Apparatus and method for operating a personal grooming appliance or household cleaning appliance

Abstract

A system and method for treating a surface of a user’s body part, including: obtaining target surface condition information from a user’s body part surface using one or more condition sensors taken from a group consisting of: an optical sensor and a bio-sensor; classifying the target surface condition information using a machine learning classifier to determine an initial target surface condition classification; obtaining treatment progress information using a combination of motion sensor data and surface condition information from the one or more condition sensors; and classifying the treatment progress information using a machine learning classifier to determine a progress classification for treating the initial target surface condition classification.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for treating a surface of a user’s body part, comprising:
 obtaining target surface condition information from a user’s body part surface using a bio-sensor that is not a camera; 
 classifying the target surface condition information using a machine learning classifier to determine an initial target surface condition classification; 
 obtaining treatment progress information using a combination of motion sensor data and surface condition information from the bio-sensor, displaying a real time representation of the treatment progress information, and modifying setting of a treatment system based upon, at least in part, the treatment progress information; and 
 classifying the treatment progress information using a machine learning classifier to determine a progress classification for treating the initial target surface condition classification. 
 
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the bio-sensor is provided on at least one of an examination instrument or a grooming appliance. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the modifying step occurs substantially in real time while the treatment system is treating the user’s body part surface. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the bio-sensor is provided a treatment instrument of the treatment system. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the treatment instrument is an oral care instrument. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising modifying settings of a treatment system based upon the target surface condition classification. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising evaluating change of the user’s body part surface condition over time based upon successive target surface condition classifications. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the progress classification indicates that the initial target surface condition classification is incorrect. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising generating an initial treatment plan based upon the initial treatment classification and modifying the initial treatment plan upon determining that the initial target surface condition classification is incorrect.