Machine learning for a personal care device
Systems, devices, and methods for applying machine learning to provide feedback related to a personal care device are described. Embodiments of the systems, devices, and methods may identify data from a device such as a razor comprising a plurality of sensors on a razor, predict one or more features such as shaving features based on the data using a machine learning model trained using data from the plurality of sensors, and provide shaving feedback based on the one or more features such as shaving features. Embodiments of the systems, devices, and methods may train a machine learning model, execute a trained machine learning model, capture and/or process data for the machine learning model, provide feedback based on the output of the trained machine learning model, or combinations thereof.
1 . A system comprising:
a personal care device including a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors include an accelerometer and a gyroscope located on an inertial measurement unit (IMU) of the personal care device; and
a processor coupled to the plurality of sensors, wherein the processor is configured to execute a machine learning model comprising an artificial neural network that has been trained to predict a use feature related to the personal care device based on data from the plurality of sensors, wherein the use feature comprises force applied by the personal care device, distance travelled by the personal care device, or combinations thereof, wherein, when the machine learning model comprising the artificial neural network is executed by the processor, force applied by the personal care device is predicted based only on accelerometer data and gyroscope data from the IMU input to a machine learning model that has been trained to predict and output a measurement value of the force, distance travelled by the personal care device is predicted based only on accelerometer data and gyroscope data from the IMU input to a machine learning model that has been trained to predict and output a measurement value of the distance travelled, or combinations thereof.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the IMU lacks a magnetometer.
3 . The system of claim 1 , further including a filter to prevent data from a magnetometer from reaching one or more of a machine learning model to be trained or the machine learning model that has been trained to predict the use feature.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is located on the IMU and is physically coupled to the accelerometer and the gyroscope via a connection on the IMU.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is located on a controller of the personal care device and is physically coupled to the plurality of sensors via a connection between the controller and the IMU.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is located on a hub proximate to the personal care device and is communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors via a connection between the hub and the personal care device.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is located on a server communicatively coupled to one or more of the personal care device or a hub proximate to the personal care device, and wherein the processor is communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors via a connection between the server and one or more of the personal care device or the hub.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the personal care device is to provide the data from the plurality of sensors to the hub via a short-range wireless connection and the hub is to provide the data to the server located in a cloud computing network via a long-range connection.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine learning model comprising the artificial neural network is a stacked long short-term memory recurrent neural network (LSTM-RNN) that has been trained.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate work performed by the personal care device based on independently predicted force and distance travelled.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute one or more of:
a first machine learning model to predict and output the measurement value of the force based only on the accelerometer data and the gyroscope data from the IMU input to the first machine learning model;
a second machine learning model to predict and output the measurement value of the distance travelled based only on the accelerometer data and the gyroscope data from the IMU input to the second machine learning model; or
a third machine learning model to predict and output a measurement value of work performed by the personal care device based only on accelerometer data and gyroscope data from the IMU input to the third machine learning model.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to predict one or more of a stroke count, a stroke force, a stroke distance, a rinse event, or an end-of-life related to the personal care device based on the use feature.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to one or more of:
utilize a function to predict one or more of the stroke count, the stroke force, the stroke distance, the rinse event, or the end-of-life based on the use feature; or
execute an additional machine learning model trained to determine one or more of the stroke count, the stroke force, the stroke distance, the rinse event, or the end-of-life based on the use feature.
14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the personal care device comprises a razor device.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the razor device is proximate to and communicatively coupled with an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device.
16 . The system of claim 1 , further including a radio frequency interface, memory, storage, a sensor controller, an input/output device, or combinations thereof.
17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to one or more of:
train the machine learning model to predict the use feature related to the personal care device based on the data from the plurality of sensors;
collect data from the plurality of sensors; or
provide feedback based on the use feature.
18 . At least one computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a machine learning model comprising an artificial neural network that has been trained to predict a use feature related to a personal care device based on data from a plurality of sensors including an accelerometer and a gyroscope located on an inertial measurement unit (IMU) of the personal care device, wherein the use feature comprises force applied by the personal care device, distance travelled by the personal care device, or combinations thereof, wherein, when the machine learning model comprising the artificial neural network is executed by the processor, force applied by the personal care device is predicted based only on accelerometer data and gyroscope data from the IMU input to a machine learning model that has been trained to predict and output a measurement value of the force, distance travelled by the personal care device is predicted based only on accelerometer data and gyroscope data from the IMU input to a machine learning model that has been trained to predict and output a measurement value of the distance travelled, or combinations thereof.
19 . A method comprising executing a machine learning model comprising an artificial neural network that has been trained to predict a use feature related to a personal care device based on data from a plurality of sensors including an accelerometer and a gyroscope located on an inertial measurement unit (IMU) of the personal care device, wherein the use feature comprises force applied by the personal care device, distance travelled by the personal care device, or combinations thereof, wherein, when the machine learning model comprising the artificial neural network is executed by the processor, force applied by the personal care device is predicted based only on accelerometer data and gyroscope data from the IMU input to a machine learning model that has been trained to predict and output a measurement value of the force, distance travelled by the personal care device is predicted based only on accelerometer data and gyroscope data from the IMU input to a machine learning model that has been trained to predict and output a measurement value of the distance travelled, or combinations thereof.