ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,779, issued on May 26, was assigned to PixArt Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).

"Smart cosmetic device" was invented by Ming Shun Manson Fei (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan), Sen-Huang Huang (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan) and Ting-Yang Chang (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart cosmetic device includes a main body, an optical detection module and a cosmetic applicator. The optical detection module is disposed within the main body and adapted to detect a predefined feature of a target object. The cosmetic applicator is disposed within the main body and has an accommodated chamber where inside cosmetic material is disposed....