Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Portable Textile Treatment Device With Image Sensor And Thermal Insulation Means' Filed by Versuni Holding B. V.

MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202147058078 A) filed by Versuni Holding B. V., Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Dec. 14, 2021, for 'portable textile treatment device with image sensor and thermal insulation means.'

Inventor(s) include Chong, Wee Ann; Chiah, Yao Hean; Soo, Mun Kong; Van Acht, Victor Martinus Gerardus; Ramirez, Rico Paolo Ochoa; Pandurangan, Palani; Tan, Boon Teck; Png, Luck Wee; Toh, Joo Pheng; S S, Prakash; Boersma, Joldert Maria; Van Aken, Timotheus Johannes Maria; Oosterhuis, Joris Pieter; Wismans, Antonius Johannes Joseph; Warmerdam, Thomas Petrus Hendricus; and Ras, Arnoldus Johannes Martinus Jozeph.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a portable textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate (4) intended to be in contact with a textile (TXT) for treating the textile. The heatable soleplate (4) comprises a soleplate opening (H). The device comprises a module (MD) comprising an image sensor (5) for taking an image of the textile to be treated through the soleplate opening (H), and a control unit (8) configured for a) executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of the algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile, and for b) controlling, based on the classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device. The module (MD) and the control unit (8) are integrated within the portable textile treatment device. The image sensor comprises an active surface sensitive to light which is oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable soleplate (4), with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in the range from 15 to 70 degrees. The portable textile treatment device further comprises thermal insulation means arranged in-between the heatable soleplate (4) and the module (MD) for insulating the module (MD) from heat dissipated by the heatable soleplate (4)."

The patent application was internationally filed on June 10, 2020, under International application No.PCT/EP2020/066002.

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