KR20170075334A - Customized oral care system, oral care device, application system and providing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A customized oral care management system, oral administration device, application system and method of providing the same are disclosed. Another customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit for sensing a motion state of a toothbrush head and a communication unit for communicating with a user terminal and transmitting the motion state sensed by the sensing unit to the user terminal And an application system installed in the user terminal, wherein the application system further comprises: a communication module for performing communication with the oral care device; a mouth image of the user's mouth structure; A storage module for storing the recommended action information of the user including recommended recommended exercise information of the oral care device for each oral cavity of the user set on the basis of the oral cavity image; , And a control unit A motion analyzing module for analyzing motion information according to a motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the motion analyzing module, and a motion analyzing module for analyzing motion information of the toothbrush head based on the motion information analyzed by the motion analyzing module and the recommendation action information, And a control module for displaying the result information on the user terminal.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a customized oral care system, an oral care apparatus, an application system,

[0001] The present invention relates to a customized oral care system, an oral care apparatus, an application system and a method for providing the same, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for detecting and analyzing a user's brushing manner, The present invention relates to a technical idea that enables the user to perform brushing with an optimized brushing method in case of toothbrushing, in order to increase the efficiency of oral care according to the health condition.

Generally, if you do not brush your teeth after eating food, or if you do not brush your teeth properly, food stains will remain, causing plaque and calculus. Such plaque and tartar can cause various diseases and odors in the oral cavity, so it may be very important to properly remove the oral cavity.

However, many people do not know how to brush properly when brushing teeth, teeth and chalks are not removed even if the tooth remains. Particularly, when the direction of brushing is wrong (for example, brushing in the lateral direction instead of the chewing surface of the tooth (occlusal surface)), the toothbrush for health care in the oral cavity may cause tooth wear or unnecessary gum disease exist.

Therefore, brushing methods for correct tooth brushing such as a rotation method, a vibration method, a bath method, a deformed bath method, a Watanabe toothbrushing method, and the like are widely known.

However, if the user does not concentrate fully on the toothbrushing when brushing teeth, there may be parts that are left untreated and not sufficiently brushed, and it is very difficult for the user to notice these parts.

In addition, since the arrangement of the teeth in the oral cavity and the condition of the teeth vary for each individual, even if the correct toothbrushing method is applied uniformly, it is difficult for the bristles to relatively touch the toothbrushes.

Even if the correct toothbrushing method is applied to each individual, brushing can be relatively performed depending on individual oral conditions such as tooth arrangement or tooth condition, or tooth condition (e.g., tooth decay, tooth wear, etc.) You may have to do it several times, or you may need to move the angle or direction of the toothbrush head slightly differently.

However, conventionally, such individual oral conditions are not taken into consideration, and the same brushing is uniformly performed on all users and all parts of the oral cavity according to the toothbrushing method, so that there is a problem that efficiency of oral care is deteriorated.

Therefore, it is necessary to use a user's oral image to recommend a brushing method optimized for each user, and to make it easy for the user to confirm whether or not the user correctly performed the brushing method.

Further, there is a need for a technical idea that can inform the user of the method of brushing in a region (for example, a region where a tooth or a gum disease is present) that requires particular attention even in the user's mouth.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0054226, "Fertilization Pattern Analysis Calibration Device, Interactive Fertilizing Method and System for Calibration"

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technical idea that recommends a brushing method optimized for each user by utilizing a mouth image of a user and easily confirms whether the user has performed the brushing properly.

Further, the present invention provides a technical idea that can inform the user of the method of brushing in an area (for example, a region where a tooth or a gum disease is present) that requires special attention even in the user's mouth.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a customized oral care management system including a sensing unit for sensing a motion state of a toothbrush head, a communication unit for communicating with a user terminal, And an application system installed in the user terminal, wherein the application system comprises: a communication module for performing communication with the oral care apparatus; a communication module for communicating with the user's mouth A storage module for storing the recommended action information of the user, the recommended action information being recommended by the oral care device for each mouth area of the user, the structure being rendered based on the oral image and the oral image; A plurality of divided sections, and a plurality of divided plural A motion analyzing module for analyzing the motion information according to the motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing unit for each of the regions of the toothbrush head, And a control module for displaying the toothbrushing result information on the mouth area on the mouth image on the user terminal.

Further, the recommendation action information may further include special movement information corresponding to a special region of the oral cavity region, wherein the special region is set as an area having an oral state different from that of the general region of the oral cavity region, The information may include general motion information corresponding to the general region and motion information different from the general motion information.

Further, the oral care apparatus further includes a vibrating part for vibrating the toothbrush head, and the control module controls the vibration intensity of the vibrating part, the vibration pattern, or the vibration time based on the position of the toothbrush head and the recommended action information And to transmit a control signal for controlling at least one of the at least one of the at least one of the at least one of the at least one of the at least one of the at least one control unit

Further, the oral care apparatus may further include at least one of a light irradiating unit for irradiating a light beam of a specific wavelength or a plasma generating unit for generating a medical plasma, and the control module may include at least one of a position of the toothbrush head, And a control signal for controlling the output of the light irradiation unit or the plasma generation unit to be different from that of the general region is transmitted to the mouth management apparatus for a special region of the oral cavity region based on the control signal.

The motion analyzing module may divide the oral image into an upper left region, an upper right region, a lower left region, and a lower right region, and analyzes a motion state of the toothbrush head in each of the divided regions. can do.

In addition, the oral care apparatus may further comprise means for transmitting, when the position of the toothbrush head analyzed by the motion analysis module reaches a specific position, or when the motion state of the toothbrush head does not correspond to the recommendation behavior information, And a notification unit for outputting a predetermined notification signal to the user in response to the notification request.

In addition, the control module may determine whether the position of the toothbrush head analyzed by the operation analysis module reaches a specific position, or if the motion state of the toothbrush head does not correspond to the recommendation behavior information, And the like.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an oral care apparatus comprising a sensing unit for sensing a motion state of a toothbrush head, an application system installed in the user terminal, Comprising: at least one of a communication unit for transmitting the motion state to the application system, a vibration unit for vibrating the toothbrush head, and a light irradiation unit for irradiating light of a specific wavelength, or a plasma generation unit for generating a medical plasma Wherein the function of the vibration unit or the medical function unit can be controlled differently according to a user's oral cavity area based on a control signal transmitted from the application system.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application system installed in a user terminal, the application system communicating with an oral care device, A storage module for storing the recommended action information of the user including the oral cavity image of the user's mouth structure and the recommended recommended exercise information of the oral care device for each oral cavity based on the oral cavity image, An operation analysis module for dividing the oral image into a plurality of sections and analyzing operation information according to a motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing section for each of the plurality of divided sections, Based on the action information analyzed by the module and the recommended action information, And a control module for displaying the toothbrushing result information on the oral cavity on the user's terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a customized oral care management system, wherein a customized oral care management system is set based on a mouth image rendered by a user and a mouth image rendered by the user, Storing the user's recommended action information including recommended recommended exercise information of the oral care device; performing a communication with the oral care device with the customized oral care system, wherein the exercise of the toothbrush head sensed by the oral care device The personalized oral care management system according to claim 1, wherein the customized oral care management system divides the oral image into a plurality of zones, and displays motion information according to a motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing unit, , And analyzing the personalized oral care management system The beams and, brushing the oral cavity results by the area information on the oral cavity image based on the recommended action information may include the step of displaying in a user terminal.

According to the technical idea of the present invention, it is possible to provide a brushing method optimized for each user by utilizing the oral image of the user, and it is also possible to easily confirm whether the user correctly performed the brushing method, .

In addition, it is possible to notify the user of the method of brushing in a region requiring special attention even in the user's mouth (for example, a region where the tooth or gum disease is present), so that the user's oral health can be carefully managed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A brief description of each drawing is provided to more fully understand the drawings recited in the description of the invention.
1 shows a schematic configuration of a customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a schematic configuration of an oral care apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows a schematic configuration of an application system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 shows an example of an oral image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which a customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention divides an oral image into a plurality of regions.
6 shows an example of brushing result information provided by the customized oral care management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 shows a schematic flow of a method for providing a customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Also, in this specification, when any one element 'transmits' data to another element, the element may transmit the data directly to the other element, or may transmit the data through at least one other element Data may be transmitted to the other component.

Conversely, when one element 'directly transmits' data to another element, it means that the data is transmitted to the other element without passing through another element in the element.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 shows a schematic configuration of a customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a customized oral care management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an oral care management system 100 and an application system 200 installed in a user terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the oral care apparatus 100 may be embodied in the form of a toothbrush including a toothbrush head provided with bristles and a body portion capable of being held by a user. Preferably, the oral care management device 100 is implemented as a power toothbrush capable of receiving a predetermined power and performing a predetermined function (sensing the motion state of the toothbrush head, outputting vibration, light, electromagnetic waves, plasma, etc.) .

According to one embodiment, the customized oral care management system 1 includes information on the position of the toothbrush head sensed by the oral care device 100 and the manner of brushing of the user (i.e., the motion state of the toothbrush head) A sensed value sensed by a given sensor) may be transmitted to the application system 200. Then, the application system 200 analyzes information received from the application system 200 and provides information on the result of brushing (for example, information on whether the user's brushing is performed correctly, lack of brushing, or where the wrong part is provided) The user can visually confirm the display or inform the user in a predetermined manner so that the user can perform the oral care more efficiently and reliably.

Hereinafter, the term "brushing" refers to a series of actions for sanitary management in the oral cavity, and brushing may refer to the act of using a toothbrush directly by a user for brushing teeth.

2 shows a schematic configuration of an oral care apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the oral care apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 110, a sensing unit 120, a vibration unit 130, a light irradiation unit 140, and / or a plasma generation unit 150). Hereinafter, the light irradiating unit 140 and the plasma generating unit 150 will collectively be defined as medical functions. Although not shown in the drawings, in some embodiments, when the toothbrush head reaches a position in the oral cavity (e.g., a special area) that the user is to be more careful during brushing or when brushing is performed in an incorrect manner, (Not shown) capable of outputting an output signal. The notification unit (not shown) can output the notification signal based on the position and the motion state of the toothbrush head analyzed by the application system 200, which will be described later. For example, the notification signal may be generated separately from the vibration of the toothbrush head by the vibrating unit 130, which will be described later, by a separate member for vibrating the body portion (the portion held by the user's hand) And can output the notification signal in the form of a vibration through a two-vibration unit (not shown). According to another example, the oral care management apparatus 100 may be provided with sound output means (not shown) capable of outputting a predetermined sound, so that the notification signal may be output in the form of sound. In addition, the type of the notification signal can be variously implemented by outputting light to the outside, and can be implemented so as to concentrate attention of the user in any form.

According to an example, the notification signal may be output in response to the notification request of the application system 200. As will be described later, the application system 200 analyzes the position of the toothbrush head, the movement state, and the like, and determines whether the position of the analyzed toothbrush head reaches a specific position (e.g., a special area), the user's brushing is poor The application system 200 may transmit a notification request to the oral care management apparatus 100 to output the notification signal. Then, the oral care management apparatus 100, that is, the notification unit (not shown) may output the notification signal in response to the notification request.

The communication unit 110 is connected to the application system 200 installed in the user terminal and / or the user terminal through a wired / wireless network, and is capable of transmitting and receiving various data and signals for performing the technical idea of the present invention. have. For example, the communication unit 110 may communicate with the application 110 using a short-range wireless network such as a zigbee, a WiFi, a bluetooth, an infrared communication, a visible light communication, an ultrasonic communication, System 200, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. According to an embodiment, the communication unit 110 may perform communication with the application system 200 through various wired networks such as a USB cable as well as a wireless network.

(Motion state) of the oral care management apparatus 100 sensed by the sensing unit 120. [0033] FIG. According to one embodiment, the sensing unit 120 is located at a portion of the toothbrush head in the mouth management device 100, and detects the movement state of the toothbrush head, that is, the rotational direction, the amount of rotation, Or a moving distance.

For this, the sensing unit 120 may include a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and / or a geomagnetic sensor. Data sensed by the sensors may be transmitted to the application system 200 ). ≪ / RTI > The application system 200 may then analyze the received data to sense the motion state of the toothbrush head.

The motion state sensed by the sensing unit 120 may be information on a motion state of the toothbrush head, and may be a sensing value sensed by the sensing unit 120 through the sensors. As described later, the application system 200 can analyze motion information of the toothbrush head by analyzing the motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing unit 120, that is, the sensed value. That is, the application system 200 may analyze the sensed value to analyze in which direction the toothbrush head rotates and in what direction (reciprocating) (lateral direction or vertical direction). At this time, the application system 200 may calculate the relative position information of the toothbrush head by analyzing the movement state and determining how far the toothbrush head moves from a specific position. Since the technical idea of detecting and analyzing the motion state of an object through the multi-axis sensor is widely known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

On the other hand, when the position or motion of an object is measured using such sensors, errors may accumulate as time passes and it may become difficult to measure an accurate position or motion. In particular, there is a risk that such an error may become larger as the measurement range becomes wider.

Therefore, according to the technical idea of the present invention, by dividing the oral cavity into a plurality of zones and detecting the movement state of the toothbrush head by each of the plurality of divided zones, it is possible to more accurately analyze the brushing of the user . This will be described later with reference to FIG.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the sensing unit 120 may further include a predetermined pressure sensor capable of sensing a pressure applied to the tooth by a toothbrush head (bristles). In this case, the sensing unit 120 may sense the brushing strength when the user performs brushing. The strength of the brushing may vary depending on the user's oral condition (e.g., the degree of corrosion / wear of the teeth, etc.) This can be a factor. That is, the brushing strength may mean information that can indicate how strongly the user applies the toothbrush head to his or her teeth.

Meanwhile, the vibration unit 130 may be configured to transmit vibration to the toothbrush head using a motor or an acoustic wave. At this time, the vibration unit 130 can control vibration, vibration intensity, vibration pattern, etc. according to a predetermined control signal. The control signal is received from the application system 200 through the communication unit 110 Or may be manually input by a user through a predetermined interface provided on the oral care management apparatus 100.

The light irradiating unit 140 and / or the plasma generating unit 150 may output light of a specific wavelength or generate a medical plasma so that oral care can be more efficiently performed. The functions of the light irradiating unit 140 and / or the plasma generating unit 150 may be controlled according to control signals transmitted from the application system 200, The user may directly input the control signal through the interface provided on the oral care management apparatus 100. [

As described above, it is well known that a technical idea using light of a specific wavelength or a medical plasma is effective for sterilization of oral cavity, treatment of diseases, whitening of teeth, etc., and implementation form and configuration are well known. Therefore, Is omitted.

However, according to the technical idea of the present invention, the light or the medical plasma of such a specific wavelength is not output collectively in the mouth of the user, but the output of the light or the medical plasma is changed according to the intraoral state such as the oral structure of the user, Can be adaptively controlled so that it is possible to have a more efficient and suitable effect for each individual.

The function of the oral care apparatus 100 such as the control of the functions and actions of the vibration unit 130, the light irradiation unit 140 and / or the plasma generation unit 150 may be controlled by the application system 100, (Not shown). Hereinafter, the configuration of the application system 200 and its functions will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

3 shows a schematic configuration of an application system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, an application system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a communication module 210, a storage module 220, a motion analysis module 230, and / or a control module 240 have.

Herein, a module may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for carrying out the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, the module may mean a logical unit of a predetermined code and a hardware resource for executing the predetermined code, and it does not necessarily mean a physically connected code or a kind of hardware. Can be easily deduced to the average expert in the field of < / RTI > Accordingly, the module refers to a combination of hardware and software that performs the functions defined herein, and does not mean a specific physical configuration.

The communication module 210 can transmit and receive data and signals for implementing the technical idea of the present invention while performing communication with the oral care management apparatus 100 through a wired / wireless network.

For example, the communication module 210 may receive information on a user's brushing method, that is, a sensed value sensed by a sensor, from the oral care management device 100, A control signal for controlling the function or operation of the management apparatus 100 (e.g., vibration, light irradiation, plasma generation, etc.) can be transmitted.

According to an embodiment, the communication module 210 may communicate with a predetermined external system (not shown) to receive a user's oral image and / or a user's recommended behavior information that may be set based on the oral image You may. Here, the external system (not shown) may refer to a system having a user's oral information, medical record, etc., such as a dental system. Here, the user's recommended action information may be transmitted from the external system (not shown) as described above, but it may be set by the control module 240, which will be described later, according to an embodiment. This will be described in detail later.

The mouth image will be described with reference to FIG.

4 shows an example of an oral image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, an oral image according to an embodiment of the present invention may be embodied as an image representing a general oral structure as shown in the figure. In some implementations, the oral image may be implemented as a 3D image rendered in 3D of the user's oral cavity structure.

The oral image may be received from a predetermined external system (not shown) as described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto. According to an embodiment, the oral image may be transmitted from the oral care apparatus 100 and / Or may be rendered by the application system 200 using the API. However, for more accurate information, it may be desirable to receive the oral image from the external system (not shown).

The external system (not shown) may be, for example, a dental system and may scan or render the user's oral cavity structure when the user is present at the dentistry, to receive the oral cavity image from the dental system have.

According to an embodiment, the oral image received from the external system (not shown) by the application system 200 may include characteristics of the oral image (e.g., oral structure of the user, tooth condition (caries degree, , Tooth arrangement, etc.) may be further included. The information about the characteristics of the oral image may be generated based on the medical examination result of the doctor who treated the user, and in some embodiments, the control module 240 may determine the oral image of the oral cavity based on the oral image. May be detected. In the latter case, the characteristic of the oral image according to the oral cavity region may be limited to the information about the tooth array type (e.g., overlapping of the potholes and teeth) which can be judged by the image.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the storage module 220 may be implemented in the form of a memory or the like, and may store a mouth image of a user's oral cavity structure and a recommended action information of the user.

As described above, the oral image may be transmitted from the external system (not shown) and stored in the storage module 220, and the recommendation behavior information may be received from the external system (not shown) (Not shown).

Also, the recommendation action information may refer to information on a brushing method to be performed by the user for each mouth area of the user. In this way, information on the brushing method to be performed by the user is defined as recommended recommended exercise information of the oral care management device 100. The recommended exercise information may be information on the movement information of the oral care management device 100, for example, the rotation direction, the rotation amount, the rotation frequency, and the like of the toothbrush head which is preferable for the oral cavity region according to the oral cavity region of the user.

Also, according to an embodiment, the recommendation action information may further include not only movement information of the toothbrush head, but also information on control of the function of the oral care apparatus 100. [ For example, when the oral care apparatus 100 includes the vibration unit 130, the vibration intensity, the vibration pattern, and the like may be set for each oral cavity region, and the light irradiation unit 140 and / Information for controlling (adjusting) the functions of the light irradiating unit 140 and / or the plasma generating unit 150 by the oral cavity region when the plasma generating unit 150 is included in the oral care managing apparatus 100, And may be further included in the recommended action information.

In the present invention, the user's recommended behavior information, which is optimized for each user by using the oral image of the user's oral cavity, may be set. The user-customized brushing information may be stored in the medical record of the user, Method, and the like. For example, the recommended action information may be set based on any one of the various brushing methods described above, and user recommended action information in which the number of times of brushing, the intensity, and the angle of the toothbrush head are differently applied to the oral cavity region.

As described above, the oral structures differ depending on individuals, and even if the toothbrushing method is the same depending on the arrangement of the teeth, the recommended behavior information may be different for each individual. For example, in the case of a depression in the user's mouth area or a region where the teeth overlap each other (i.e., a special area), it may be necessary to increase the number of tooth brushing or increase the brushing strength have.

For example, based on the brushing method according to the Bath method, the recommended action information of a specific user is to perform brushing at least five times in the general region of the user's mouth, and at least ten times in the special region Recommended action information can be set. In addition, when the sensing unit 120 further includes a pressure sensor, information on proper brushing strength may be further included in the recommendation behavior information for each position according to a user's oral condition. The recommended behavior information may be stored in the storage module 220.

In addition, the oral cavity region may be a predetermined unit region that can be divided in the mouth separately from a plurality of regions classified by the operation analysis module 230 to be described later. For example, the oral cavity region may be divided for each tooth unit in the user's mouth (for example, each tooth or a predetermined number of teeth), or may be divided into a predetermined unit length in the oral cavity irrespective of the number of teeth May be divided into the oral cavity region. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the case where each tooth is an oral region is described as an example, but the scope of rights of the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a region where the user should pay more attention or a region requiring more careful management may be classified into the special region. For example, when the oral cavity is divided on the basis of each tooth, there is a possibility that the oral cavity may be damaged when the oral cavity is divided into the oral cavity, such as a case where a tooth at a specific position has a disease (e.g., tooth decay, tooth wear) The oral area requiring more detailed management can be classified into the above-mentioned special area. In this case, the information on the special region together with the oral image (for example, information on the position of the special region in the oral image) may be stored together in the storage module 220.

In this case, special motion information corresponding to the special area different from the recommended motion information in the general area described above may be applied to the special area. That is, when the user performs brushing on the special area, the brushing can be performed in a manner different from the rest of the general area, for example, the number of times of brushing, the brushing strength, etc. In this way, Is defined as special exercise information.

In addition, when the oral care management apparatus 100 further includes the driving unit 130, the light irradiation unit 140, and / or the plasma generation unit 150, the recommended action information may include a preferable vibration / / Information about the output of the plasma, the output intensity, and the output time. That is, the intensity of oscillation in the general oral cavity region or the output level of the irradiated light may be different from the intensity of the oscillation in the special region or the output power of the irradiated light, and the oscillation / light / plasma control May be included in the recommended action information.

Meanwhile, the operation analysis module 230 analyzes movement of the oral care device 100, in particular, the movement of the oral care device 100 using the motion state (i.e., sensing value) of the oral care device 100 sensed by the sensing unit 120 It is possible to analyze motion information on the motion of the head (motion state).

The operation information may be used to include, for example, information about whether the toothbrush head is rotated in which direction in which direction of the mouth image, and positional information on the relative position of the toothbrush head as described above have.

At this time, in order to analyze the intraoral position of the toothbrush head, the operation module 230 may inform the user of the location where the user first starts brushing. For example, when the user starts brushing for the first time, the control module 240 designates a position to start brushing, such as from the upper left corner or the front edge of the upper center, and displays the selected position on the user terminal, Can be output.

When brushing is started, the operation analysis module 230 can analyze the motion state of the toothbrush head from the start position designated by the control module 240, thereby grasping the operation information of the toothbrush head.

Particularly, according to the present invention, by using a mouth image for each user, it is possible to know in advance the size and the tooth area of the oral cavity, which can not be different for each individual person, so that the exercise state of the toothbrush head can be more accurately analyzed.

In order to prevent a risk that accurate errors can not be detected due to accumulation of errors that may occur while analyzing the motion state of the toothbrush head as described above, the present invention divides the user's mouth into a plurality of areas, It is possible to detect and analyze the motion state of the toothbrush head. An example of this is shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which a customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention divides an oral image into a plurality of regions.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the customized oral care management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the operation analysis module 230 may divide the user's oral image into a plurality of arbitrary regions.

According to one embodiment, the motion analysis module 230 can distinguish four zones by dividing the upper and lower sides of the user's mouth image with respect to the center, with respect to the left and right, and the maxilla and mandible. That is, as shown in the drawing, the motion analysis module 230 is divided into four zones, i.e., the upper left zone a, the upper right zone b, the lower left zone c, and the lower right zone d. A region for analyzing the motion state of the management apparatus 100 can be identified.

As described above, the manner in which the operation analysis module 230 divides the user's oral image into a plurality of zones is not limited to the four zones shown in the drawing, but may be variously divided according to needs, It will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art of the present invention.

When the plurality of zones are divided, the motion analysis module 230 can analyze the motion state of the toothbrush head by each zone to obtain more accurate results.

Meanwhile, the control module 240 displays the toothbrushing result information on the mouth area on the mouth image on the basis of the operation information of the toothbrush head analyzed by the operation analysis module 230 and the recommendation action information, can do. The brushing result information will be described with reference to Fig.

6 shows an example of brushing result information provided by the customized oral care management system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, after the user's brushing is completed, the control module 240 may display whether or not brushing has been performed by oral cavity on the oral cavity image.

For example, if the brushing is insufficient for each of the oral regions, or if the brushing is insufficient for each of the oral regions, a predetermined color or a separate mark is displayed on the corresponding oral cavity area as in a, and if the brushing is good, By displaying colors or other markings, the user can be informed of his brushing results.

At this time, the control module 240 may display the brushing result information on the user terminal after the brushing of the user is completed as described above. However, according to the embodiment, when the user performs brushing, Information may be displayed on the mouth image. In this case, the user can know whether he or she is brushing properly while performing brushing.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment, when the position of the toothbrush head reaches or approaches the special area while the user is performing brushing, or when the brush module moves to another position with insufficient brushing, And may provide predetermined notification information to the user through the user terminal.

For example, when it is determined by the operation analysis module 230 that the position of the toothbrush head has moved to the special area, the control module 240 determines whether the user terminal vibrates or notifies a predetermined sound, By outputting the information, it is possible to allow the user to pay more attention to brushing. According to the embodiment, the notification information may be output simultaneously with the notification signal output from the notification unit (not shown) of the oral care apparatus 100, and only one of the notification signal or the notification information may be output .

According to the technical idea of the present invention, it is possible to tailor the brushing method of the user according to the recommended action information and the position of the special area by using the oral image which is different for each user, It can have an advantageous effect that can be performed.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic flow of a method for providing a customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the customized mouth management system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention communicates with the oral care apparatus, receives the movement state of the toothbrush head sensed by the oral care apparatus (s100) The user's oral structure may store the rendered oral image and the user's recommended behavior information set based on the oral image (S110).

The personalized oral care management system 1 divides the oral image into a plurality of regions and analyzes operation information according to the motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing unit for each of the plurality of divided regions (s120). Based on the analyzed operation information and the recommended action information, the user can display (S130) brushing result information on the mouth area on the user's terminal.

The method of providing a customized oral care management system according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a hard disk, a floppy disk, an optical data magnetic storage device, and the like in the form of a carrier wave (for example, . The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

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A sensing unit for sensing a motion state of the toothbrush head; And
And a communication unit that communicates with the user terminal and transmits the motion state sensed by the sensing unit to the user terminal. And
And an application system installed in the user terminal,
The application system comprises:
A communication module for performing communication with the oral care device;
A storage module for storing the user's recommended action information including a recommended oral movement image of the user's mouth structure and recommended recommended exercise information of the oral care device for each mouth area of the user set based on the oral image;
An operation analysis module for dividing the oral image into a plurality of zones and analyzing operation information according to a motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing unit for each of the plurality of divided zones; And
And a control module for displaying the toothbrushing result information on the oral cavity image on the user terminal based on the operation information analyzed by the operation analysis module and the recommended action information.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising special exercise information corresponding to a special region of the oral cavity region,
Wherein the special region is set as a region having a different oral condition from the general region of the oral cavity region,
Wherein the special exercise information includes general exercise information and exercise information corresponding to the general region.
2. The oral care apparatus according to claim 1,
Further comprising a vibrating portion for vibrating the toothbrush head,
The control module includes:
A vibration pattern, or a vibration time of the vibration unit based on the position of the toothbrush head and the recommendation action information to the oral care management device, .
2. The oral care apparatus according to claim 1,
A light irradiating unit for irradiating light of a specific wavelength; or
And at least one of plasma generating portions for generating a medical plasma,
The control module includes:
A control signal for controlling the output of the light irradiating unit or the plasma generating unit to be output differently from the general region to the oral care apparatus, based on the position of the toothbrush head and the recommended action information, Wherein the oral care management system comprises:
The apparatus according to claim 1,
Wherein the mouth image is divided into an upper left region, an upper right region, a lower left region, and a lower right region, and the movement state of the toothbrush head is analyzed for each divided region.
2. The oral care apparatus according to claim 1,
If the position of the toothbrush head analyzed by the motion analysis module reaches a specific position or if the motion state of the toothbrush head does not correspond to the recommendation behavior information, And a notification unit outputting a predetermined notification signal.
The apparatus of claim 1,
Providing the predetermined notification information through the user terminal when the position of the toothbrush head analyzed by the operation analysis module reaches a specific position or the movement state of the toothbrush head does not correspond to the recommendation behavior information Features customized oral care system.
In an oral care device,
A sensing unit for sensing a motion state of the toothbrush head;
A communication unit that communicates with an application system installed in a user terminal and transmits the motion state sensed by the sensing unit to the application system;
A vibrating part for vibrating the toothbrush head; And
A medical function part including at least one of a light irradiation part for irradiating light of a specific wavelength or a plasma generation part for generating a medical plasma,
The oral care device (1)
Wherein the function of the vibration unit or the medical function unit can be controlled differently according to a user's mouth area based on a control signal transmitted from the application system.
1. An application system installed in a user terminal,
A communication module that communicates with the oral care device and receives a motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the oral care device;
A storage module for storing the user's recommended action information including the recommended oral movement image of the user's oral cavity structure and the recommended recommended exercise information of the oral care administration device for each oral cavity region based on the oral cavity image;
An operation analysis module for dividing the oral image into a plurality of zones and analyzing operation information according to a motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing unit for each of the plurality of divided zones; And
And a control module for displaying the brushing result information on the mouth area on the mouth image on the user terminal based on the operation information analyzed by the operation analysis module and the recommendation action information.
Wherein the customized oral care system is set based on the oral image of the user's oral cavity and the oral image and storing the recommended activity information of the user including the recommended recommended exercise information of the oral care device for each oral cavity ;
Receiving the motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the oral care device, wherein the customized oral care system communicates with the oral care device;
Wherein the customized oral care management system divides the oral image into a plurality of regions and analyzes operation information according to a motion state of the toothbrush head sensed by the sensing unit for each of the plurality of divided regions; And
And displaying the result of brushing by mouth area on the mouth image on the user terminal based on the analyzed action information and the recommendation action information of the customized mouth management system.

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