Patent ID: 8977389
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A45D,B01F,B65G,B67D,F04B,G01F,G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for dispensing a beauty product formed from a plurality of beauty product components, the system comprising: a) a frame; b) a dispenser supported on said frame having at least one dispensing outlet; c) a plurality of beauty product components, each of the said beauty product components being contained in a respective container; d) said dispenser including a plurality of lines, each line of said plurality of lines having a passageway therethrough, each said line communicatively linking one of said plurality of said containers with said dispensing outlet; e) said dispenser including a control mechanism and a pumping mechanism; f) wherein said pumping mechanism alternates between compression and relaxation of a respective line of said plurality of lines to regulate the delivery of said plurality of beauty product components from their respective containers; g) wherein said control mechanism regulates the operation of said pumping mechanism to deliver dosages of a plurality of said respective beauty product components to said dispensing outlet to provide a beauty product; h) further including a selection system for selecting a color to apply to the hair of a person, i) the selection system including software, a processor and at least one display on which is generated a plurality of hair colors from which to choose; j) said selection system receiving an image of a person that includes at least the person's hair and face, k) said selection system providing on said display an image of the person's face and person's hair, l) wherein said person's image is transformed on said display based on a selected color to display that selected color on said hair image of said person independently of the image of the person's face, m) the system including a selection option that is displayed on said display for selecting a target color; n) said selection system software including instructions to receive a first input that identifies the condition of a person's existing hair, to receive a second input of said target color by displaying a selection of color options from which to select the desired target color for the existing hair and receiving a selection of said target color from said selection of color options, to process the information received as the first input and the second input, said processing of said information including generating a formula for said beauty product that produces the target color when applied to the person's existing hair; and o) wherein said selection system is linked for communication with said control mechanism to communicate said generated formula to said control mechanism; p) wherein said image of said person's face and hair appear as an image with a green screen background; and q) wherein said image of said person's hair appears as an image depicting said hair surrounded by a green screen apart from an image of the person; r) wherein transformation of said hair image of said person transforms the depicted hair image that was surrounded by the green screen independently of the image of the person's face.