Toothbrush control method and apparatus, storage medium, and mouth-held toothbrush

Abstract

The application discloses a toothbrush control method and device, a storage medium and a mouth-held toothbrush, relates to the technical field of smart homes, and discloses the toothbrush control method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring cleaning data in the process in which a user uses the mouth-held toothbrush to clean the oral cavity; determining the cleaning degree of teeth according to the cleaning data, and reminding the user based on the cleaning degree; wherein the cleaning data comprises at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, a current time period and a current cleaning duration. The toothbrush control method, device, storage medium and mouth-held toothbrush provided by the application are used for reminding the user in the process in which the user uses the mouth-held toothbrush to clean the oral cavity, so that the excessive wear of teeth caused by the cleaning time being too long can be avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of smart home technology, and in particular to a toothbrush control method, device, storage medium, and mouth-held toothbrush. Background Technology

[0002] With the development of science and technology and the improvement of living standards, more and more families are starting to use electric toothbrushes for oral hygiene. Electric toothbrushes typically consist of a brush head and a drive module, which drives the brush head to rotate and clean the mouth.

[0003] In this technology, users need to hold the electric toothbrush and clean their mouths as they would with a regular toothbrush. However, this cleaning method still requires manual control throughout the process, preventing users from doing other things while brushing. Furthermore, it cannot avoid the problem of excessive tooth wear due to prolonged cleaning time.

[0004] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a control method that can monitor the user's oral cleaning process when using an electric toothbrush to avoid excessive cleaning time. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The purpose of this application is to provide a toothbrush control method, device, storage medium, and mouth-held toothbrush, which can provide auxiliary reminders to users during oral cleaning with a mouth-held toothbrush to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0006] This application provides a toothbrush control method applied to a mouth-held toothbrush, the mouth-held toothbrush comprising: multiple brush head units disposed on a U-shaped base; the method comprising: acquiring cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their oral cavity using the mouth-held toothbrush; determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data, and providing a reminder to the user based on the degree of cleanliness; wherein the cleaning data includes at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration.

[0007] Optionally, before acquiring cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush, the method further includes: acquiring an image of the user's mouth and determining the user's tooth distribution information based on the image; determining the angle parameter of each of the plurality of brush head units based on the tooth distribution information; and adjusting the orientation of each brush head unit according to the angle parameter of each brush head unit.

[0008] Optionally, before acquiring cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush, the method further includes: acquiring user information and determining the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth based on the user information and the oral cavity image; the user information includes: user gender and user age; adjusting the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth according to the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth.

[0009] Optionally, after adjusting the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth based on the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth, the method further includes: increasing the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth in response to a user's tapping input on a first side of the mouth-held toothbrush; or decreasing the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth in response to a user's tapping input on a second side of the mouth-held toothbrush; wherein the first side and the second side are the left and right sides of the mouth-held toothbrush, respectively.

[0010] Optionally, the cleaning data includes: a tooth surface image; the step of determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data and reminding the user based on the degree of cleanliness includes: determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the tooth surface image, and generating a first reminder message when the degree of cleanliness meets a preset cleanliness level, and reminding the user based on the first reminder message; wherein, the first reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0011] Optionally, the cleaning data includes: the current time period and the current cleaning duration; the step of determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data and reminding the user based on the degree of cleanliness includes: obtaining the historical average cleaning duration corresponding to the current time period; if the current cleaning duration is greater than or equal to the historical average cleaning duration, generating a second reminder message and reminding the user based on the second reminder message; wherein, the second reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, avoiding excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0012] Optionally, a brush head unit includes a rotary brush head; before generating a second reminder message when the current cleaning time is greater than or equal to the historical average cleaning time, and before reminding the user based on the second reminder message, the method further includes: obtaining the overall average cleaning time, and increasing the rotation speed of the rotary brush head of each brush head unit when the historical average cleaning time is less than the overall average cleaning time.

[0013] This application also provides a toothbrush control device, including:

[0014] The acquisition module is used to acquire cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush; the determination module is used to determine the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data; and the reminder module is used to remind the user based on the degree of cleanliness. The cleaning data includes at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration.

[0015] Optionally, the device further includes: an adjustment module; the acquisition module is further configured to acquire an image of the user's oral cavity; the determination module is further configured to determine the user's tooth distribution information based on the oral cavity image; the determination module is further configured to determine the angle parameter of each of the plurality of brush head units based on the tooth distribution information; and the adjustment module is configured to adjust the orientation of each brush head unit according to the angle parameter of each brush head unit.

[0016] Optionally, the acquisition module is further configured to acquire user information; the determination module is further configured to determine the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth based on the user information and the oral cavity image; the user information includes: user gender and user age; the adjustment module is further configured to adjust the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth according to the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth.

[0017] Optionally, the adjustment module is further configured to increase the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth in response to a user's tapping input on the first side of the mouth-held toothbrush; the adjustment module is further configured to decrease the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth in response to a user's tapping input on the second side of the mouth-held toothbrush; wherein the first side and the second side are the left and right sides of the mouth-held toothbrush, respectively.

[0018] Optionally, the determining module is specifically used to determine the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the tooth surface image, and generate a first reminder message when the degree of cleanliness meets a preset cleanliness level; the reminder module is specifically used to remind the user based on the first reminder message; wherein, the first reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0019] Optionally, the acquisition module is further configured to acquire the historical average cleaning time corresponding to the current time period; the determination module is specifically configured to generate a second reminder message when the current cleaning time is greater than or equal to the historical average cleaning time; the reminder module is specifically configured to remind the user based on the second reminder message; wherein, the second reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0020] Optionally, the acquisition module is further configured to acquire the overall average cleaning time; the adjustment module is further configured to increase the rotation speed of the rotary brush head of each brush head unit when the historical average cleaning time is less than the overall average cleaning time.

[0021] This application also provides a mouth-held toothbrush, including a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to perform steps of the computer program to implement any of the toothbrush control methods described above.

[0022] This application also provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising a stored program, wherein the program, when executed, implements the steps of any of the toothbrush control methods described above.

[0023] This application also provides a computer program product, including a computer program that, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of any of the toothbrush control methods described above.

[0024] The toothbrush control method, device, storage medium, and mouth-held toothbrush provided in this application provide auxiliary reminders for users during oral cleaning using a mouth-held toothbrush. First, during the user's oral cleaning process, cleaning data is acquired, including at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration. Then, the degree of tooth cleanliness is determined based on the cleaning data, and reminders are given to the user based on this determination. In this way, the degree of tooth cleanliness can be judged in real time during oral cleaning using a mouth-held toothbrush, and reminders can be given to the user when cleaning is complete, avoiding excessive tooth wear caused by prolonged cleaning time. Attached Figure Description

[0025] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with this application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of this application.

[0026] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in this application or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0027] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the hardware environment for an interaction method of a smart device according to an embodiment of this application;

[0028] Figure 2 This is a structural schematic diagram of the mouth-held toothbrush provided in this application;

[0029] Figure 3 This is a flowchart illustrating the toothbrush control method provided in this application;

[0030] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the toothbrush control device provided in this application;

[0031] Figure 5 This is a structural diagram of the mouth-held toothbrush provided in this application. Detailed Implementation

[0032] To enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort should fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0033] It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," etc., in the specification, claims, and accompanying drawings of this application are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that such data can be interchanged where appropriate so that the embodiments of this application described herein can be implemented in orders other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0034] According to one aspect of the embodiments of this application, a toothbrush control method is provided. This toothbrush control method is widely used in whole-house intelligent digital control application scenarios such as smart homes, smart home ecosystems, and intelligencehouse ecosystems. Optionally, in this embodiment, the above-mentioned toothbrush control method can be applied to, for example... Figure 1 The hardware environment shown consists of terminal device 102 and server 104. For example... Figure 1As shown, server 104 is connected to terminal device 102 via a network and can be used to provide services (such as application services) to the terminal or clients installed on the terminal. A database can be set up on the server or independently of the server to provide data storage services for server 104. Cloud computing and / or edge computing services can be configured on the server or independently of the server to provide data processing services for server 104.

[0035] The aforementioned network may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: wired network, wireless network. The aforementioned wired network may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: wide area network, metropolitan area network, local area network. The aforementioned wireless network may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Bluetooth. The terminal device 102 may not be limited to PC, mobile phone, tablet computer, smart air conditioner, smart range hood, smart refrigerator, smart oven, smart stove, smart washing machine, smart water heater, smart washing equipment, smart dishwasher, smart projector, smart TV, smart clothes rack, smart curtains, smart audio-visual equipment, smart socket, smart speaker, smart speaker box, smart fresh air equipment, smart kitchen and bathroom equipment, smart bathroom equipment, smart robot vacuum cleaner, smart window cleaning robot, smart mopping robot, smart air purifier, smart steam oven, smart microwave oven, smart water heater, smart air purifier, smart water dispenser, smart door lock, etc.

[0036] Electric toothbrushes work by rapidly rotating or vibrating a motor, causing the brush head to vibrate at high frequency. This instantly breaks down toothpaste into fine foam, deeply cleaning between teeth. Simultaneously, the bristle vibrations promote blood circulation in the mouth and massage the gums. Electric toothbrushes can be broadly categorized into two types: rotary and vibrating. Rotary toothbrushes work on a simpler principle: an electric motor drives a circular brush head to rotate, enhancing friction while performing regular brushing. Rotary toothbrushes are powerful and clean teeth very well, but they can cause significant wear and tear and should not be used for extended periods. Vibrating toothbrushes, on the other hand, have an internal electrically driven motor that causes the brush head to oscillate at high frequency perpendicular to the handle, although the amplitude of the oscillation is smaller, typically about 5 millimeters up and down. During brushing, the high-frequency oscillation of the brush head efficiently cleans teeth, and the ultra-high-frequency vibrations also create numerous tiny bubbles in the toothpaste and water mixture in the mouth. The pressure generated when these bubbles burst can penetrate deep into the gaps between teeth to clean away plaque.

[0037] In view of the technical problems existing in the related technologies and the above-mentioned disadvantages of rotary brush heads, the embodiments of this application provide a toothbrush control method applied to a mouth-held toothbrush, which can not only free the user's hands, allowing the user to do other work while cleaning their mouth, but also remind the user when cleaning is completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0038] The toothbrush control method provided in this application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, through specific embodiments and application scenarios.

[0039] like Figure 2 As shown in the illustration, an oral toothbrush according to an embodiment of this application includes: a U-shaped base 201, and a plurality of brush head units 202 disposed on the U-shaped base 201. The plurality of brush head units are evenly distributed on the U-shaped base, and each brush head unit can be adjusted in angle within a certain range. Each brush head unit includes a rotating brush head, and each rotating brush head can achieve all-round cleaning of the teeth.

[0040] For example, during oral cleaning using a mouth-held toothbrush, the user does not need to manually control the entire process, allowing the user to perform other tasks while brushing their teeth. The cleaning methods of the mouth-held toothbrush in this application include any of the following: cleaning the upper teeth alone, cleaning the lower teeth alone, or cleaning both the upper and lower teeth simultaneously.

[0041] like Figure 3 As shown in the embodiment of this application, a toothbrush control method applied to the above-mentioned mouth-held toothbrush is provided. The method may include the following steps 301 and 302:

[0042] Step 301: Acquire cleaning data during the process of the user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush.

[0043] The cleaning data includes at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration.

[0044] For example, regarding the above-mentioned method of using a mouth-held toothbrush, the user can place the mouth-held toothbrush on their teeth and fix it in place by the biting force of the teeth, preventing the mouth-held toothbrush from shifting during oral cleaning.

[0045] For example, during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush, the mouth-held toothbrush can acquire the aforementioned cleaning data. The aforementioned tooth surface images can be acquired by an image acquisition device installed on the mouth-held toothbrush, or they can be acquired by a terminal device and transmitted to the mouth-held toothbrush.

[0046] Step 302: Determine the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data, and provide reminders to the user based on the degree of cleanliness.

[0047] For example, a mouth-held toothbrush can determine the degree of tooth cleanliness based on at least one of the above-mentioned tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning time, and if the degree of tooth cleanliness meets the preset cleanliness level, it can determine that the user has completed oral cleaning and remind the user.

[0048] Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in order to ensure the best cleaning effect of the mouth-held toothbrush, the angle of the brush head unit and the cleaning intensity need to be adjusted for the user when using it for the first time.

[0049] For example, prior to step 201 above, the toothbrush control method provided in this application embodiment may further include steps 203 to 205:

[0050] Step 203: Obtain the user's oral cavity image and determine the user's tooth distribution information based on the oral cavity image.

[0051] Step 204: Determine the angle parameters of each brush head unit in the plurality of brush head units based on the tooth distribution information.

[0052] Step 205: Adjust the orientation of each brush head unit according to the angle parameters of each brush head unit.

[0053] For example, the oral cavity images described above can be acquired by an image acquisition device installed on a mouth-held toothbrush, or they can be acquired by a terminal device and then transmitted to the mouth-held toothbrush. The tooth distribution information described above includes: the position of each tooth and the tilt angle of each tooth.

[0054] For example, the angle parameters of each brush head unit can be determined based on the position and tilt angle of each tooth. Adjusting the angle of each brush head unit according to its angle parameters allows for optimal cleaning performance.

[0055] Specifically, a pre-trained image recognition model can be used to identify the acquired oral cavity images and output the angle parameters corresponding to each brush head.

[0056] For example, in the embodiments of this application, the appropriate brushing force can also be predicted based on the collected user oral cavity images and user characteristics.

[0057] For example, prior to step 201 above, the toothbrush control method provided in this application embodiment may further include steps 206 and 207:

[0058] Step 206: Obtain user information and determine the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth based on the user information and the oral cavity image.

[0059] The user information includes: user gender and user age.

[0060] Step 207: Adjust the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth according to the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth.

[0061] For example, based on the user's gender and age characteristics, combined with the user's oral cavity image, the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth can be predicted. After adjusting the contact pressure between each brush head and teeth according to the contact pressure value of each brush head unit, the cleaning effect can be ensured while reducing wear on the teeth.

[0062] Alternatively, in this embodiment, the user can also manually adjust the contact pressure between the brush head unit and the teeth.

[0063] For example, after step 207 above, the toothbrush control method provided in this application embodiment may further include step 208 or step 209:

[0064] Step 208: In response to a user's tapping input on the first side of the mouth-held toothbrush, increase the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth.

[0065] Step 209: In response to a user's tapping input on the second side of the mouth-held toothbrush, reduce the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth.

[0066] The first side and the second side are the left and right sides of the mouth-held toothbrush, respectively.

[0067] For example, the tapping input described above can be a tapping input from the user using their fingertips or knuckles on either side of the mouthpiece toothbrush. For instance, when a user taps the left side of the mouthpiece toothbrush with their knuckles, the overall contact pressure between the brush head unit and the teeth can be increased; conversely, when a user taps the right side of the mouthpiece toothbrush with their knuckles, the overall contact pressure between the brush head unit and the teeth can be decreased.

[0068] Understandably, once the mouth-held toothbrush predicts the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth based on the user's gender and age characteristics, combined with the user's oral cavity image, if the user is not satisfied with the current cleaning intensity, they can adjust the cleaning intensity of the mouth-held toothbrush through the aforementioned tapping input.

[0069] Optionally, in the embodiments of this application, the following steps can be used to determine whether the mouth-held toothbrush has completed cleaning of the oral cavity and to promptly remind the user.

[0070] Specifically, when the cleaning data includes images of the tooth surface, step 202 above may include the following step 202a:

[0071] Step 202a: Determine the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the tooth surface image, and if the degree of cleanliness meets the preset cleanliness level, generate a first reminder message, and remind the user based on the first reminder message.

[0072] The first reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0073] For example, a mouth-held toothbrush can collect images of the tooth surface at preset intervals during the cleaning process, and determine the degree of oral cleanliness, i.e. whether the oral cleaning has been completed, based on the collected images of the tooth surface.

[0074] Understandably, since toothpaste produces a lot of foam during the cleaning process, mouth-held toothbrushes can directly judge the degree of cleanliness based on the captured images, or they can judge the degree of cleanliness based on images of the user's teeth after rinsing.

[0075] Specifically, when the cleaning data includes the current time period and the current cleaning duration, step 202 above may include the following steps 202b1 and 202b2:

[0076] Step 202b1: Obtain the historical average cleaning duration corresponding to the current time period.

[0077] Step 202b2: If the current cleaning duration is greater than or equal to the historical average cleaning duration, generate a second reminder message and remind the user based on the second reminder message.

[0078] The second reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0079] For example, a mouth-held toothbrush can generate user cleaning patterns based on collected user history data, thereby determining the average cleaning time for each time period. The average cleaning time varies for different time periods; for instance, the average cleaning time is relatively short in the morning when time is limited, and relatively long in the evening when time is more abundant.

[0080] For example, when a user's cleaning time in the current time period is greater than or equal to the average cleaning time in that time period, the user can be promptly reminded to prevent the user from exceeding the time limit.

[0081] Furthermore, in this embodiment of the application, in order to ensure the cleaning effect even with a short cleaning time, the rotation speed of the rotating brush head on the brush head unit can be adjusted.

[0082] For example, prior to step 202 above, the toothbrush control method provided in this application embodiment may further include the following step 210:

[0083] Step 210: Obtain the overall average cleaning time, and if the historical average cleaning time is less than the overall average cleaning time, increase the rotation speed of the rotary brush head of each brush head unit.

[0084] For example, if the average cleaning time for the current time period is less than the overall average cleaning time, the rotation speed of the brush head in the current time period can be appropriately increased to improve cleaning efficiency.

[0085] The toothbrush control method provided in this application provides auxiliary reminders for users when using a mouth-held toothbrush for oral cleaning. First, during the user's oral cleaning process with the mouth-held toothbrush, cleaning data is acquired, including at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration. Then, the degree of tooth cleanliness is determined based on the cleaning data, and a reminder is given to the user based on this determination. In this way, the degree of tooth cleanliness can be determined in real time during the user's oral cleaning process with the mouth-held toothbrush, and a reminder can be given when cleaning is complete, avoiding excessive tooth wear caused by prolonged cleaning time.

[0086] It should be noted that the toothbrush control method provided in this application embodiment can be executed by a toothbrush control device or a control module within the toothbrush control device for executing the toothbrush control method. This application embodiment uses the toothbrush control device executing the toothbrush control method as an example to illustrate the toothbrush control device provided in this application embodiment.

[0087] It should be noted that, in the embodiments of this application, the toothbrush control methods shown in the accompanying drawings are all illustrated by way of example with reference to one of the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application. In specific implementation, the toothbrush control methods shown in the accompanying drawings of the above methods can also be implemented in conjunction with any other accompanying drawings that can be combined with the above embodiments, which will not be elaborated here.

[0088] The toothbrush control device provided in this application is described below, and the toothbrush control method described below can be referred to in correspondence with the toothbrush control method described above.

[0089] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a toothbrush control device provided in an embodiment of this application, as shown below. Figure 4 As shown, it specifically includes:

[0090] The acquisition module 401 is used to acquire cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush; the determination module 402 is used to determine the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data; and the reminder module 403 is used to remind the user based on the degree of cleanliness. The cleaning data includes at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration.

[0091] Optionally, the device further includes: an adjustment module; the acquisition module 401 is further configured to acquire a user's oral cavity image; the determination module 402 is further configured to determine the user's tooth distribution information based on the oral cavity image; the determination module 402 is further configured to determine the angle parameter of each of the plurality of brush head units based on the tooth distribution information; and the adjustment module is configured to adjust the orientation of each brush head unit according to the angle parameter of each brush head unit.

[0092] Optionally, the acquisition module 401 is further configured to acquire user information; the determination module 402 is further configured to determine the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth based on the user information and the oral cavity image; the user information includes: user gender and user age; the adjustment module is further configured to adjust the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth according to the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth.

[0093] Optionally, the adjustment module is further configured to increase the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth in response to a user's tapping input on the first side of the mouth-held toothbrush; the adjustment module is further configured to decrease the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth in response to a user's tapping input on the second side of the mouth-held toothbrush; wherein the first side and the second side are the left and right sides of the mouth-held toothbrush, respectively.

[0094] Optionally, the determining module is specifically used to determine the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the tooth surface image, and generate a first reminder message when the degree of cleanliness meets a preset cleanliness level; the reminder module 403 is specifically used to remind the user based on the first reminder message; wherein, the first reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0095] Optionally, the acquisition module 401 is further configured to acquire the historical average cleaning time corresponding to the current time period; the determination module is specifically configured to generate a second reminder message when the current cleaning time is greater than or equal to the historical average cleaning time; the reminder module 403 is specifically configured to remind the user based on the second reminder message; wherein, the second reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

[0096] Optionally, the acquisition module 401 is further configured to acquire the overall average cleaning time; the adjustment module is further configured to increase the rotation speed of the rotary brush head of each brush head unit when the historical average cleaning time is less than the overall average cleaning time.

[0097] The toothbrush control device provided in this application provides auxiliary reminders for users when using a mouth-held toothbrush for oral cleaning. First, during the user's oral cleaning process, it acquires cleaning data including at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration. Then, it determines the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data and provides reminders to the user accordingly. In this way, the degree of tooth cleanliness can be determined in real time during oral cleaning with a mouth-held toothbrush, and the user can be reminded when cleaning is complete, avoiding excessive tooth wear caused by prolonged cleaning time.

[0098] Figure 5 An example is a schematic diagram of the physical structure of a mouth-held toothbrush, such as... Figure 5 As shown, the mouth-held toothbrush may include a processor 510, a communication interface 520, a memory 530, and a communication bus 540, wherein the processor 510, the communication interface 520, and the memory 530 communicate with each other through the communication bus 540. The processor 510 can call logical instructions in the memory 530 to execute a toothbrush control method, which includes: acquiring cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush; determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data; and reminding the user based on the degree of cleanliness; wherein the cleaning data includes at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration.

[0099] Furthermore, the logical instructions in the aforementioned memory 530 can be implemented as software functional units and, when sold or used as independent products, can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or a part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of this application. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media capable of storing program code, such as USB flash drives, portable hard drives, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disks, or optical disks.

[0100] On the other hand, this application also provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium. The computer program includes program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by a computer, the computer is able to execute the toothbrush control method provided by the above methods. The method includes: acquiring cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their oral cavity using the mouth-held toothbrush; determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data; and reminding the user based on the degree of cleanliness. The cleaning data includes at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration.

[0101] In another aspect, this application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including a stored program, wherein the program executes the toothbrush control method provided by the above methods when it runs, the method including: acquiring cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning the oral cavity with the mouth-held toothbrush; determining the degree of tooth cleaning based on the cleaning data, and reminding the user based on the degree of cleaning; wherein the cleaning data includes at least one of the following: a tooth surface image, the current time period, and the current cleaning duration.

[0102] The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units; that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of the modules can be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs. Those skilled in the art can understand and implement this without any creative effort.

[0103] Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms, and of course, it can also be implemented by hardware. Based on this understanding, the above technical solutions, in essence or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

[0104] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this application, and are not intended to limit them. Although this application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features. Such modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application.

Claims

1. A toothbrush control method, characterized in that, An application to a mouth-held toothbrush, the mouth-held toothbrush comprising: a plurality of brush head units disposed on a U-shaped base, each brush head unit comprising a rotating brush head; the method comprising: Acquire a user's oral cavity image and determine the user's tooth distribution information based on the oral cavity image; Based on the tooth distribution information, the angle parameters of each of the plurality of brush head units are determined; Adjust the orientation of each brush head unit according to the angle parameters of each brush head unit; Cleaning data is acquired during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush; The degree of tooth cleanliness is determined based on the cleaning data, and reminders are given to the user based on the degree of cleanliness. The cleaning data includes: images of the tooth surface.

2. The toothbrush control method according to claim 1, characterized in that, Before acquiring cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush, the method further includes: The system acquires user information and determines the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth based on the user information and the oral cavity image; the user information includes: user gender and user age; Adjust the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth according to the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth.

3. The toothbrush control method according to claim 1, characterized in that, After adjusting the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth according to the contact pressure value between each brush head unit and the teeth, the method further includes: In response to a user's tapping input on the first side of the mouth-held toothbrush, the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth is increased; or, In response to a user's tapping input on the second side of the mouth-held toothbrush, the contact pressure between each brush head unit and the teeth is reduced; The first side and the second side are the left and right sides of the mouth-held toothbrush, respectively.

4. The toothbrush control method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The cleaning data includes: images of the tooth surface; The step of determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data and providing reminders to the user based on the degree of cleanliness includes: The degree of tooth cleanliness is determined based on the tooth surface image, and if the degree of cleanliness meets the preset cleanliness level, a first reminder message is generated, and a reminder is given to the user based on the first reminder message; The first reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

5. The toothbrush control method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The cleaning data also includes: the current time period and the current cleaning duration; The step of determining the degree of tooth cleanliness based on the cleaning data and providing reminders to the user based on the degree of cleanliness includes: Get the historical average cleaning duration corresponding to the current time period; If the current cleaning duration is greater than or equal to the historical average cleaning duration, a second reminder message is generated, and the user is reminded based on the second reminder message; The second reminder message is used to remind the user that oral cleaning has been completed, so as to avoid excessive tooth wear caused by excessive cleaning time.

6. The toothbrush control method according to claim 5, characterized in that, A brush head unit contains a rotating brush head; Before generating a second reminder message when the current cleaning duration is greater than or equal to the historical average cleaning duration, and before reminding the user based on the second reminder message, the method further includes: Obtain the overall average cleaning time, and if the historical average cleaning time is less than the overall average cleaning time, increase the rotation speed of the rotary brush head in each brush head unit.

7. A toothbrush control device, characterized in that, An applicator for use in mouth-held toothbrushes, the mouth-held toothbrush comprising: multiple brush head units disposed on a U-shaped base, each brush head unit including a rotating brush head; the device comprising: The acquisition module is used to acquire images of the user's oral cavity; The determination module is used to determine the user's tooth distribution information based on the oral image, and to determine the angle parameters of each of the plurality of brush head units based on the tooth distribution information; The adjustment module is used to adjust the orientation of each brush head unit according to the angle parameters of each brush head unit. The acquisition module is also used to acquire cleaning data during the process of a user cleaning their mouth with the mouth-held toothbrush; The determining module is also used to determine the degree of cleanliness of the teeth based on the cleaning data; The reminder module is used to remind the user based on the cleanliness level. The cleaning data includes: images of the tooth surface.

8. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The computer-readable storage medium includes a stored program, wherein the program, when executed, performs the toothbrush control method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

9. A mouth-held toothbrush, comprising a memory and a processor, characterized in that, The memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to execute the toothbrush control method according to any one of claims 1 to 6 through the computer program.

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