A shaving device that shaves behind the neck and other hard to reach areas of the body. Two or more blade mounting assemblies can be attached to each other with living hinges end to end along a longitudinal axis, with two handles situated at either end of the set of blade mounting assemblies along the same axis. The blade mounting assemblies are configured to receive replaceable blade cartridges. When mounted in the blade mounting assemblies, the blade cartridges can pivot on an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the set of assemblies.

A consumer appliance with a body. A cartridge removably mounted to the body. The cartridge having a surface with a first colored region and a second colored region. A control circuit positioned within the body. A first emitter positioned on the body that projects a light at the first colored region. A second emitter positioned on the body that projects light at the second colored region. A first light sensor positioned on the body that sends a first signal to the control circuit based on a color of light reflected from the first colored region.

A method, a personal care system and a shaving device for providing staged shaving advice include a processor configured to receive usage data from the shaving device and personal assessment data from a user. The processor is further configured to determine and provide a shaving advice instruction presented to the user based on the usage data and/or the personal assessment data.

A shaving system has a shaver having a handle, a razor cartridge including at least one blade, at least one sensor associated with the at least one blade and configured to detect a pressure applied to the at least one blade, and at least one resilient element associated with the at least one blade. The at least one resilient element is configured to deform in response to the pressure applied to the at least one blade and/or the at least one resilient element has an adjustable modulus of elasticity. The shaving system further including a processor operably coupled to the at least one resilient element; and a controller operably coupled to the processor that is configured to generate a signal to adjust the modulus of elasticity of the at least one resilient element.

A shaving system may include a handle, a skin-contacting surface coupled to the handle, one or more blades coupled to the skin-contacting surface, and one or more sensors configured to record sounds generated during use of the shaving system.

Artificial intelligence based systems and methods are described for analyzing pixel data of an image of a user's body for determining a hair growth direction value of the user's hair. An example method includes aggregating a plurality of training images of a plurality of users' bodies, and training a hair growth direction model operable to output a hair growth direction value. The example method may further include receiving an image of a user comprising pixel data of a portion of the user's body or body area, and analyzing, by the hair growth direction model, the image to determine a user-specific hair growth direction value of the user's hair. The example method may further include generating a product recommendation, wherein the product is designed to address a feature identifiable within the pixel data of the user's body or body area.

Sensor-based shaving systems and methods of analyzing a user's shave event are described for determining a unique threshold value of the user. A grooming device comprises a handle having a connecting structure connected to a hair cutting implement. A shave event sensor associated with the grooming device measures a user behavior, which includes collecting a first dataset comprising shave data defining a shave event. The first dataset is transmitted via a communication device and is analyzed to determine baseline behavior data of the user, and a unique threshold value of the user is determined from the baseline behavior data. One or more subsequent datasets, each comprising shave data of one or more corresponding shave events, is compared to the unique threshold value to determine comparison data. An indication is provided, based on the comparison data, to indicate a deviation from the threshold value and to influence the user behavior.

A grooming device. The grooming device includes a handle having proximal and distal ends, an implement connecting structure, grooming implement, displacement sensor, and power source providing power to the displacement sensor. The implement connecting structure is pivotably connected to the proximal end of the handle about a first handle axis and has a connection element and an eject element that is moveable within the implement connecting structure along a second handle axis. The implement connecting structure also has a location element pivotably connected to the eject element such that as the implement connecting structure moves about the first handle axis the location element remains stationary relative to the handle and as the eject element moves along the second handle axis the location element is displaced relative to the handle and the displacement sensor detects displacement of the location element. The grooming implement is connected to the implement connecting structure.

A grooming device. The grooming device includes a handle having a housing portion with proximal and distal ends. A displacement sensor is positioned within the handle. A power source is positioned within the handle and provides power to the displacement sensor. A neck portion of the handle has proximal and distal ends and the distal end of the neck portion is connected to the proximal end of the housing portion. An implement connecting structure is positioned at the proximal end of the neck portion and includes a connection element. An eject element is moveable within the handle, and a location element is connected to the eject element. A grooming implement is connected to the connection element. As the eject element moves to eject the grooming implement from the connection element the displacement sensor detects displacement of the location element.

A grooming device. The grooming device includes a handle having a neck portion, a displacement sensor positioned within the neck portion, a housing portion, a coupling mechanism securing the neck portion and the housing portion to one another, and a power source positioned within the handle. The neck portion includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the neck portion having an implement connecting structure. The housing portion includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a location element. The proximal end of the housing portion is pivotably connected to the distal end of the neck portion about a handle pivot axis. As the neck portion pivots about the handle pivot axis relative to the housing portion, the displacement sensor detects displacement of the location element. A grooming implement is connected to the implement connecting structure.