CN114271978A - A control method, device, system and electronic device for an electric toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a control device, a control system and electronic equipment of an electric toothbrush, wherein the control method comprises the following steps: acquiring oral cavity image information of a patient, wherein the oral cavity image information comprises a plurality of tooth image information corresponding to teeth at different oral cavity positions; determining oral diseases of the patient according to the tooth image information; generating a tooth brushing strategy corresponding to the oral disease according to the oral disease; wherein the oral disease and the tooth brushing strategy are in a preset mapping relation; controlling an electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy; the invention provides a scientific tooth brushing mode.

Description

A control method, device, system and electronic device for an electric toothbrush

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of electric toothbrushes, and in particular relates to a control method, device, system and electronic equipment of an electric toothbrush.

Background technique

Brushing is a well-known method of oral care and an essential method for removing plaque and reducing abnormal tooth discoloration. If the food residue on the tooth surface cannot be removed in time, it will provide extremely rich nutrients for bacteria, and the bacteria can proliferate in large quantities and produce more harmful substances at the same time.

The brushing efficiency of electric toothbrushes is higher than that of ordinary manual brushing, but if you do not master the correct brushing method, electric toothbrushes cannot effectively protect your teeth.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to overcome the above technical defects, the present invention provides a control method, device, system and electronic device for an electric toothbrush, so as to provide a scientific way of brushing teeth.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a control method for an electric toothbrush, the control method comprising:

acquiring oral image information of a patient, wherein the oral image information includes several tooth image information corresponding to teeth in different oral positions;

Determine the patient's oral disease according to a number of the tooth image information;

generating a brushing strategy corresponding to the oral disease according to the oral disease; wherein the oral disease and the tooth brushing strategy are in a preset mapping relationship;

The electric toothbrush is controlled according to the brushing strategy.

In some embodiments of the present invention, before acquiring the image information of the patient's oral cavity, the method further includes: irradiating the patient's teeth with light that can undergo a fluorescent reaction with the teeth, so as to determine the position and degree of dental plaque in the patient's oral cavity.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the oral cavity image information includes location and degree information of dental plaque and/or dental calculus area information.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the brushing strategy includes brushing duration, vibration frequency, and brushing prompt voice.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the controlling the electric toothbrush according to the tooth brushing strategy includes: outputting strategy information of the position of the electric toothbrush in the patient's oral cavity according to the oral disease.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the controlling the electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy further includes: acquiring posture information of the electric toothbrush in the patient's oral cavity; controlling the electric toothbrush according to the posture information and the position strategy information .

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a control device for an electric toothbrush, the control device comprising:

an acquisition device configured to acquire oral image information of a patient, wherein the oral image information includes a plurality of tooth image information corresponding to teeth in different oral positions;

an oral disease determination device, configured to determine a patient's oral disease according to a plurality of the tooth image information;

A tooth brushing strategy generating device is configured to generate a tooth brushing strategy corresponding to the oral disease according to the oral disease; wherein the oral disease and the tooth brushing strategy are in a preset mapping relationship.

An electric toothbrush control device configured to control the electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a control system for an electric toothbrush is provided, including an electronic device and an electric toothbrush that implement the control method in the above technical solution.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable medium on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, implements the control method in the above technical solution.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device is provided, including:

processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions for the processor;

Wherein, the processor is configured to execute the control method as in the above technical solution by executing the executable instructions.

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the present invention at least has the following beneficial effects:

In the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the oral disease of the patient can be determined by acquiring the oral image information of the patient, and the oral image information includes several tooth image information corresponding to the teeth in different oral positions; and the oral disease can be determined; With the preset mapping relationship with the brushing strategy, the electric toothbrush is controlled according to oral diseases, which is convenient for patients to use the electric toothbrush scientifically, which can greatly reduce the time, money and energy that patients pay for oral problems.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without any creative effort.

1 is a flowchart of a control method of an electric toothbrush provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2a is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2b is a side view of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

3a is a schematic structural diagram of an electric toothbrush provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

3b is a side view of an electric toothbrush provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of another combined electric toothbrush provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a structural block diagram of a control device for an electric toothbrush provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments, however, can be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided in order to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the technical solutions of the present invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or other methods, components, devices, steps, etc. may be employed. In other instances, well-known methods, devices, implementations, or operations have not been shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the present invention.

The block diagrams shown in the figures are merely functional entities and do not necessarily necessarily correspond to physically separate entities. That is, these functional entities may be implemented in software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different networks and/or processor devices and/or microcontroller devices entity.

The flowcharts shown in the figures are only exemplary illustrations and do not necessarily include all contents and operations/steps, nor do they have to be performed in the order described. For example, some operations/steps can be decomposed, and some operations/steps can be combined or partially combined, so the actual execution order may be changed according to the actual situation.

Brushing is a well-known method of oral care and an essential method for removing plaque and reducing abnormal tooth discoloration. If the food residue on the tooth surface cannot be removed in time, it will provide extremely rich nutrients for bacteria, and the bacteria can proliferate in large quantities and produce more harmful substances at the same time.

Based on the background that the electric toothbrush cannot effectively protect the teeth if the patient does not master the correct tooth brushing method, implementing the embodiments of the present invention is conducive to determining an appropriate tooth brushing strategy according to the specific situation of the patient's oral cavity, and improves the intelligence of the electric toothbrush.

A method for controlling an electric toothbrush provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to an electronic device, and the electronic device may include a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, or any other device with a display screen. device.

Referring to FIG. 1, the control method for an electric toothbrush provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes steps S10, S20, S30 and S40, wherein:

In step S10, the oral cavity image information of the patient is acquired, wherein the oral cavity image information includes several tooth image information corresponding to teeth in different oral cavity positions. Due to the distribution positions of the teeth in the patient's mouth, the electronic device needs to acquire a plurality of tooth image information, and determine the area of the patient's mouth with dental plaque and dental calculus from the dental plaque and dental calculus.

In some embodiments of the present invention, before step S10, the method further includes: step S01: irradiating the patient's teeth with light that can react with the teeth fluorescently to determine the position and degree of dental plaque in the patient's oral cavity.

In one embodiment, referring to FIGS. 2a and 2b, as shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b, the electronic device 100 includes a switch 110, an indicator light 120, a camera module 130, a charging connection port 140, a battery 150 and a control circuit board 160. The camera module 130 further includes an optical lens 131 , a light source 132 and a camera 133 . When the light emitted by the light source 312 illuminates the teeth, the dental plaque on the teeth will undergo a fluorescent reaction to generate fluorescence. It should be understood that in other embodiments, the electronic device may not have the light source 132 and an external light source is used to illuminate the teeth in the oral cavity. In one embodiment, the electronic device is pre-set with a camera 133 for taking photos of teeth, and the electronic device can determine the location of the dental plaque in the patient's mouth by irradiating the patient's teeth with light that can react fluorescently with the teeth. and degree and/or calculus area; the light source 132 provides illumination for the camera 133 in addition to the fluorescent reaction with the teeth.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in step S10, the oral cavity image information includes location and degree information of dental plaque and/or dental calculus area information.

In step S20, the oral disease of the patient is determined according to a plurality of the dental image information; the electronic device obtains a plurality of dental image information through the camera, since the dental image information carries the position and degree information of the dental plaque and/or the dental calculus area , you can determine whether the user has oral diseases. In one embodiment, the electronic device may display the oral disease and the area of the oral disease on the corresponding 3D tooth model.

In step S30, a tooth brushing strategy corresponding to the oral disease is generated according to the oral disease; wherein the oral disease and the tooth brushing strategy are in a preset mapping relationship.

In step S40, the electric toothbrush is controlled according to the brushing strategy. In some embodiments of the present invention, the brushing strategy includes brushing duration and vibration frequency.

In one embodiment, referring to FIGS. 3a and 3b, as shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b, the electric toothbrush 200 includes a switch 210, an indicator light 220, a toothbrush head 230, a charging interface 240, a battery 250, and a control circuit board 260 , a motor 270 and a connecting pin 280 ; the toothbrush head 230 also includes bristles 231 and connecting holes 232 . The motor 270 inside the electric toothbrush is composed of a high-speed miniature DC motor and an eccentric wheel; the speed of the motor 270 is controlled by outputting PWM waves of different frequencies and duty ratios; the motor 270 is controlled by outputting high/low level signals start-stop. In this embodiment, the maximum speed of the high-speed micro DC motor is 31000rpm; if the PWM frequency for controlling the motor speed is too low, the high-speed micro DC motor will work unstable, and if the frequency is just within the range of human hearing, there will be relatively large noise, Within the working range of the motor, the frequency of 10kHZ is selected and used in this embodiment; the calculation formula of the rotational speed of the motor 270 is as follows:

s=S _max *D; where S _max represents the maximum speed of the motor, and D represents the duty cycle of the PWM;

In one embodiment, in an area with more plaque and calculus detected, the electronic device controls the electric toothbrush to output a high-frequency vibration mode, and at the same time, for areas with more plaque and/or calculus, Extend the brushing time of the electric toothbrush; in the detected healthy oral area, output a low-frequency vibration pattern, while reducing the brushing time of the electric toothbrush.

In the area where more plaque and calculus are detected, the electronic device controls the electric toothbrush to output a high-frequency vibration mode. At this time, the PWM duty cycle is 90%-100%; in the detected healthy oral area, the low-frequency output is output. vibration mode, the duty cycle of PWM is 60-80% at this time.

During the brushing process, the voice of the brushing prompt is broadcast in real time to remind and guide the user to brush their teeth. In the area where more plaque and calculus are detected, the voice prompts that there is plaque and calculus in the current area, and the brushing time needs to be extended, and the toothbrush will be adjusted to high-frequency mode; when a healthy oral area is detected, the voice prompts the current The area is healthy, and the toothbrush will switch to low frequency mode as long as you brush for a normal length of time.

In some embodiments of the present invention, step S40 includes: outputting position strategy information of the electric toothbrush in the oral cavity of the patient according to the oral disease.

Specifically, if the electronic device detects that the user has no oral disease, it outputs the preset position strategy information of the electric toothbrush in the patient's oral cavity, such as the outer surface of the upper jaw, the left occlusal surface of the upper jaw, the inner surface of the upper left side, and the right side of the upper jaw. Outer, right maxillary occlusal surface, maxillary right inner surface, mandibular left lateral surface, mandibular left occlusal surface, mandibular left medial surface, mandibular right lateral surface, mandibular right occlusal surface, mandibular right medial surface in order, output low frequency Vibration mode and preset brushing duration a; if the electronic device detects the presence of dental plaque on the left maxillary occlusal surface of the patient's mouth, it will control the electric toothbrush to output a low-frequency vibration mode and preset brushing duration on the maxillary left occlusal surface b, wherein, the brushing time b is greater than the brushing time a.

In some embodiments of the present invention, after step S40, the method further includes: acquiring posture information of the electric toothbrush in the patient's oral cavity; and controlling the electric toothbrush according to the posture information and the position strategy information.

Specifically, a nine-axis sensor is provided in the electric toothbrush. The model of the nine-axis sensor can be but not limited to MPU-9250. When the user holds the electric toothbrush for brushing, the nine-axis sensor can detect the posture of the toothbrush head of the electric toothbrush. information to determine the position of the electric toothbrush in the oral cavity. If the nine-axis sensor detects that the posture information of the toothbrush head of the electric toothbrush is the left occlusal surface of the upper jaw, the electronic device controls the electric toothbrush to output the appropriate vibration mode and brushing time. Therefore, controlling the electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy can realize flexible adjustment according to the specific conditions of the user's oral cavity, which is beneficial to improve the intelligence of the electric toothbrush.

In one embodiment, the data of the electronic device and the interaction data between the electric toothbrush are transmitted through a wired or wireless network. The network 150 may also include a Local Area Network (LAN) (eg, an internal network), a wireless local area network (Wireless). Local Area Network, WLAN) or Wi-Fi network, third generation (3G) or fourth generation (4G) mobile telecommunication network, Wide Area Network (WAN), Internet (Internet), Bluetooth, or any suitable combination thereof.

In one embodiment, referring to FIGS. 2 a to 3 b , the electronic device 100 and the electric toothbrush 200 have respective complete and independent modules, forming two independent devices. In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 4 , the toothbrush head of the electric toothbrush is detachably connected to the electric toothbrush, and the electronic device is also detachably connected to the electric toothbrush. The electric toothbrush 300 includes a switch 310 , an indicator light 320 , a detection head 330 , a toothbrush head 340 and a connection module 350 . The detection head 330 further includes a connection module 331 and a camera module 332; the connection module 331 also includes a connection hole 3311 and a connection contact 3312 only need to be provided on the electric toothbrush. The toothbrush head 340 further includes connecting holes 341 and bristles 342 . The connection module 350 further includes a connection slot 351 and a connection contact pad 352 . The toothbrush head 340 or the detection head 330 is connected to the connection module 350 of the electric toothbrush 300 through the respective connection holes. When the brushing strategy of a user needs to be determined, the detection head 330 is connected to the electric toothbrush, and the toothbrush will detect that the connection head is The detection head 330 enters the detection program to determine the user's tooth brushing strategy. Then, connect the toothbrush head 340 to the electric toothbrush, the toothbrush will detect that the connection head is the toothbrush head 340 and enter the brushing program, and the user can control the electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy, which is practical and convenient.

In one embodiment, the electric toothbrush may further include a voice module for instructing and prompting the user to brush teeth during the brushing process, and letting the user know the area of the teeth that should be brushed and the current brushing strategy.

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, a control device for an electric toothbrush is provided. Please refer to FIG. 5 . The control device 1000 includes:

The obtaining device 1100 is configured to obtain the oral cavity image information of the patient, wherein the oral cavity image information includes a plurality of tooth image information corresponding to the teeth in different oral cavity positions;

an oral disease determining apparatus 1200, configured to determine a patient's oral disease according to a plurality of the tooth image information;

The tooth brushing strategy generating device 1300 is configured to generate a tooth brushing strategy corresponding to the oral disease according to the oral disease, wherein the oral disease and the tooth brushing strategy are in a preset mapping relationship.

The electric toothbrush control device 1400 is configured to control the electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, the embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for an electric toothbrush, including an electronic device and an electric toothbrush that implement any one of the control methods for an electric toothbrush provided in the embodiments of the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device 2000 , as shown in FIG. 6 , the electronic device 2000 includes a processor 2100 and a memory 2200 . The memory 2200 is used to store a computer program; the processor 2100 is used to execute the computer program and implement any one of the control methods for an electric toothbrush provided by the embodiments of the present invention when the computer program is executed.

It should be understood that the processor may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), and the processor may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processors, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) Circuit, ASIC), Field-Programmable Gate Array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and the like. Wherein, the general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can also be any conventional processor or the like.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the processor is made to implement the A control method for any electric toothbrush.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or some of the steps in the methods disclosed above, functional modules/units in the systems, and devices can be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, and appropriate combinations thereof. In a hardware implementation, the division between functional modules/units mentioned in the above description does not necessarily correspond to the division of physical components; for example, one physical component may have multiple functions, or one function or step may be composed of several physical components Components execute cooperatively. Some or all physical components may be implemented as software executed by a processor, such as a central processing unit, digital signal processor or microprocessor, or as hardware, or as an integrated circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit . Such software may be distributed on computer-readable storage media, which may include computer-readable storage media (or non-transitory media) and communication media (or transitory media).

As is known to those of ordinary skill in the art, the term computer-readable storage medium includes volatile and non-volatile and non-volatile storage media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information, such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Volatile, removable and non-removable media. Computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cartridges, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, Or any other medium that can be used to store the desired information and that can be accessed by a computer. In addition, communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and can include any information delivery media, as is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art .

Exemplarily, the computer-readable storage medium may be an internal storage unit of the electronic device described in the foregoing embodiments, such as a hard disk or a memory of the electronic device. The computer-readable storage medium may also be an external storage device of the electronic device, such as a plug-in hard disk, a smart memory card (Smart MediaCard, SMC), a secure digital (Secure Digital, SD) equipped on the electronic device card, flash card (Flash Card) and so on.

The above are only specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to this. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of various equivalents within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention. Modifications or substitutions should be included within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A method of controlling a power toothbrush, the method comprising:

acquiring oral cavity image information of a patient, wherein the oral cavity image information comprises a plurality of tooth image information corresponding to teeth at different oral cavity positions;

determining oral diseases of the patient according to the tooth image information;

generating a tooth brushing strategy corresponding to the oral disease according to the oral disease; wherein the oral disease and the tooth brushing strategy are in a preset mapping relation;

controlling the electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy.

2. The control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: the acquiring of the oral cavity image information of the patient further comprises:

the teeth of a patient are illuminated by light that fluoresces in reaction with the teeth to determine the location and extent of plaque in the patient's mouth.

3. The control method according to claim 2, characterized in that: the oral cavity image information includes position and extent information of dental plaque and/or calculus region information.

4. The control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: the tooth brushing strategy comprises tooth brushing time length, vibration frequency and tooth brushing prompting voice.

5. The control method according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the controlling an electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy comprises:

and outputting position strategy information of the electric toothbrush in the oral cavity of the patient according to the oral disease.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein the controlling the electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy further comprises thereafter:

acquiring posture information of the electric toothbrush in the oral cavity of a patient;

controlling the electric toothbrush according to the attitude information and the position strategy information.

7. A control device for an electric toothbrush, the control device comprising:

an acquisition device configured to acquire oral cavity image information of a patient, wherein the oral cavity image information includes a plurality of tooth image information corresponding to teeth at different oral cavity positions;

an oral disease determination device configured to determine an oral disease of a patient from a number of the dental image information;

a tooth brushing strategy generating device configured to generate a tooth brushing strategy corresponding to the oral disease according to the oral disease; wherein the oral disease and the tooth brushing strategy are in a preset mapping relation.

An electric toothbrush control device configured to control an electric toothbrush according to the brushing strategy.

8. A control system for an electric toothbrush, comprising an electronic device and an electric toothbrush implementing the control method of any one of claims 1 to 6.

9. A computer-readable medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored thereon, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the control method of any one of claims 1 to 6.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the control method of any one of claims 1 to 6 via execution of the executable instructions.

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