Patent ID: 11857060
Assignee: LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A cosmetic dispenser comprising:
a first bi-directional communication unit that receives at least one of user information or environmental information from a mobile terminal;
a control unit that acquires a cosmetic dispensing method based on at least one of the user information or the environmental information which are received;
a cosmetic dispensing unit that comprises a plurality of cartridges that contain cosmetics, a nozzle unit that moves the cosmetics contained in the plurality of cartridges according to the acquired cosmetic dispensing method, and a dispensing unit that discharges the cosmetics passed through the nozzle unit to the outside; and
a sensing unit that senses a remaining amount of at least one cartridge of the plurality of cartridges,
wherein the control unit is configured to:
obtain the remaining amount of the at least one cartridge from the sensing unit,
check whether the obtained remaining amount of the at least one cartridge is less than a predetermined remaining amount,
acquire the cosmetic dispensing method limiting a usage amount of a cosmetic of the cosmetics having the remaining amount of the at least one cartridge that is less than the predetermined remaining amount to a predetermined usage amount or less, and
dispense the cosmetic to the limited usage amount when there is the cosmetic with less than the predetermined remaining amount in the at least one cartridge, and

wherein when the control unit receives a cosmetic correction instruction to be dispensed, the control unit corrects the cosmetic dispensing method, and the control unit dispenses the cosmetics according to the corrected cosmetic dispensing method.