Patent ID: 11882913
Assignee: L'OREAL
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 9:
10. A method, implemented by an apparatus for dispensing cosmetic material, comprising:
receiving, via a dispensing device, a plurality of cartridges that each contain a cosmetic material and dispensing a specified amount of the cosmetic material from each cartridge onto a dispensing surface from a respective outlet that corresponds to each cartridge, wherein the dispensing surface includes at least one partition that partitions the dispensing surface into a plurality of compartments each corresponding to a region surrounding at least one of the respective outlets; and
transmitting information about the plurality of compartments to an external device, wherein the dispensing surface includes a visible code placed at a predetermined position on the dispensing surface, wherein the code is configured to have information encoded thereon about the plurality of compartments, the external device reads the code via an image captured by an image capturing device and detects the specific current position of the plurality of compartments based on a current position of the code that is detected in the captured image.