CN109646134B - Electric toothbrush with pressure feedback function - Google Patents

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CN109646134B
CN109646134B CN201910043298.7A CN201910043298A CN109646134B CN 109646134 B CN109646134 B CN 109646134B CN 201910043298 A CN201910043298 A CN 201910043298A CN 109646134 B CN109646134 B CN 109646134B
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冯小春
周小耕
陈铁兵
叶娆
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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of electric toothbrushes, in particular to an electric toothbrush with a pressure feedback function, which comprises a toothbrush handle and a toothbrush head movably connected with the toothbrush handle, wherein a mounting bracket is arranged in the toothbrush handle, the mounting bracket is provided with a battery and an electric motor, the electric motor is provided with a motor shaft connected with the toothbrush head, the inner wall of one side of the toothbrush handle is provided with a PCB (printed circuit board), the PCB is provided with a sensor element, the outer side of the toothbrush handle is provided with a numerical display for displaying a pressure value, and the battery, the electric motor, the sensor element and the numerical display are all electrically connected with the PCB. The pressure acquisition precision is high, feedback is visual and timely, the intelligent degree is high, oral health is better protected, and user experience is improved.

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Electric toothbrush with pressure feedback function
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electric toothbrushes, in particular to an electric toothbrush with a pressure feedback function.
Background
The electric toothbrush mainly uses the rapid rotation or vibration of an electric motor to make the toothbrush head generate high-frequency vibration, so that the toothpaste is instantaneously decomposed into fine foam, and the gaps between teeth are deeply cleaned. Compared with the traditional toothbrush, the electric toothbrush can more thoroughly remove dental plaque, reduce oral diseases such as gingivitis, periodontal disease and gingival bleeding. However, the control problem of the current electric toothbrush in brushing pressure is always a great difficulty in the field, the electric toothbrush works according to a fixed operation mode set by the electric toothbrush, a pressure feedback function is lacked, if the brushing pressure is too small, the cleaning rate is low, the cleaning effect is poor, if the brushing pressure is too large, the cavity and the gum are easy to damage, the use requirement of people cannot be met, and the user experience is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the electric toothbrush with the pressure feedback function, which has the advantages of high pressure acquisition precision, visual and timely feedback, high intelligent degree, better protection of oral health and improvement of user experience.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the electric toothbrush with the pressure feedback function comprises a toothbrush handle and a toothbrush head movably connected with the toothbrush handle, wherein a mounting bracket is arranged in the toothbrush handle, the mounting bracket is provided with a battery and an electric motor, the electric motor is provided with a motor shaft connected with the toothbrush head, the inner wall of one side of the toothbrush handle is provided with a PCB (printed circuit board), the PCB is provided with a sensor element, the outer side of the toothbrush handle is provided with a numerical display for displaying a pressure value, and the battery, the electric motor, the sensor element and the numerical display are all electrically connected with the PCB.
Preferably, the mounting bracket is provided with a hinge, a hinge arm of which is connected to the electric motor.
Preferably, an elastic supporting head is arranged at the joint between the toothbrush handle and the motor shaft, and a waterproof sealing ring is arranged in the elastic supporting head.
Preferably, the side of toothbrush handle near the elastic support head is provided with the ultraviolet LED lamp, the light-emitting direction of ultraviolet LED lamp is towards the toothbrush head, the ultraviolet LED lamp is connected with the PCB board electricity.
Preferably, a shock pad is arranged between the PCB and the electric motor.
Preferably, the shock pad is made of a soft material.
Preferably, a soft connection block is connected between the battery and the electric motor.
Preferably, a control switch is arranged on the outer side of the toothbrush handle, and the control switch is electrically connected with the PCB.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the invention relates to an electric toothbrush with a pressure feedback function, which comprises a toothbrush handle and a toothbrush head movably connected with the toothbrush handle, wherein a mounting bracket is arranged in the toothbrush handle, the mounting bracket is provided with a battery and an electric motor, the electric motor is provided with a motor shaft connected with the toothbrush head, the inner wall of one side of the toothbrush handle is provided with a PCB (printed circuit board), the PCB is provided with a sensor element, the outer side of the toothbrush handle is provided with a numerical display for displaying a pressure value, and the battery, the electric motor, the sensor element and the numerical display are all electrically connected with the PCB.
When brushing teeth, the toothbrush head and teeth are contacted with each other, the battery provides necessary electric support for the normal operation of the PCB, the battery and the electric motor are fixedly arranged on the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket is movable, the toothbrush head applies force to the electric motor through the motor shaft, the mounting bracket enables the electric motor to slightly deviate upwards, the electric motor deviates upwards and applies pressure to the sensor element along with the electric motor, the accurate pressure acquisition function of the sensor element is utilized, preferably, the sensor element adopts a piezoelectric sensor, on one hand, acquired data is sent to the numerical display for analysis processing, a specific pressure value can be clearly and intuitively displayed, the specific pressure value can be compared with a specified normal pressure value, if the specific pressure value is larger than the normal pressure value, the display value is red to show warning, and if the specific pressure value is smaller than the normal pressure value, the display value is green to show normal, so that a user can conveniently and rapidly acquire the self brushing force condition; on the other hand, the sensor element collects pressure data in the working process of the electric toothbrush, the collected data are sent to the PCB, after data analysis and processing of the MCU module of the PCB, the PCB converts analysis and processing results into corresponding working instructions and sends the corresponding working instructions to the electric motor, and then the vibration frequency of the electric motor is adjusted, so that the running state of the current electric toothbrush is accurately controlled. The pressure acquisition precision is high, feedback is visual and timely, the intelligent degree is high, oral health is better protected, and user experience is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention.
The reference numerals include:
1-toothbrush handle 2-toothbrush head 3-mounting bracket
4-battery 5-electric motor 6-motor shaft
7-PCB 8-sensor element 9-numerical display
10-hinge 11-elastic supporting head 12-waterproof sealing ring
13-ultraviolet LED lamp 14-shock pad 15-flexible connecting block
16-control switch.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1, the electric toothbrush with the pressure feedback function comprises a toothbrush handle 1 and a toothbrush head 2 movably connected with the toothbrush handle 1, wherein a mounting bracket 3 is arranged in the toothbrush handle 1, the mounting bracket 3 is provided with a battery 4 and an electric motor 5, the electric motor 5 is provided with a motor shaft 6 connected with the toothbrush head 2, one side inner wall of the toothbrush handle 1 is provided with a PCB 7, the PCB 7 is provided with a sensor element 8, the outer side of the toothbrush handle 1 is provided with a numerical display 9 for displaying a pressure value, and the battery 4, the electric motor 5, the sensor element 8 and the numerical display 9 are all electrically connected with the PCB 7.
When brushing teeth, the toothbrush head 2 is in contact with teeth, the battery 4 provides necessary electric support for the normal operation of the PCB 7, the battery 4 and the electric motor 5 are fixedly arranged on the mounting bracket 3, the mounting bracket 3 is movable, the toothbrush head 2 applies force to the electric motor 5 through the motor shaft 6, the mounting bracket 3 slightly deflects the electric motor 5 upwards, the electric motor 5 deflects upwards and applies pressure to the sensor element 8 along with the upward deflection of the electric motor 5, and the sensor element 8 adopts a piezoelectric sensor, preferably, the sensor element 8 adopts a piezoelectric sensor, on one hand, the acquired data is sent to the numerical display 9 for analysis processing, a specific pressure value can be clearly and intuitively displayed, the specific pressure value can be compared with a specified normal pressure value, if the specific pressure value is larger than the normal pressure value, the display value is red to show warning, and if the specific pressure value is smaller than the normal pressure value, the display value is green to show normal, and a user can conveniently and rapidly know the brushing force condition of the user; on the other hand, the sensor element 8 collects pressure data in the working process of the electric toothbrush, the collected data are sent to the PCB 7, after the data analysis processing of the MCU module of the PCB 7, the PCB 7 converts the analysis processing result into corresponding working instructions and sends the corresponding working instructions to the electric motor 5, and then the vibration frequency of the electric motor 5 is adjusted, so that the running state of the current electric toothbrush is accurately controlled. The pressure acquisition precision is high, feedback is visual and timely, the intelligent degree is high, oral health is better protected, and user experience is improved.
As shown in fig. 1, the mounting bracket 3 of the present embodiment is provided with a hinge 10, and a hinge arm of the hinge 10 is connected to the electric motor 5. Specifically, the toothbrush head 2 applies force to the electric motor 5 through the motor shaft 6, the electric motor 5 swings upwards around the hinge 10 of the mounting bracket 3 through the hinge arm, and then the electric motor 5 applies pressure to the sensor element 8, so that the pressure acquisition work is facilitated, the structure is compact, the activity flexibility is good, and the work is stable and reliable.
As shown in fig. 1, an elastic supporting head 11 is arranged at the joint between the toothbrush handle 1 and the motor shaft 6 in the embodiment, and a waterproof sealing ring 12 is arranged in the elastic supporting head 11. Specifically, the elastic supporting head 11 arranged at the joint between the toothbrush handle 1 and the motor shaft 6 not only can improve the activity flexibility of the motor shaft 6, but also is beneficial to automatic and quick resetting of the motor shaft 6, and the waterproof sealing ring 12 strengthens the tightness of the joint between the toothbrush handle 1 and the motor shaft 6, so that the electric toothbrush has good dustproof and waterproof performances, and the service life of the electric toothbrush is prolonged.
As shown in fig. 1, an ultraviolet LED lamp 13 is disposed near the side of the elastic support head 11 of the toothbrush handle 1 in this embodiment, the light emitting direction of the ultraviolet LED lamp 13 faces the toothbrush head 2, and the ultraviolet LED lamp 13 is electrically connected with the PCB board 7. Specifically, the ultraviolet LED lamp 13 installed on the toothbrush handle 1 and facing the toothbrush head 2 not only can effectively kill bacterial viruses attached to the toothbrush head 2, but also can play the roles of furthest protecting a user from being mistakenly irradiated by the ultraviolet LED lamp 13 and furthest reducing the bacterial viruses attached to the toothbrush head 2 by the time delay on and time off functions of the ultraviolet LED lamp 13.
As shown in fig. 1, a shock pad 14 is disposed between the PCB 7 and the electric motor 5 in the present embodiment. Specifically, the vibration pad 14 effectively reduces vibration noise of the electric toothbrush, also reduces vibration feeling of the electric toothbrush, so that the electric toothbrush is not difficult to grasp due to overlarge vibration, and a good experience of holding the electric toothbrush is provided for a user.
As shown in fig. 1, the shock pad 14 of the present embodiment is manufactured of a soft material. In particular, the shock pad 14, which is made of soft material, ensures soft contact with the electric motor 5, protects the structural configuration of the electric motor 5 from collision damage, and also facilitates automatic return of the electric motor 5.
As shown in fig. 1, a flexible connection block 15 is connected between the battery 4 and the electric motor 5 of the present embodiment. Specifically, the battery 4 is connected with the electric motor 5 through the flexible connection block 15, plays a supporting and fixing role on the electric motor 5, and has good connection stability and is not easy to separate.
As shown in fig. 1, a control switch 16 is disposed on the outer side of the toothbrush handle 1 of the present embodiment, and the control switch 16 is electrically connected with the PCB 7. Specifically, the electric toothbrush is intelligently controlled to be turned on and off by the control switch 16, so that the electric toothbrush is convenient to use.
As can be seen from the above, the present invention has the above-mentioned excellent characteristics, so that it can be used to improve the performance and practicality that is not available in the prior art, and is a product with great practical value. The foregoing is merely exemplary of the present invention, and those skilled in the art should not be considered as limiting the invention, since modifications may be made in the specific embodiments and application scope of the invention in light of the teachings of the present invention.

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1. An electric toothbrush with pressure feedback function, characterized in that: including toothbrush handle and with toothbrush handle swing joint's toothbrush head, be provided with the installing support in the toothbrush handle, the installing support is provided with battery and electric motor, electric motor is provided with the motor axle of being connected with the toothbrush head, the installing support is provided with the hinge, a hinge arm and the electric motor of hinge are connected, junction between toothbrush handle and the motor axle is provided with the elastic support head, be provided with waterproof seal circle in the elastic support head, one side inner wall of toothbrush handle is provided with the PCB board, the PCB board is provided with the sensor element, the outside of toothbrush handle is provided with the numerical display that shows the pressure value, battery, electric motor, sensor element, numerical display all are connected with the PCB board electricity, the installing support is movable, the toothbrush head makes electric motor upwards slightly squint in the motor through the motor axle, along with electric motor upwards squint and exert pressure in the sensor element, sensor element selects piezoelectric sensor, on the one side with gather data to send the numerical display to carry out analysis processing, on the other hand the electric sensor element sends the numerical display to the corresponding data of electric motor in the PCB board of pressure value, and sends the data to the PCB board and sends the corresponding data processing instruction to the PCB board after the PCB board.
2. An electric toothbrush with pressure feedback function according to claim 1, characterized in that: the side that toothbrush handle is close to the elastic support head is provided with the ultraviolet LED lamp, the light-emitting direction of ultraviolet LED lamp is towards the toothbrush head, the ultraviolet LED lamp is connected with the PCB board electricity.
3. An electric toothbrush with pressure feedback function according to claim 1, characterized in that: and a shock pad is arranged between the PCB and the electric motor.
4. A power toothbrush with pressure feedback function according to claim 3, characterized in that: the shock pad is made of soft materials.
5. An electric toothbrush with pressure feedback function according to claim 1, characterized in that: a soft connecting block is connected between the battery and the electric motor.
6. An electric toothbrush with pressure feedback function according to claim 1, characterized in that: the outside of toothbrush handle is provided with control switch, control switch is connected with the PCB board electricity.
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