Cosmetic manufacturing device, and discharge information determination method for cosmetic manufacturing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12372940-B2
Application number	US-202017775771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2020
Priority date	Dec 18, 2019
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic manufacturing device and a discharge information determination method for the cosmetic manufacturing device, wherein the device and method provide a method for determining discharge information for providing customized cosmetics. The method can include determining a target color, determining a coverage level, determining a texture, and determining discharge information on the basis of the target color, the coverage level, and the texture, wherein the determining the discharge information may include determining cartridges of interest such that the cartridge discharging a cosmetic material varies according to the coverage level even if the target color is the same.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for determining discharge information of a cosmetic manufacturing device having a plurality of cartridges, at least one discharge module for discharging a cosmetic composition accommodated in any one of the plurality of cartridges and a controller for controlling the discharge module, the method comprising:
determining, by the controller of the cosmetic manufacturing device, a target color, a coverage level, and a texture; and
determining, by the controller, the discharge information based on the target color, the coverage level, and the texture, wherein the determining of the discharge information, even when the target color is the same, includes determining a target cartridge of the cosmetic manufacturing device so that a cartridge for discharging a cosmetic material is different according to the coverage level, wherein the plurality of cartridges of the cosmetic manufacturing device include a plurality of cartridges for determining a color and a plurality of cartridges for determining the texture, wherein the plurality of cartridges for determining the color include cartridges of a first group for a first coverage level and cartridges of a second group for a second coverage level, and wherein the determining of the target cartridge includes:
selecting one of the first group and the second group according to the determined coverage level;
selecting at least one of the cartridges in the group selected according to the determined target color as the target cartridge for discharging the cosmetic material;
selecting at least one of the plurality of cartridges that determine the texture according to the determined texture as the target cartridge for discharging the cosmetic material; and
controlling, by the controller, the at least one discharge module to discharge the cosmetic composition accommodated in the determined target cartridge based on the determined discharge information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the target cartridge includes determining the target cartridge within cartridges of the first group when the coverage level is the first coverage level, and
determining the target cartridge within cartridges of the second group when the coverage level is the second coverage level.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a titanium dioxide content of the cosmetic material representing a first color among the cartridges of the first group is different from a titanium dioxide content of the cosmetic material representing the first color among the cartridges of the second group.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a barcode including the discharge information.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving an input of a barcode,
wherein the determining of the discharge information includes determining the discharge information according to the input of the barcode.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising discharging the cosmetic material according to the determined discharge information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the discharge information further includes discharging sample cosmetics so that a total discharge amount becomes a sample weight with a mixing ratio according to the determined discharge information; and
receiving a correction command or a confirmation command of the discharge information after discharging the sample cosmetics,
wherein the discharge information is determined according to the correction command or the confirmation command.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the discharge information further includes selecting a mixing ratio corresponding to the target color determined from a predetermined table.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the selecting of the mixing ratio includes, when there are a plurality of mixing ratios corresponding to the determined target color in the predetermined table, selecting any one of the plurality of mixing ratios based on a remaining amount of each selected target cartridge.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selecting of any one of the plurality of mixing ratios includes comparing a discharge amount and the remaining amount of each cartridge according to the mixing ratio for each of the plurality of mixing ratios, and
excluding a mixing ratio of a cartridge with the remaining amount smaller than the discharge amount.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selecting of any one of the plurality of mixing ratios includes calculating the remaining amount of each cartridge according to the mixing ratio for each of the plurality of mixing ratios, and
selecting a mixing ratio of a cartridge calculated as a most remaining amount.

12. A cosmetic manufacturing device comprising:
a plurality of cartridges;
at least one discharge module for discharging a cosmetic composition accommodated in any one of the plurality of cartridges; and
a controller for controlling the at least one discharge module,
wherein the controller is configured to determine a target color, a coverage level, and a texture and determining discharge information based on the target color, the coverage level, and the texture, wherein the controller, even when the target color is the same, determines a target cartridge so that a cartridge for discharging the cosmetic material is different according to the coverage level,
wherein the plurality of cartridges include a plurality of cartridges for determining a color and a plurality of cartridges for determining the texture, wherein the plurality of cartridges for determining the color include cartridges of a first group for a first coverage level and cartridges of a second group for a second coverage level, and
wherein the controller selects any one of the first group and the second group according to the determined coverage level, selects at least one of the cartridges in the selected group according to the determined target color as the target cartridge for discharging the cosmetic material, and selects at least one of the plurality of cartridges that determine the texture according to the determined texture as the target cartridge for discharging the cosmetic material; and
wherein the controller controls the at least one discharge module to discharge the cosmetic composition accommodated in the determined target cartridge based on the determined discharge information.

13. The cosmetic manufacturing device of claim 12 , wherein the controller determines the target cartridge within cartridges of the first group when the coverage level is the first coverage level and determines the target cartridge within cartridges of the second group when the coverage level is the second coverage level.

14. The cosmetic manufacturing device of claim 13 , wherein a titanium dioxide content of the cosmetic material representing a first color among the cartridges of the first group is different from a titanium dioxide content of the cosmetic material representing the first color among the cartridges of the second group.

15. The cosmetic manufacturing device of claim 12 , wherein the controller generates a barcode including the discharge information.

16. The cosmetic manufacturing device of claim 12 , wherein the controller discharges sample cosmetics so that a total discharge amount is a first weight with a mixing ratio according to the determined discharge information,
receives a correction command or a confirmation command of the discharge information after discharging the sample cosmetics, and
determines the discharge information according to the correction command or the confirmation command.

Assignees

• Lg Household & Health Care Ltd

Inventors

• Kang Yun Jeong
• Kim Ju Ae
• Jang Kyung Sik
• Kim Hyung Kyu
• Cho Anna
• Kim Hyun Hye

Classifications

• G05B2219/45002

  To application field of control · CPC title

• A45D44/00

  Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms · CPC title

• B01F33/848

  using data, i.e. barcodes, 3D codes or similar type of tagging information, as instruction or identification codes for controlling the dispensing and mixing operations · CPC title

• B01F33/844

  with means for customizing the mixture on the point of sale, e.g. by sensing, receiving or analysing information about the characteristics of the mixture to be made · CPC title

• B01F2101/21

  Mixing of ingredients for cosmetic or perfume compositions · CPC title