TOPICAL PRODUCT DISPENSING TOOL

• US 20160184566A1
• Filed: 12/11/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Skin Depth Inc.
• Original Assignee: Skin Depth Inc.
• Inventors: Ibrahim, Noelle, Zourntos, Takis, Knezevic, Ivana, Tan, Jerry
• Granted Patent: US 10,219,737 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/445 Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma, e.g. rash, eczema, wound, bed sore

Abstract

A computer-implemented method can include receiving a first image input from a user, determining values of biological properties of the user, determining a first formulation, controlling a plurality of servomotors, receiving a second image input from a user, determining a second value of one of the biological properties of the user, comparing the first and second values, changing another of the values, determining a second formulation, and again controlling the plurality of servomotors. The image inputs can include images of the user'"'"'s skin. The values can be representative of a sensitivity of the user'"'"'s skin to one or more materials and a current level of irritation of the user'"'"'s skin. The formulations can contain a plurality of materials and can be configured to inhibit irritation of the user'"'"'s skin based on the values of the biological properties of the skin.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device having one or more processors, a first image input from a user, the first image input including a first image of a portion of the user'"'"'s skin;

determining, at the computing device, a first value of a first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin and a first value of a second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin, both first values based at least in part on the first image input, the first biological property representative of a sensitivity of the user'"'"'s skin to one or more materials, the second biological property representative of a level of irritation of the user'"'"'s skin;

determining, at the computing device, a first formulation containing a plurality of materials, the first formulation configured to inhibit irritation of the user'"'"'s skin based on the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin;

controlling, at the computing device, a plurality of servomotors each individually engaged with a pump in a cavity of a multi-cavity container to dispense respective first quantities of a plurality of materials from at least some of the cavities, each cavity containing a respective material of the first formulation for application on the user'"'"'s skin;

receiving, at the computing device, after said controlling, a second image input from the user, the second image input including a second image of the portion of the user'"'"'s skin after application of the first formulation containing the first quantities of materials;

determining, at the computing device, a second value of the second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin based at least in part on the second image input;

comparing, at the computing device, respectively, the first value of the second biological property and the second value of the second biological property;

changing, at the computing device, the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin to a second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin based on said comparing;

determining, at the computing device, a second formulation containing the plurality of materials based at least in part on the second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin; and

controlling, at the computing device, the plurality of servomotors to dispense respective second quantities of the plurality of materials from at least some of the cavities, wherein at least one of the second quantities of the plurality of materials is different than the corresponding quantity of the first quantities of the plurality of materials, and wherein the second quantities are based on the second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein said determining the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin is further defined as:

determining, at the computing device, the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin by applying an algorithm including at least one coefficient having a preliminary value.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2 wherein said determining the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin is further defined as:

changing, at the computing device, the at least one coefficient from the preliminary value to a revised value.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein said determining the first formulation is further defined as:

determining, at the computing device, the first formulation containing a plurality of materials based on the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin but not based on the first value of the second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 wherein said determining the second formulation is further defined as:

determining, at the computing device, the second formulation containing the plurality of materials based at least in part on the second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin and also based at least in part on the second value of the second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein said determining the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin is further defined as:

determining, at the computing device, the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin by, at least in part, counting a number of lesions in the first image.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein said receiving the first image input is further defined as:

receiving, at the computing device, the first image input from a user, the first image input including a first image of a portion of the user'"'"'s skin and being an infrared image.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein said receiving the first image input is further defined as:

receiving, at the computing device, the first image input from a user, the first image input including a first image of a portion of the user'"'"'s skin and being an ultraviolet image.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving, by the computing device, data from a secondary memory physically remote from the computing device through a network during said determining the first formulation.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 9 wherein the data is associated with one of the user and others.

11. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first image input from a user, the first image input including a first image of a portion of the user'"'"'s skin;

determining a first value of a first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin and a first value of a second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin, both first values based at least in part on the first image input, the first value representative of a sensitivity of the user'"'"'s skin to one or more materials, the second value representative of a current level of irritation of the user'"'"'s skin;

determining a first formulation containing a plurality of materials, the first formulation configured to inhibit irritation of the user'"'"'s skin based on the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin;

controlling a plurality of servomotors each individually engaged with a pump in a cavity of a multi-cavity container to dispense respective first quantities of a plurality of materials from at least some of the cavities, each cavity containing a respective material of the first formulation for application on the user'"'"'s skin;

receiving after said controlling, a second image input from the user, the second image input including a second image of the portion of the user'"'"'s skin after application of the first formulation containing the first quantities of material;

determining a second value of the second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin based at least in part on the second image input;

comparing respectively, the first value of the second biological property and the second value of the second biological property;

changing the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin to a second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin based on said comparing;

determining a second formulation containing the plurality of materials based at least in part on the second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin; and

controlling the plurality of servomotors to dispense respective second quantities of the plurality of materials from at least some of the cavities, wherein at least one of the second quantities of the plurality of materials is different than the corresponding quantity of the first quantities of the plurality of materials, and wherein the second quantities are based on the second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin.

12. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the determining of the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin is further defined as determining the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin by applying an algorithm including at least one coefficient having a preliminary value.

13. The computing device of claim 12 wherein the determining of the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin is further defined as changing the at least one coefficient from the preliminary value to a revised value.

14. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the determining of the first formulation is further defined as determining the first formulation containing a plurality of materials based on the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin but not based on the first value of the second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin.

15. The computing device of claim 14 wherein the determining of the second formulation is further defined as determining the second formulation containing the plurality of materials based at least in part on the second value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin and also based at least in part on the second value of the second biological property of the user'"'"'s skin.

16. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the determining of the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin is further defined as determining the first value of the first biological property of the user'"'"'s skin by, at least in part, counting a number of lesions in the first image.

17. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the receiving of the first image input is further defined as receiving the first image input from a user, the first image input including a first image of a portion of the user'"'"'s skin and being an infrared image.

18. The computing device of claim 11 wherein the receiving of the first image input is further defined as receiving the first image input from a user, the first image input including a first image of a portion of the user'"'"'s skin and being an ultraviolet image.

19. The computing device of claim 11 wherein said non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions further causes the computing device to perform an operation comprising:

retrieving data from a secondary memory physically remote from the computing device through a network during said determining the first formulation.

20. The computing device of claim 19 wherein the data is associated with one of the user and others.