ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,087, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sephora USA Inc. (San Francisco).
"Facial scanning tool for skincare and cosmetic products" was invented by Lucie Tuan (Oakland, Calif.), Savio Thattil (Pleasanton, Calif.), Julie Borstein (Burlingame, Calif.) and Margarita Arriagada (Studio City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system allows people to more easily find products matching their skin tone. The system includes a scanning device to scan one or more spots of a person's skin. For example, three different spots can be scanned. The scan determines a skin-tone identifier for the person's skin. With this skin-tone identifier, the cu...