CN111480970A - Toothbrush, toothbrush control method and toothbrush control system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a toothbrush, a toothbrush control method, and a toothbrush control system. A toothbrush, comprising: a toothbrush head comprising a plurality of bristle carriers and a stub handle; bristles arranged on the bristle carriers; the information acquisition component is arranged on the toothbrush head and used for acquiring data information inside the oral cavity; a bristle trim assembly coupled to the one or more bristle holders, wherein the bristle trim assembly can adjust the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the data information. Through the tooth cleaning brush, the shape of the brush can be adjusted according to different types and shapes of teeth, so that the teeth can be cleaned more thoroughly.
Description
Technical Field
The disclosure relates to the technical field of intelligent electric appliances, in particular to a toothbrush, a toothbrush control method and a toothbrush control system.
Background
Teeth are one of important organs of human bodies, in daily life, hardness, acidity and alkalinity of diet and the like have various damages to teeth, teeth are not well protected, and daily diet is affected, so that the health condition of the human body is reduced. Therefore, the protection of teeth is particularly important for the healthy life of people. When the electric toothbrush is used, vibration is generated to massage periodontal, so that blood circulation of periodontal is promoted, and meanwhile, toothpaste is decomposed into fine foam to deeply clean slits between teeth, so that teeth are effectively maintained.
However, in the process of using the electric toothbrush, the site of periodontitis, caries, gingival bleeding, and the like can be felt only by the pain at the site of contact with the toothbrush, and it is difficult to observe dental calculus, plaque, and the like. Many manufacturers have formed bristles into shapes that substantially conform to teeth in order to better clean the teeth at positions such as crevices, but it is difficult to effectively clean the teeth because the shapes of the respective teeth are different and the widths of the crevices are different.
Disclosure of Invention
To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a toothbrush, a toothbrush control method, and a toothbrush control system.
According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a toothbrush comprising: a toothbrush head comprising a plurality of bristle carriers and a stub handle; bristles arranged on the bristle carriers; the information acquisition component is arranged on the toothbrush head and used for acquiring data information inside the oral cavity; a bristle trim assembly coupled to the one or more bristle holders, wherein the bristle trim assembly can adjust the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the data information.
In one embodiment, a hair adjustment assembly comprises: a lifting mechanism connected to one or more bristle carriers; a drive motor coupled to the lift mechanism for driving the lift mechanism to adjust the position of the one or more bristle carriers.
In one embodiment, the toothbrush further comprises: a handle connected to the toothbrush head; and the controller is arranged on the handle and used for controlling the driving motor based on the data information.
In one embodiment, the bristle holders are provided in two, including a first bristle holder and a second bristle holder; a bristle trim assembly connected to the first bristle holder and/or the second bristle holder.
In one embodiment, the first bristle carrier is provided with a through hole in an annular shape, and the second bristle carrier is arranged through the through hole; or, the first bristle carrier is provided with a through groove in a U shape, and the second bristle carrier is arranged in the through groove.
In one embodiment, the lift mechanism comprises: one or more cams, each of the one or more cams abutting a bottom portion of one of the plurality of bristle carriers; a link having one end drivingly connected to the drive motor and the other end drivingly connected to the one or more cams for adjusting the position of the one or more bristle carriers by changing the angle of the cams.
In one embodiment, the lift mechanism comprises: one or more wedges each abutting a bottom of one of the plurality of bristle carriers; and one end of the driving rod is in transmission connection with the driving motor, and the other end of the driving rod is abutted against the wedge block through the wedge surface and used for adjusting the positions of the plurality of bristle carriers by changing the position of the wedge block.
In one embodiment, the data information includes image information, and the information acquisition assembly includes: the image acquisition device is used for acquiring image information inside the oral cavity; and the auxiliary lamp is used for supplementing light for the image acquisition device.
In one embodiment, the data information includes environmental information, and the information collecting component further includes: the oral cavity environment acquisition device is used for acquiring the internal environment information of the oral cavity.
In one embodiment, the environmental information includes at least one of: pH information, odor information, and temperature information.
In one embodiment, the toothbrush further comprises: the sending and receiving device is in communication connection with the information acquisition assembly and is used for sending the data information to the terminal equipment and receiving an adjusting instruction obtained by the terminal equipment based on the data information; the controller controls the drive motor based on the adjustment command.
In one embodiment, the toothbrush further comprises: the vibrating component is used for vibrating the toothbrush head; the controller controls the vibration assembly to adjust at least one of a frequency, an amplitude, and a vibration direction of the vibration of the brush head based on the data information.
According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a toothbrush control method applied to the toothbrush according to any of the above first aspect and the first aspect embodiments, the method including: collecting data information inside the oral cavity through the information collection assembly; adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the data information.
In an embodiment, the data information comprises at least one of: image information, pH information, odor information, and temperature information.
In one embodiment, adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the data information comprises: determining a tooth type and/or a tooth state based on the data information; adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the tooth type and/or tooth condition.
In one embodiment, adjusting the position of one or more bristle holders based on the data information comprises: sending the data information to terminal equipment; receiving an adjusting instruction obtained by the terminal equipment based on the data information; adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the adjustment instructions.
In an embodiment, the method further comprises: and adjusting at least one of the frequency, the amplitude and the vibration direction of the vibration of the toothbrush head based on the data information.
According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a toothbrush control system comprising:
the toothbrush according to the first aspect and any embodiment of the first aspect, wherein the toothbrush sends the data information acquired by the information acquisition component to a terminal device; and adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on adjustment instructions sent by the terminal device; and the terminal equipment is in communication connection with the toothbrush and is used for receiving the data information, obtaining a corresponding adjusting instruction based on the data information and sending the adjusting instruction to the toothbrush.
In an embodiment, the system further comprises: and the server receives and stores the data information sent by the terminal equipment.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:
data information in the oral cavity is collected through the information collecting assembly, and based on the data information, the positions of one or more bristle carriers are adjusted, so that the toothbrush can adjust the shape of the hairbrush according to different types and shapes of teeth, and the teeth are cleaned more thoroughly.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a toothbrush structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 2 is a schematic view showing a toothbrush head structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 3 and 4 are schematic views illustrating a connection structure of a drive mechanism to a bristle holder portion according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 5 is a schematic top view illustrating a bristle carrier and bristle configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 6 is a side schematic view illustrating a bristle holder and bristle configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view illustrating a drive mechanism and bristle holder portion connection configuration according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 8 is a block flow diagram illustrating a toothbrush control method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 9 is a block flow diagram illustrating a toothbrush control method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 10 is a block flow diagram illustrating a toothbrush control method according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
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Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.
According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a toothbrush capable of adjusting a shape of a brush according to different types and shapes of teeth to clean the teeth more thoroughly.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a toothbrush structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 2 is a schematic view showing a toothbrush head according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present disclosure provides a toothbrush 100 including a head 10, bristles 20, an information collecting assembly 30, and a bristle setting assembly.
Toothbrush head 10 includes a plurality of bristle carriers 11 and a short handle 12. Bristles 20 are disposed in a plurality of bristle carriers 11. Specifically, the short handle 12 is hollow inside, and the bristle holder 11 is located at an end position of the short handle 12. Each bristle carrier 11 is provided with bristles 20. the bristles 20 may be comprised of a plurality of bristle tufts or a plurality of discrete bristles uniformly disposed on one surface of the bristle carrier 11.
The information collecting component 30 is disposed on the toothbrush head 10 for collecting data information inside the oral cavity. The bristle setting assembly can be adjusted accordingly by further detection or analysis based on the collected data information. In one embodiment, the data information may include image information, and the information collecting assembly 30 may include an image collecting device 31 for collecting image information of the interior of the oral cavity. The image pickup device 31 may be disposed at an end of the toothbrush head 10 adjacent to the bristles 20. The image capturing device 31 may be, for example, a visible light camera, an infrared camera, or both a visible light camera and an infrared camera, wherein the visible light camera is used for capturing a visible light image and is used for image detection and analysis, and the infrared camera may capture an image in a dark environment and capture an image with depth and temperature information. Correspondingly, the information collecting assembly 30 further includes an auxiliary lamp 32, and the auxiliary lamp 32 is used for supplementing light for the image collecting device. The auxiliary light 32 may be provided at an end of the brush head 10 near the image pickup device 31. The auxiliary lamp 32 may be, for example, a visible light auxiliary lamp, an infrared supplementary lamp, or both, corresponding to the type of the image pickup device.
In one embodiment, the data information may further include environmental information, and the information collecting component 30 may further include an oral environment collecting device (not shown) for collecting environmental information of the inside of the oral cavity. Inside the oral cavity, except can carrying out the analysis through the image like shape, colour, the whether have the color spot etc. of tooth and gum, can also detect the state of organs such as oral cavity tooth through other environmental information in the oral cavity, through more comprehensive and multiple type of information, can carry out more accurate comprehensive judgement to the state in the oral cavity.
In one embodiment, the environmental information may include at least one of: pH information, odor information, and temperature information. In this embodiment, the oral environment acquisition device may include one of: the PH sensor, the odor sensor and the temperature sensor collect corresponding information by arranging corresponding sensors.
The bristle trim assembly is connected to one or more bristle holders 11, wherein the bristle trim assembly can adjust the position of one or more bristle holders 11 based on the data information collected by the information collecting assembly 30 within the oral cavity. The bristle adjusting assembly can be connected with all the bristle carriers 11, and all the bristle carriers 11 can be driven by the bristle adjusting assembly to adjust the positions, particularly the bristle carriers 11 can move relatively, so that the relative position relation of the bristles 20 can be adjusted, the bristle shape of the toothbrush 100 can be changed, and the toothbrush can adapt to different conditions; the bristle trim assembly can also be connected to a portion of the bristle holders 11, and by actuating to change the position of a portion of the bristle holders 11, it is also possible to adjust the relative positional relationship between the bristle holders 11, and thus, change the shape of the bristles of the toothbrush 100.
In the above embodiment, the data information of the inside of the oral cavity is collected by the information collecting assembly 30, and the position of one or more bristle holders 11 is adjusted based on the data information to make the bristles 20 take different shapes, for example, the type and shape of the tooth currently cleaned is judged based on the image information of the inside of the oral cavity collected by the image collecting device 31, so that the position of one or more bristle holders 11 is adjusted to make the free ends of the bristles 20 on the bristle holders 11 flush or undulate. So that the bristles 20 can be better fitted to teeth, and the adaptability to different types and shapes of teeth is improved, thereby improving the cleaning capability of the teeth.
In some embodiments, the bristle trim assembly includes an elevator mechanism 41 and a drive motor 42, the elevator mechanism 41 being connected to one or more of the bristle holders 11. A drive motor 42 is coupled to the elevator mechanism 41 for driving the elevator mechanism 41 to adjust the position of one or more bristle carriers 11. The elevator mechanism 41 can move one or a portion of the connected bristle holders 11 and can move the bristle holder 11 up and down based on the drive motor 42 to adjust the relative elevational relationship between the bristles 20 at the upper ends of the different bristle holders 11. In the case where the lifting mechanism 41 is coupled to a portion of the bristle holders 11, the portion of the bristle holders 11 can be synchronously lifted to adjust the relative positions of the portion of the bristle holders 11 to the other bristle holders 11; the bristle holders 11 connected to the elevating mechanism 41 may be independently moved up and down to change the shape of the bristles 20. The elevating mechanism 41 may be connected to all of the bristle holders 11, and may adjust the relative positions of the bristle holders 11, may be adjusted in groups, or may be adjusted independently. For example, the free ends of the bristles 20 on the plurality of bristle holders 11 are made flush or undulate by the lift mechanism 41.
In some embodiments, toothbrush 100 further comprises handle 50 and controller 60. Handle 50 is connected to head 10. Handle 50 includes a leading end and a trailing end, and the leading end of handle 50 may be removably attached to head 10 or may be integrally formed therewith. The handle 50 is provided with a charging interface 51 at the rear end thereof, for example, a USB interface, and a rechargeable battery 52 connected to the charging interface 51, a circuit board 53 connected to the rechargeable battery 52, and a switch 54 connected to the circuit board 53 may be provided in the handle 50. The handle 50 may also be provided with a manual button 55 for manually controlling the switch 54. A controller 60 is disposed within the handle 50, and the controller 50 is configured to control the drive motor 42 based on the data information such that the drive motor 42 drives the elevator mechanism 41 to move up and down to adjust the position of one or more bristle holders 11. In one embodiment, the controller 60 may be electrically connected to the information collecting assembly 30, and configured to obtain data information collected by the information collecting assembly 30, and control the driving motor 42 based on the data information to adjust the overall shape of the bristle 20, in this embodiment, a corresponding relationship between the data information and the shape of the bristle 20 may be preset, and the controller 60 determines a shape of the bristle 20 suitable for the current situation based on the data information, so as to control the driving motor 42, which may be implemented by a simple model due to the space limitation of the toothbrush and the computing capability of the controller 60.
In one embodiment, the toothbrush 100 further comprises a sending and receiving device 70, wherein the sending and receiving device 70 is in communication connection with the information collecting assembly 30, and is used for sending data information to a terminal device and receiving an adjusting instruction obtained by the terminal device based on the data information; the controller 60 controls the drive motor 42 based on the adjustment command. In order to obtain more accurate oral conditions based on comprehensive and abundant data information and adjust the toothbrush 100, in this embodiment, the toothbrush 100 is provided with a sending and receiving device 70, the sending and receiving device 70 is electrically connected with the information collecting component 30 for obtaining the data information collected by the information collecting component 30 and sending the data information to a terminal device, such as a mobile phone, etc., by means of bluetooth, WiFi, etc., a greater computing power is enhanced by the terminal device, a more accurate adjustment scheme can be obtained by a more complex model, such as a neural network model, etc., the terminal device generates an adjustment instruction based on the data information and sends the adjustment instruction to the sending and receiving device 70, the sending and receiving device 70 is further electrically connected with the controller 60 for sending the adjustment instruction to the controller 60 after receiving the adjustment instruction, the controller 60 controls the driving motor 42 according to the adjustment instruction, thereby adjusting the toothbrush 100.
Fig. 3 and 4 are schematic views illustrating a connection structure of a drive mechanism to a bristle holder portion according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, as shown in figures 1, 3 and 4, the lifting mechanism 41 includes a link 44 and one or more cams 43 disposed within the toothbrush head 10. One or more cams 43 each abut the bottom of one or more bristle carriers 11. The link 44 is drivingly connected at one end to the drive motor 42 and at the other end to one or more cams 43 for adjusting the position of one or more bristle holders 11 by changing the angle of the cams 43. In this embodiment, the shape and angle of the cams 43 and the angular relationship between the cams 43 can be set in advance, so that the state of the cams 43 can be changed collectively by the links 44, and the height of the bristle holder 11 can be changed based on the abutment of the cams 43 with the bristle holder 11.
In one embodiment, for example, the cam 43 may be V-shaped, with the two separate ends of the V being connected to the bottom of the bristle holder 11, and the two ends meeting at a link 44, such that rotation of the link 44 causes the V-shaped cam 43 to oscillate to adjust the elevation of the bristle holder 11.
Fig. 5 is a schematic top view illustrating a bristle carrier and bristle configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 6 is a side schematic view illustrating a bristle holder and bristle configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 5 and 6, in some embodiments, the bristle holders 11 are provided in two, including a first bristle holder 111 and a second bristle holder 1112. The bristle trim assembly 40 is connected 112 to the first bristle holder 111 and/or the second bristle holder. In this embodiment, two bristle holders 11 are provided, one of which is connected to the bristle trim assembly 40, or both of which are connected to the bristle trim assembly 40, to change the configuration of the bristles 20 by adjusting the position between the first bristle holder 111 and the second bristle holder 112.
In one embodiment, the first bristle holder 111 can be formed with a through hole in the shape of a ring, and the second bristle holder 112 can be formed through the through hole. The first bristle holder 111 is generally ring-shaped, and has a circular, oval, racetrack-shaped, rectangular, etc. periphery, and a through hole in the middle, wherein the shape of the through hole may correspond to the shape of the periphery or may be different. The second bristle holder 112 can be shaped to correspond to the through-holes through which it is disposed. Thereby realizing the shapes of the brush hair which is parallel and level, the inner part is low and the outer part is high, the inner part is high and the outer part is low, so as to meet different oral cavity conditions.
In other embodiments, the first bristle holder defines a U-shaped channel and the second bristle holder defines a channel. Arranged similarly to the previous embodiment, in this embodiment, the first bristle holder is in the shape of a semi-enclosure and the second bristle holder is disposed within the semi-enclosure.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the bristles 20 can assume different shapes by driving one of the first and second bristle holders 111, 112 up and down and the other fixed by a drive mechanism in the bristle trim assembly 40. For example, the cam 43 is disposed at the bottom of the second bristle body 112 to drive the second bristle body 112 to move up and down, and the first bristle body 111 is fixed in such a way that the first bristles 201 on the first bristle holder 111 are flush with the second bristles 202 on the second bristle holder or the second bristles 202 are recessed in the first bristles 201. Alternatively, the bristles 20 may assume different configurations by the way in which the base of each of the first and second bristle holders 111, 112 is driven up and down by the drive mechanism 41. For example, by providing cams 43 on the bottom of the first bristle holder 111 and the second bristle holder 112, respectively, the two cams 43 have different lengths along their respective longitudinal axes to raise and lower the first bristle holder 111 and the second bristle holder 112 by different heights so that the first bristles 201 on the first bristle holder 111 and the second bristles 202 on the second bristle holder 112 are flush or the second bristles 202 are recessed within the first bristles 201. The two cams 43 of the present embodiment may be connected to the same link via respective camshafts, or may be connected to the same link via other transmission components.
In some embodiments, three, four, or more bristle carriers 11 may be provided depending on the cross-sectional area of the head 10. For example, the bristle carrier 11 can be provided with three bristle carriers 11 arranged transversely on the toothbrush head 10, or three longitudinally arranged bristle carriers 11, or three concentric annular bristle carriers 11 of different diameters, or a plurality of bristle carriers 11 in the form of modules, for example nine block-shaped bristle carriers 11 in the form of a grid. Different types of bristle 20 shapes can be realized by different shapes and arrangements of the bristle holders 11, and different requirements can be met.
In some embodiments, fig. 7 is a schematic view illustrating a connection structure of a drive mechanism to a bristle holder portion according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1 and 7, the bristles 20 of the present embodiment are bristle tufts. As a variation of the lifting mechanism 41, the lifting mechanism 41 comprises one or more wedge blocks 45 and a drive rod 44', the one or more wedge blocks 45 abutting against the bottom of the one or more bristle carriers 11, respectively; the drive rod 44' is drivingly connected at one end to the drive motor 42 and at the other end is in abutment with the wedge block 45 via the wedge surface 46 for adjusting the position of the one or more bristle carriers 111 by changing the position of the wedge block 45. Specifically, wedge surface 46 may be slidably connected to the inner wall of head 10 by a sliding member or guide. For example, a guide rod 461 is disposed on the bottom surface of the wedge surface 46, a guide groove (not shown) is disposed on the inner wall of the bottom side of the toothbrush head 10 and is engaged with the guide rod 461, and one end of the driving rod 44 'can be drivingly connected to the driving motor 42 through a gear mechanism (not shown) to change the driving direction of the driving rod 44' so as to move the wedge block 45 along the guide groove. The position of one or more of the bristle holders 11 is adjusted by the difference in slope height of the wedge blocks 45 to allow the bristles 20 to change form.
In one embodiment, the toothbrush further comprises a vibration assembly (not shown) for vibrating the head of the toothbrush to effect automatic cleaning; the controller 60 controls the vibration assembly to adjust at least one of a frequency, an amplitude, and a vibration direction of the vibration of the brush head based on the data information so that the vibration of the vibration assembly can be adapted to a current oral state of a current user. The vibratory assembly may be a vibratory motor, which may be disposed within the toothbrush head 10. Alternatively, a vibration motor is provided at the handle 50, and the vibration motor is connected to a connecting member mounted with an eccentric wheel, which is extended into the inside of the toothbrush head 10, thereby performing vibration of the toothbrush head 10.
Based on the same inventive concept, there is also provided a toothbrush control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to the toothbrush according to the first aspect and the embodiment of the first aspect, and fig. 8 is a block flow diagram illustrating a toothbrush control method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 8, the present disclosure provides a toothbrush control method 200 including steps S11 and S12:
step S11, collecting information data inside the oral cavity through an information collection assembly;
wherein the information data comprises at least one of: image information, pH information, odor information, and temperature information.
In this embodiment, the information collecting assembly may include at least one of the following image collecting devices such as a camera, a PH sensor, an odor sensor, and a temperature sensor. The camera is used for shooting pictures and images of the inside of the oral cavity, such as pictures and images of teeth and periodontium, the pH sensor is used for sensing the pH value of the oral cavity, the odor sensor is used for sensing the odor of the oral cavity, and the temperature sensor is used for sensing the temperature of the inside of the oral cavity.
At step S12, the position of one or more of the bristle holders is adjusted based on the data information.
In this embodiment, data information is collected from the interior of the mouth by the information collection assembly, and the position of one or more of the bristle holders is adjusted so that the bristles on the bristle holders can assume different configurations, such as, for example, the free ends of the bristles 20 on the bristle holder 11 can be flush or undulate. So that the bristles can better fit the teeth and deeply clean the slits between the teeth.
Fig. 9 is a block flow diagram illustrating a toothbrush control method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, step S12 may include steps S121 and S122:
step S121, determining the tooth type and/or the tooth state based on the data information;
in step S122, the position of one or more bristle holders is adjusted based on the tooth type and/or tooth condition.
In the embodiment, the type and the state of the currently cleaned teeth are determined through the collected data information, such as image information and the like, wherein the type of the teeth comprises incisors, canines and molars. The state of the teeth includes: dental caries, red and swollen gum, gingival bleeding, dental calculus, tooth gap width and tooth gap depth. For example: when the type of the teeth is determined to be the front teeth, the positions of one or more bristle carriers are adjusted to enable the bristles on the bristle carriers to be relatively flush, or the bristle carriers on two sides are adjusted to ascend so that the bristles on two sides are extended, and the bristle carrier in the middle descends so that the bristles are shortened. For example: when determining that the type of tooth is dog tooth or molar, the adjustment outer loop bristle carrier rises, and inner loop bristle carrier descends, and under this state, the brush hair more laminates the tooth, and is comprehensive clean to the tooth, can also carry out degree of depth to the slit between the teeth clean.
Fig. 10 is a block flow diagram illustrating a toothbrush control method according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 10, step S12 may further include step S123, step S124, and step S125.
Step S123, sending data information to the terminal equipment; step S124, receiving an adjusting instruction obtained by the terminal equipment based on the information data; in step S125, the position of one or more bristle holders is adjusted based on the adjustment instructions. In this embodiment, the terminal device includes any one of: the mobile phone, the tablet personal computer, the desktop computer and the notebook computer can carry out real-time communication in the modes of Bluetooth, WiFi and the like. Through the powerful computing power of terminal equipment and bigger memory space, can be provided with more complicated model in advance in terminal equipment, like neural network model etc. with data information input model, obtain the adjustment mode that is fit for the current oral cavity condition through the model, and generate corresponding adjustment instruction, send adjustment instruction to the toothbrush again to the adjustment brush hair.
In some embodiments, the toothbrush control method may further include step S13.
And step S13, adjusting at least one of the frequency, amplitude and vibration direction of the vibration of the toothbrush head based on the data information. This embodiment, the gum that gathers based on the information acquisition subassembly is red swelling, gum bleeding information, reduces the vibration frequency and the amplitude size of toothbrush head. Based on the tooth calculus information acquired by the information acquisition assembly, the vibration frequency of the vibration assembly of the toothbrush is increased, the amplitude is increased, and the vibration direction is changed from up-down vibration to front-back movement vibration.
Based on the same inventive concept, according to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a toothbrush control system. The system includes the toothbrush 100 of any of the embodiments described above, and a terminal device. The terminal device is in communication connection with the toothbrush 100, and is configured to receive the data information, obtain a corresponding adjustment instruction based on the data information, and send the adjustment instruction to the toothbrush 100, so that the toothbrush 100 can adjust the shape of the bristles to be suitable for the current oral cavity state. In one embodiment, the configuration of the bristles may be manually selected by the terminal device to generate adjustment instructions and send the adjustment instructions to the toothbrush 100.
In an embodiment, the toothbrush control system may further comprise: and the server receives and stores the data information sent by the terminal equipment.
After the user finishes the tooth brushing process, information data inside the oral cavity are transmitted to the terminal APP, and the terminal APP pushes related nursing knowledge, suggestions and solutions to be referred by the user. And the server receives the stored information data for synchronization.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.
It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.
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1. A toothbrush, comprising:
a toothbrush head comprising a plurality of bristle carriers and a stub handle;
bristles disposed on a plurality of the bristle carriers;
the information acquisition component is arranged on the toothbrush head and used for acquiring data information in the oral cavity;
a bristle trim assembly coupled to one or more of the bristle holders, wherein the bristle trim assembly is capable of adjusting the position of one or more of the bristle holders based on the data information.
2. The toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the bristle trim assembly comprises:
an elevator mechanism connected to the one or more bristle holders;
a drive motor coupled to the lift mechanism for driving the lift mechanism to adjust the position of the one or more bristle carriers.
3. The toothbrush of claim 2, further comprising:
a handle connected to the toothbrush head;
and the controller is arranged on the handle and used for controlling the driving motor based on the data information.
4. The toothbrush of claim 3,
the two bristle carriers comprise a first bristle carrier and a second bristle carrier;
the bristle trim assembly is connected to the first bristle holder and/or the second bristle holder.
5. The toothbrush of claim 4,
the first bristle carrier is provided with a through hole in an annular shape, and the second bristle carrier penetrates through the through hole; or the first bristle carrier is provided with a through groove in a U shape, and the second bristle carrier is arranged in the through groove.
6. The toothbrush of claim 3, wherein the lift mechanism comprises:
one or more cams abutting the bottom of the one or more bristle carriers, respectively;
a link having one end drivingly connected to the drive motor and the other end drivingly connected to the one or more cams for adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders by changing the angle of the cams.
7. The toothbrush of claim 3, wherein the lift mechanism comprises:
one or more wedges respectively abutting the bottom of the one or more bristle carriers;
and one end of the driving rod is in transmission connection with the driving motor, and the other end of the driving rod is abutted against the wedge block through a wedge surface and used for adjusting the positions of the plurality of bristle carriers by changing the position of the wedge block.
8. The toothbrush of claim 3, wherein the data information includes image information, the information-gathering assembly including:
an image acquisition device for acquiring the image information inside the oral cavity;
and the auxiliary lamp is used for supplementing light for the image acquisition device.
9. The toothbrush of claim 8, wherein the data information includes environmental information, the information-gathering component further comprising:
the oral cavity environment acquisition device is used for acquiring the environment information in the oral cavity.
10. The toothbrush of claim 9, wherein the environmental information includes at least one of: pH information, odor information, and temperature information.
11. The toothbrush of any of claims 3-10, further comprising:
the sending and receiving device is in communication connection with the information acquisition assembly and is used for sending the data information to terminal equipment and receiving an adjusting instruction obtained by the terminal equipment based on the data information;
the controller controls the drive motor based on the adjustment command.
12. The toothbrush of claim 3, further comprising:
a vibration assembly for vibrating the toothbrush head;
the controller controls the vibration assembly to adjust at least one of a frequency, an amplitude, and a vibration direction of the vibration of the brush head based on the data information.
13. A toothbrush control method applied to the toothbrush according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the method comprises:
collecting data information inside the oral cavity through the information collection assembly;
adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the data information.
14. The toothbrush control method of claim 13, wherein the data information includes at least one of: image information, pH information, odor information, and temperature information.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein said adjusting the position of said one or more bristle holders based on said data information comprises:
determining a tooth type and/or a tooth state based on the data information;
adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the tooth type and/or tooth condition.
16. The method of controlling a toothbrush according to any of claims 13 to 15, wherein adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the data information comprises:
sending the data information to terminal equipment;
receiving an adjusting instruction obtained by the terminal equipment based on the data information;
adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on the adjustment instructions.
17. The toothbrush control method of any one of claims 13-15, further comprising:
and adjusting at least one of the frequency, the amplitude and the vibration direction of the vibration of the toothbrush head based on the data information.
18. A toothbrush control system, comprising:
the toothbrush according to any one of claims 1 to 12, which transmits the data information acquired by the information acquisition component to a terminal device; and adjusting the position of the one or more bristle holders based on adjustment instructions sent by the terminal device;
and the terminal equipment is in communication connection with the toothbrush and is used for receiving the data information, obtaining a corresponding adjusting instruction based on the data information and sending the adjusting instruction to the toothbrush.
19. The toothbrush control system of claim 18, further comprising:
and the server receives and stores the data information sent by the terminal equipment.
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