Portable Cosmetic Applicator with Real-Time Mapping and Atomization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cosmetic airbrushes are cumbersome and lack advanced features for precise and efficient application, especially in mobile and user-friendly formats, with limited control over spray patterns and media mixing.
Innovation Solution
A portable cosmetic applicator integrating sensors, a venturi system, and a nozzle with a solenoid-controlled needle, combined with a pressurized air source and dual media reservoirs for real-time data mapping and controlled atomization, allowing for adjustable spray patterns and color mixing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional airbrushes use a remote compressor via hose, then air supply is reliable, but device portability and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the air compressor, media reservoir, and spray mechanism into a single integrated handheld device. The compressor is miniaturized and positioned within the handle, eliminating the need for external compressors and hoses. This merging of components resolves the contradiction by maintaining reliable air supply through the integrated system while dramatically improving portability and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is segmented into distinct functional modules: a handle containing the compressor and power source, a head containing the media reservoir and spray mechanism, and a interchangeable nozzle assembly. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system portability and reliability.
2Device complexity
If conventional airbrushes use simple nozzle design, then device complexity is low, but control over spray pattern and atomization quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The nozzle assembly incorporates adjustable components including interchangeable nozzle tips with different orifice sizes and a variable airflow control mechanism. This dynamic design allows users to adjust spray pattern, atomization level, and media flow rate in real-time, achieving precise control without requiring overly complex fixed-geometry nozzles.
Solution Approach 2:
The system controls spray characteristics by varying key parameters: air pressure (through compressor control), media flow rate (through needle position control), and nozzle geometry (through interchangeable tips). These parameter changes enable precise spray pattern control while maintaining relatively simple nozzle structures.
3Device complexity
If conventional airbrushes lack media mixing capability, then device complexity is low, but cosmetic application versatility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The media reservoir system is designed to handle multiple cosmetic media types simultaneously. The interchangeable nozzle assembly and controlled atomization system can accommodate different viscosity media, allowing the same device to apply foundation, concealer, blush, and other cosmetics with optimal atomization for each media type.
4Device complexity
If conventional airbrushes lack real-time control, then device complexity is low, but application precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates sensors that provide real-time feedback on spray characteristics, media flow rate, and air pressure. This feedback is processed by control circuitry that automatically adjusts compressor output, needle position, and airflow to maintain optimal atomization and spray pattern, achieving high application precision through closed-loop control.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise, efficient, and customizable cosmetic application with real-time feedback and control, improving user experience and application accuracy.
Implementation Method 1
passing compressed air across a venturi and causing a localized pressure reduction. This pulls media from a media reservoir and the high velocity of air atomizes the media
Implementation Method 2
the high velocity of air atomizes the media and expels it through a nozzle
Data Source
AI summary
A device may receive data from a portable applicator as the applicator moves from a first position from a user to at least a second position from the user. The device may process the data to create a map of the user and transmit the map to a display on a remote computing device, wherein the user is permitted to select one or more target profiles to be applied to the user via the portable applicator. The device may transmit a signal to the portable applicator when the user makes a selection and commence dispensing of the selected target profile in an atomized mist on the user.