Cosmetic blending machine for foundation, concealer, tinted moisturizer, primer, skin care products, nail polish, blush, hair dye, lipstick and other products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016357196-A1
Application number	US-201615237365-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 15, 2016
Priority date	Aug 25, 2011
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A colorimeter, webcam, camera, spectrophotometer, scanner or other instrument measures the color composition and conditions and texture of a person's body part or presented beauty product and an individual custom formulation is produced. A presented beauty product may include foundation, concealer, tinted moisturizer, primer, skin care products, blush, nail polish, hair dye, lipstick, lip gloss, mascara, eye liner and eye shadow. The produced custom formulation may comprise foundation, concealer, tinted moisturizer, primer, skin care products, blush, nail polish, hair dye, lipstick, lip gloss, mascara, eye liner, eye shadow or other consumer products. A computer system 301 includes a processor 501 and a non-transitory, computer readable medium 500 containing machine readable instructions that accept data from a colorimeter 300 or like instrument and uses a main executable program 502 and a subroutine 504 for color analysis.

First claim

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1 . A system for producing one or more beauty products, the beauty products comprising foundation, concealer, tinted moisturizer, skin care products, nail polish, blush, hair dye, lipstick, lip gloss, mascara, eye liner and eye shadow, from an individually created custom formula producing a color selected from a database of interpolated colors, human body part colors and colors of beauty products using a color capture device to obtain color information from a target area, the target area selected from the group comprising a human body part or beauty product, the system comprising:
a) non-transitory computer readable medium containing machine readable instructions; b) a processor; c) a main executable program in communication with the processor, the main executable program in communication with a first subroutine for color averaging, the first subroutine in communication with a color capture device, the color capture device using the first color averaging subroutine to obtain an average target color, the average target color used to find a closest match to a database of approximately 100 to 20,000 interpolated colors, the interpolated colors derived from a database of approximately 100 to 2,000 human body part and beauty product colors; d) a set of machine readable instructions in communication with firmware located upon a custom cosmetic blending machine, the set of machine readable instructions transmitted from the first color averaging subroutine, the machine readable instructions creating custom color mixing instructions to create a color that is the closet match between the average target color and a color within the database of approximately 100 to 20,000 interpolated colors and/or 100 to 2,000 human body part and beauty product colors, and the custom color mixing instructions controlling a plurality of peristaltic pumps; e) the peristaltic pumps connected to flexible tubing and canisters connected to the flexible tubing; f) a bent needle nozzle attached to each of the peristaltic pumps such that the bent needle nozzles direct fluid to a center section of a consumer container; g) the canisters attached to canister caps, and the canisters having strainers; h) a sanitary elevator and tub, the tub storing cleaning fluid and the sanitary elevator raising the tub to contain the bent nozzle needles when the bent nozzle needles are not in use, the sanitary elevator including a sensor measuring the height of the tub to position the tub at a correct elevation to store the bent nozzle needles within the cleaning fluid; and i) a heater and fan attached to a thermal sensor, the heater and the fan used to keep the machine from reaching a temperature below a preset limit.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Igarashi Larry Y

Classifications

• G05D11/132 Primary

  by controlling the flow of the individual components (G05D11/133 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B08B9/023

  Cleaning the external surfaces {(B08B9/021 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A45D44/005 Primary

  for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle · CPC title

• A45D2044/007

  Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment · CPC title

• B08B9/027

  Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages · CPC title