ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,682, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Hair detection in a hair-cutting system" was invented by Collin Matthew Tittle (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a hair-cutting system (1) that comprises a cutter arrangement (20) configured to be moved over skin (10) and comprising at least one functional cutter unit (21) configured to perform a cutting action on hairs (11) protruding from the skin (10), a hair detector (30) is used for the purpose of detecting the presence of a hair (11) in a detection area (31) near or in the at least one functional cutter unit (21...