US 11,742,068 B2
User signaling through a personal care device
Zane Bowman Allen Miller, Seattle, WA (US); Jeffrey Kissinger, Kirkland, WA (US); and Geoffrey F. Deane, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to L'Oreal, Paris (FR)
Filed by L'Oreal, Paris (FR)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/463,023.
Application 17/463,023 is a division of application No. 16/452,299, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2021/0398644 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 20/40 (2018.01) [G08B 7/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G08B 25/001 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling operation of a treatment application device of a personal care device, the method comprising:
starting the treatment application device in response to detecting a first actuation of a human-machine interface (HMI) device of the personal care device; and
while the treatment application device is running and in response to detecting a second actuation of the HMI device:
determining whether the personal care device is operating in a first mode that indicates that the personal care device has not received an incoming signal from a networked computing device via a network interface of the personal care device or a second mode that indicates that the personal care device has received the incoming signal from the networked computing device via the network interface of the personal care device;
stopping the treatment application device in response to determining that the personal care device is operating in the first mode that indicates that the personal care device has not received the incoming signal from the networked computing device; and
transmitting, via the network interface, an outgoing signal to the networked computing device without stopping the treatment application device in response to determining that the personal care device is operating in the second mode that indicates that the personal care device has received the incoming signal from the networked computing device.