WO2018205857A1

WO2018205857A1 - Method for automatically playing information during teeth-brushing, and teeth-brushing monitoring system

Info

Publication number: WO2018205857A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/084975
Authority: WO
Inventors: 郑洪�; 蒙元鹏
Original assignee: 郑洪�
Priority date: 2017-05-10
Filing date: 2018-04-28
Publication date: 2018-11-15
Also published as: CN106970568A

Abstract

A method for automatically playing information during teeth-brushing, which is capable of playing received voice information to a user when the user is brushing their teeth, and a teeth-brushing monitoring system. The method for automatically playing information during teeth-brushing comprises the following steps: a, a teeth-brushing monitoring apparatus 130 and a mobile terminal device 200 establishing a communication connection; b, the teeth-brushing monitoring apparatus 130 detecting user teeth-brushing action behaviour; c, determining whether the detected action behaviour is teeth-brushing action behaviour; d, if yes, detecting whether the mobile terminal device 200 or the teeth-brushing monitoring apparatus 130 receives information; e, if yes, detecting whether the teeth-brushing action behaviour continues; f, if yes, a voice player 133 automatically playing the received information.

Description

Method for automatically playing information when brushing teeth and brushing monitoring system

Technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of brushing detection, in particular to a method for automatically playing information when brushing teeth and a brushing monitoring system.

Background technique

Brushing is an important self-care method for people to remove plaque, soft dirt and food residues in their lives and keep their mouth clean. To guide the user in correct brushing, a toothbrush base with a brush monitoring device has appeared on the market. The toothbrush base is used to connect to the toothbrush to detect the user's brushing process to obtain brushing data. In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors have found that after the toothbrush base of the prior art is connected to the toothbrush, the brushing monitoring device only monitors the brushing data, and does not perform relevant information received by the user during the brushing process of the user. Voice playback.

Summary of the invention

According to the deficiencies in the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for automatically playing information during brushing and a brushing monitoring system that can perform voice playback on information received by a user during brushing.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is: a method for automatically playing information when brushing teeth, comprising the following steps: a, the brushing monitoring device and the mobile terminal device establish a communication connection; b, the brushing monitoring device detects The user's brushing action behavior; c. determining whether the detected action behavior is a brushing action behavior; d, if yes, detecting whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information; e, if yes, detecting the brushing action behavior Whether it continues; f. If the brushing action continues to occur, the voice player automatically plays the received message.

Further, in the technical solution, in step c, it is determined whether the brushing action behavior is completed by the brushing monitoring device.

Further, in the technical solution, in step c, it is determined whether the brushing action is completed by the mobile terminal device.

Further, in the technical solution, in step d, detecting whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information is performed by the mobile terminal device.

Further, in the technical solution, in step d, detecting whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information is performed by the brushing monitoring device.

Further, in the technical solution, in step e, detecting whether the brushing action behavior continues to be generated is performed by the brushing monitoring device.

Further, in the technical solution, in step e, detecting whether the brushing action behavior continues to be generated is performed by the mobile terminal device.

Further, the voice player in the technical solution is disposed on the brushing monitoring device.

Further, the voice player in the technical solution is disposed on the mobile terminal device.

Further, the brushing monitoring device and the mobile terminal device in the technical solution are connected by using a wireless connection scheme.

Further, the voice player in the technical solution has a function module for converting text information into voice information.

Further, the technical solution further includes the step of suspending or canceling the automatic playback of the voice player.

Preferably, the technical solution can also exchange the step d and the step e.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention also discloses another technical solution: a brushing monitoring system, including a brushing monitoring device and a mobile terminal device, the brushing monitoring device including a motion sensor, a processor, and the same The terminal device establishes a data exchange of the communication connection, the action sensor is configured to detect a user action behavior, and the processor or the mobile terminal device is configured to determine whether the action behavior detected by the motion sensor is a brushing action behavior, and Determining whether the brushing action behavior continues if the processor or the mobile terminal device continues to generate, if the processor or the mobile terminal device detects whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information; the brushing monitoring device or the mobile terminal The voice player in the device automatically plays the received message after confirming receipt of the message.

Further, the brushing monitoring device or the mobile terminal device in the technical solution is further provided with an interactive interface for suspending or canceling the automatic playing of the voice player.

Further, the technical solution further includes a power supply component for supplying power to the brushing monitoring device.

Further, the data switch in the technical solution is preferably a WIFI communication module or a Bluetooth module or an NB-Iot chip.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention also discloses another technical solution: a brushing monitoring system, including a brushing monitoring device and a mobile terminal device, the brushing monitoring device including a motion sensor, a processor, and the same The terminal device establishes a data exchange of the communication connection, the action sensor is configured to detect a user action behavior, and the processor or the mobile terminal device is configured to determine whether the action behavior detected by the motion sensor is a brushing action behavior, and The processor or the mobile terminal device detects whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information, and if the information is received, the processor or the mobile terminal device determines whether the brushing action behavior continues; the brushing monitoring device or the mobile device The voice player in the terminal device automatically plays the received information after confirming receipt of the information and the brushing action continues to occur.

The main beneficial effect brought by the technical solution provided by the present invention is that the voice player can automatically play the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device to receive information during the brushing process, so that the user can know the time when brushing the teeth. The information obtained has improved the user's experience when brushing teeth.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

1 is a schematic view of a brushing monitoring system in an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of the toothbrush base of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the toothbrush base of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a schematic structural view of the brush monitoring device of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of a motion sensor;

6 is a flow chart of a working method of a brushing monitoring system in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of another working method of the brushing monitoring system in the embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and beneficial effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. It is understood that the specific embodiments described in this section are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Specific embodiment 1

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of a brush monitoring system including a toothbrush base 100 and a mobile terminal device 200. The toothbrush base 100 is for attachment to the toothbrush handle to detect user brushing behavior to obtain behavioral data. The mobile terminal device 200 selects a commonly used smart wearable device, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an e-book reader, an MP3 (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III) player, and an MP4 (Moving Picture Experts Group). Audio Layer IV, motion picture specialist compresses standard audio layer 4) player or laptop portable computer (hereinafter referred to as "mobile terminal device").

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the toothbrush base 100 includes a housing 110 having a connecting end 111 connected to an external toothbrush. The housing 110 further includes a brush monitoring device 130 for collecting user's brushing behavior data and The power supply assembly 140 is powered by the brushing monitoring device 130, wherein the periphery of the brushing monitoring device 130 is provided with a liquid-proof sleeve 120 for preventing entry of external liquid. In the present embodiment, the liquid-proof sleeve 120 is assembled by the cover sleeve 122 and the sealing cover 121, and the cover sleeve 122 and the sealing cover 121 can be separated from each other to take out or assemble the brush monitoring device 130. The toothbrush base 100 can also be equipped with an external power supply without a built-in power supply component.

As shown in FIG. 4, the brush monitoring device 130 includes a PCB board 131, a power input terminal 138 disposed on the PCB board 131, a motion sensor 132, a voice player 133, and a memory for storing various information in the brushing monitoring device 130. 135. Processor 136 and data switch 137. In this embodiment, the memory 135 is a rewritable memory, and the power input terminal 138 is used for electrically connecting the power supply assembly 140 to supply power to the brush monitoring device 130. The motion sensor 132 is used to detect the user's brushing action behavior. Specifically, when the toothbrush base 100 is attached to the toothbrush for use, the detected action behavior is the movement trajectory of the toothbrush when brushing, the number of times the tooth is brushed in the same area, the brushing force during brushing, and the brushing time. Of course, in the present embodiment, the power supply component 140 can also be understood as a part of the brushing monitoring device 130.

In this embodiment, the processor 136 is configured to determine whether the action behavior detected by the motion sensor 132 is a brushing action behavior, and if so, the mobile terminal device 200 detects whether the device itself and the brushing monitoring device 130 receive the information, and if the information is received, the processor 136 further detects whether the brushing action is continuous. The voice player 133 is configured to automatically play the received information after confirming receipt of the information and the brushing action continues to occur. The received information includes text information or voice information sent by the friend or doctor through the brushing monitoring device 130 or the mobile terminal device 200, or push information sent by the brushing monitoring device 130 or the mobile terminal device 200 after the network is connected (such as news information). , advertising information). The information (text information or voice information) sent by the friend may be a brushing challenge message or a greeting message sent by the friend, and the information (text information or voice information) sent by the doctor may be a condition prompt or the like.

The data switch 137 is for making a communication connection with the mobile terminal device 200 to transmit or receive data. In the present embodiment, the data switch 137 is preferably a wireless transmitting and receiving device such that the brushing monitoring device 130 and the mobile terminal device 200 can establish a connection by wireless communication. The wireless transmitting and receiving device comprises a WIFI communication module or a low power bluetooth module or an NB-Iot chip.

The processor 136 determines whether the user's brushing action behavior occurs by analyzing the action behavior detected by the motion sensor 132. For example, when the motion sensor 132 detects that there is a high frequency back and forth vibration, or/and the motion sensor 132 detects that the tilt angle and the indication direction change frequently for a long time, the brushing action behavior is considered to occur. The high frequency in this embodiment refers to shaking back and forth more than 3 times per second, and refers to a time of more than 10 seconds for a long time, and frequently refers to a change within 5 seconds.

In this embodiment, the processor 136 detects whether the brushing action behavior continuously occurs: if the motion sensor 132 does not detect the brushing action behavior within a preset time (eg, the preset time is set to 10 seconds), the processor 136 It is considered that the user's brushing process is over, otherwise the brushing process is considered to be ongoing.

In other embodiments, determining whether the user's brushing action behavior occurs may also be performed by the mobile terminal device 200. The determining method refers to the determining method of the processor 136 in this embodiment. In addition, detecting whether the mobile terminal device 200 and the brushing monitoring device 130 receive the information may also be implemented by the processor 136 in the brushing monitoring device 130; detecting whether the brushing action behavior continues to be generated may be completed by the mobile terminal device 200.

As shown in FIG. 5, the motion sensor 132 includes an acceleration sensor 1321, a geomagnetic sensor 1322, a contact sensor 1323, a counter 1324, a gyroscope 1325, and a timer 1326. The acceleration sensor 1321 is used for detecting the linear acceleration of the toothbrush during the brushing process of the user; the gyroscope 1325 is used for detecting the inclination of the toothbrush and the horizontal plane during the brushing process of the user; the geomagnetic sensor 1322 is for detecting the specified direction of the toothbrush during the brushing process of the user; the contact sensor 1323 For detecting whether the toothbrush is in contact with the tooth; the timer 1326 is used for calculating the brushing time of the user's brushing, the brushing time may be the time spent on the entire brushing process, and may also be the time spent brushing a certain area; the counter 1324 is used for Calculate the number of scrubs for each tooth area during the user's brushing process.

In this embodiment, the mobile terminal device 200 is further provided with an interactive interface, and the automatic playback of the voice player 133 can also be suspended or cancelled. In other embodiments, the interactive interface can also be disposed on the brushing monitoring device 130.

In order to better explain the working principle of the brushing monitoring system, as shown in FIG. 6, it shows a method flow of automatic information playing when brushing teeth, and the method is further established after the brushing monitoring device 130 and the mobile terminal device 200 establish a communication connection. Includes the following steps:

In step S101, the brushing monitoring device 130 detects the user's action behavior through the motion sensor 132, and converts the action behavior into behavior data (electrical signals).

Step S102, the processor 136 receives the behavior data, and determines whether the detected action behavior is a brushing action behavior by comparison with the standard behavior data. If yes, the process proceeds to step S103; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S103, and the process proceeds to step S101. Sensor 132 continues to detect the user's brushing action. In other embodiments, determining whether the detected action behavior is a brushing action behavior may also be performed by the mobile terminal device 200. The specific judgment scheme is as described above.

In step S103, the mobile terminal device 200 detects whether the self and the brushing monitoring device 130 receive the information. If the information is received, the process proceeds to step S104, otherwise, the process proceeds to step S101, and the action sensor 132 continues to detect the user's brushing action.

In other embodiments, when the information is not received, the mobile terminal device 200 may continue to detect whether the self and the brushing monitoring device 130 receive the information without going to the step S101, until the information is received, and the process proceeds to step S104. Further, the execution unit that detects whether the mobile terminal device 200 or the brushing monitoring device 130 receives the information may also be executed by the processor 136.

In step S104, the processor 136 further detects whether the brushing action behavior continues. If it continues, the process proceeds to step S105; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S105, and the process proceeds to step S101, at which time the action sensor 132 continues to detect the user's brushing action. If the motion sensor 132 does not detect the brushing action behavior within a preset time (eg, the preset time is set to 10 seconds), the processor 136 considers that the user's brushing process ends, otherwise the brushing process is considered to continue. In other embodiments, detecting whether the brushing action behavior continues may be accomplished by the mobile terminal device 200.

In step S105, if it is confirmed that the information is received and the brushing action continues to be generated, the voice player 133 reads and plays the received information. In this embodiment, the voice player 133 is disposed on the brushing monitoring device 130. In other embodiments, the voice player 133 may also be a voice player that is included in the mobile terminal device 200.

After the step S105, the user can also pause or cancel the automatic play of the voice player 133 through the interaction interface provided on the brush monitoring device 130 or on the mobile terminal device 200.

In this embodiment, the voice player 133 preferably adds a function module that can convert text information into voice information, and the function module can refer to the conversion technology of the TTS. The prosody features of the voice player 133 can be adjusted through the interactive interface according to user needs.

In other embodiments, as shown in FIG. 7, step S103 and step S104 are further performed to perform the exchange, that is, the step of confirming whether the information is received and the step of determining whether the brushing action behavior continues. In order to save space, the specific structure and working principle are not described here.

In summary, since the voice player 133 can automatically play the mobile terminal device 200 or the brushing monitoring device 130 to receive information during the brushing process, the user can know the received information in time while brushing the teeth, and improve the user. The experience of brushing your teeth.

It should be noted that the division of the functional units provided by the foregoing embodiments may be performed by different functional units or modules according to requirements, that is, the internal structure of the unit is divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the functions described above.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware or by hardware related to program instructions, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The storage medium mentioned may be a read only memory or a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

The above embodiments are intended to be illustrative of the principles and embodiments of the present invention. It is understood that the above embodiments are only intended to aid the understanding of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting. Any minor modifications or equivalent substitutions made to the structural forms or configurations of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

A method for automatically playing information when brushing teeth includes the following steps: a, a brushing monitoring device and a mobile terminal device establish a communication connection; b, the brushing monitoring device detects a user's brushing action behavior; c, determining the detected action behavior Is the brushing action behavior; d, if yes, detecting whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information; e, if yes, detecting whether the brushing action is continuous; f. if the brushing action continues to occur, The voice player automatically plays the received message.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in step c, it is determined whether the brushing action is performed by the brush monitoring device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in step c, it is determined whether the brushing action is performed by the mobile terminal device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in step d, detecting whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information is performed by the mobile terminal device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in step d, detecting whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information is performed by the brushing monitoring device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in step e, detecting whether the brushing action behavior continues to be generated is performed by the brushing monitoring device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein in step e, detecting whether said brushing action behavior continues to be generated is performed by said mobile terminal device.
The method of claim 1 wherein said voice player is located on said brushing monitoring device.
The method of claim 1 wherein said voice player is located on said mobile terminal device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein said brushing monitoring device and said mobile terminal device are in communication connection using a wireless connection scheme.
The method of claim 1 wherein said voice player has a functional module for converting textual information into voice information.
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of suspending or canceling automatic playback of said voice player.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that said step d and step e are switched.
A brush monitoring system comprising a brushing monitoring device and a mobile terminal device, wherein the brushing monitoring device comprises a motion sensor, a processor and a data exchanger for establishing a communication connection with the mobile terminal device, the action The sensor is configured to detect a user action behavior; the processor or the mobile terminal device is configured to determine whether the action behavior detected by the motion sensor is a brushing action behavior, and the processor or the mobile terminal device determines whether the brushing action behavior is Continuing, if continuously generated, the processor or the mobile terminal device detects whether the mobile terminal device or the brushing monitoring device receives the information; the voice player in the brushing monitoring device or the mobile terminal device confirms receipt of the information The received message is automatically played.
The system of claim 14 wherein said voice player has a functional module for converting textual information into voice information.
The system according to claim 14, wherein the brushing monitoring device or the mobile terminal device further comprises an interactive interface for suspending or canceling the automatic playback of the voice player.
The system of claim 14 further comprising a power supply assembly for powering said brushing monitoring device.
The system of claim 14 wherein said brushing monitoring device and said mobile terminal device are communicatively coupled using a wireless connection scheme.
The system according to any one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that the data exchanger is preferably a WIFI communication module or a Bluetooth module or an NB-Iot chip.
A brush monitoring system comprising a brushing monitoring device and a mobile terminal device, wherein the brushing monitoring device comprises a motion sensor, a processor and a data exchanger for establishing a communication connection with the mobile terminal device, the action The sensor is configured to detect a user action behavior; the processor or the mobile terminal device is configured to determine whether the action behavior detected by the motion sensor is a brushing action behavior, and the processor or the mobile terminal device detects the mobile terminal device or Whether the brushing monitoring device receives the information, and if the information is received, the processor or the mobile terminal device determines whether the brushing action is continued; the voice player in the brushing monitoring device or the mobile terminal device confirms receipt of the information and The received information is automatically played after the brushing action continues to occur.
The system of claim 20 wherein said voice player has a functional module for converting textual information into voice information.
The system according to claim 20, wherein the brushing monitoring device or the mobile terminal device further comprises an interactive interface for suspending or canceling the automatic playback of the voice player.
The system of claim 20 further comprising a power supply assembly for powering said brushing monitoring device.
The system according to claim 20, wherein said brushing monitoring device and said mobile terminal device are communicatively coupled using a wireless connection scheme.
The system according to any one of claims 20 to 24, characterized in that the data exchanger is preferably a WIFI communication module or a Bluetooth module or an NB-Iot chip.