Attachment identification method, association method, and personal care device

摘要

The method and system identify an attachment of a personal care device (10). The method includes attaching the attachment (14), including the memory, to the body portion (12) of the personal care device. The personal care device is powered on. The data is retrieved from the attachment memory. From the retrieved information, information is retrieved regarding the attachment attached to the personal care device, the information including at least an association of the attachment with a particular user. The output characteristics of the personal care device status indicator (30) are associated with the attachment ID (22). When the attachment is coupled to the body portion of the personal device, the status indicator is actuated in response to the output feature.