SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING, DISPENSING, AND MIXING BLENDED COMPOSITION FOR SKIN TREATMENT

• US 20170154372A1
• Filed: 12/01/2015
• Published: 06/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: BALOOCH, Guive, VALCESCHINI, Florent, BHANDARI, Rishabh, LORENTE GONZALEZ, Sonia, MOOLSINTONG, Pinida Jan, RINALDIS, David John, TANG, Jonathan Scott, TIMBERLAKE, Brent Edward, YOUSEFI, Andre, CHIOU, Catherine
• Granted Patent: US 10,607,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 29/10 with receptacles rotated about two different axes, e.g. receptacles having planetary motion
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/841 with component receptacles fixed in a circular configuration on a horizontal table, e.g. the table being able to be indexed about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/846 using stored recipes for determining the composition of the mixture to be produced, i.e. for determining the amounts of the basic components to be dispensed from the component receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/06 with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/18 for washing or drying persons

Abstract

A system and method is provided for providing a cosmetic composition to a user. The system includes an apparatus configured to dispense at least one cosmetic composition into a output container; a user interface configured to receive information about the user; and circuitry configured to receive the information about the user and determine one or more cosmetic compositions to be dispensed into the output container based on the information about the user received at the user interface.

Claims

1. A system for providing a cosmetic composition to a user, comprising:

an apparatus configured to dispense at least one cosmetic composition into a output container;

a user interface configured to receive information about the user;

and circuitry configured to receive the information about the user and determine one or more cosmetic compositions to be dispensed into the output container based on the information about the user received at the user interface.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the information about the user is information regarding the skin of the user.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to hold a plurality of cartridges which contain a respective plurality of cosmetic compositions, and the circuitry is configured to receive information regarding the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry is configured to compare the information regarding the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus to one or more cosmetic compositions required to be dispensed into the output container based on the information about the user, and to output information regarding any of the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus which need to be removed from the apparatus, and any of the one or more cosmetic compositions required to be dispensed into the output container which need to be inserted into the apparatus.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the information regarding the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus includes at least one of volume and expiration date information, and the circuitry is configured to output information regarding any of the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus which need to be removed or replaced based on the volume or expiration date information.

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a printer, wherein the circuitry is configured to control the printer to print a label describing at least one of an identifier of the user and the contents of the output container after the one or more cosmetic compositions are dispensed into the output container.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is implemented by a portable wireless device that communicates wirelessly with the apparatus.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control storage data regarding the contents of the output container after the one or more cosmetic compositions are dispensed into the output container in association with information about the user at a memory located externally to the apparatus and the user interface device.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to control transmission of an electronic message to a destination address corresponding to the user after the one or more cosmetic compositions are dispensed into the output container.

10. A method, implemented by a system, for providing a cosmetic composition to a user, the system including an apparatus for dispensing at least one cosmetic composition into a output container, a user interface, and circuitry, the method comprising:

receiving, at the user interface, information about the user;

determining, by the circuitry, one or more cosmetic compositions to be dispensed into the output container based on the information about the user received at the user interface.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the information about the user is information regarding the skin of the user.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is configured to hold a plurality of cartridges which contain a respective plurality of cosmetic compositions, and the method further includes receiving information regarding the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising comparing the information regarding the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus to one or more cosmetic compositions required to be dispensed into the output container based on the information about the user, and outputting information regarding any of the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus which need to be removed from the apparatus, and any of the one or more cosmetic compositions required to be dispensed into the output container which need to be inserted into the apparatus.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the information regarding the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus includes at least one of volume and expiration date information, and the method includes outputting information regarding any of the current plurality of cosmetic compositions contained in the apparatus which need to be removed or replaced based on the volume or expiration date information.

15. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

controlling a printer to print a label describing at least one of an identifier of the user and the contents of the output container after the one or more cosmetic compositions are dispensed into the output container.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the user interface is implemented by a portable wireless device that communicates wirelessly with the apparatus.

17. The method according to claim 10, further comprising controlling storage of data regarding the contents of the output container after the one or more cosmetic compositions are dispensed into the output container in association with information about the user at a memory located externally to the apparatus and the user interface device.

18. The method according to claim 10, further comprising controlling transmission of an electronic message to a destination address corresponding to the user after the one or more cosmetic compositions are dispensed into the output container.

19. A system for providing a cosmetic composition to a user, comprising:

means for dispensing at least one cosmetic composition into a output container;

means for receiving information about the user;

means for determining one or more cosmetic compositions to be dispensed into the output container based on the received information about the user.