CN107374765B - Electric toothbrush control method and device, electric toothbrush and storage medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling an electric toothbrush, and a storage medium, the method comprising: obtaining at least one of the following information for the electric toothbrush: attitude information and grip state information; controlling an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information. The toothpaste dispenser can avoid the situation that toothpaste or foam of toothpaste is splashed, and improves user experience.
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Technical Field
The disclosure relates to the field of electric appliances, in particular to an electric toothbrush control method and device, an electric toothbrush and a storage medium.
Background
Currently, electric toothbrushes have become an increasingly popular brushing tool. Compared with the traditional toothbrush, the electric toothbrush has better cleaning capability and can effectively reduce the gum injury caused by tooth brushing of the traditional toothbrush. In the related art, the electric toothbrush directly starts vibration after being started, and continues vibration for a predetermined time until a user presses a stop button or reaches a predetermined time, and then stops vibration. However, the electric toothbrush is sometimes taken out of the mouth during the user's brushing with the electric toothbrush, and splatter may occur.
Disclosure of Invention
To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling an electric toothbrush, and a storage medium.
According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of controlling an electric toothbrush, including:
obtaining at least one of the following information for the electric toothbrush: attitude information and holding state information, wherein the attitude information is used for representing the physical attitude of the electric toothbrush, and the holding state information is used for representing the state of the electric toothbrush held by a user;
controlling an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information;
wherein the posture information includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, and based on the information, controlling a working mode of the electric toothbrush includes:
when the included angle is within a preset included angle range and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state, controlling a brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration;
and when the included angle is not in the preset included angle range and/or the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a non-holding state, controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating.
Optionally, the method further includes:
in the case of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating, pausing the timing;
and under the condition of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration, timing is recovered.
Optionally, the method further includes:
the vibration stopping or starting of the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled in a mode of gradually changing the vibration strength.
Optionally, the obtaining of at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush: attitude information and grip state information, including:
when the holding state information is acquired and the electric toothbrush is determined to be in the holding state based on the holding state information, determining a time interval from the last time the electric toothbrush is in the holding state;
and if the time interval is smaller than a preset interval threshold, acquiring the attitude information.
Optionally, a plurality of sensors are disposed on a handle of the electric toothbrush, and based on the information, the control of the operating mode of the electric toothbrush includes:
and under the condition that the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state and is obtained by detecting a first sensor on the brush handle, controlling the working mode of the electric toothbrush based on the posture information, wherein the plurality of sensors comprise the first sensor and are arranged in different areas of the brush handle.
According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electric toothbrush control device including:
an acquisition module configured to acquire at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush: attitude information and holding state information, wherein the attitude information is used for representing the physical attitude of the electric toothbrush, and the holding state information is used for representing the state of the electric toothbrush held by a user;
a control module configured to control an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information;
wherein the posture information includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, the control module includes:
the starting sub-module is configured to control the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration when the included angle is within a preset included angle range and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state;
the stopping submodule is configured to control the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating when the included angle is not in the preset included angle range and/or the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a non-holding state.
Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:
a timing module configured to pause timing if the stop submodule controls the brushhead of the electric toothbrush to stop shaking, and resume timing if the start submodule controls the brushhead of the electric toothbrush to start shaking.
Optionally, the start sub-module and the stop sub-module are further configured to control the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start shaking or stop shaking in a manner of gradual shaking intensity change.
Optionally, the obtaining module is further configured to:
when the holding state information is acquired and the electric toothbrush is determined to be in the holding state based on the holding state information, determining a time interval from the last time the electric toothbrush is in the holding state;
and if the time interval is smaller than a preset interval threshold, acquiring the attitude information.
Optionally, the obtaining module includes a plurality of sensors disposed on different regions of a handle of the electric toothbrush, the plurality of sensors including a first sensor configured to obtain holding state information indicating that the electric toothbrush is in a brushing state, the control module is further configured to:
and under the condition that the holding state information acquired by the acquisition module represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state and the holding state information is acquired by detecting through the first sensor on the brush handle, controlling the working mode of the electric toothbrush based on the posture information.
According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electric toothbrush control device including:
a processor;
a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
wherein the processor is configured to:
obtaining at least one of the following information for the electric toothbrush: attitude information and holding state information, wherein the attitude information is used for representing the physical attitude of the electric toothbrush, and the holding state information is used for representing the state of the electric toothbrush held by a user;
controlling an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information;
wherein the posture information includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, and based on the information, controlling a working mode of the electric toothbrush includes:
when the included angle is within a preset included angle range and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state, controlling a brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration;
and when the included angle is not in the preset included angle range and/or the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a non-holding state, controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating.
According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electric toothbrush comprising the electric toothbrush control device described above.
According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the electric toothbrush control method provided according to the first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: by acquiring the posture information and/or the holding state information of the electric toothbrush and controlling the working mode of the electric toothbrush based on the posture information and/or the holding state information, the electric toothbrush can be controlled to be adjusted to be in a proper working mode based on the actual use condition of the electric toothbrush, so that the situation that toothpaste or foam of toothpaste is splashed when a user brushes the teeth is effectively avoided, and the user experience is improved.
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 flow chart illustrating a method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating yet another method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating yet another method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating yet another method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to an exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an electric toothbrush control device according to an exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating yet another electric toothbrush control device according to an exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating yet another electric toothbrush control device according to an exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an electric toothbrush control device according to an exemplary embodiment.
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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 implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electric toothbrush, which may be applied to a terminal, as shown in fig. 1, according to an exemplary embodiment, including the following steps.
In step S101, at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush is acquired: attitude information and grip state information.
Wherein the pose information is used to characterize the physical pose of the electric toothbrush, e.g., whether the electric toothbrush is parallel to, or intersecting, or perpendicular to a horizontal plane, etc. The attitude information may be obtained by measuring an angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane. The holding state information is used for representing the state that the electric toothbrush is held by a user, and can be a state representing whether the electric toothbrush is held by the user or not, and comprises a holding state and a non-holding state; alternatively, the state representing the strength of the user's grip may include, for example, a first strength range [0, N1], a second strength range (N1, N2], and a third strength range (N2, N3], where N1, N2, and N3 represent strength values, and N1 < N2 < N3.
The included angle between the electric toothbrush and the horizontal plane can be obtained through any one or more of an acceleration sensor, an angle sensor and a gyroscope sensor, and the holding state information of the electric toothbrush can be obtained through a touch sensor arranged on the electric toothbrush.
The angle and the holding state information may be acquired by other devices such as sensors disposed in the electric toothbrush, which can achieve the same effect, and the acceleration sensor, the angle sensor, the gyro sensor, and the tactile sensor described above are only one example.
In addition, the posture information can be obtained by measuring the included angle between the electric toothbrush and the horizontal plane and can be obtained by other modes. For example, the positioning components can be respectively arranged on the head and the tail of the electric toothbrush, and then the posture information of the electric toothbrush can be determined through two sets of positioning data.
In step S102, an operation mode of the electric toothbrush is controlled based on the information.
Wherein the different operating modes are indicative of the electric toothbrush being in different operating states. Which may include the power toothbrush being in an active state (brushhead vibrating) or an inactive state (brushhead not vibrating). Alternatively, the electric toothbrush may be operated in different states, for example, in different vibration modes according to the ranges [0, S1], (S1, S2], (S2, S3] in which the vibration speed of the toothbrush head is located, in different operation modes, and the like.
Optionally, after at least one of the posture information and the holding state information is acquired, the working mode of the electric toothbrush is controlled differently according to the information, so as to ensure that the brush head of the electric toothbrush vibrates when the electric toothbrush is judged to be in the tooth brushing state. For example, if the acquired posture information meets the condition of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration and the holding state information also meets the condition of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to vibrate; if the attitude information is acquired firstly and the attitude information does not meet the condition of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration, the holding state information can not be acquired any more, and the brush head of the electric toothbrush is directly controlled not to vibrate; or if the holding state information is acquired first and the holding state information does not satisfy the condition of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration, the posture information can be not acquired any more, and the brush head of the electric toothbrush is directly controlled not to vibrate.
According to the technical scheme, the posture information and/or the holding state information of the electric toothbrush are/is acquired, the working mode of the electric toothbrush is controlled based on the posture information and/or the holding state information, and then the electric toothbrush can be controlled to be adjusted to be the proper working mode based on the actual use condition of the electric toothbrush, so that the situation that toothpaste or foam of toothpaste is splashed when a user brushes the teeth is effectively avoided, and the user experience is improved.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating still another electric toothbrush control method according to an exemplary embodiment, which may be applied to a terminal, as shown in fig. 2, including steps S201 to S204 shown below.
In step S201, at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush is acquired: attitude information and holding state information, wherein the attitude information includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane.
In step S202, it is determined whether the included angle is within a preset included angle range and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state, if yes, the process goes to step S203, and if no, the process goes to step S204.
Optionally, the preset included angle range may be, for example, 0 to 75 degrees, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the preset included angle range is only an example, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit this.
In step S203, when the included angle is within the preset included angle range and the holding state is the holding state, it indicates that the electric toothbrush is in the tooth brushing state, and at this time, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to start vibrating to start working.
In step S204, when at least one of the two conditions is not satisfied, that is, the included angle is not within the preset included angle range and/or the holding state is a non-holding state, it is determined that the electric toothbrush is not in a state of brushing teeth, in which case the brush head of the electric toothbrush does not need to vibrate, and thus the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to stop vibrating.
Through the technical scheme, the optional method for determining the attitude information based on the included angle between the electric toothbrush and the horizontal plane and controlling the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush through the attitude information and the holding state information is provided, so that the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush can be further accurately controlled according to the judgment result of whether the electric toothbrush is brushing teeth or not, and the situation that toothpaste or foam of toothpaste is splashed is avoided.
In one possible embodiment, the method further comprises:
in the case of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating, pausing the timing;
and under the condition of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration, timing is recovered.
In the embodiment, when the brush head of the electric toothbrush stops vibrating, the timing is suspended, when the brush head of the electric toothbrush starts vibrating, the timing is recovered, and the timing is not started immediately after the electric toothbrush is started, but is started under the condition that the brush head of the electric toothbrush meets the vibrating condition and starts vibrating. This embodiment is effective to record the brushing time period.
For example, after the electric toothbrush is started, if the electric toothbrush meets the vibration condition described above, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to start vibration and the timing is started from zero; then, in the process of brushing teeth, if the condition that the vibration condition is not met and the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to stop vibrating occurs, for example, the electric toothbrush is taken out of the oral cavity, so that the included angle between the electric toothbrush and the horizontal plane is not in the preset included angle range any more, under the condition, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to stop vibrating and timing is suspended; then, in the case where the electric toothbrush satisfies the vibration condition described above again, for example, when the electric toothbrush is put into the oral cavity again so that the angle between the electric toothbrush and the horizontal plane is within the preset angle range, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to start vibration again, and the timing is continued according to the timing time saved before the vibration is stopped, for example, if the timing time saved before the vibration is stopped is 0.5 minute, the timing is continued after the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to start vibration again, followed by 0.5 minute. Therefore, the process of brushing teeth is repeated in one time until the timing time reaches the preset timing time threshold, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to stop vibrating, and the timing is stopped and the timing time is reset.
Through the technical scheme, in the working process of the electric toothbrush, the working time is calculated only when the brush head of the electric toothbrush actually vibrates, so that the real tooth brushing time of the electric toothbrush is ensured, and a relatively better tooth brushing effect is achieved.
In one possible embodiment, the method further comprises: the vibration stopping or starting of the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled in a mode of gradually changing the vibration strength.
Optionally, the controlling the vibration stopping or starting of the brush head of the electric toothbrush by the vibration intensity gradual change mode comprises: when the vibration is stopped, gradually reducing the vibration intensity from the current intensity to zero in a mode of gradually changing the vibration intensity; and when the vibration is started, gradually increasing the vibration intensity from the current zero intensity to a preset intensity in a mode of gradually changing the vibration intensity.
In a possible embodiment, the manner of the vibration intensity gradual change may include at least one of the following: the linear vibration intensity gradually changes and the step-shaped vibration intensity gradually changes.
The linear vibration intensity is gradually changed, that is, the vibration intensity is increased or decreased according to a linear change. The step-shaped vibration intensity gradual change is that the vibration intensity is increased or decreased according to a step shape, for example, a vibration intensity increasing amount and an interval time are preset, and when vibration is started, the vibration intensity is gradually increased from zero to a preset intensity according to the preset increasing amount and the interval time.
Through the technical scheme, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to stop vibrating or start vibrating in a vibration intensity gradual change mode, and the vibration intensity gradual change mode comprises at least one of linear vibration intensity gradual change and step-shaped vibration intensity gradual change, so that transition is added in the actions of starting vibrating and stopping vibrating, toothpaste body or foam and water splash generated in the processes of starting vibrating and stopping vibrating can be reduced, and the user experience of the electric toothbrush is further improved.
Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, which includes steps S301 to S305 in addition to step S102 shown in fig. 1.
In step S301, holding state information of the electric toothbrush is acquired.
In step S302, when the holding state information is acquired and it is determined that the electric toothbrush is in the holding state based on the holding state information, a time interval from the last time the electric toothbrush is in the holding state is determined.
In this embodiment, the posture information and the holding state information are only used for controlling the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush during the tooth brushing process, and are not used for controlling the starting of the electric toothbrush for each tooth brushing work, and the starting of the electric toothbrush for each tooth brushing work is manually started by a user through a key or other methods. This is considered that when a user is ready to brush teeth with the electric toothbrush, toothpaste is squeezed out first, and during squeezing toothpaste, both attitude information and holding state information may satisfy a condition of starting vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush, and at this time, if the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled directly according to the attitude information and the holding state information, a toothpaste paste or foam and water may be splashed. Therefore, in this step, the time interval between the currently acquired holding state and the last holding state of the electric toothbrush can be determined, so that the vibration of the electric toothbrush is controlled based on the posture information and the holding state information when the time interval meets the preset condition, and the splashing of toothpaste, foam or moisture caused by the fact that the posture information and the holding state information meet the vibration condition in the toothpaste squeezing process of the user is avoided.
In step S303, it is determined whether the time interval is smaller than a preset interval threshold, and if yes, the process goes to step S304, and if no, the process goes to step S305.
In step S304, when the time interval is smaller than the preset interval threshold, it indicates that the electric toothbrush is not turned on again after not being used for a long time, and therefore the posture information needs to be acquired, and then the operation mode of the electric toothbrush is controlled according to the posture information and the holding state information. And then proceeds to step S102.
In step S305, when the time interval is greater than or equal to the preset interval threshold, it may be determined that the electric toothbrush is turned on again after not being used for a long time, at which the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush cannot be controlled directly according to the holding state information and the posture information, but the electric toothbrush needs to be turned on manually by the user to avoid the occurrence of splattering of the paste or foam of the toothpaste and moisture, such as in the case where the user squeezes the toothpaste. Therefore, in this case, it is necessary to control the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush based on a command to turn on the electric toothbrush input by the user in this step.
According to the technical scheme, the holding state information is firstly acquired, the time interval from the last time that the electric toothbrush is in the holding state is determined when the electric toothbrush is determined to be in the holding state, and then whether the vibration of the electric toothbrush head is controlled directly based on the holding state information and the posture information or the vibration of the electric toothbrush head is controlled based on the instruction input by the user for starting the electric toothbrush is determined based on the comparison between the time interval and the preset interval threshold value, so that the phenomena that toothpaste or foam and water are splashed due to the fact that the vibration of the electric toothbrush head is controlled based on the holding state information and the posture information in the toothpaste squeezing process of the user are avoided.
In addition, in general, since the portion of the hand-held brush handle when the user squeezes the toothpaste is different from the portion of the hand-held brush handle when the user brushes the teeth, a plurality of sensors may be provided in different regions of the brush handle of the electric toothbrush, and only the first sensor of the plurality of sensors may be used to acquire the holding state information indicating that the electric toothbrush is in the tooth brushing state, that is, to detect whether the holding state of the electric toothbrush is directed to brushing the teeth. And the other sensors in the plurality of sensors are used for acquiring the holding state information of the electric toothbrush in a non-tooth brushing state, such as the holding state information in a toothpaste squeezing state. Fig. 4 shows a flow chart of a power toothbrush control method for such a scenario. As shown in fig. 4, the control method includes a step S401 in addition to the step S101 shown in fig. 1.
In step S401, if the holding state information indicates that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state and the holding state information is obtained by detection of the first sensor on the brush handle, controlling an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the posture information. Therefore, whether the electric toothbrush is in a condition that the toothbrush head needs to be opened and vibrated or not can be judged more accurately, and the splashing of toothpaste or foam and moisture can be further effectively avoided.
Hereinafter, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is also provided an electric toothbrush control device for performing the above-described electric toothbrush control method.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an electric toothbrush control device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 5, the apparatus includes an acquisition module 10 and a control module 20.
The acquisition module 10 is configured to acquire at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush: attitude information and grip state information.
Wherein the posture information is used for representing the physical posture of the electric toothbrush, and the holding state information is used for representing the state of the electric toothbrush held by a user.
The control module 20 is configured to control the mode of operation of the electric toothbrush based on the information.
According to the technical scheme, the posture information and/or the holding state information of the electric toothbrush are/is acquired, the working mode of the electric toothbrush is controlled based on the posture information and/or the holding state information, and then the electric toothbrush can be controlled to be adjusted to be the proper working mode based on the actual use condition of the electric toothbrush, so that the situation that a user brushes teeth is effectively avoided.
Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an electric toothbrush control device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 6 differs from FIG. 5 in that the control module 20 includes a start submodule 201 and a stop submodule 202.
The starting sub-module 201 is configured to control the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration when the posture information acquired by the acquisition module 10 includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, the included angle is within a preset included angle range, and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state.
The stopping sub-module 202 is configured to control the toothbrush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating when the posture information acquired by the acquisition module 10 includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, and the included angle is not within the preset included angle range and/or the holding state indicates that the electric toothbrush is in a non-holding state.
According to the technical scheme, the method for determining the posture information based on the included angle between the electric toothbrush and the horizontal plane and controlling the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush according to the posture information and the holding state information is provided, so that the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush can be further accurately controlled according to the judgment result of whether the electric toothbrush is brushing teeth or not, and the situation that toothpaste or foam of toothpaste is splashed is avoided.
Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an electric toothbrush control device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to fig. 7, the control apparatus 100 includes a timing module 30 in addition to the acquisition module 10 and the control module 20 shown in fig. 6.
The timing module 30 is configured to pause timing if the stopping sub-module 202 controls the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating, and resume timing if the starting sub-module 201 controls the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibrating.
Through the technical scheme, in the working process of the electric toothbrush, the working time is calculated only when the brush head of the electric toothbrush actually vibrates, so that the real tooth brushing time of the electric toothbrush is ensured, and a relatively better tooth brushing effect is achieved.
In a possible embodiment, the starting submodule 201 and the stopping submodule 202 are further configured to control the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start or stop the vibration by means of gradual vibration intensity change.
Wherein, the mode of the vibration intensity gradual change comprises at least one of the following modes: the linear vibration intensity gradually changes and the step-shaped vibration intensity gradually changes.
Through the technical scheme, the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled to stop vibrating or start vibrating in a vibration intensity gradual change mode, and the vibration intensity gradual change mode comprises at least one of linear vibration intensity gradual change and step-shaped vibration intensity gradual change, so that transition is added in the actions of starting vibrating and stopping vibrating, toothpaste body or foam and water splash generated in the processes of starting vibrating and stopping vibrating can be reduced, and the user experience of the electric toothbrush is further improved.
In a possible implementation, the obtaining module 10 is further configured to: when the acquisition module 10 acquires the holding state information and determines that the electric toothbrush is in the holding state based on the holding state information, determining a time interval from the last time that the electric toothbrush is in the holding state; and if the time interval is smaller than a preset interval threshold, acquiring the attitude information.
When the time interval is less than the preset interval threshold, it indicates that the electric toothbrush is not turned on again after not being used for a long time, and therefore, in this case, the acquisition module 10 needs to acquire the posture information, and then the control module 20 controls the operation mode of the electric toothbrush according to the posture information and the holding state information.
When the time interval is greater than or equal to the preset interval threshold, it may be determined that the electric toothbrush is turned on again after not being used for a long time, and at this time, the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush may not be directly controlled according to the holding state information and the posture information, but the electric toothbrush needs to be turned on manually by the user to avoid, for example, the occurrence of splattering of paste or foam of toothpaste and moisture in the case where the user is squeezing toothpaste. Thus, in this case, the control module 20 needs to control the vibration of the brush head of the electric toothbrush based on a user-input command to turn on the electric toothbrush.
Through the technical scheme, the obtaining module 10 obtains the holding state information, then determines the time interval from the last holding state of the electric toothbrush when the electric toothbrush is determined to be in the holding state, and then determines whether to control the vibration of the electric toothbrush head based on the holding state information and the posture information directly or to control the vibration of the electric toothbrush head based on the instruction input by the user for starting the electric toothbrush based on the comparison between the time interval and the preset interval threshold value, so that the splashing of toothpaste, foam and water caused by the vibration of the electric toothbrush head based on the holding state information and the posture information in the process of squeezing toothpaste by the user is avoided.
In one possible embodiment, the obtaining module 10 includes a plurality of sensors disposed in different regions of a handle of the electric toothbrush, the plurality of sensors including a first sensor configured to obtain holding status information indicative of a current state of the electric toothbrush during brushing, and the control module 20 is further configured to:
and under the condition that the holding state information acquired by the acquisition module 10 represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state and the holding state information is acquired by detecting through the first sensor on the brush handle, controlling the working mode of the electric toothbrush based on the posture information.
Since the position of the hand-held brush handle is different from the position of the hand-held brush handle during tooth brushing during squeezing of toothpaste by a user under normal conditions, the first sensor is used for acquiring holding state information indicating that the electric toothbrush is in a tooth brushing state, that is, detecting whether the holding state of the electric toothbrush is directed to tooth brushing, and the other sensors in the plurality of sensors are used for acquiring holding state information indicating that the electric toothbrush is in a non-tooth brushing state, for example, the holding state information in a toothpaste squeezing state, so that whether the electric toothbrush is in a state requiring vibration of the brush head can be more accurately judged by judging whether the holding state of the electric toothbrush is acquired by the first sensor, and splashing of toothpaste, foam and moisture is further effectively avoided.
With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.
The present disclosure also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the electric toothbrush control method provided by the present disclosure.
Fig. 8 shows a block diagram of an electric toothbrush control device 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.
Referring to fig. 8, the apparatus 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.
The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the device 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing assembly 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the electric toothbrush control method described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.
The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.
The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.
The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.
The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.
The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the device 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect the open/closed status of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the device 800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in the position of the device 800 or a component of the device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 800, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 800, and a change in the temperature of the device 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.
The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.
In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described electric toothbrush control methods.
In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the device 800 to perform the above-described electric toothbrush control method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.
The present disclosure also provides an electric toothbrush comprising any of the above-described electric toothbrush control devices.
Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
It will be understood that the present disclosure 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 present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.
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1. A method of controlling an electric toothbrush, comprising:
obtaining at least one of the following information for the electric toothbrush: attitude information and holding state information, wherein the attitude information is used for representing the physical attitude of the electric toothbrush, and the holding state information is used for representing the state of the electric toothbrush held by a user;
controlling an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information;
wherein the posture information includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, and based on the information, controlling a working mode of the electric toothbrush includes:
when the included angle is within a preset included angle range and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state, controlling a brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration;
when the included angle is not in the preset included angle range and/or the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a non-holding state, controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating;
wherein the obtaining of at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush: attitude information and grip state information, including: when the holding state information is acquired and the electric toothbrush is determined to be in the holding state based on the holding state information, determining a time interval from the last time the electric toothbrush is in the holding state;
if the time interval is smaller than a preset interval threshold, acquiring the attitude information;
controlling the vibration of the brushhead of the electric toothbrush based on a user-entered command to turn on the electric toothbrush if the time interval is greater than or equal to the preset interval threshold.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
in the case of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating, pausing the timing;
and under the condition of controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration, timing is recovered.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:
the vibration stopping or starting of the brush head of the electric toothbrush is controlled in a mode of gradually changing the vibration strength.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of sensors are disposed on a handle of the electric toothbrush, and wherein controlling an operational mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information comprises:
and under the condition that the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state and is obtained by detecting a first sensor on the brush handle, controlling the working mode of the electric toothbrush based on the posture information, wherein the plurality of sensors comprise the first sensor and are arranged in different areas of the brush handle.
5. An electric toothbrush control device, comprising:
an acquisition module configured to acquire at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush: attitude information and holding state information, wherein the attitude information is used for representing the physical attitude of the electric toothbrush, and the holding state information is used for representing the state of the electric toothbrush held by a user;
a control module configured to control an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information;
wherein the posture information includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, the control module includes:
the starting sub-module is configured to control the brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration when the included angle is within a preset included angle range and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state; the stopping submodule is configured to control the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating when the included angle is not in the preset included angle range and/or the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a non-holding state;
the acquisition module is further configured to:
when the holding state information is acquired and the electric toothbrush is determined to be in the holding state based on the holding state information, determining a time interval from the last time that the electric toothbrush is in the holding state, and acquiring the posture information if the time interval is smaller than a preset interval threshold;
the control module is further configured to control the vibration of the power toothbrush brushhead based on a user-entered command to turn on the power toothbrush if the time interval is greater than or equal to the preset interval threshold.
6. An electric toothbrush control device, comprising:
a processor;
a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
wherein the processor is configured to:
obtaining at least one of the following information for the electric toothbrush: attitude information and holding state information, wherein the attitude information is used for representing the physical attitude of the electric toothbrush, and the holding state information is used for representing the state of the electric toothbrush held by a user;
controlling an operating mode of the electric toothbrush based on the information;
wherein the posture information includes an included angle between the electric toothbrush and a horizontal plane, and based on the information, controlling a working mode of the electric toothbrush includes:
when the included angle is within a preset included angle range and the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a holding state, controlling a brush head of the electric toothbrush to start vibration;
when the included angle is not in the preset included angle range and/or the holding state information represents that the electric toothbrush is in a non-holding state, controlling the brush head of the electric toothbrush to stop vibrating;
wherein the obtaining of at least one of the following information of the electric toothbrush: attitude information and grip state information, including: when the holding state information is acquired and the electric toothbrush is determined to be in the holding state based on the holding state information, determining a time interval from the last time the electric toothbrush is in the holding state;
if the time interval is smaller than a preset interval threshold, acquiring the attitude information;
controlling the vibration of the brushhead of the electric toothbrush based on a user-entered command to turn on the electric toothbrush if the time interval is greater than or equal to the preset interval threshold.
7. An electric toothbrush comprising the electric toothbrush control device of claim 5.
8. A computer-readable storage medium, on which computer program instructions are stored, which program instructions, when executed by a processor, carry out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
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