{
  "patent_number": "US 12073418",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Apps Can Help You Tweak Your Custom Makeup Colors",
  "original_title": "System and method for adjusting custom topical agents",
  "summary": "A system that uses smartphone camera calibration and color-mapping software to let users adjust the formula of their custom cosmetic products.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a method for creating and then modifying custom makeup products, such as foundation. It starts by using a smartphone app to calibrate the camera and scan the user's skin, creating a 'known search key' that maps the user's skin tone to a specific point on a complex color chart (the complexion color map). Once the user has an initial product, the app provides an interface where they can manually select a different location on that map to adjust the product's color or properties. The system then uses this new selection to generate updated manufacturing instructions for a modified version of the cosmetic.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover cosmetic products that are not based on a digital complexion color map.",
    "Does not cover manual, non-digital methods of mixing or adjusting cosmetic formulas.",
    "Does not cover general image processing that lacks the specific step of creating a 'modified search key' for manufacturing instructions.",
    "Does not cover skin analysis that is not linked to a specific, pre-defined search key for product manufacturing."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-04-14",
  "granted": "2024-08-27",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Shiseido Co Ltd",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/shiseido-co-ltd",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Leslie Young Harvill",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/leslie-young-harvill"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software"
  ],
  "abstract": "Systems and methods herein are developed which enable modification of an initial customized cosmetic product, wherein the initial customized cosmetic product is created based on an initial customized cosmetic product specification or an existing specification of a non-custom product. One such system and method for making a custom cosmetic product from an existing non-custom cosmetic product is configured to be capable of: characterizing a non-custom product with a known key comprised of at least one search component; providing user interaction to modify at least one of the at least one search components in this key to create a modified key; and using the modified key to produce custom product which may include determining manufacturing instructions. Such systems and methods may incorporate a custom or non-custom product attribute data base for providing product attribute data for modification and adjustment of the user search key using an adjustment service. Also incorporated herein are applications based on user interaction through two-dimensional complexion color maps derived using data associated with skin color, tone, morphology and/or biochemistry from a plurality of users.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12073418/starship-cargo-configuration",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12073418/starship-cargo-configuration/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12073418",
  "relatedPatents": []
}