Patent ID: 11896114
Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A method for optimizing a cosmetic counselling system, the method comprising the steps of:
determining hair condition information for a user by using a sensor before and after a hair treatment, the hair condition information comprising a degree of damage to the user's hair and a hair shade of the user's hair;
determining a discrepancy between predicted hair condition information based on the hair condition information for the user determined using the sensor before the hair treatment and the hair condition information for the user determined using the sensor after the hair treatment; and
based on the determined discrepancy, updating, in a memory, the hair condition information used to determine the predicted hair condition,
wherein the determination of the predicted hair condition information comprises:
comparing the determined degree of damage to the user's hair with a plurality of degrees of damage to the hair that is stored in the memory,
comparing the determined hair shade of the user's hair with a plurality of hair shades that is stored in the memory,
determining a closest degree of damage to the hair that is stored in the memory,
determining a closest hair shade that is stored in the memory, and
providing a predicted hair shade based on the respectively determined closest stored degree of damage to the hair, the determined closest stored hair shade, and a predetermined desired hair colour, and
based on the respectively determined closest degree of damage to the user's hair and the determined closest hair shade and the user's desired hair colour, providing (i) a predicted degree of hair damage, (ii) a predicted hair shade, and (iii) personalized cosmetic hair treatment product information, and

wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting the personalized cosmetic hair treatment product information to a dispensing station; and
producing, in the dispensing station, a personalized hair treatment product based on the personalized cosmetic hair treatment product information.