US 11,882,913 B2
Smart compartment system for cosmetic dispensing device
Aldina Suwanto, Clichy (FR); Gregoire Charraud, Levallois-Perret (FR); Jean-Dominique Bazin De Bezons, Puteaux (FR); and Helga Malaprade, Vincennes (FR)
Assigned to L'OREAL, Paris (FR)
Filed by L'OREAL, Paris (FR)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,513.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240643 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 34/04 (2006.01); A45D 44/00 (2006.01); B01F 33/841 (2022.01); B01F 33/84 (2022.01); A45D 34/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 34/04 (2013.01) [A45D 44/005 (2013.01); B01F 33/841 (2022.01); B01F 33/846 (2022.01); A45D 2034/002 (2013.01); A45D 2034/005 (2013.01); A45D 2200/058 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.