Patent Application

App. No. 17/802,461

Abstract

Claims (24)

1 . A hair care appliance comprising:

a heating element configured to heat to a plurality of heat levels;

a touchscreen comprising a user interface; and

a controller operably coupled to the heating element and the touchscreen, the controller configured to:

receive a user selection of one or more hair parameters via the user interface;

determine a heat level corresponding to the selected one or more hair parameters; and

control the heating element to cause the heating element to heat to the determined heat level.

2 . The hair care appliance of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether a refresh mode has been activated; and

determine the heat level corresponding to the selected one or more parameters and whether the refresh mode has been activated.

3 . The hair care appliance of claim 1 , wherein the hair care appliance is selected from the group consisting of a straightening iron, a curling iron, a hair roller, a hot-air brush, a hair-straightening brush, a curling wand, and a hair dryer.

4 . The hair care appliance of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hair parameters comprise at least one of a hair thickness, a hair length, and whether hair is color-treated.

5 . The hair care appliance of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the user selection, determined the heat level, and control the heating element.

6 . The hair care appliance of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the heat level by querying a lookup table according to the selected one or more hair parameters.

7 . A method for controlling a heat level of a hair care appliance, the hair care appliance comprising a touchscreen comprising a user interface and a heating element, the method comprising:

receiving a user selection of one or more hair parameters via the user interface;

determining a heat level corresponding to the selected one or more hair parameters; and

controlling the heating element to cause the heating element to heat to the determined heat level.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining whether a refresh mode has been activated; and

determining the heat level corresponding to the selected one or more parameters and whether the refresh mode has been activated.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the hair care appliance is selected from the group consisting of a straightening iron, a curling iron, a hair roller, a hot-air brush, a hair-straightening brush, a curling wand, and a hair dryer.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more hair parameters comprise at least one of a hair thickness, a hair length, and whether hair is color-treated.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein determining the heat level comprises querying a lookup table according to the selected one or more hair parameters.

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