Electric Toothbrush Feedback Control for Dental Region Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electric toothbrushes lack real-time monitoring and feedback to ensure proper cleaning of dental regions and develop good brushing habits.
Innovation Solution
An electric toothbrush system that monitors real-time data such as brush head movement, pressure, and duration, transmitting this data via a wireless network to a base unit which provides visual and auditory feedback to guide users on cleaning effectiveness and habit development.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If real-time monitoring and feedback systems are added to electric toothbrushes, then cleaning effectiveness and habit development are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements real-time monitoring of brushing parameters (pressure, duration, region coverage) and provides feedback through the base unit to guide users on cleaning effectiveness and habit development, directly resolving the contradiction by enabling reliability improvement through systematic feedback mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The base unit serves as an intermediary between the electric toothbrush and the user, receiving monitoring data from the toothbrush via wireless communication and presenting processed feedback information, thereby reducing the complexity burden on the toothbrush itself while maintaining monitoring functionality
2Reliability
If monitoring data transmission is implemented, then brushing habit development is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system transmits monitoring data periodically or at key events (e.g., after completing a brushing session or when significant parameter changes occur) rather than continuously, reducing energy consumption while still providing sufficient data for habit development analysis
Solution Approach 2:
The base unit handles data processing, storage, and feedback generation independently after receiving raw monitoring data from the toothbrush, allowing the toothbrush to minimize its own energy expenditure by only performing data collection and wireless transmission of essential parameters
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a control method of an electric toothbrush, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, including: determining real-time monitoring data during a brushing process of a target user based on the electric toothbrush, and transmitting the real-time monitoring data to a base corresponding to the electric toothbrush based on a wireless communication network, wherein the real-time monitoring data is used to reflect a movement condition of a brush head of the electric toothbrush, and the base is configured to place the electric toothbrush and to charge the electric toothbrush; and determining the reminding message displayed on the base according to the real-time monitoring data, wherein the reminding message is used to indicate a cleanliness degree corresponding to each dental region of the target user.