Patents by Inventor Christopher HIPPLE

Christopher HIPPLE 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).

  • Patent number: 11952160
    Abstract: A system is provided for dispensing a cosmetic container, comprising: a conveyer belt configured to transport a receiver container along a fill line; a robotic arm disposed at an ingress position of the fill line; a sensor disposed at an egress position of the fill line; circuitry configured to receive an order having a container type; control the robotic arm to obtain a container corresponding to the container type and place it a predetermined position on the conveyor belt at an entrance of the fill line; transit information of a sequence position of the container and the container type to the sensor; verify that the correct container is at the sequence position at the egress of the fill line after the container has been filed with a cosmetic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Florent Valceschini, Richard Besen, Christopher Hipple, Fred Orsita
  • Patent number: 11603307
    Abstract: A system is provided for dispensing a hair dye formulation into a customer container. The system includes a conveyer belt configured to transport the customer container along a fill line; a plurality of dispensing mechanisms, each connected to a respective container having a different bulk hair dye color, the plurality of dispensing mechanisms being disposed over a conveyer belt along the fill line. The system is configured to receive a formula for filling the customer container with one or more bulk hair dye colors from among the plurality of containers having the different bulk hair dye color, and control each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms to perform a dispensing operation to dispense an amount of bulk hair dye color or to not perform a dispensing operation at a time when the customer container is transported to each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms along the fill line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Richard Besen, Christopher Hipple, Florent Valceschini, Luc Deguire, Jeffrey Townsend
  • Publication number: 20220315262
    Abstract: A system is provided for dispensing a cosmetic container, comprising: a conveyer belt configured to transport a receiver container along a fill line; a robotic arm disposed at an ingress position of the fill line; a sensor disposed at an egress position of the fill line; circuitry configured to receive an order having a container type; control the robotic arm to obtain a container corresponding to the container type and place it a predetermined position on the conveyor belt at an entrance of the fill line; transit information of a sequence position of the container and the container type to the sensor; verify that the correct container is at the sequence position at the egress of the fill line after the container has been filed with a cosmetic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Florent VALCESCHINI, Richard Besen, Christopher Hipple, Fred Orsita
  • Publication number: 20220315408
    Abstract: A system is provided for dispensing a hair dye formulation into container, comprising: a conveyer belt configured to transport the customer container along a fill line; a plurality of dispensing mechanisms, each connected to a respective bulk containers having a different bulk hair dye color, the plurality of dispensing mechanisms being disposed over a conveyer belt along the fill line; and circuitry configured to receive a plurality of formulas for filling a respective plurality of receiving containers with one or more bulk hair dye colors from among the plurality of bulk containers having the different bulk hair dye color, and control each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms to perform a dispensing operation to dispense an amount of bulk hair dye color or to not perform a dispensing operation at a time when each of the receiving containers are transported to each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms along the fill line, wherein the circuitry is configured to adjust a sequence of the receiving con
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Florent VALCESCHINI, Richard Besen, Christopher Hipple, Joel Falardeau, Luc Deguire
  • Patent number: 11393276
    Abstract: A system is provided for generating a custom hair dye formulation to be dispensed into a single customer container for a particular customer. The system establishes a connection with a user device of the particular customer over a network, receives a selection of a preferred type of expertise of a colorist, determines an available colorist that corresponds to the preferred type of expertise, establishes a video communication session between the particular customer and a colorist device of the determined colorist, causes display of a customer interface to the customer, causes display of a colorist interface to the colorist device, and transmits the generated custom hair dye formulation to a fill site, via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Debra Rosenberg, Paul Gambutti, Christopher Hipple, Florent Valceschini, Richard Besen, Guive Balooch, Jennifer Lee, Joseph Kassman, Hugo Lavoie
  • Publication number: 20220205837
    Abstract: An electronic detection device with electrochromic indicator is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the detection device includes a sensor configured to sense a predetermined wavelength, an electrochromic display configured to indicate an intensity of the predetermined wavelength exposure received by the sensor; a capacitor configured for charging by the predetermined wavelength, wherein the capacitor is configured to at least in part power the device; and an antenna configured for communicative coupling with a smart device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Richard Besen, Haruna Peyret, Christopher Hipple
  • Publication number: 20200277181
    Abstract: A system is provided for dispensing a hair dye formulation into a customer container. The system includes a conveyer belt configured to transport the customer container along a fill line; a plurality of dispensing mechanisms, each connected to a respective container having a different bulk hair dye color, the plurality of dispensing mechanisms being disposed over a conveyer belt along the fill line. The system is configured to receive a formula for filling the customer container with one or more bulk hair dye colors from among the plurality of containers having the different bulk hair dye color, and control each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms to perform a dispensing operation to dispense an amount of bulk hair dye color or to not perform a dispensing operation at a time when the customer container is transported to each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms along the fill line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Richard BESEN, Christopher HIPPLE, Florent VALCESCHINI, Luc DEGUIRE, Jeffrey TOWNSEND