US 12,178,978 B2Granted

Device and method for application of cosmetic compositions through a grated end effector

AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

InventorsCurt Binner, Benjamin Serbiak

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Abstract

A device for applying a composition to a skin of a face includes an end effector having a base portion and a protruding portion extending distally from the base portion. The protruding portion has a distal opening. The device also includes a detector arrangement obtaining image data corresponding to an image of an area of the skin through the distal opening and an applicator arrangement applying the composition to a location within the area. The device further includes a processing arrangement receiving and analyzing the image data to determine whether the applicator is aimed to safely dispense the composition to the area and whether a frexel within the area corresponds to a skin artifact, and directing the applicator to selectively apply the composition to the frexel when the applicator is aimed to safely dispense the composition to the area and the skin artifact is detected from the frexel.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A handheld device for applying a composition to a skin of a face of user, comprising:

an end effector comprising a base portion and a protruding portion extending distally from the base portion, the protruding portion having a distal opening and further comprises a plurality of grating bars extending across the distal opening;
a detector arrangement configured to obtain image data corresponding to an image of an area of the skin through the distal opening of the end effector, wherein the image data corresponds to an image of the area of skin overlaid with the plurality of grating bars;
an applicator arrangement configured to apply the composition to a location within the area of the skin;
and
a processing arrangement configured to
receive the image data from the detector arrangement,
analyze the image data to determine whether the applicator arrangement is aimed to safely dispense the composition to the area of skin and whether a frexel within the area of skin corresponds to a skin artifact, wherein the processing arrangement determines the applicator arrangement to be aimed to safely dispense the composition to the area of skin when the image data corresponds to a region on the face of the user located at least a predetermined distance away from at least one of eyes, nostrils and mouth of the face of the user, and
direct the applicator arrangement to withhold from application of the composition to the skin when the applicator arrangement is not safely aimed to dispense the composition to the area of skin.

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A method for application of a composition to a skin of a face a user, comprising:

obtaining, by a detector arrangement, image data corresponding to an image of an area of the skin over which a device is placed overlaid with a plurality of grating bars of an end effector of the device;
analyzing, by a processing arrangement, the image data to determine a tilt of the device as compared to the area of the skin by analyzing the image data to identify a shadow of at least one of the grating bars in the image and analyzing the shadow to determine a three-dimensional vector corresponding to the tilt;
determining, by the processing arrangement, whether an applicator arrangement is aimed to safely dispense the composition to the area of skin based on the tilt of the device, wherein the processing arrangement determines the applicator arrangement to be aimed to safely dispense the composition to the area of skin when a magnitude of the tilt of the device is below a predetermined threshold, and determines the applicator arrangement as not safely aimed to dispense the composition to the area of skin when magnitude of the tilt of the device is above the predetermined threshold;
analyzing, by the processing arrangement, the image data to identify locations within the area of skin that correspond to skin artifacts;
and
selectively applying, by the applicator arrangement, the composition to the identified locations only when the applicator arrangement is determined to be aimed to safely dispense the composition to the area of skin, wherein the applicator withholds from application of the composition to the skin when the applicator arrangement is not safely aimed to dispense the composition to the area of skin.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/947,724Filed 13 Aug 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 16 Aug 2019
Published: US 2021/0046296 A118 Feb 2021
Granted: 31 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A61M 35/003
Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body: portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media
A61B 5/0077
Using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence: devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens
A61M 35/00
Devices for applying media
B41J 3/36
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed: for portability , i.e.…

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Application62/888,025Us provisional application · filed 16 Aug 2019
US 2021/0046296 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Feb 2021
US 12,178,978 B2This patent

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