Motion-Sensed Personal Care Cleaning Without Drive Couplings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal care devices require complex and costly cleaning systems that necessitate manual operation or mechanical drive couplings, complicating user interaction and increasing system complexity.
Innovation Solution
A personal care system with a cleaning device that uses motion sensing to synchronize cleaning programs between the personal care device and the cleaning device, eliminating the need for electrical communication and mechanical drive couplings, allowing for a simple, low-cost, and user-friendly cleaning process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual operation of the pumping system is used, then the cleaning function is provided, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device automatically detects when the personal care device is placed in the cleaning position using a motion sensor, and autonomously initiates the cleaning program without requiring manual operation of the pumping system. The system serves itself by detecting motion and triggering the appropriate cleaning sequence automatically.
2Device complexity
If electrical communication or mechanical drive coupling is used between personal care device and cleaning device, then the cleaning program can be synchronized, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces both electrical communication and mechanical drive coupling with a motion sensing system. The motion sensor detects physical motion of the personal care device when placed in the cleaning position, and this motion signal triggers the cleaning program synchronization without requiring any electrical or mechanical coupling between the devices.
3Ease of operation
If complex interfaces are used for cleaning operation, then the cleaning control is precise, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system eliminates complex user interfaces by making the cleaning device self-activating. When the personal care device is simply placed in the cleaning position, the motion sensor detects this action and automatically initiates the cleaning program, requiring no buttons, switches, or complex user interactions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and synchronized cleaning of personal care devices without manual operation or complex interfaces, ensuring hygiene and functionality while reducing costs and simplifying user interaction.
Implementation Method 1
a motion sensor; wherein the personal care device implements the personal care device cleaning program in response to detection of the cleaning device cleaning program from the motion sensor signals
Data Source
AI summary
A personal care system comprises a personal care device and a cleaning device. The personal care device has a motion sensor, and the cleaning device has a supporting structure for supporting the personal care device in a cleaning position for cleaning the personal care unit, and it used a cleaning device motor. The cleaning device implements a cleaning device cleaning program in response to a user action, and the personal care device implements a corresponding personal care device cleaning program in response to detection of the cleaning device cleaning program from the motion sensor signals.