Patent ID: 11872709
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A shaving system comprising a shaving device, a cleaning device and a processing unit, wherein:
the shaving device comprises a main body accommodating a motor, a shaving unit coupled to the main body and an orientation sensor for generating an output signal representing an orientation of the shaving device;
the cleaning device comprises a support structure for supporting the shaving device in a cleaning position for cleaning the shaving unit, the shaving device having a predefined cleaning orientation in said cleaning position; and
the processing unit is adapted to:
receive the output signal generated by the orientation sensor; and
control the cleaning device to operate according to a predefined cleaning program for cleaning the shaving unit when the orientation of the shaving device represented by the output signal corresponds to said predefined cleaning orientation.