by table generation unit.