JP2018139073A - Cosmetic manufacturing system, cosmetic manufacturing device, terminal device, cosmetic manufacturing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cosmetic manufacturing system capable of quickly and smoothly supplying custom-made cosmetics to a customer, a cosmetic manufacturing device, a terminal device, a cosmetic manufacturing method, and a program.SOLUTION: A cosmetic manufacturing system comprises a portable terminal and a cosmetic manufacturing device. The portable terminal comprises a blending calculating unit which calculates an amount of blending of each of a plurality of cosmetic materials included in a cosmetic, and an order information generating and transmitting unit which transmits order information containing amount-of-blending information indicating an amount of blending of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to a cosmetic manufacturing device. A cosmetic manufacturing device comprises: an amount-of-blending information acquiring unit 1411 which acquires amount-of-blending information contained in the order information received from the portable terminal via a wide-area network NT; a preparing unit 11 which prepares the plurality of cosmetic materials; and a preparation control unit 1413 which controls the preparing unit 11 to manufacture cosmetics on the basis of the amount-of-blending information acquired by the amount-of-blending information acquiring unit 1411.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a cosmetic manufacturing system, a cosmetic manufacturing apparatus, a terminal device, a cosmetic manufacturing method, and a program.

  At a store with a small cosmetic factory, a cosmetic salesperson listens to the customer's request for cosmetics, and then proposes a system that adjusts the cosmetics by blending materials based on the prescription best suited to the request at the small cosmetic factory (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). This system is a means for a cosmetic salesperson to listen to a customer's cosmetic request, prepare a material based on the prescription best suited to the request, and adjust a small amount of cosmetic bulk, that is, a so-called made-to-order cosmetic, and a cosmetic container. Or means for placing in a case.

JP 2001-126140 A

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, since human intervention is involved in specifying a prescription that is optimal for the customer's cosmetics request and manufacturing a so-called made-to-order cosmetic based on the prescription, the corresponding amount of cosmetics is provided to the customer. There is a possibility that it takes time to do.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described reasons, and an object thereof is to provide a cosmetic manufacturing system, a cosmetic manufacturing apparatus, a terminal device, a cosmetic manufacturing method, and a program capable of quickly and smoothly providing a custom-made cosmetic product to a customer. And

In order to achieve the above object, a cosmetic production system according to the present invention comprises:
A cosmetic manufacturing system comprising: a terminal device; and a cosmetic manufacturing device that manufactures cosmetics by composing a plurality of cosmetic materials by communicating with the terminal device via a wide area network,
The terminal device
Based on information identifying cosmetics ordered by a customer, a blending calculation unit that calculates blending amounts of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetic,
A transmission unit that transmits blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus,
The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus comprises:
A blending amount information acquisition unit for acquiring the blending amount information received from the terminal device via the wide area network;
A blending unit for blending the plurality of cosmetic materials;
A blending control unit that controls the blending unit to manufacture the cosmetic based on the blending amount information.

The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention from another viewpoint is as follows:
A cosmetic manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing cosmetics by composing a plurality of cosmetic materials by communicating with a terminal device via a wide area network,
A blending amount information acquisition unit that acquires blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of a plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetics ordered by the customer from the terminal device via the wide area network,
A container transport section for transporting a container for storing cosmetics along the track,
A plurality of tanks that are arranged along the trajectory in a posture in which a discharge port is directed downward above the container transport unit, and stores the cosmetic material;
A discharge port opening and closing portion provided in each of the plurality of tanks for opening and closing the discharge ports of the plurality of tanks;
Based on the blending amount information, by controlling the stop position of the container transport unit in the trajectory and the opening time for maintaining the discharge port opening and closing unit provided in each of the plurality of tanks, A blending control unit for manufacturing the cosmetic.

The terminal device according to the present invention viewed from another viewpoint is
Based on information for identifying cosmetics manufactured by blending a plurality of cosmetic materials to be ordered by a customer, a blending calculation unit that calculates a blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetics,
A transmission unit that transmits blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials.

The cosmetic production method according to the present invention from another viewpoint is as follows:
A cosmetic manufacturing method using a terminal device and a cosmetic manufacturing device for manufacturing cosmetics by composing a plurality of cosmetic materials by communicating with the terminal device via a wide area network,
The terminal device calculates a blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetic based on information identifying cosmetics ordered by a customer;
The terminal device transmits blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to the cosmetic manufacturing device;
The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus acquires the blending amount information from the terminal device via the wide area network;
The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus includes a step of manufacturing the cosmetic by controlling a blending unit that blends the plurality of cosmetic materials based on the blending amount information.

From another viewpoint, the program according to the present invention is
Computer
A blending amount information acquisition unit that acquires blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of a plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetics ordered by the customer via the wide area network from the terminal device,
Based on the blending amount information, a blending control unit that manufactures the cosmetic by controlling a blending unit that blends the plurality of cosmetic materials,
To function as.

  According to the present invention, in the terminal device, the blending amount calculation unit calculates the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetic based on the information specifying the cosmetics ordered by the customer, and the transmission unit includes the plurality of The amount information indicating the amount of each cosmetic material is transmitted to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus via the wide area network. On the other hand, in the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus, the blending control unit manufactures cosmetics by controlling the blending unit based on the blending amount information acquired from the terminal device via the wide area network. Thus, if the terminal device and the cosmetic manufacturing device can communicate via a wide area network even at a location away from the cosmetic manufacturing device, the cosmetics can be simply entered by inputting information specifying the cosmetics ordered by the customer to the terminal device. The cosmetic is manufactured in the manufacturing apparatus. Therefore, labor saving is promoted in the distribution process from the customer's ordering of cosmetics to the manufacture of the cosmetics and the delivery of the manufactured cosmetics to the customers, and the so-called made-to-order cosmetics are promptly and smoothly provided to the customers. can do.

  In addition, according to the present invention, a container transport unit that transports a container containing cosmetics along the track, and a cosmetic material that is arranged along the track with the discharge port facing downward above the container transport unit is stored. A plurality of tanks, and a discharge port opening / closing section that is provided in each of the plurality of tanks and opens and closes the discharge ports of the plurality of tanks. Then, based on the blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials acquired from the terminal device via the wide area network, the blending control unit is provided at each stop position of the container transport unit in the track and each of the plurality of tanks. Cosmetics are manufactured by controlling the opening time for maintaining the discharge port opening / closing section in the open state. Thereby, in the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus, the cosmetics ordered by the customer are automatically manufactured without human intervention. Therefore, labor saving is promoted in the distribution process from the customer's ordering of cosmetics to the manufacture of the cosmetics and the delivery of the manufactured cosmetics to the customers, and the so-called made-to-order cosmetics are promptly and smoothly provided to the customers. can do.

It is a schematic block diagram of the cosmetics manufacturing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the preparation part of the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the cosmetics manufacturing system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a time chart for demonstrating an example of the preparation sequence which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control part of the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus which concerns on embodiment. (A) is a figure which shows the content of the compounding quantity database which concerns on embodiment, (B) is a figure which shows the content of the customer database which concerns on embodiment. (A) is a figure which shows the content of the cosmetics material position database which concerns on embodiment, (B) is a figure which shows the content of the unit discharge amount database which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the content of the mixture ratio database which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus control process which the control part of the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus which concerns on embodiment performs. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the order information generation process which the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment performs. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal which concerns on a modification. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the order information generation process which the portable terminal which concerns on a modification performs.

  Hereinafter, a cosmetic production system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the cosmetic manufacturing system according to the present embodiment, a terminal device such as a portable terminal and a cosmetic manufacturing device are connected via a network, and the cosmetic manufacturing device automatically operates according to order information transmitted from the portable terminal. In particular, it produces so-called order-made cosmetics.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this cosmetic manufacturing system includes a cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 installed in a cosmetic manufacturing company, for example, and a mobile terminal 2 possessed by a customer. The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 communicates with the mobile terminal 2 via a wide area network NT such as the Internet, and manufactures cosmetics by blending a plurality of cosmetic materials. The customer transmits order information including information for specifying cosmetics to be ordered to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 using the portable terminal 2 possessed by the customer. On the other hand, the user of the cosmetic manufacturing company mails the cosmetic manufactured according to the order information received by the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 from the portable terminal 2 to the customer who has made the order. Here, the “customer” includes not only a general customer but also an esthetic company, a cosmetics sales company, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a preparation unit 11 that prepares a plurality of cosmetic materials, a cap attachment unit 12 that attaches a cap to a container that stores cosmetics, and a label attachment unit that attaches a label to the container. 13 and a control unit 14. In addition, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 supplies an empty container to the blending unit 11, transports the container from the blending unit 11 to the cap mounting unit 12, transports the container from the cap mounting unit 12 to the label attaching unit 13, and labels A transport mechanism 15 for discharging the container from the affixing unit 13 is provided. Here, the preparation part 11 discharges | emits in the state which accommodated the produced cosmetics in the container. The container discharged from the blending unit 11 is transported to the cap mounting unit 12 by the transport mechanism 15 (see arrow AR1 in FIG. 2), and the cap is mounted at the cap mounting unit 12. The container to which the cap is attached is transported by the transport mechanism 15 to the label attaching unit 13 (see arrow AR2 in FIG. 2), and the label is attached to the label attaching unit 13.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the blending unit 11 includes a plurality of (nine in FIG. 3) tanks 111 for storing cosmetic materials, a container transport unit 112, rails (tracks) 113, a discharge port opening / closing unit 114, Is provided. Moreover, the preparation part 11 is further equipped with the container washing | cleaning part (not shown) which wash | cleans the inside of a container, before throwing a cosmetics raw material in a container. The plurality of tanks 111 are arranged along the rails 113 in a posture in which the discharge ports 111a are directed downward above the container transport unit 112, and store cosmetic materials. Examples of the cosmetic material include plant lotions such as rose water and loofah water, face powder, lotion, honey and the like.

  The container transport unit 112 transports the container V that stores cosmetics along the rail 113. The container transport unit 112 includes a transport cart 1124 for transporting the container V, a funnel 1121 for putting cosmetic material into the container V, a support unit 1122 for supporting the funnel 1121, a lifting unit 1123 for lifting and lowering the container V, Have The lifting / lowering unit 1123 inserts the funnel 1121 into the container V by lifting the container V (see the broken line part in FIG. 3) placed on the transport carriage 1124 (see the arrow AR3 in FIG. 3). The transport carriage 1124 moves on the rail 113 in accordance with control information input from the control unit 14.

  The discharge port opening / closing section 114 is provided in each of the plurality of tanks 111 and opens and closes the discharge ports 111 a of the plurality of tanks 111. Each discharge port opening / closing unit 114 opens the discharge port 111a of the tank 111 while the container transport unit 112 is disposed below the corresponding tank 111, so that the cosmetic material stored in the tank 111 is funneled. The container V is charged through 1121.

  In the blending unit 11, the container transport unit 112 moves the cosmetic material into the container V from the tank 111 in which each cosmetic material contained in the cosmetic product to be manufactured is stored while moving on the rail 113. The stop position of the container transport unit 112 on the rail 113 is determined by the type of cosmetic material included in the cosmetic to be manufactured. For example, it is assumed that cosmetics to be manufactured include liquid materials A and B, powder materials C, and essential oil materials D and E that are cosmetic materials. Then, it is assumed that liquid materials A, B, K1, powder materials C, K2, and essential oil materials D, K3, K4, E are sequentially arranged at positions Pos1 to Pos9 on the rail. In this case, the container transport unit 112 sequentially stops at positions Pos1, Pos2, Pos4, Pos6, and Pos9 on the rail 113. In addition, the discharge port opening / closing unit 114 has a length corresponding to the amount of cosmetic material charged into the container V from the tank 111 in a state where the container transport unit 112 is disposed below the tank 111 provided with the discharge port opening / closing unit 114. The discharge port 111a is opened for the time. The opening time for maintaining the discharge port 111a in the open state depends on the blending amount of each cosmetic material included in the cosmetic to be manufactured and the unit discharge amount that is the discharge amount of the cosmetic material per unit time in the tank 111. Determined. And the stop time in each stop position of the container conveyance part 112 is set to time longer than the time which keeps the discharge port 111a of this tank 111 in an open state at least.

  When the container V containing the cosmetics produced by blending a plurality of cosmetic materials in the blending unit 11 is introduced, the cap attaching part 12 attaches a cap to the thrown container.

  The label attaching unit 13 generates a label on which customer information including the name and address of the customer included in the order information received from the mobile terminal 2 is written, and attaches the label to the container V containing the cosmetics.

  The control unit 14 controls the blending unit 11, the cap mounting unit 12, and the label pasting unit 13 by outputting control information to each of the blending unit 11, the cap mounting unit 12, and the label pasting unit 13.

  Next, the operation of the cosmetic manufacturing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a customer who has the mobile terminal 2 inputs information about cosmetics to be ordered, the mobile terminal 2 receives input information input to the mobile terminal 2 (step S1).

  Here, the portable terminal 2 displays, for example, an input screen 206a as shown in FIG. The input screen 206a includes an input prompt message M1, an input field B1 for inputting the customer's name, address, and e-mail address, an input field B2 for inputting the amount of cosmetics to be ordered, and a cosmetic material to be included in the cosmetics. An input field B3 for designating the type and an input field B4 for designating the blending amount of each cosmetic material are included. The input field B3 is set so that a preset pop-up menu PM1 such as “rose water” or “loof water” is displayed. The input field B4 is set so that a preset pop-up menu PM2 of “many”, “medium”, and “small” appears. Furthermore, the input screen 206a also includes a component balance information display area A1 in which information indicating the component balance of the cosmetic when the cosmetic material is manufactured using the cosmetic material input in the input field B3 is displayed. When the customer touches the “input complete” button EK after completing the input to the input fields B1, B2, B3 and B4 while referring to the information displayed in the component balance information display area A1, the mobile terminal 2 accepts input information.

  Returning to FIG. 4, next, the mobile terminal 2 calculates the blending amount of a plurality of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetics to be ordered based on the received input information (step S2). Subsequently, the mobile terminal 2 generates order information including the received input information and information indicating the calculated blending amounts of the plurality of cosmetic materials (step S3).

  Thereafter, the order information generated by the mobile terminal 2 is transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 (step S4).

  Next, the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus 1 sets the preparation sequence in the preparation part 11 based on the information which shows each compounding quantity of the some cosmetic raw material contained in order information (step S5). Here, in the blending sequence, the stop position of the container transport unit 112, the stop order to each stop position, the stop time at each stop position, and the discharge port 111a of each of the tank 111 to be used and the tank 111 to be used are kept open. Control information that defines the time (hereinafter referred to as “open time”). For example, it is assumed that cosmetic materials included in the cosmetic are liquid material A, liquid material B, powder material C, essential oil material D, and essential oil material E. Then, the tank 111 in which the liquid material A, the liquid material B, the powder material C, the essential oil material D, and the essential oil material E are stored corresponds to the stop positions Pos1, Pos2, Pos4, Pos6, and Pos9 as shown in FIG. Suppose that it is placed in a position. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the blending sequence is set so that the container transport unit 112 stops in order at the stop positions Pos1, Pos2, Pos4, Pos6, and Pos9. Then, the stop times at the respective stop positions Pos1, Pos2, Pos4, Pos6, and Pos9 are set to times ΔT1, ΔT2, ΔT4, ΔT6, and ΔT9. Further, the opening time of the discharge ports 111a of the tanks 111 in which the liquid material A, the liquid material B, the powder material C, the essential oil material D, and the essential oil material E are stored is the time ΔTA, ΔTB, ΔTC, ΔTD, ΔTE is set.

  Here, the opening time is determined by the blending amount of the cosmetic material and the unit discharge amount that is the amount of the cosmetic material discharged from the tank 111 per unit time. For example, it is assumed that the blending amount of the liquid material A is COA, and the unit discharge amount of the tank 111 that stores the liquid material A is DF. In this case, the open time ΔTA of the tank 111 that stores the liquid material A is calculated by the COA / DF relational expression. The stop time ΔT1 at the stop position Pos1 of the container transport unit 112 stores the liquid material A disposed at a position corresponding to the stop position Pos1 in consideration of the overhead time required for the opening / closing operation of the discharge port opening / closing unit 114. It is set longer than the opening time ΔTA of the discharge port 111a of the tank 111. The stop times ΔT2, ΔT4, ΔT6, and ΔT9 are also set longer than the corresponding open times ΔTB, ΔTC, ΔTD, and ΔTE.

  Returning to FIG. 4, subsequently, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 prepares a cosmetic by blending a plurality of cosmetic materials along the blending sequence in the blending unit 11 (step S <b> 6).

  Then, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 conveys the container in which the produced cosmetic is accommodated to the cap attaching part 12, and attaches a cap to the container in the cap attaching part 12 (step S7).

  Next, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 conveys the container with the cap attached thereto to the label attaching unit 13, and the label attaching unit 13 generates a label in which customer information included in the order information is described (step S8). ) The generated label is attached to the container (step S9).

  Thereafter, completion notification information for notifying that the cosmetic has been completed is transmitted from the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 to the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the customer of the ordering source (step S10). In addition, the cosmetics manufactured by the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 are mailed from the cosmetic manufacturing company to the ordering customer. Thus, in the cosmetic manufacturing system according to the present embodiment, cosmetics corresponding to the order information are manufactured one by one.

  Next, configurations of the control unit 14 and the mobile terminal 2 of the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 11. The control unit 14 is configured by, for example, a general-purpose personal computer, and includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 141, a main storage unit 142, an auxiliary storage unit 143, an interface 144, a communication unit 145, an input unit 146, and these Are connected to each other. The main storage unit 142 is composed of a volatile memory and is used as a work area for the CPU 141. The auxiliary storage unit 143 includes a nonvolatile memory such as a magnetic disk or a semiconductor memory, and stores programs for realizing various functions of the control unit 14. The CPU 141 reads out this program to the main storage unit 142 and executes it, thereby realizing various functions of the control unit 14.

  The interface 144 appropriately converts the control information acquired from the CPU 141 via the bus 147 and outputs it to the blending unit 11, the cap attaching unit 12, the label attaching unit 13, and the transport mechanism 15. The communication unit 145 is connected to the wide area network NT and receives order information from the portable terminal 2 through the wide area network NT. The input unit 146 is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a touch panel.

  Next, the functional configuration of the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. The CPU 141 executes a program stored in the auxiliary storage unit 143 to thereby obtain a blending amount information acquisition unit 1411, a customer information acquisition unit 1412, a blending control unit 1413, a cap attachment control unit 1414, a label generation unit 1415, and a label pasting control. Functions as a unit 1416, a conveyance control unit 1417, a completion notification unit 1418, and an order information management unit 1419.

  Further, the auxiliary storage unit 143 includes a blending amount database (hereinafter referred to as “DB”) 1431, a customer DB 1432, a cosmetic material position DB 1433, a unit discharge amount DB 1434, and an order information DB 1435. The blending amount DB 1431 stores blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials included in the order information in association with the customer identification information. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the blending amount DB 1431 displays blending amount information of a plurality of cosmetic materials corresponding to each of a plurality of order information, customer identification information corresponding to the order information (for example, customer identification of the customer C1) Information IDC1) is stored in association with it.

  The customer DB 1432 stores the customer information included in the order information in association with the customer identification information. The customer information includes, for example, the name, address, and e-mail address of each ordering customer as shown in FIG. 8B. The customer information DB 1432 stores customer information corresponding to each of a plurality of order information in association with customer identification information corresponding to the order information (for example, customer identification information IDC1 of the customer C1).

  The cosmetic material position DB 1433 is the cosmetic material identification information for identifying the tank 111 in which the cosmetic material is stored, the stop position of the container transport unit 112 when each of the plurality of cosmetic materials in the preparation unit 11 is put into the container from the tank 111. Store it in association. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 9A, the cosmetic material position DB 1433 stores the stop positions Pos1 to Pos9 of the container transport unit 112 in association with the cosmetic material identification information ID1 to ID9.

  The unit discharge amount DB 1434 stores a unit discharge amount, which is a discharge amount per unit time when the plurality of cosmetic materials in the blending unit 11 are put into the container from the tank 111, in association with the cosmetic material identification information. For example, as shown in FIG. 9B, the unit discharge amount DB 1434 stores the unit discharge amount of each tank 111 in association with the cosmetic material identification information ID1 to ID9.

  The order information DB 1435 stores the order information received by the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1. The order information DB 1435 accumulates the received order information by, for example, a FIFO (First In First Out) method.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the blending amount information acquisition unit 1411 acquires blending amount information indicating the blending amounts of a plurality of cosmetic materials included in the order information received from the mobile terminal 2 via the wide area network NT and the communication unit 145. To do. And the compounding quantity information acquisition part 1411 memorize | stores the compounding quantity information acquired in compounding quantity DB1431. The customer information acquisition unit 1412 acquires customer information included in the received order information and stores it in the customer DB 1432.

  The blending control unit 1413 manufactures cosmetics by controlling the blending unit 11 based on the blending amount information stored in the blending amount DB 1431. Specifically, the blending control unit 1413 first acquires blending amount information corresponding to the cosmetic to be manufactured from the blending amount DB 1431 and sets the blending sequence of the blending unit 11 corresponding to the blending amount information. Then, the blending control unit 1413 opens the stop position of the container transport unit 112 on the rail 113 of the blending unit 11 and the discharge opening / closing unit 114 provided in each of the plurality of tanks 111 according to the set blending sequence. The cosmetic is produced by controlling the opening time maintained at

  The cap attachment control unit 1414 attaches a cap to the container at the cap attachment unit 12 by outputting control information to the cap attachment unit 12 when a container containing cosmetics is conveyed to the cap attachment unit 12.

  When the container with the cap attached thereto is conveyed to the label attaching unit 13, the label generating unit 1415 refers to the customer DB 1432 and acquires customer information of the orderer of the container. And the label production | generation part 1415 produces | generates a label in the label sticking part 13 by outputting the customer information acquired with control information to the label sticking part 13. FIG.

  When the label is generated, the label attaching control unit 1416 outputs control information to the label attaching unit 13 to attach the label generated in the label attaching unit 13 to the container.

  The conveyance control unit 1417 controls the conveyance mechanism 15 to execute loading of the container into the preparation unit 11 and conveyance from the preparation unit 11 of the container containing cosmetics to the cap attachment unit 12. Further, the conveyance control unit 1417 controls the conveyance mechanism 15 to execute conveyance of the container with the cap attached from the cap attaching unit 12 to the label attaching unit 13 and discharging of the container from the label attaching unit 13. .

  When the label is pasted from the label pasting unit 13 and the container containing the cosmetic is discharged, the completion notifying unit 1418 notifies the completion of the cosmetic ordered by the mobile terminal 2 possessed by the customer of the ordering source. Send notification information.

  The order information management unit 1419 stores the received order information in the order information DB 1435 every time the order information is received from the mobile terminal 2 via the communication unit 145. Further, when the completion notification information is transmitted by the completion notification unit 1418, the order information management unit 1419 deletes the order information corresponding to the completion notification information from the order information DB 1435.

  The mobile terminal 2 is composed of a terminal device such as a smartphone, for example, and as shown in FIG. 10, a CPU 201, a main storage unit 202, an auxiliary storage unit 203, an interface 204, an input unit 205, and a display unit 206. And a communication unit 207 and a bus 208 that connects them to each other. The auxiliary storage unit 203 stores an application program for realizing a function for ordering cosmetics from the mobile terminal 2. The CPU 201 reads out and executes the application program in the main storage unit 202, thereby realizing various functions for ordering cosmetics from the mobile terminal 2. The input unit is composed of, for example, a touch panel, and the display unit is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display.

  The interface 204 outputs input information input from the input unit 205 to the CPU 201 via the bus 208, and outputs information input from the CPU 201 via the bus 208 to the display unit 206. The communication unit 207 is connected to the wide area network NT and transmits order information input from the CPU 201 via the bus 208 to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 via the wide area network NT. In addition, the communication unit 207 outputs the completion notification information received from the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 via the wide area network NT to the CPU 201 via the bus 208.

  Next, the functional configuration of the mobile terminal 2 according to the present embodiment will be described. The CPU 201 functions as a reception unit 211, a composition calculation unit 212, and an order information generation / transmission unit 213 by executing an application program for ordering cosmetics from the portable terminal 2 stored in the auxiliary storage unit 203. The auxiliary storage unit 203 includes a cosmetic material DB 231, a blending ratio DB 232, and a blending amount DB 233.

  The cosmetic material DB 231 stores the types of cosmetic materials prepared in the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1. The blending rate DB 232 stores blending rate information indicating a blending rate set in advance for each of the plurality of cosmetic materials. The blending ratio information indicates, for example, a blending ratio that can be included in cosmetics determined by various laws including the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law for each cosmetic material. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the blending rate DB 232 stores information indicating the blending rate of each cosmetic material in association with the cosmetic material identification information. The blending ratio of each cosmetic material is set for each case where the customer designates “many”, “medium”, and “small”.

  The blending amount DB 233 stores the blending amount of each cosmetic material calculated based on the input information by the customer who has the mobile terminal 2.

  Returning to FIG. 10, the reception unit 211 receives input information input by the customer via the input unit 205 while referring to the input screen 206 a illustrated in FIG. 5, for example. The accepting unit 211 accepts input information when, for example, the customer touches the input completion button EK on the input screen 206a shown in FIG. The input information includes customer information including the customer's name, address, and email address, information indicating the amount of cosmetics to be ordered, and information indicating the types of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetics and their blending ratio. ing. Among these, the information indicating the amount of cosmetics to be ordered and the information indicating the types of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetics and the blending ratio thereof correspond to information for specifying the cosmetics ordered by the customer.

  The blending calculation unit 212 refers to the blending ratio DB 232 and, based on the information indicating the amount of cosmetics to be ordered, the types of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetics, and the information indicating the blending ratio, a plurality of cosmetics included in the cosmetic The blending amount of each material is calculated. Here, the blending calculation unit 212 calculates the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials based on the blending ratio selected from the blending ratio DB 232. Then, the blending calculation unit 212 stores blending amount information indicating the calculated blending amount of each cosmetic material in the blending amount DB 233.

  The order information generation / transmission unit 213 transmits order information including blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1. The order information generation / transmission unit 213 acquires the blending amount information about each cosmetic material included in the cosmetics to be ordered from the blending amount DB 233, and generates order information using the customer information and the blending amount information included in the input information. To do. Then, the order information generation / transmission unit 213 transmits the generated order information to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 via the wide area network NT.

  Next, cosmetic manufacturing apparatus control processing executed by the control unit 14 of the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus control process is started when the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 is turned on.

  First, the blending amount information acquisition unit 1411 and the customer information acquisition unit 1412 determine whether order information is stored in the order information DB 1435 (step S101). If the blending amount information acquisition unit 1411 and the customer information acquisition unit 1412 determine that the order information is not stored in the order information DB 1435 (step S101: No), the standby state is maintained. On the other hand, when the blending amount information acquisition unit 1411 determines that the order information is stored in the order information DB 1435 (step S101: Yes), the blending information included in the order information stored in the order information DB 1435 stores the order information. Quantity information is extracted (step S102). At this time, the customer information acquisition unit 1412 also extracts customer information included in the same order information (step S103). And the compounding quantity information acquisition part 1411 gives customer identification information to the acquired compounding quantity information, and makes the compounding quantity DB 1431 memorize | store the compounding quantity information in correspondence with customer identification information. The customer information acquisition unit 1412 also adds the same customer identification information to the acquired customer information, and stores the customer information in the customer DB 1432 in association with the customer identification information.

  Next, the blending control unit 1413 refers to the blending amount DB 1431, identifies the cosmetic material included in the cosmetic to be manufactured, and then refers to the cosmetic material position DB 1433 to identify the cosmetic material position (step) S104).

  Subsequently, the blending control unit 1413 obtains the blending amount of each cosmetic material included in the cosmetic product to be manufactured from the blending amount DB 1431, and sets the unit discharge amount of the tank 111 that stores each cosmetic material from the unit discharge amount DB1434. get. Then, the blending control unit 1413 calculates the opening time of the discharge port 111a of the tank 111 for each cosmetic material from the acquired blending amount of each cosmetic material and the unit discharge amount of the tank 111 that stores each cosmetic material (step) S105).

  Thereafter, the blending control unit 1413 sets a blending sequence corresponding to the cosmetic to be manufactured using the specified cosmetic material position and the calculated opening time (step S106).

  Next, the conveyance control part 1417 controls the conveyance mechanism 15 and throws an empty container into the preparation part 11 (step S107). At this time, the blending control unit 1413 controls the container cleaning unit of the blending unit 11 and executes cleaning of the inside of the container before putting the cosmetic material into the container. Subsequently, the blending control unit 1413 controls the blending unit 11 to blend the cosmetic material along the set blending sequence (step S108).

  Then, the conveyance control part 1417 controls the conveyance mechanism 15 and conveys the container in which the cosmetics produced by the preparation part 11 were accommodated from the preparation part 11 to the cap attachment part 12 (step S109). Next, the cap attachment control unit 1414 controls the cap attachment unit 12 to attach the cap to the container transported to the cap attachment unit 12 (step S110).

  Subsequently, the conveyance control unit 1417 controls the conveyance mechanism 15 to convey the container attached with the cap by the cap attachment unit 12 from the cap attachment unit 12 to the label attaching unit 13 (step S111). Thereafter, the label sticking control unit 1416 acquires customer information from the customer DB 1432 and outputs the customer information to the label sticking unit 13. Then, the label attaching control unit 1416 controls the label attaching unit 13 to generate a label including customer information (step S112). Next, the label application control unit 1416 controls the label application unit 13 to apply a label to the container (step S113).

  Subsequently, the transport control unit 1417 controls the transport mechanism 15 to discharge the container with the label attached from the label attaching unit 13 (step S114). Thereafter, the blending amount information acquisition unit 1411 and the customer information acquisition unit 1412 determine whether or not there has been an end instruction that instructs the user of the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 to end the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus control process via the input unit 146. (Step S115). If it is determined by the blending amount information acquisition unit 1411 and the customer information acquisition unit 1412 that there is an end command (step S115: Yes), the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus control process ends. On the other hand, when the blending amount information acquisition unit 1411 and the customer information acquisition unit 1412 determine that there is no termination command (step S115: No), the processing of step S101 is executed again.

  Next, order information generation processing executed by the mobile terminal 2 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This order information generation process is started when an application program for generating order information is started in the mobile terminal 2.

  First, the reception unit 211 displays an input screen 206a as shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit 206 (step S201). Next, the reception unit 211 determines whether or not an input completion operation by a customer who has the mobile terminal 2 has been received (step S202). When the input screen 206a as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 206, for example, when the customer touches the input completion button EK on the input screen 206a, the reception unit 211 receives an input completion operation. The accepting unit 211 repeats the process of step S201 unless accepting an input completion operation (step S202: No).

  On the other hand, when the accepting unit 211 accepts the input completion operation (step S202: Yes), the blending calculation unit 212 refers to the blending rate DB 232 and changes the amount of cosmetics to be ordered from the amount of cosmetics to be ordered into the cosmetics to be ordered. The amount of each cosmetic material contained is calculated (step S203). The blending calculation unit 212 stores blending amount information indicating the calculated blending amount of each cosmetic material in the blending amount DB 233.

  Next, the order information generation / transmission unit 213 acquires blending amount information for each cosmetic material included in the cosmetics to be ordered from the blending amount DB 233, and orders using the customer information and blending amount information included in the input information. Information is generated (step S204). Subsequently, the order information generation / transmission unit 213 transmits the generated order information to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 via the wide area network NT (step S205). Thereafter, the reception unit 211 determines whether or not there has been an end command that instructs the customer of the mobile terminal 2 to end the order information generation process via the input unit 205 (step S206). If it is determined by the receiving unit 211 that there is an end command (step S206: Yes), the order information generation process ends. On the other hand, when the reception unit 211 determines that there is no termination command (step S206: No), the reception unit 211 executes the process of step S201 again.

  As described above, according to the cosmetic manufacturing system according to the present embodiment, in the mobile terminal 2, the combination calculation unit 212 includes a plurality of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetic based on the information specifying the cosmetics ordered by the customer. The amount of each compound is calculated. Then, the order information generation / transmission unit 213 transmits the order information including the blending amount information indicating the blending amounts of the plurality of cosmetic materials to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 via the wide area network NT. On the other hand, in the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1, the blending control unit 1413 controls the blending unit 11 to manufacture cosmetics based on the blending amount information acquired from the mobile terminal 2 via the wide area network NT. Thereby, even if the portable terminal 2 and the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 can communicate via the wide area network NT even at a location away from the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1, information specifying the cosmetics ordered by the customer is input to the mobile terminal 2. The cosmetics are manufactured in the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 just by doing. Therefore, labor saving is promoted in the distribution process from the customer's ordering of cosmetics to the manufacture of the cosmetics and the delivery of the manufactured cosmetics to the customers, and the so-called made-to-order cosmetics are promptly and smoothly provided to the customers. can do.

  The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a container transport unit 112, a plurality of tanks 111, and a discharge port opening / closing unit 114. Here, the container conveyance part 112 conveys the container V which accommodates cosmetics along the rail 113 set beforehand. The plurality of tanks 111 are arranged along the rails 113 in a posture in which the discharge ports 111a are directed downward above the container transport unit 112, and store cosmetic materials. The discharge port opening / closing section 114 is provided in each of the plurality of tanks 111 and opens and closes the discharge ports 111 a of the plurality of tanks 111. And based on the blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials acquired by the blending control unit 1413 from the mobile terminal 2 via the wide area network NT, the stop position of the container transport unit 112 on the rail 113, Cosmetics are manufactured by controlling the opening time during which the discharge port opening / closing section 114 provided in each of the plurality of tanks 111 is kept open. As a result, the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus 1 automatically manufactures the cosmetics ordered by the customer without human intervention. Therefore, labor saving is promoted in the distribution process from the customer's ordering of cosmetics to the manufacture of the cosmetics and the delivery of the manufactured cosmetics to the customers, and the so-called made-to-order cosmetics are promptly and smoothly provided to the customers. can do.

  Furthermore, the portable terminal 2 according to the present embodiment has a blending rate DB 232 that stores blending rate information indicating a blending rate set in advance for each of a plurality of cosmetic materials. Then, the blending calculation unit 212 calculates the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials based on the blending ratio selected from the blending ratio DB 232. As a result, even if the customer does not know the rules regarding the blending ratio of cosmetic materials determined by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, by storing the blending ratio that conforms to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law in the blending ratio DB 232 in advance, an appropriate conformance to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law can be achieved. The blending amount is calculated. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently manufacture a legal cosmetic product.

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Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment. For example, when the customer inputs information indicating the customer's skin type, the customer's preferred scent, the production location of the cosmetic material desired by the customer, the season, etc. to the mobile terminal 2, the mobile terminal 2 mixes each cosmetic material accordingly. The structure which calculates quantity may be sufficient. In this case, the mobile terminal 2 may be configured to include a blending amount DB that stores the blending amount of each cosmetic material in association with the skin type, fragrance, production area, or season.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic manufacturing system according to the embodiment, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 uses the customer's input of the amount of each cosmetic material included in the cosmetics purchased by the customer in the past, the skin type, fragrance, production area, season, etc. May be provided with a customer purchase record DB that stores the information in association with information. Here, the portable terminal 2 transmits ordering information including information indicating the input skin type, fragrance, production location, season, and the like and blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each cosmetic material to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1. . On the other hand, each time the order information is received from the mobile terminal 2, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 extracts information indicating the skin type, fragrance, production area, season, etc. included in the order information and the amount information. Then, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 stores the extracted blending amount information of each cosmetic material in the customer purchase record DB in association with information indicating the extracted skin type, fragrance, production location, season, and the like.

  In addition, when the customer inputs information indicating the skin type, fragrance, production location, season, etc., the mobile terminal 2 requests recommended blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each recommended cosmetic material based on the input information. The recommended blending amount information request is transmitted to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1. This recommended blending amount information request includes information indicating the input skin type, fragrance, production location, season, and the like. On the other hand, when receiving the recommended blending amount information request from the mobile terminal 2, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 refers to the customer purchase record DB, and corresponds to the information indicating the input skin type, fragrance, production place, season, etc. A plurality of blending amount information indicating the blending amount of the cosmetic material is acquired. Then, the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 transmits recommended blending amount information including a plurality of obtained blending amount information to the mobile terminal 2.

  On the other hand, when receiving the recommended blending amount information, the mobile terminal 2 causes the display unit 206 to display a plurality of blending amount information included in the received recommended blending amount information.

  According to this configuration, the customer can select a cosmetic product to be purchased while referring to the blending amount of each cosmetic material included in the cosmetic product purchased by another customer.

  In the embodiment, the customer sets the amount of the cosmetic material included in the cosmetic while referring to the information indicating the balance of the cosmetic component displayed on the input screen 206a of the mobile terminal 2 as shown in FIG. 5, for example. An example of a manufacturing system has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the mobile terminal 2, the customer's skin image information and attribute information are acquired, and the feature amount of the customer's skin state is calculated from the acquired skin image information and attribute information. The composition which calculates the compounding quantity of each cosmetics material included in cosmetics based on the feature-value may be sufficient. The attribute information is information about a customer obtained by conducting a questionnaire with the customer in advance. The skin feature amount is composed of an amount representing the fineness of the skin calculated from the skin image information and an amount representing the skin quality of the customer obtained from information related to the customer.

  Next, a functional configuration of the mobile terminal 2002 according to this modification will be described. The CPU 201 executes an application program for ordering cosmetics from the portable terminal 2002 stored in the auxiliary storage unit 203, whereby a skin image acquisition unit 2214, an attribute acquisition unit 2215, a feature amount calculation unit 2216, a composition calculation unit 2212, and It functions as the order information generation / transmission unit 213. The auxiliary storage unit 203 includes a skin image DB 2234, an attribute DB 2235, a feature amount blending rate correlation DB 2236, a cosmetic material DB 231 and a blending amount DB 233. In FIG. 14, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 10 are assigned to the same configurations as those in the embodiment.

  The skin image DB 2234 stores skin image information obtained by imaging the customer's skin. The attribute DB 2235 stores customer attribute information. The feature amount blending rate correlation DB 2236 stores correlation information indicating the correlation between the feature amount of the skin image information and the blending rate of the cosmetic material.

  The skin image acquisition unit 2214 acquires skin image information from a server that stores skin image information connected to the wide area network NT via, for example, the wide area network NT. The attribute acquisition unit 2215 also acquires attribute information from, for example, a server that stores attribute information connected to the wide area network NT via the wide area network NT. The feature amount calculation unit 2216 calculates a feature amount of the customer's skin state from the acquired skin image information and attribute information. The blending calculation unit 2212 refers to the feature amount blending rate correlation DB 2236 and calculates the blending rate of each cosmetic material from the feature amount calculated by the feature amount calculating unit 2216.

  Next, an order information generation process executed by the portable terminal 2002 according to this modification will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 15, the processing of steps S506 to S508 is the same as the processing of steps S204 to S206 (see FIG. 13) of the order information generation processing according to the embodiment. First, the skin image acquisition unit 2214 and the attribute acquisition unit 2215 determine whether or not a cosmetic ordering operation by the customer via the input unit 205 has been received (step S501). Skin image acquisition unit 2214 and attribute acquisition unit 2215 maintain a standby state unless a cosmetic ordering operation is received (step S501: No).

  On the other hand, if the skin image acquisition unit 2214 determines that the cosmetics ordering operation has been received (step S501: Yes), the skin image acquisition unit 2214 acquires skin image information from the server, for example, via the wide area network NT (step S502). The attribute acquisition unit 2215 also acquires attribute information from the server, for example, via the wide area network NT (step S503). The skin image acquisition unit 2214 stores the acquired skin image information in the skin image DB 2234. The attribute acquisition unit 2215 also stores the acquired attribute information in the attribute DB 2235.

  Next, the feature amount calculation unit 2216 acquires skin image information from the skin image DB 2234 and acquires attribute information from the attribute DB 2235. Then, the feature amount calculation unit 2216 calculates a feature amount of the customer's skin state from the acquired skin image information and attribute information (step S504).

  Subsequently, the blending calculation unit 2212 refers to the feature amount blending rate correlation DB 2236 to calculate the blending amount of each cosmetic material from the feature amount calculated by the feature amount calculating unit 2216 (step S505). Thereafter, the processing after step S506 is executed.

  According to this configuration, the blending calculation unit 2212 refers to the feature quantity blending rate correlation DB 2236, identifies the blending ratio according to the feature quantity, and each of the plurality of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetic based on the identified blending ratio. Is calculated. Thereby, since the amount of information for specifying the cosmetics to be ordered that the customer inputs to the portable terminal 2002 can be reduced, the customer is required to reduce the labor required when the cosmetics are ordered. There is.

  Moreover, the various functions of the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 2 according to the present invention can be realized using a normal computer system, not a dedicated system. For example, to a computer connected to a network, a program for executing the above operation is stored in a non-transitory recording medium (CD-ROM or the like) that can be read by a computer system, and the program is distributed to the computer. You may comprise the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 2 which perform the above-mentioned process by installing in a system.

  Further, the method for providing the program to the computer is arbitrary. For example, the program may be uploaded to a bulletin board (BBS) on a communication line and distributed to a computer via the communication line. Then, the computer activates this program and executes it like other applications under the control of the OS. Thereby, a computer functions as the cosmetics manufacturing apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 2 which perform the above-mentioned process.

As mentioned above, although each embodiment and modification (including what was written in the description. The same is true hereinafter) of the present invention have been described, the present invention is not limited to these. The present invention includes a combination of the embodiments and modifications as appropriate, and a modification appropriately added thereto.

  The present invention is suitable for manufacturing and selling a custom-made cosmetic by blending cosmetic materials.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Cosmetics manufacturing apparatus, 2,2002: Portable terminal, 11: Preparation part, 12: Cap attaching part, 13: Label attaching part, 14: Control part, 15: Conveyance mechanism, 111: Tank, 111a: Discharge port, 112: Container transport unit, 113: Rail, 114: Discharge port opening / closing unit, 141, 201: CPU, 142, 202: Main storage unit, 143, 203: Auxiliary storage unit, 144, 204: Interface, 145, 207: Communication Part, 146, 205: input part, 147, 208: bus, 206: display part, 206a: input screen, 211: reception part, 212, 2212: formulation calculation part, 213: order information generation / transmission part, 231: cosmetic material DB, 232: Compounding rate DB, 233: Compounding amount DB, 1121: Funnel, 1122: Supporting unit, 1123: Lifting unit, 1124: Conveying cart, 1411: Total amount information acquisition unit, 1412: Customer information acquisition unit, 1413: Formulation control unit, 1414: Cap attachment control unit, 1415: Label generation unit, 1416: Label attachment control unit, 1417: Transport control unit, 1418: Completion notification Part, 1419: order information management part, 1431: compounding quantity DB, 1432: customer DB, 1433: cosmetic material position DB, 1434: unit discharge quantity DB, 1435: order information DB, 2214: skin image acquisition part, 2215: attribute Acquisition unit, 2216: feature amount calculation unit, 2234: skin image DB, 2235: attribute DB, 2236: feature amount blending rate correlation DB, A, B, K1: liquid material, C, K2: powder material, D, E, K3, K4: Essential oil material, A1: Component balance information display area, B1, B2, B3, B4: Input field, EK: Input complete button, M1: Input prompt message Over di, NT: a wide area network, PM1, PM2: pop-up menu, Pos1, Pos2, Pos3, Pos4, Pos5, Pos6, Pos7, Pos8, Pos9: stop position

Claims (8)

A cosmetic manufacturing system comprising: a terminal device; and a cosmetic manufacturing device that manufactures cosmetics by composing a plurality of cosmetic materials by communicating with the terminal device via a wide area network,
The terminal device
Based on information identifying cosmetics ordered by a customer, a blending calculation unit that calculates blending amounts of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetic,
A transmission unit that transmits blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to the cosmetic manufacturing apparatus,
The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus comprises:
A blending amount information acquisition unit for acquiring the blending amount information received from the terminal device via the wide area network;
A blending unit for blending the plurality of cosmetic materials;
Based on the blending amount information, having a blending control unit that controls the blending unit to manufacture the cosmetic,
Cosmetic production system. The blending unit is
A container transport section for transporting a container for storing cosmetics along the track,
A plurality of tanks that are arranged along the trajectory in a posture in which a discharge port is directed downward above the container transport unit, and stores the cosmetic material;
A discharge port opening / closing portion provided in each of the plurality of tanks for opening and closing the discharge ports of the plurality of tanks,
The blending control unit controls the cosmetic by controlling a stop position of the container transport unit in the track and an open time for maintaining the discharge opening / closing unit provided in each of the plurality of tanks in an open state. Manufacturing,
The cosmetic production system according to claim 1. The terminal device further includes a blending rate database that stores blending rate information indicating a blending rate set in advance for each of the plurality of cosmetic materials.
The blending calculation unit calculates the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials based on the blending ratio selected from the blending ratio database.
The cosmetic production system according to claim 1 or 2. A feature amount blending rate correlation database for storing correlation information indicating a correlation between the feature amount of the skin image information and the blending rate of the cosmetic material;
A skin image acquisition unit for acquiring skin image information;
A feature amount calculation unit that calculates a feature amount of the customer's skin state from the skin image information;
The blending calculation unit refers to the feature quantity blending rate correlation database, identifies a blending ratio according to the feature quantity, and based on the identified blending ratio, blends each of the plurality of cosmetic materials included in the cosmetic. Calculate the quantity,
The cosmetic production system according to claim 1 or 2. A cosmetic manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing cosmetics by composing a plurality of cosmetic materials by communicating with a terminal device via a wide area network,
A blending amount information acquisition unit that acquires blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of a plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetics ordered by the customer from the terminal device via the wide area network,
A container transport section for transporting a container for storing cosmetics along the track,
A plurality of tanks that are arranged along the trajectory in a posture in which a discharge port is directed downward above the container transport unit, and stores the cosmetic material;
A discharge port opening / closing portion provided in each of the plurality of tanks for opening and closing the discharge ports of the plurality of tanks;
Based on the blending amount information, by controlling the stop position of the container transport unit in the trajectory and the opening time for maintaining the discharge port opening and closing unit provided in each of the plurality of tanks, A preparation control unit for producing the cosmetic,
Cosmetic manufacturing equipment. Based on information for identifying cosmetics manufactured by blending a plurality of cosmetic materials to be ordered by a customer, a blending calculation unit that calculates a blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetics,
A transmission unit that transmits blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials,
Terminal device. A cosmetic manufacturing method using a terminal device and a cosmetic manufacturing device for manufacturing cosmetics by composing a plurality of cosmetic materials by communicating with the terminal device via a wide area network,
The terminal device calculates a blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetic based on information identifying cosmetics ordered by a customer;
The terminal device transmits blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of the plurality of cosmetic materials to the cosmetic manufacturing device;
The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus acquires the blending amount information from the terminal device via the wide area network;
The cosmetic manufacturing apparatus includes a step of manufacturing the cosmetic by controlling a blending unit that blends the plurality of cosmetic materials based on the blending amount information.
Cosmetic manufacturing method. Computer
A blending amount information acquisition unit that acquires blending amount information indicating the blending amount of each of a plurality of cosmetic materials to be included in the cosmetics ordered by the customer via the wide area network from the terminal device,
Based on the blending amount information, a blending control unit that manufactures the cosmetic by controlling a blending unit that blends the plurality of cosmetic materials,
Program to function as.

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