Cycle-Based Skincare Recommendation for Predicted Skin State Changes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing skincare solutions fail to account for the cyclical changes in skin physiology due to hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle, leading to inadequate management of skin conditions and adverse effects.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilizes computational circuitry to determine the onset of skin states based on physiological cycle phases, providing personalized skincare recommendations to mitigate these changes, including a skin-state unit, mitigation unit, and display unit to generate and display skin states and recommendations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If existing skincare solutions are used, then basic skin care is provided, but they fail to account for cyclical changes in skin physiology due to hormonal fluctuations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to physiological cycle changesVSAvoideffectiveness in managing skin conditions

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts skincare recommendations based on the user's physiological cycle phase. The computational circuitry determines skin state predictions based on cycle phase inputs and generates personalized recommendations that change over time as the cycle progresses, making the system adaptive rather than static

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where users can confirm or correct skin state predictions, and the system learns from this feedback to improve its accuracy. The display unit shows predicted skin states and allows user interaction to refine future predictions, creating a feedback loop that enhances reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If personalized skincare recommendations are generated based on physiological cycle phase, then skin condition management is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of skin state predictionVSAvoidcomplexity of computational circuitry

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system is divided into distinct functional modules: a skin-state unit that determines skin state predictions, a mitigation unit that generates recommendations, and a display unit that presents information. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall system architecture

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses pre-established models and templates for different skin states and cycle phases. Instead of analyzing every possible scenario from scratch, the computational circuitry references predefined patterns and generates recommendations by adapting these templates to the user's specific situation, reducing computational complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If the system provides detailed personalized recommendations, then user guidance is improved, but the amount of information processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser guidance qualityVSAvoidtime for information processing

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis by determining skin state predictions in advance based on the known physiological cycle phase. This allows the system to prepare and present recommendations proactively rather than reactively, reducing the time needed for real-time processing while maintaining high guidance quality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12514492B2Systems, devices and methods for dispensing personalized products including physiological cycle progression and personalized skincare recommendation

Publication Date: 2026.01.06 LOREAL SA

AI summary

Systems, devices, and methods are described for generate at least one instances of a skin state and at least one instances of a personalized skincare recommendation responsive to receiving one or more inputs indicative of a predicted physiological cycle progression. The system includes a mitigation unit including computational circuitry configured to generate a personalized skincare recommendation responsive to one or more inputs indicative of the onset of the change in the skin state; and a skin-state display unit including computational circuitry configured to generate one or more instances of the skin state and one or more instances of a personalized skincare recommendation.