Methods Patents (Class 132/200)
  • Patent number: 11963567
    Abstract: Cosmetic treatment method for adding fibers to natural eyelashes, comprising: a) applying an adhesive composition (A) to at least part of the eyelashes, b) bringing fibers (12) borne by an applicator (10) into contact with said adhesive composition (A) present on said eyelashes, c) moving the applicator (10) away from the eyelashes, so as to release fibers (12) which adhere to said eyelashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Shinsuke Okuda, Makoto Kawamoto, Henri Samain, Jean-Baptiste Blanc, Alexis Leonard, Franck Giron, Caroline Lebre, Anne Bouchara
  • Patent number: 11849789
    Abstract: An artificial hair fastening tool is provided which enables efficient operations of putting a human hair into a loop of an artificial hair and making a knot in the human hair for preventing the artificial hair from coming off. An artificial hair fastening method for fastening an artificial hair to a human hair efficiently and without imposing strain on the human hair is also provided. The artificial hair fastening tool includes: a front end portion having a spindle shape with a groove on a circumferential surface along a longitudinal direction and having a tip end on one end; and a rear end portion having a rod-like shape and extending from the front end portion toward an opposite side to the tip end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HARUCHI, G.K.
    Inventor: Chiharu Imai
  • Patent number: 11771194
    Abstract: A hair band apparatus adapted to retain a subject's hair in a desired orientation away, e.g., from the face, and simultaneously impart a part in the subject's hair to enhance desired styling effects, includes a hair band member configured for positioning relative to a head of a subject, and being arranged about a central axis, and a single parting member mounted to the hair band member. The single parting member is configured to impart a part in the subject's hair while mounting the hair band member to the subject's head. The single parting member may be centrally located on the hair band member to provide a central part or be offset to provide a side part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Conair LLC
    Inventor: Sophia Wojczak
  • Patent number: 11771210
    Abstract: An oral care implement including an elongated body having a head portion supporting plurality of tooth cleaning elements and a handle portion defining an outer surface. A grip control component is disposed on the handle portion and includes a pair of transversely spaced apart control surfaces separated by a longitudinally extending channel. The control surfaces are elevated above the outer surface of the handle portion and positioned to engage a user's thumb. The control component is operable to tilt the head portion at an upward or downward angle relative to a vertical plane of a user's teeth when the control component is grasped between the user's thumb and forefinger for producing a proper brushing angle at the gum line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Guang Sheng Guo, Felix Mueller, Robert Moskovich, Stephen Nelson, Joachim Storz
  • Patent number: 11758996
    Abstract: A method of compensating for a refractive error, including manipulating eyelashes to project into a line of sight of an eye at least when an eyelid from which the eyelashes extend is partially closed or when the eye is moved relative to the eyelid. The method may further include manipulating at least one of spacing, orientation, direction, contour or shape of the eyelashes to create an optical effect that improves visual acuity when the eyelashes project into the line of sight and training an individual whose eyelashes are manipulated to position the eyelid from which the eyelashes extend, the eye or both the eyelid and the eye from which the eyelashes extend to achieve relative positioning of the eye and the eyelid to obtain the optical effect that improves visual acuity when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Vance M. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11751660
    Abstract: A production method of a digitized artificial nail for a nail of a user includes the steps of: (a) scanning the nail of the user to construct an irregular digitized user nail model; (b) data sampling to convert the irregular digitized user nail model into a regular digitized artificial nail model which is a regular three dimensional grid surface, and topology deformation of the regular three dimensional grid surface to form a digitized artificial nail model; (c) matching an artificial nail shape selected by the user with the digitized artificial nail model to obtain a desired artificial nail model; (d) customizing the digitized artificial nail model; and (e) three dimensional printing a digitized artificial nail in response to the digitized artificial nail model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang Xunshi Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jing Zhang, Biqing Lu, Yong Chen, Tiantian Wang, Weigang Jin, Ming Chen, Haiyan Feng
  • Patent number: 11691034
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curable nail strengthening composition comprising a polymerizable material, at least one penetrating agent, and at least one curing agent. The strengthening composition penetrates the nail and is cured within the nail plate without cross-linking the nail proteins. Methods for strengthening and repairing nails are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Famous Names, LLC, Esschem
    Inventors: Jim Nordstrom, Linda Nordstrom, Susan Sheariss
  • Patent number: 11690808
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are delivery systems including coated and uncoated yarns, yarn precursors, threads, fibers, and other substrates for the constant or near-constant release of active compounds, as well as methods for manufacturing such delivery systems. The yarns, yarn precursors, threads, fibers, and other substrates can include a cross-linked hydrophobic elastomer and an active compound. One or more coatings that are impermeable or substantially impermeable to the active compound may partially or fully occlude the yarn or substrate to control release rates of the active compound. The delivery systems may be used in a variety of applications, including the making of articles of clothing, textiles, and fabrics, and may be used in methods of treating various conditions and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTILE-BASED DELIVERY, INC.
    Inventors: David Anderson, Jordan Schindler, Erik Scott Goebel
  • Patent number: 11685068
    Abstract: A smart shaving system with a three-dimension (3D) camera assists the user of a shaving razor. The 3D camera is communicatively connected to the shaving razor and to a razor cartridge vendor platform via an Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway. The 3D camera can be incorporated into the shaving razor. The razor has hardware/software capabilities to function as a stand-alone Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. The 3D camera can assist the user to determine whether a particular skin surface area has been adequately shaved, and/or (ii) assist the user regarding the type of shaving cartridge and/or razor suited for the particular user's physical characteristics (e.g., skin and/or hair).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventor: Thomas Brette
  • Patent number: 11660768
    Abstract: Surgical clipper blade assemblies with hydrophobic coating layers and methods of use for hair removal from a skin area include using a surgical clipper blade assembly including a blade, a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of sidewalls disposed and extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, and an aperture configured to receive the blade, and a hydrophobic coating layer disposed on at least a portion of a top skin facing surface comprising the top surface and the blade. The surgical clipper blade assembly may include a plurality of ribs on the top surface, and the portion of the top skin facing surface may include the top surface, the blade, the plurality of ribs, or combinations thereof. During operation of the blade to remove hair from the skin area, the hydrophobic coating layer reduces friction forces and prevents risk of skin abrasions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CareFusion 2200, Inc.
    Inventors: Anas Jaber, Gianluca Puliti
  • Patent number: 11648699
    Abstract: A smart shaving system with a three-dimension (3D) camera assists the user of a shaving razor. The 3D camera is communicatively connected to the shaving razor and to a razor cartridge vendor platform via an Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway. The 3D camera can be incorporated into the shaving razor. The razor has hardware/software capabilities to function as a stand-alone Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. The 3D camera can assist the user to determine whether a particular skin surface area has been adequately shaved, and/or (ii) assist the user regarding the type of shaving cartridge and/or razor suited for the particular user's physical characteristics (e.g., skin and/or hair).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventor: Thomas Brette
  • Patent number: 11529302
    Abstract: Provided is a composition including: an acrylamide compound represented by general formula (1) below; urethane (meth)acrylate having a SI value of 3 or less in a skin sensitization test; and a polymerization initiator having a molecular weight of 800 or greater, where in general formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group containing 1 through 6 carbon atoms, X represents an alkylene group containing 1 through 6 carbon atoms, and Y represents any one selected from the group consisting of general formula (2) below and general formula (3) below, where in general formula (2), R2 represents an alkyl group containing 1 through 10 carbon atoms, and * represents a binding site with X above, where in general formula (3), R2 represents an alkyl group containing 1 through 10 carbon atoms, and * represents a binding site with X above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takenori Suenaga, Masahide Kobayashi, Mitsunobu Morita, Takashi Okada, Soh Noguchi, Tatsuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11490672
    Abstract: A pre-braided hair extension is configured to be attached to a bunched grouping of hair of a wearer and includes a plurality of hairs weaved into a braided pattern. The hair extension further includes a first end comprising a decorative end of the pre-braided hair extension and a second end distal from the first end, wherein the second end is configured to receive the bunched grouping of hair there through. According to one embodiment, the second end can include a loop. The loop can be configured to receive the bunched grouping of hair there through. The hair ropes weaved into the braided pattern can be configured to permit threading of the bunched grouping through and among the hair ropes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Daisy Curbeon
  • Patent number: 11478341
    Abstract: An interdental cleaning tool (1) comprises a base (10) having a shaft (20) that has a shape to be inserted into an interdental space, wherein the base (10) is formed of a composite material comprising a synthetic resin, a reinforcement material and a low-hardness resin having a lower hardness than the hardness of the synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Kikkawa, Narutomo Shiraki, Satoru Komiyama, Noboru Kusakabe, Shinji Yumei, Masanori Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11358398
    Abstract: There is provided a print control device that causes a printing device to perform printing, the print control device including: a specifying section that specifies a print target from a captured image captured by an image capturing sensor; a display section that displays, on a display, a screen in which a trimmed image is superimposed on the captured image, the trimmed image being obtained by trimming a preview image of original print data in accordance with the print target; a setting receiving section that receives a setting of a relative position of the preview image with respect to the print target; a print instruction receiving section that receives a print instruction at the relative position; and a control section that causes the printing device to perform printing on the print target based on the original print data and the relative position according to the print instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakanishi, Ikuo Masujima, Kiyokazu Kamijo, Kei Miyazawa, Takahiro Otani, Junko Yamamoto, Takeshi Aoki, Akinobu Miyasaka, Shiori Naruse
  • Patent number: 11324303
    Abstract: Methods and products for cleaning hair trimmings after cutting a person's hair. One of the methods includes applying a microfiber swab to one of the person's ears to remove the loose hair trimmings resulting from cutting the person's hair. Another one of the methods includes attaching a microfiber neck strip to the person's neck prior to cutting the person's hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: The Good Life Services LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Vidotto, Deborah Vidotto
  • Patent number: 11327565
    Abstract: A cotton strip is adhered to a piece of aluminum foil, and aluminum foil is wrapped onto a mold simulating a finger, with the cotton strip on an interior side of the foil. Self-adherent fabric is wrapped around the foil on the mold. The self-adherent fabric is then treated with an electrically conductive solution, such as an electrolyte. The tip, including cotton, foil, fabric, and solution, is then formed into a sealed electrically conductive tip ready for use. At the time of use, acetone is applied to the cotton strip via a dropper or comparable mechanism, and the tip is placed on a finger to initiate the removal of nail polish, gel nail polish, or a nail overlay from a natural fingernail. The removal process enables use of a cell phone or other device with a touchscreen during the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TIPS-E TIPS LLC
    Inventors: Sylvia Ribordy, Malissa Malugani
  • Patent number: 11323627
    Abstract: A method for applying a beauty effect setting in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting, by the electronic device, user face from a current previewed frame in a viewfinder of a camera. Further, the method includes extracting, by the electronic device, a plurality of feature points from the detected user face. Further, the method includes determining, by the electronic device, at least one beauty ratio based on the plurality of extracted feature points. Further, the method includes superimposing, by the electronic device, the at least one beauty ratio with a predefined beauty ratio. Further, the method includes mapping, by the electronic device, the at least one superimposed beauty ratio to at least one camera beauty effect. Further, the method includes applying, by the electronic device, the beauty effect setting on the user face based on the at least one mapped camera beauty effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ashish Chopra, Rajan Dahiya, Vivek Kumar Kohli
  • Patent number: 11311335
    Abstract: The present application relates to an optical system (1) comprising a plurality of optical components, a pulse generating arrangement (3) configured to generate a treatment pulse along a treatment pulse optical path through said optical components, said pulse generating arrangement also being configured to generate a probe pulse along a probe pulse optical path extending through said optical components, a sensor (8) configured to generate information indicative of an optical characteristic of said probe pulse that has passed along said probe pulse optical path through said optical components, and a controller (5) configured to control said pulse generating apparatus (3) to selectively emit said treatment pulse along said treatment pulse optical path (2), in dependence on the information generated by the sensor (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Bastiaan Wilhelmus Maria Moeskops
  • Patent number: 11304492
    Abstract: A nail tip curing composition includes an Extend Gel, an edge-off flat brush, a nail filing device, a plurality of GEL-X tips, a pH Bonder, and a Non-Acidic Gel Primer. The pH Bonder forms a pH Bonder layer on a surface of a fingernail. The Non-Acidic Gel Primer forms a Non-Acidic Gel Prime layer overlapped on the pH Bonder layer. The Extend Gel forms an Extend Gel layer overlapped on the Non-Acidic Gel Prime layer. The GEL-X tip is filed by the nail filing device and the Extend Gel is applied on an underside contact surface of the Gel-X tip by the edge-off flat brush. The underside contact surface of the Gel-X tip is contacted with the Extend Gel layer on the fingernail in such a manner that the Gel-X tip is firmly affixed on the fingernail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED LACQUER INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Carol Ma
  • Patent number: 11305556
    Abstract: There is provided a print control device that causes a printing device to perform printing, the print control device including: a specifying section that specifies, as a print target, an area which is continuous in a predetermined range of colors based on a captured image captured by an image capturing sensor and an object distance of each pixel of the captured image; and a control section that generates print data corresponding to the specified print target and causes the printing device to perform printing on the print target based on the print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11229594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition in the form of an O/W emulsion, comprising: (a) at least one hydrocarbon-based block copolymer comprising at least one styrene block and at least one block comprising units chosen from butadiene, ethylene, propylene, butylene and isoprene or a mixture thereof, which are optionally hydrogenated; (b) at least one film-forming linear ethylenic polymer devoid of styrene; (c) at least one oil; and (d) water. The composition according to the present invention can maintain the form of an O/W emulsion for a long period of time, and can exhibit good cosmetic properties such as soft feeling to the touch, uniform adhesion to the skin and long lasting cosmetic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Emiko Tokunaga, Hiroko Abe
  • Patent number: 11224276
    Abstract: A nail tip curing composition includes an Extend Gel, an edge-off flat brush, a nail filing device, a plurality of GEL-X tips, a pH Bonder, and a Non-Acidic Gel Primer. The pH Bonder forms a pH Bonder layer on a surface of a fingernail. The Non-Acidic Gel Primer forms a Non-Acidic Gel Prime layer overlapped on the pH Bonder layer. The Extend Gel forms an Extend Gel layer overlapped on the Non-Acidic Gel Prime layer. The GEL-X tip is filed by the nail filing device and the Extend Gel is applied on an underside contact surface of the Gel-X tip by the edge-off flat brush. The underside contact surface of the Gel-X tip is contacted with the Extend Gel layer on the fingernail in such a manner that the Gel-X tip is firmly affixed on the fingernail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED LACQUER INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Carol Ma
  • Patent number: 11185143
    Abstract: A nail printing device includes: a base; a finger placing portion provided on an upper surface side of the base; a grip portion provided on a lower surface side of the base and near a lower portion of the finger placing portion; and a print head configured to perform printing on a nail of a finger placed on the finger placing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Yoshii
  • Patent number: 11161264
    Abstract: A trimming assembly for dreadlocks comprises a handle. A cutting head is operatively connected to the handle. The cutting head comprises a cutting head body defining a receptacle at a radial end thereof. The receptacle is structured to receive a dreadlock. A blade protector is positioned axially within the receptacle. A curvature of the blade protector corresponds to a curvature of an inner wall of the receptacle. A blade is interposed between the blade protector and the inner wall. The blade defines a cutting edge at an axial end thereof proximate to the handle. The cutting edge is structured to cut loose hair protruding outwards from the dreadlock as the cutting head is moved along the dreadlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Corey Rolling
  • Patent number: 11134771
    Abstract: Skin brush heads configured for use with a motorized personal appliance include a body having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a treatment applicator coupled to the outer surface of the body. The treatment applicator includes a plurality of cleansing agent-infused bristles extending away from the outer surface of the body, the plurality of cleansing agent-infused bristles being configured to remove particles from a skin portion by adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Kyle Yeates, Cynthia Warehime
  • Patent number: 11103439
    Abstract: High shine single phase color cosmetic compositions that are flexible and resistant to water below a selected temperature, 43° C. for example. The compositions wear well, are smudge and flake resistant, as well as oil resistant, making them very suitable as high shine, long wear cosmetics. Compositions according to the invention comprise specific combinations of acrylates/VA copolymer and acrylates copolymer in a cosmetically acceptable base or delivery vehicle. Compositions according to the invention are hydrophilic and easily removed when scrubbed with water above a certain temperature, but not as easily removed with water below that temperature. The compositions are easy to manufacture, flexible and comfortable, and suitable for use on skin, hair and nails, particularly as eye shadow, eyeliner, lip products, tattoo products and mascara. Compositions may be formulated as liquid eyeliner, liquid eye shadow, mascara, liquid lip products and tattoo products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventor: Wilson A. Lee
  • Patent number: 11013313
    Abstract: An oral care implement including an elongated body having a head portion supporting plurality of tooth cleaning elements and a handle portion defining an outer surface. A grip control component is disposed on the handle portion and includes a pair of transversely spaced apart control surfaces separated by a longitudinally extending channel. The control surfaces are elevated above the outer surface of the handle portion and positioned to engage a user's thumb. The control component is operable to tilt the head portion at an upward or downward angle relative to a vertical plane of a user's teeth when the control component is grasped between the user's thumb and forefinger for producing a proper brushing angle at the gum line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Guang Sheng Guo, Felix Mueller, Robert Moskovich, Stephen Nelson, Joachim Storz
  • Patent number: 11013279
    Abstract: A fastener for a wig having two approximately U-shape members, each configured of a comb teeth fixed piece, and two curved elastic leg portions which extend from both ends of the comb teeth fixed piece. The two approximately U-shape members are connected to each other at a plurality of connecting points located away from each other in a direction that each of the curved elastic leg portions extends under the condition that opening portions of the approximately U-shape members face each other and the curved elastic leg portions are overlapped each other. Accordingly, both members have both a high elastic deformation capability and a high integrity. Therefore, during the operation such that the fastener for a wig are reversed by fingers, if one of the approximately U-shape members is reversed, the other approximately U-shape member is always reversed at the same time, one reversing operation is always enough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: ADERANS COMPANY LIMITED, KAWAKITA INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Furukawa, Yoshihiro Tsumura, Yukitomo Kawakita, Yasuhiro Kawakita
  • Patent number: 11004134
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a method for providing face-based services, comprising the steps of: (a) collecting, for at least one user, face-related data including face data; (b) determining a service provider matching the face-related data of a first user who wants to receive the service, by using a service provider introduction algorithm; (c) transmitting the face-related data of the first user to a server of the service provider; and (d) receiving, from the server of the service provider, the face-related data which is changed or newly generated by the service provided to the first user from the service provider, wherein information related to data processed in at least one step of steps (a), (b), (c) and (d) or information related to operations performed in at least one step of steps (a), (b), (c) and (d) is provided to a terminal device of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MORPHEUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Su Kim, Heung San Choi
  • Patent number: 10975330
    Abstract: A gel-type scented candle includes a container, a wick attached to and erected at the center of the inner bottom of the container, and a candle oil accommodated in the container, in which the candle oil is of a gel type made by adding a natural vegetable oil with a natural perfume and a natural pigment, and the container can be reused by being refilled with the candle oil by a user before or after use of the candle oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Hae Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 10977836
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a color picker interface are provided. In some embodiments, information regarding available colors is retrieved by a color picker computing device, which generates a color picker interface based on the available colors. In some embodiments, the color picker interface allows a user to customize a color, but restricts the user to select colors that are available as indicated by the information regarding the available colors. In some embodiments, once a color is chosen using the color picker interface, the chosen color may be used to recommend one or more products based on the chosen color, to generate a virtual try-on image that shows a product associated with the chosen color rendered on an image of the user, or for any other purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Dominic Akerele
  • Patent number: 10956009
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system of providing a cosmetics enhancement interface. The method comprises showing, at the display screen of a computing device having a memory and a processor: a digital photograph including facial features; an interactive dialog portion reflecting a conversational input received and a subsequent response provided thereto from the computing device; and a product display portion; receiving an inquiry, as reflected in the interactive dialog portion, related to a cosmetic product for application onto a selected facial feature; receiving a selection of the cosmetic product based on a matching to the at least one facial feature according to a predefined rule; displaying, at the product display portion, a product representation associated with the selected cosmetic product; receiving an update request; and updating the digital photograph showing a modification to the facial feature on the display screen by simulating application of the selected cosmetic product thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Parham Aarabi
  • Patent number: 10919925
    Abstract: A liquid composition is provided which can be applied to broken fragments of a pressed powder cosmetic in order to recombine or reconstitute such fragments in their original packaging. This avoids wasting broken cosmetic fragments and further allows a consumer to use the reconstituted cosmetic for its original purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tess Griffiths, Barbara Villegas
  • Patent number: 10780711
    Abstract: A drawing apparatus includes a processor determining the aspect ratio of the surface area of a target nail of a finger or a toe, and entering a first fitting mode to modify the aspect ratio of at least one nail design in accordance with the surface area of the target nail and to fit the at least one nail design to the surface area of the nail. The rate of modification of the aspect ratio of the at least one nail design is within a modification threshold of the at least one nail design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10744349
    Abstract: A formulation for a nail polish composition which is curable with UV light is provided. The composition can be applied in a single coating and does not include solvents such as tolualene, dibutyl phthalate, or formaldehyde. The coating once cured provides multi-coating results using only a single coating and can be covered with an optional gloss or other decorative top coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Christina Flint
  • Patent number: 10736400
    Abstract: A nail printing device includes a printing head, a memory and a processor. The printing head performs printing with respect to a nail surface. Based on a program stored in the memory, the processor determines whether a printing operation of the printing head satisfies a preset condition. If the processor determines that the printing operation of the printing head satisfies the preset condition, the processor continuously performs the printing operation. If the processor determines that the printing operation of the printing head does not satisfy the preset condition, the processor performs error handling processing which is different from the printing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 10694828
    Abstract: Electronic device for the automated painting and drying of fingernails, that allows the user to choose the color they want to paint the nails as well as to carry the device due to its light weight. In one embodiment, the device has a sensor that identifies the hand that has been introduced in it, a touch LED screen, which allows the user to choose the nail and color with which to paint it, without the need for specialized personnel to operate it, as well as to inform the user through visible and audible means the process taking place. In one embodiment, the unit contains capacitive and/or infrared sensors to locate and detect the difference of the surface of the finger and nail, a computer or processor which guides and controls the gimbaled paint head with the ink that carries the staining of the surface of the nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventors: Miguel Ortiz, Jose Ortiz, Manuel Sori, Hoyma Mazara
  • Patent number: 10696067
    Abstract: A nail printing apparatus comprising: a print head configured to perform printing on a nail of one of a finger of a hand and a toe of a foot; and a processor configured to detect, from a nail image captured of the nail of one of the finger and the toe, a nail area that is a target of the printing performed by the print head; wherein the processor is further configured to: divide the nail area into a first area on a nail root side of the nail and a second area on a nail free edge side of the nail to store information of the first area in a memory; and, in accordance that the information of the first area is stored in the memory, when detecting the nail area from the nail image, forgo detecting the first area, and reads out the information of the first area stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Kuronuma
  • Patent number: 10666853
    Abstract: A virtual makeup device includes a display controller that receives a makeup specifying operation for specifying a content of a virtual makeup on a face image imaged by a camera having an autofocus function in a state where the face image is displayed, and a camera controller that causes the camera to start an autofocus operation on condition that a predetermined makeup specifying operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroto Tomita
  • Patent number: 10639256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocrosslinkable cosmetic composition, comprising in a physiologically acceptable medium: —at least one photocrosslinkable urethane (meth)acrylate compound P1 comprising at least one structural unit: (I) —at least one photocrosslinkable urethane (meth)acrylate compound P2 comprising at least one polyether chain, said compound having a molar mass greater than or equal to 1000 g/mol, —at least one film-forming polymer P3, —at least one photoinitiator, and —at least one volatile solvent chosen from acetone, ethyl acetate, and propyl acetate, said solvent being present in said composition at a content greater than or equal to 20%, preferably greater than or equal to 30%, by weight in relation to the total weight of said composition, wherein the ratio of the total mass of P1 and P2 to the total mass of P3 is less than or equal to 4.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Guillaume Kergosien, Carl Riachi
  • Patent number: 10632060
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a composition comprising at least one capped oligomer, at least one solvent, at least one film former, and at least one monomer or polymer, said composition having a sward hardness <10 and >1 when applied to a glass plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: David Valia, Robert Sandewicz
  • Patent number: 10630886
    Abstract: A virtual makeup device includes a display controller that receives a makeup specifying operation for specifying a content of a virtual makeup on a face image imaged by a camera having an autofocus function in a state where the face image is displayed, and a camera controller that causes the camera to start an autofocus operation on condition that a predetermined makeup specifying operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroto Tomita
  • Patent number: 10617192
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a nail powder application and recycling apparatus and method of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Glam and Glits Nail Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Ana Katrina Tan, Khoa Duong
  • Patent number: 10610338
    Abstract: A dental cleaning tool includes a body portion and a secondary cleaning tool. The body portion includes a floss assembly, a handle, a receiving slot, and a shield. The floss assembly includes a first arm, a second arm, and a bridge segment. The first arm and the second arm extend from the bridge segment. The handle is coupled to the floss assembly and extends from the floss assembly. The receiving slot is formed in the handle. The shield is formed on the handle and is configured to cover the receiving slot such that access to the receiving slot is restricted. The secondary cleaning tool is coupled to the bridge segment and is pivotable relative to the bridge segment in at least two degrees of freedom such that the secondary cleaning tool is insertable into the receiving slot from a second direction different than the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: World Wide Daily Holdings Company Limited
    Inventor: Chun Yuen To
  • Patent number: 10569552
    Abstract: A printer includes a print head and a processor. The processor controls operation of the head. In an area where the head is movable, (i) a drawing region where a finger or a toe is placed, and the head performs drawing on a nail of the finger or the toe, (ii) a standby region where the head is positioned during a no-drawing period, and (iii) a suspension region where the head can stop temporarily are provided such that a moving distance of the head from the suspension region to the drawing region is shorter than a moving distance of the head from the standby region to the drawing region. If nails are successively subjected to the drawing, the processor causes the head to stop temporarily in the suspension region between drawing operations on the nails without causing the head to move to the standby region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Nagao
  • Patent number: 10561229
    Abstract: An oral care implement (100) in one embodiment includes an elongated body (101) comprising a head portion (110) supporting plurality of tooth cleaning elements (111) and a handle portion (120) defining an outer surface (127). A grip control component (130) is disposed on the handle portion (120) and includes a pair of transversely spaced apart control surfaces (132) separated by a longitudinally extending channel (133). The control surfaces (132) are elevated above the outer surface (127) of the handle portion (120) and positioned to engage a user's thumb. The control component (130) is operable to tilt the head portion (110) at an upward or downward angle relative to a vertical plane of a user's teeth when the control component (130) is grasped between the user's thumb and forefinger for producing a proper brushing angle at the gum line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Guang Sheng Guo, Felix Mueller, Robert Moskovich, Stephen Nelson, Joachim Storz
  • Patent number: 10548383
    Abstract: A nail printer includes a print head, a placement table, a fingerprint sensor, a memory, a placement table shifter and a processor. The fingerprint sensor acquires reference information including a reference fingerprint image and reference positional information on a position of the reference fingerprint image in the placement table from an object placed at a reference position which is a position suitable for printing on a nail of the object on the placement table with the print head. The processor compares positional information on a fingerprint image of the object currently placed on the placement table with the reference positional information preliminarily stored in the memory, and controls the placement table shifter to shift the object based on a result of the comparing such that the position of the object on the placement table substantially agrees with the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeru Futawatari
  • Patent number: 10441357
    Abstract: A cutting head for a device for cutting hair is disclosed. The cutting head has an optical system configured to direct a laser beam along an optical axis across a cutting zone within the cutting head. The optical system has a variable focus lens configured to control the position of the focal point of the laser beam along the optical axis within the cutting zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Bastiaan Wilhelmus Maria Moeskops, Mark Thomas Johnson, Rieko Verhagen
  • Patent number: 10426721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocrosslinkable cosmetic composition, comprising in a physiologically acceptable medium: —at least one photocrosslinkable urethane (meth)acrylate compound P1 comprising at least one structural unit: (I) —at least one photocrosslinkable urethane (meth)acrylate compound P2, comprising at least one polyethylene glycol chain, —preferably at least one film-forming polymer P3, and —at least one photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Guillaume Kergosien, Carl Riachi