Smart compartment system for cosmetic dispensing device
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorsAldina Suwanto, Gregoire Charraud, Jean-Dominique Bazin De Bezons, Helga Malaprade
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for dispensing cosmetic material. The apparatus includes a dispensing device configured to receive a plurality of cartridges that each contain a cosmetic material and to dispense a specified amount of the cosmetic material from each cartridge onto a dispensing surface from a respective outlet that corresponds to each cartridge. The dispensing surface includes at least one partition that partitions the dispensing surface into a plurality of compartments each corresponding to a region surrounding at least one of the respective outlets.
Claims10
An apparatus for dispensing cosmetic material, comprising:
- a dispensing device configured to receive a plurality of cartridges that each contain a cosmetic material and to dispense a specified amount of the cosmetic material from each cartridge onto a dispensing surface from a respective outlet that corresponds to each cartridge,
- wherein the dispensing surface includes at least one partition that partitions the dispensing surface into a plurality of compartments each corresponding to a region surrounding at least one of the respective outlets,
- wherein the apparatus is configured to transmit information about the plurality of compartments to an external device, and.
- wherein the dispensing surface includes a visible code placed at a predetermed position on the dispensing surface, wherein the code is configured to have information encoded thereon about the plurality of compartments, the external device is configured to read the code via an image captured by an image capturing device and detect the specific current position of the plurality of compartments based on a current position of the code that is detected in the captured image.
A method, implemented by an apparatus for dispensing cosmetic material, comprising:
- receiving, via a dispensing device, a plurality of cartridges that each contain a cosmetic material and dispensing a specified amount of the cosmetic material from each cartridge onto a dispensing surface from a respective outlet that corresponds to each cartridge, wherein the dispensing surface includes at least one partition that partitions the dispensing surface into a plurality of compartments each corresponding to a region surrounding at least one of the respective outlets;
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- transmitting information about the plurality of compartments to an external device, wherein the dispensing surface includes a visible code placed at a predetermined position on the dispensing surface, wherein the code is configured to have information encoded thereon about the plurality of compartments, the external device reads the code via an image captured by an image capturing device and detects the specific current position of the plurality of compartments based on a current position of the code that is detected in the captured image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.