Patents by Inventor Richard Besen

Richard Besen 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: 11854029
    Abstract: A method for managing a skin care system. The skin care system includes circuitry to receive skin information from a user. The circuitry determines treatable skin conditions based on the skin information. The skin care system generates severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility information based on the treatable skin conditions. The skin care system is further able to virtually display user-specific compatible cosmetic formulations based on at least one parameter associated with the severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Fred Orsita, Patricia Brieva, Richard Besen, Florent Valceschini, Donna McCann
  • Publication number: 20230240422
    Abstract: A system for coloring hair, the system including at least one cartridge containing a hair color, a hair color device comprising one or more chambers configured to receive the at least one cartridge, and a processor communicatively coupled to the dispense, wherein the process or is configured to visualize an image of a user's hair, detect one or more hairs in a predetermined color range in the image through image processing, and apply the hair color onto the one or more hairs in a predetermined color range through an applicator on the hair color device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Dominic Akerele, Richard Besen, Guive Balooch, Fred Orsita
  • Publication number: 20230241364
    Abstract: A system for treating skin, the system including at least one cartridge containing a skincare material, a dispensing device comprising at least one chamber configured to accept the at least one cartridge, and a processor communicatively coupled to the dispensing device, wherein the processor is configured to visualize an image of a user's skin, detect one or more features on the user's skin with image processing, and apply the skincare product onto the one or more skin conditions to the user's skin through an applicator on the dispensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Dominic Akerele, Richard Besen, Fred Orsita, Guive Balooch
  • Publication number: 20230101556
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for in situ diagnostic assessment and formula dispensing are described. A diagnostic formula applicator can include a fluid dispensing assembly coupled with a comb having a plurality of tines. A tine of the plurality of tines can be configured to dispense a fluid formula to a region of a biological surface via at least one fluid conduit. The diagnostic formula applicator can include hair diagnostic circuitry operably coupled to the fluid dispensing assembly. The diagnostic circuitry can be configured to actuate the fluid dispensing assembly to deliver the fluid formula via the at least one fluid conduit, responsive to determining a user-specific hair cosmetic aspect from hair and scalp sensor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Dominic Akerele, Fred Orsita, Richard Besen, Guive Balooch
  • 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: 20220114606
    Abstract: A method for managing a skin care system. The skin care system includes circuitry to receive skin information from a user. The circuitry determines treatable skin conditions based on the skin information. The skin care system generates severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility information based on the treatable skin conditions. The skin care system is further able to virtually display user-specific compatible cosmetic formulations based on at least one parameter associated with the severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Fred ORSITA, Patricia BRIEVA, Richard BESEN, Florent VALCESCHINI, Donna McCANN
  • Publication number: 20220111342
    Abstract: A system forms a cosmetic composition. The system includes a dispensing arrangement in selective fluid communication with a plurality of dispensing dosing receptacles mounted on a movable carousel. The dispensing arrangement is configured to selectively dispense a plurality of the booster compositions together with a base composition corresponding to a formulation corresponding to a compatibility profile and consumer skin conditions to form a stable composition having efficacious concentrations of active ingredients into a receiving receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Fred ORSITA, Patricia BRIEVA, Maggie SU, Richard BESEN, Florent VALCESCHINI, Donna McCANN, Megan MANCO, Raisa LOPEZ-RHODEN, Nicholas SINCLAIR
  • Patent number: 11235299
    Abstract: A system forms a cosmetic composition. The system includes a dispensing arrangement in selective fluid communication with a plurality of dispensing dosing receptacles mounted on a movable carousel. The dispensing arrangement is configured to selectively dispense a plurality of the booster compositions together with a base composition corresponding to a formulation corresponding to a compatibility profile and consumer skin conditions to form a stable composition having efficacious concentrations of active ingredients into a receiving receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Fred Orsita, Patricia Brieva, Maggie Su, Richard Besen, Florent Valceschini, Donna McCann, Megan Manco, Raisa Lopez-Rhoden, Nicholas Sinclair
  • Patent number: 11232468
    Abstract: A method for managing a skin care system. The skin care system includes circuitry to receive skin information from a user. The circuitry determines treatable skin conditions based on the skin information. The skin care system generates severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility information based on the treatable skin conditions. The skin care system is further able to virtually display user-specific compatible cosmetic formulations based on at least one parameter associated with the severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Fred Orsita, Patricia Brieva, Richard Besen, Florent Valceschini, Donna McCann
  • Publication number: 20210267344
    Abstract: A device for application of a hair formulation comprises a body structure having one or more tines at a front end, wherein a tip of a tine includes an electrode; an electrostatic charger electrically connected to the electrode; and a handle extending from the body structure at an obtuse angle with respect to the front end of the body structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Besen, Nicholas Sinclair, Dominic Akerele, Guive Balooch
  • Publication number: 20210267345
    Abstract: A device for application of hair formulation includes a body structure having one or more tines at a front end, wherein a tip of each tine includes a first and second opening, a nebulizer with an outlet connected to the first opening, a vacuum system with an inlet connected to the second opening, and a handle extending from the body structure at an obtuse angle with respect to the front end of the body structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Besen, Nicholas Sinclair, Dominic Akerele, Fred Orsita, Jacques Challes, Guive Balooch, Vincent Valderrama, Alaina Appelbaum
  • Patent number: 10928840
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dispenser assembly for accurate dispensation of cosmetic compounds for custom cosmetic formulations. The dispenser assembly includes a dispensing motor coupled to a dispensing plunger which, according to prescribed speed profiles, dispenses accurate volumes of compounds for custom cosmetic formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Richard Besen, Nicholas Sinclair
  • Publication number: 20210027322
    Abstract: A method for managing a skin care system. The skin care system includes circuitry to receive skin information from a user. The circuitry determines treatable skin conditions based on the skin information. The skin care system generates severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility information based on the treatable skin conditions. The skin care system is further able to virtually display user-specific compatible cosmetic formulations based on at least one parameter associated with the severity information and cosmetic formulation compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Fred ORSITA, Patricia BRIEVA, Richard BESEN, Florent VALCESCHINI, Donna McCANN
  • Patent number: 10881844
    Abstract: Systems for producing an aerosol and related methods of use are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Richard Besen, Zane Bowman Allen Miller
  • Patent number: 10863812
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for confident daily make-up application comprising a makeup compact and a client device. The system may be applied to specific facial features or entire faces for a complete style. The client device is configured to provide an interactive user experience by displaying templated instructions for makeup application. Templated instructions provide a ‘paint-by-numbers’ approach to daily makeup application. In an embodiment, the present disclosure further relates to an eye tracking feature enabling adjustment of a display projection responsive to eye position and eye status (e.g. opened or closed).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Maya Kelley, Richard Besen