Patent Application
20220395068
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This disclosure relates to systems and methods for capture and removal of undesirable objects including hair and other facial and body protrusions.
Tweezers have been used for decades to aid in extracting hairs and ingrown hairs from the face and body, and have been the subject of many improvements to allow for their use in reaching objects in hard to reach or hard to service areas of the body. In most cases, the use of tweezers on the face or neck required the use of a mirror in order to see the area. Bright lights, such as can normally be found in a bathroom, or in a vanity or makeup mirror were extremely helpful in illuminating the face to allow a closeup view of individual hairs or other objects to be removed by the tweezers. Even with proper illumination, close proximity to the mirror was often necessary to see the pores or hair follicles.
The present tweezing device incorporates a light source for illumination, a camera for live video capture, and wired or wireless technology for transmission of the video to the user's phone, thereby enhancing the user's ability to remove unwanted hairs or other objects from the face or body.
In one exemplary embodiment, a wireless camera enabled tweezer is described.
Certain advantages of the systems and methods include eliminating the need for an additional light source for viewing the area, eliminating the need for a mirror to view hard to reach areas of the body and face, reducing the need for a magnified mirror to get closeup views of the chin and neck, among others.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of any described embodiment, suitable methods and materials are described below. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting. In case of conflict with terms used in the art, the present specification, including definitions, will control.
The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description and claims.
The present embodiments are illustrated by way of the figures of the accompanying drawings, which may not necessarily be to scale, in which like references indicate similar elements, and in which:
The camera enable tweezer 10, permits the user to illuminate, video capture and remove a retained object such as an ingrown hair, or a comedone using one hand, while the other hand is free to hold a smartphone or other display device so that the user can clearly observe and manage the process of removal, via either a wired or a wireless connection from the camera lens 70 mounted between the two arms of the tweezer. When the camera enabled tweezer 10 is used in conjunction with a laptop or desktop computer, a larger image is viewable via the larger screen, and a second hand is no longer required, relative to when using a smartphone to display the video feed.
This combination of a tweezer, a wireless camera, an LED light source with an internal rechargeable battery (not shown) as a power source, can be used in conjunction with a wireless connection to a smart device will allow the user to observe the images in real time without the need for a mirror or an external light source.
In a wired embodiment, the camera enabled tweezer 10 has an optical cable 40 connecting the end of the camera body 20 to a USB connector 50 as seen in
In an alternate wired embodiment, the optical cable 40 is connected to the camera enabled tweezer 10 on one end, and the opposite end of the optical cable is connected to the rechargeable wireless transmitter as seen in
In a preferred wireless embodiment, the camera enabled tweezer 10 as shown in
A number of illustrative embodiments have been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the various embodiments presented herein. For example, the camera lens can be moved closer to the end of the tweezer for a narrower field of vision, or image magnification in the camera lens, or the LED lights can be moved closer to the end of the camera lens to increase the field of illumination. The USB connection shown is also illustrative in that represents the variant iterations of USB, including micro-USB, and USB-Type C. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.
