KR102645818B1 - Method for caculating oral care score, server and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for calculating an oral health index and a server and system for performing the same, the method comprising: receiving data obtained from an electric toothbrush from a terminal; Identifying which type of head, an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head, is mounted on the electric toothbrush based on data received from the terminal; Analyzing the received data according to the identified head type and obtaining analysis results for each head type; It includes calculating an oral health index based on the obtained analysis results for each head type.

Description

Oral health index calculation method and server and system for performing the same {METHOD FOR CACULATING ORAL CARE SCORE, SERVER AND SYSTEM THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a method of calculating an oral health index based on data collected from an electric toothbrush and providing a linked service with a dentist or insurance company using the calculated oral health index.

Although oral disease can have a high preventive effect through appropriate preventive treatment and consistent management, many oral disease patients do not receive a diagnosis or request treatment from a doctor unless an oral health problem occurs, and there is still little awareness of oral prevention. This is lacking.

In addition, when measuring a patient's current oral condition, accurate test and diagnosis results and corresponding objective numerical information are needed, rather than the subjective opinion of a dentist or dental hygienist, but there is no system that objectively calculates the oral health status. .

Meanwhile, in order to increase the general public's interest in and understanding of oral health, Oral-B, an oral health brand, and the Korean Dental Association jointly developed the oral health index, OQ (oral care quotient), which is used to manage oral health through treatment. The goal is to help people create and maintain healthy teeth by emphasizing the importance of more effective prevention.

The OQ index is divided into 16 groups according to the oral score between 1 and 100 and age, and provides information about the current oral health status and expected diseases if the current situation is left unattended among people in each group. You can learn more about appropriate oral care methods.

However, the conventional oral health index cannot guarantee accuracy because it is based on the contents of a questionnaire, and there is a problem in that it cannot check the user's oral health in real time.

Prior Art Document 1. Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0004734 (published on January 11, 2017)

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an oral health index calculation method that allows accurate calculation of a user's oral health index based on objective data, and a server and system for performing the method.

An oral health index calculation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for calculating an oral health index in a server capable of communicating with a terminal, comprising: receiving data obtained from an electric toothbrush from the terminal; Based on the data received from the terminal, identifying which type of head, an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head, is mounted on the electric toothbrush; Analyzing the received data according to the identified head type and obtaining analysis results for each head type; It includes; calculating an oral health index based on the obtained analysis results for each head type.

The server according to an embodiment of the present invention performs the oral health index calculation method.

A system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server; An electric toothbrush equipped with either an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head and acquiring data using a sensor provided inside; And a terminal connected to the electric toothbrush using short-distance wireless communication and transmitting data obtained from the electric toothbrush to the server, wherein the server is mounted on the electric toothbrush based on the data received from the terminal. Identify the type of head, analyze the received data according to the identified head type, obtain analysis results for each head type, and calculate an oral health index based on the obtained analysis results for each head type.

Meanwhile, the oral health index calculation method can be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for execution on a computer, and can be provided as the program itself.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, data collected from an electric toothbrush in which the electric toothbrush head and the interdental toothbrush head are interchangeable are preprocessed and transmitted to the server, and the server identifies the type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush based on the preprocessed data. By calculating the oral health index through the analysis results for each head type, the user's oral health index can be calculated more accurately.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the oral health index accurately calculated as above can be provided to dentists or insurance companies to ensure that optimized services are provided to users.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the configuration of the oral health index calculation system according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of an electric toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of an oral health index calculation method performed in a server according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the configuration of the oral health index calculation system according to the present invention.
Figures 5 and 6 are diagrams for explaining embodiments of a method for providing an oral health index linking service in a terminal according to the present invention.
Figure 7 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the configuration of the oral health index calculation system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the attached drawings, a method for calculating an oral health index according to an embodiment of the present invention and a server and system for performing the same will be described in detail.

In the following description of the present invention, if a detailed description of a related known function or configuration is judged to unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. The terms described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user or operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the overall content of the present invention.

In addition, the preferred embodiments of the present invention to be implemented below are provided in each system function configuration in order to efficiently explain the technical components constituting the present invention, or system functions commonly provided in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. The configuration will be omitted whenever possible, and the description will focus on the functional configuration that must be additionally provided for the present invention.

If a person has ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains, he or she will be able to easily understand the functions of conventionally used components among the functional configurations not shown and omitted below, and also the configurations omitted as above. The relationships between elements and components added for the present invention will also be clearly understood.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of the oral health index calculation system according to the present invention, and the illustrated system 10 includes an electric toothbrush 100, a terminal 200, and a server 300. It can be configured as follows.

Referring to Figure 1, the electric toothbrush 100 is equipped with either an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head, and acquires data related to the use of the electric toothbrush using a sensor provided therein.

As shown in FIG. 2, the electric toothbrush 100 is divided into a body 110 and a head 120, and the head 120 portion may be configured to be replaceable.

The body 110 of the electric toothbrush 100 includes a battery to supply operating power, a motor to generate vibration, a sensor to detect movement, a wireless communication module to transmit data detected by the sensor, and a user input. A switch for receiving, etc. may be built in.

The vibration of the motor built into the body 110 is transmitted to the head 120 to operate the electric toothbrush 100, and the resulting movement of the electric toothbrush 100 is monitored by a sensor built into the body 110 (e.g. , can be detected by a 3-axis acceleration sensor).

Meanwhile, the electric toothbrush 100 is connected to the terminal 200 using a wireless communication module (for example, a BLE short-range communication module), and the data detected by the sensor can be pre-processed and then transmitted to the terminal 200. .

For this purpose, the main body 110 of the electric toothbrush 100 may be equipped with a processor for preprocessing the data output from the sensor, and the processor not only preprocesses the data, but also controls the overall operation of the electric toothbrush 100. can be performed.

In addition, the head portion of the electric toothbrush 100 is equipped with an electric toothbrush head 120 in the form of a general toothbrush as shown in (a) of FIG. 2, or an interdental toothbrush head 120 as shown in (b) of FIG. 2. An interdental brush head 125 in the form of a toothbrush can be installed, so the user can use the electric toothbrush 100 by replacing the electric toothbrush head 120 and the interdental brush head 125.

The terminal 200 may include a mobile phone, smart phone, laptop computer, digital broadcasting portable terminal, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), navigation, etc., and the present invention It is not limited to this, and various devices capable of user input, information display, and wired/wireless communication may be included in the terminal.

The terminal 200 is connected to the electric toothbrush 100 using short-range wireless communication such as BLE, and transmits data acquired through a sensor built into the electric toothbrush 100 to the server 300.

Here, the terminal 200 can pre-process the sensor data received from the electric toothbrush 100 and transmit it to the server 300, and in addition, an application for providing a service related to calculating an oral health index according to the present invention is provided. It may be installed.

The terminal 200 can interface with the server 300 through the corresponding application, receive service-related settings from the user, or provide information about the related service to the user through the application screen.

The server 300 is for performing the oral health index calculation method according to the present invention, identifies the type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 based on the data received from the terminal 200, and identifies the identified head type. By analyzing the received data, the analysis results for each head type are obtained, and the oral health index is calculated based on the analysis results for each head type.

According to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, the data collected from the electric toothbrush 100, in which the electric toothbrush head and the interdental brush head are replaceable, are preprocessed and transmitted to the server 300, and the server 300 performs the preprocessed By identifying the type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 based on the data and calculating the oral health index through the analysis results for each head type, the user's oral health index can be calculated more accurately.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the method for calculating the oral health index according to the present invention, and shows an example of how the server 300 calculates the oral health index.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server 300 receives data obtained from the electric toothbrush 100 from the terminal 200 (step S310).

In step S310, the data received from the terminal 200 is preprocessed by at least one of the electric toothbrush 100 and the terminal 200, and then sent to the server 300. The preprocessed data received by the server 300 may include at least one of the inclination of the electric toothbrush 100, the part of use, the time of use, the moving speed, and the moving distance.

For example, sensing data output from a 3-axis acceleration sensor built into the electric toothbrush 100 is processed by an internal processor to calculate the inclination, usage time, movement speed, movement distance, etc. of the electric toothbrush 100, The part to be used can be estimated based on the calculated result.

More specifically, the processor can classify and store the usage time according to the estimated usage area, calculate the average acceleration per minute/second using the sensing data, and calculate the moving distance per minute/second using the sensing data.

As described above, the pre-processing data obtained by processing the sensing data of the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the electric toothbrush 100 is transmitted to the terminal 200 using BLE communication, and the terminal 200 can transmit the pre-processing data to the server 300. there is.

Thereafter, the server 300 identifies which type of head, an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head, is mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 based on the data received from the terminal 200 (step S320).

For example, the sensing data of the 3-axis acceleration sensor obtained from the electric toothbrush 100 and the preprocessing data transmitted to the server 300 determine whether the type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 is an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head. Depending on perception, there may be different patterns.

Accordingly, the server 300 uses at least one of the inclination, usage time, movement speed, and movement distance of the electric toothbrush among the data received from the terminal 200 in step S310 to use the electric toothbrush without separate user selection or input. The type of head mounted on (100) can be determined on its own.

For example, the server 300 records the inclination degree, moving distance, speed, and time of each electric toothbrush 100 for toothbrushing with an electric toothbrush head mounted and toothbrushing with an interdental toothbrush head mounted. The type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 can be determined using, and more specifically, the type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 through artificial intelligence neural network analysis by labeling the brushing pattern according to the head type. can be judged.

Thereafter, the server 300 analyzes the data received from the terminal 200 according to the head type identified in step S320 and obtains analysis results for each head type (step S330).

In step S330, the server 300 may classify and analyze at least one of the tilt, use time, movement speed, and movement distance of the electric toothbrush among the user information and data received from the terminal 200 according to the head type.

Here, the user information may include the user's height, age, gender, and type of hand (right-handed or left-handed) that the user mainly uses.

For example, the server 300 classifies height, arm length, age, gender, left-handedness/right-handedness, etc. and collects data such as the degree of inclination of the electric toothbrush 100 when brushing teeth, the distance moved, speed, and time. Obtain and label data such as tilt degree, time, acceleration average per minute/second, weight/second movement distance according to head type, and use the labeled data to learn an artificial intelligence neural network to obtain analysis results for each head type. You can.

Meanwhile, a sufficiently large amount of data required for training using the data obtained above can be produced using the augmentation technique.

In addition to the analysis results for each head type obtained in step S330, the server 300 may obtain additional oral state information according to the user's input to questions related to oral state.

For example, according to the analysis results obtained in step S330, oral condition-related questions suitable for the user are provided in the terminal 200, and the user enters the answers to each question in the terminal 200 to receive additional oral health information. Status information may be transmitted from the terminal 200 to the server 300.

Thereafter, the server 300 calculates an oral health index based on the analysis results for each head type obtained in step S330 (step S340).

Here, the server 300 may calculate the oral health index by adding weight to the electric toothbrush analysis results and the interdental toothbrush analysis results obtained in step S330. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the electric toothbrush head is installed. The oral health index can be determined by considering the analysis results in a state where the toothbrush head is installed and the analysis results in a state where the interdental brush head is installed.

Additionally, in step S340, the oral health index may be determined by considering the oral condition information obtained according to the user's input to the oral condition-related question, along with the analysis results for each head type.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the server 300 transmits the oral health index and user information calculated in step S340 to the dental server or insurance company server to provide dental or insurance-related services optimized for the user's oral health status. It can be provided.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the configuration of the oral health index calculation system according to the present invention. The system 10 includes an electric toothbrush 100, a terminal 200, a server 300, and a dental server ( 400), and descriptions of the configuration and operations of the system shown in FIG. 4 that are the same as those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 4, the server 300 identifies the type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 based on the data received from the terminal 200, analyzes the received data according to the head type, and performs analysis by head type. The results are obtained, and the oral health index is calculated based on the analysis results for each head type.

Thereafter, the server 300 transmits the oral health index calculated for the user along with the user information to the dental server 400.

Here, at least part of the user information transmitted to the dental office server 400 is transmitted de-identified according to the user's selection in the terminal 200, thereby preventing personal information that the user does not want from being transmitted to the dental office.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the user of the electric toothbrush 100, on his/her terminal application screen 500, before transmitting the data measured by the electric toothbrush 100 to the server 300, Among the information about, only the items to be transmitted to the dental server 400 can be selected using the check boxes 510 to 513.

In this case, even if information about the user is transmitted to the server 300 or registered and stored internally, only the information selected by the user is transmitted along with the oral health index from the server 300 to the dental server 400 and sent to the dental office. It can be delivered.

The dental server 400, which has received some de-identified user information and oral health index from the server 300, configures services that can be provided to the user based on the received information, and provides information about the configured services to the server ( 300).

The server 300 may transmit dental-related service information received from the dental server 400 to the terminal 200 and provide it to the user through the terminal 200 screen.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, on the terminal application screen 500, when the user selects the “nearby dentist appointment” button 530, a dentist suitable for the user is provided according to the user information and oral health index. Dental-related service information may be displayed to the user.

Figure 7 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the configuration of the oral health index calculation system according to the present invention. The system 10 includes an electric toothbrush 100, a terminal 200, a server 300, and an insurance company server. It may be configured to include 700, and descriptions of the configuration and operations of the system shown in FIG. 7 that are the same as those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 7, the server 300 identifies the type of head mounted on the electric toothbrush 100 based on the data received from the terminal 200, analyzes the received data according to the head type, and performs analysis by head type. The results are obtained, and the oral health index is calculated based on the analysis results for each head type.

Afterwards, the server 300 transmits the oral health index calculated for the user along with the user information to the insurance company server 700.

Here, at least part of the user information transmitted to the insurance company server 700 is transmitted de-identified according to the user's selection in the terminal 200, thereby preventing personal information that the user does not want from being transmitted to the dental office.

The insurance company server 700, which has received some de-identified user information and oral health index from the server 300, configures dental insurance-related services that can be provided to the user based on the received information, and configures dental insurance-related services Information about can be transmitted to the server 300.

The server 300 may transmit dental insurance-related service information received from the insurance company server 700 to the terminal 200 and provide it to the user through the terminal 200 screen.

For example, on the terminal application screen 500 shown in FIG. 6, when the user selects the “Check dental insurance premium” button 540, the dental insurance premium calculated by the insurance company server 700 according to the user information and oral health index. Information may be displayed to the user.

At least some steps of the methods according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be produced as a program to be executed on a computer. Additionally, the program may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium, and examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, and optical data storage devices.

The computer-readable recording medium is distributed in a computer system connected to a network, so that computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the method can be easily deduced by programmers in the technical field to which the present invention pertains.

In addition, although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the technical field to which the invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be understood individually from the technical idea or perspective of the present invention.

Claims (10)

In a method for calculating an oral health index in a server capable of communicating with a terminal,
Receiving data obtained from an electric toothbrush from the terminal;
Based on the toothbrushing pattern including the inclination, movement speed, and movement distance of the electric toothbrush among the data received from the terminal, determining which type of head among the electric toothbrush head and the interdental brush head is mounted on the electric toothbrush. step;
Analyzing the received data and user information according to the determined head type, obtaining a first analysis result for the electric toothbrush head and a second analysis result for the interdental brush head; and
Comprising: calculating an oral health index by applying weights to the obtained first and second analysis results,
The user information is an oral health index calculation method characterized in that it includes at least one of the user's height, age, gender, and type of hand that is mainly used. According to paragraph 1,
Data detected using a sensor provided in the electric toothbrush is preprocessed by at least one of the electric toothbrush and the terminal and then received from the terminal to the server,
The preprocessed data is
An oral health index calculation method comprising at least one of the inclination, use area, use time, movement speed, and movement distance of the electric toothbrush. delete delete delete According to paragraph 1,
Oral health index calculation method further comprising transmitting the calculated oral health index and user information to a dental server or an insurance company server. The method of claim 6, wherein the user information is
Oral health index calculation method, characterized in that at least part of the data is de-identified and transmitted according to the user's selection in the terminal. According to clause 6,
Oral health index calculation method further comprising receiving information about services available to the user according to the transmitted oral health index and user information from the dental server or the insurance company server and transmitting the information to the terminal. A server that performs the oral health index calculation method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 6 to 8. server;
An electric toothbrush equipped with either an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head and acquiring data using a sensor provided inside; and
It includes a terminal that is connected to the electric toothbrush using short-distance wireless communication and transmits data obtained from the electric toothbrush to the server,
The server is
Among the data received from the terminal, determine which type of head, an electric toothbrush head or an interdental brush head, is mounted on the electric toothbrush based on a brushing pattern including the inclination, movement speed, and movement distance of the electric toothbrush, The received data and user information are analyzed according to the determined head type to obtain a first analysis result value for the electric toothbrush head and a second analysis result value for the interdental brush head, and the obtained first, 2 Calculate the oral health index by applying weights to the analysis results,
The user information is an oral health index calculation system characterized in that it includes at least one of the user's height, age, gender, and type of hand that is mainly used.

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