System comprising an electronic means executing a program and controlling an adjustment system

• US 9,138,041 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2011
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Samain, Henri
• Primary Examiner(s): WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R
• Application Number:
  US13/574,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20130037043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,693 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/005 for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A cosmetic or dermatological system includes a packaging and dispensing device including one or more compositions on the basis of which a product is delivered, an adjustment system coupled or able to be coupled to the packaging and dispensing device, making it possible to modify the amount dispensed and/or at least one property of the product dispensed by the packaging and dispensing device, an electronic means for executing a program and acting automatically on the adjustment system, or for indicating to the user an action to be exerted on the adjustment system, to make the adjustment evolve in the course of the use of the device, the program determining the evolution of the adjustment as a function at least of a quantity representative of the number of uses of said device or of the amount of said product or of at least one of said compositions and already dispensed.

Claims

1. Cosmetic or dermatological system, comprising:

a packaging and dispensing device comprising one or more compositions on the basis of which a product is delivered,

an adjustment system coupled or able to be coupled to the packaging and dispensing device, making it possible to modify the amount dispensed and/or at least one property of the product dispensed by the packaging and dispensing device,

an electronic means for executing a program and acting automatically on the adjustment system, or for indicating to the user an action to be exerted on the adjustment system, so as to make the adjustment evolve in the course of the use of the device, the program determining the evolution of the adjustment as a function at least of a quantity representative of the number of uses of said device or of the amount of said product or of at least one of said compositions and already dispensed, the electronic means being configured to detect the use of the packaging and dispensing device, and the adjustment being performed at least as a function of the number of uses thus detected, the electronic means comprising a switch sensitive to the actuation of a dispensing means for dispensing the product, wherein the dispensing means dispenses the product with energy provided directly by the user.

2. System according to claim 1, the said quantity corresponding to the number of uses of the device.

3. System according to claim 1, being configured to modify the concentration of at least one active agent in the product dispensed as a function of the adjustment.

4. System according to claim 1, the packaging and dispensing device comprising two reservoirs containing two starting products to be mixed to form the product delivered, the adjustment system making it possible to modify the ratio of one starting product with respect to the other, during dispensing.

5. System according to claim 1, the packaging and dispensing device comprising two reservoirs containing two different starting compositions, the adjustment system being configured to selectively dispense one of the starting compositions.

6. System according to claim 1, the adjustment system comprising an energy source for exposing at least one composition contained in the packaging and dispensing device to a stimulus, this composition comprising at least one active agent that can pass from an inactive state to an active state upon exposure to said stimulus.

7. System according to claim 1, comprising a base stand associated with the packaging and dispensing device, comprising the electronic means, the base stand being configured to control the adjustment system.

8. System according to claim 7, comprising a plurality of packaging and dispensing devices, associated with one and the same base stand.