Patents by Inventor Jean-Paul Biesse

Jean-Paul Biesse has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for determining the foundation makeup color that substantially reproduces a person's natural skin color
    Patent number: 5797750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and Apparatus for determining the color of a foundation makeup comprising a device for measuring the color of the skin on an arm of a person computing and determining the skin color measured and comparing same with a data base containing a palette of reference foundation colors substantially covering a representative sample of a population of given individuals, the data base containing at least the color of the skin for each individual and a reference foundation color associated with one or more of the skin colors in the data base; and determining from the data base the foundation color associated with the skin color to reproduce the skin color in the data base corresponding to the measured skin color of a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Parfums Christian Dior
    Inventors: Eliane Gouriou, Annie Raynal, Regine Baudet, Jean-Pierre Hulaud, Jean-Paul Biesse
  • Method and apparatus for determining the foundation makeup color that substantially reproduces a person's natural skin color
    Patent number: 5478238
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and Apparatus for determining the color of a foundation makeup comprising a device for measuring the color of the skin on an arm of a person computing and determining the skin color measured and comparing same with a data base containing a palette of reference foundation colors substantially covering a representative sample of a population of given individuals, the data base containing at least the color of the skin for each individual and a reference foundation color associated with one or more of the skin colors in the data base; and determining from the data base the foundation color associated with the skin color to reproduce the skin color in the data base corresponding to the measured skin color of a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Parfums Christian Dior
    Inventors: Eliane Gourtou, Annie Raynal, Regine Baudet, Jean-Pierre Hulaud, Jean-Paul Biesse