阅读说明：本技术 电动牙刷及其控制方法 (Electric toothbrush and control method thereof ) 是由 方强 朱永哲 陈定武 于 2021-08-30 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开一种电动牙刷,包括本体,本体上设置有触控组件和显示组件,触控组件和显示组件电连接有控制器,触控组件用于接收用户的动作指令,控制器获取触控组件接收到的用户的动作指令,并控制显示组件进行显示。还公开了一种电动牙刷的控制方法。本发明提供的电动牙刷在本体上设置两个触控按键以及多个显示灯,用户通过触控不同的触控按键对不同的参数进行选择,从而适应用户不同的使用需求。(The invention discloses an electric toothbrush, which comprises a body, wherein a touch control assembly and a display assembly are arranged on the body, the touch control assembly and the display assembly are electrically connected with a controller, the touch control assembly is used for receiving an action instruction of a user, and the controller acquires the action instruction of the user received by the touch control assembly and controls the display assembly to display. A method of controlling the electric toothbrush is also disclosed. According to the electric toothbrush provided by the invention, the two touch keys and the plurality of display lamps are arranged on the body, and a user selects different parameters by touching different touch keys, so that different use requirements of the user are met.)

1. The electric toothbrush is characterized by comprising a body, wherein a touch control assembly and a display assembly are arranged on the body, the touch control assembly and the display assembly are electrically connected with a controller, the touch control assembly is used for receiving action instructions of a user, and the controller acquires the action instructions of the user received by the touch control assembly and controls the display assembly to display.

2. The electric toothbrush according to claim 1, wherein the touch assembly comprises a first touch button, the first touch button is electrically connected to the controller, and the controller obtains a time period of the first touch button and controls the display assembly to display.

3. The electric toothbrush according to claim 2, wherein the display assembly comprises a first display lamp and a second display lamp, the controller obtains that the on-time of the first touch button is greater than or equal to a set threshold, the controller controls the first display lamp to display, the controller obtains that the on-time of the first touch button is less than the set threshold, and the controller controls the second display lamp to display.

4. The electric toothbrush according to claim 3, wherein the second display lamp is disposed below the first display lamp, and the first display lamp displays on/off of the power source.

5. The electric toothbrush according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the number of the first display lamps is plural, the plural first display lamps are arranged in sequence, and the plural first display lamps are used for displaying different levels of brushing time or brushing strength of the toothbrush.

6. The electric toothbrush according to claim 5, wherein the touch assembly comprises a second touch button, the second touch button is electrically connected to the controller, and the controller obtains the on-time of the first touch button and controls the first display lamp to display.

7. The electric toothbrush according to claim 5, further comprising a timer electrically connected to the controller, wherein the timer is configured to record the continuous on-time of the first touch key and the second touch key after receiving the instruction for acquiring that the on-time of the first touch key or the second touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold.

8. A method of controlling an electric toothbrush, comprising the steps of:

acquiring an action instruction of a user;

determining a control signal based on the action instruction of the user and sending the control signal to the display component;

the display component displays the action instruction of the user based on the control signal.

9. The method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to claim 8, wherein a user's motion instruction is acquired, the method comprising:

and acquiring the conduction time of the user touching the first touch key and/or the second touch key.

10. The method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to claim 9, wherein the control signal is determined based on a motion instruction of a user and transmitted to the display assembly, the method comprising:

judging whether the conduction duration of the first touch key is greater than a set threshold value;

if the conduction time of the first touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold, controlling a first display lamp to display the tooth brushing time;

and if the conduction duration of the first touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the on-off of the power supply.

11. The method of controlling an electric toothbrush according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the control signal is determined based on a motion instruction of a user and transmitted to the display assembly, further comprising:

judging whether the conduction time of the second touch key is greater than a set threshold value;

if the conduction duration of the second touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold, controlling the first display lamp to display the tooth brushing mode;

and if the conduction duration of the second touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the tooth brushing strength grade.

12. The method for controlling an electric toothbrush according to claim 11, wherein the step of determining the on duration of the first touch button or the on duration of the second touch button and the threshold comprises the steps of:

and acquiring the continuous conduction time of the first touch key and/or the second touch key, wherein the continuous conduction time is periodically changed.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electric toothbrushes, in particular to an electric toothbrush and a control method thereof.

Background

With more and more emphasis on oral problems, more and more people select electric toothbrushes. The electric toothbrush can make the brush head generate high-frequency vibration through the quick rotation or vibration of the motor core, instantly decompose toothpaste into fine foam to deeply clean teeth gaps, and meanwhile, the vibration of the brush hair can promote the blood circulation of the oral cavity and has a massage effect on gum tissues.

At present, most of toothbrushes on the market are one-button switches, the appearance is simple and convenient, the function is single, the tooth brushing force, the tooth brushing time and the like cannot be freely selected, and only the default tooth brushing force and tooth brushing time of the toothbrush can be passively used. Or need connect cell-phone APP through the bluetooth and carry out above operation, lead to when brushing teeth need handheld toothbrush and cell-phone simultaneously, experience and not good.

Therefore, it is necessary to design an electric toothbrush to solve the problem that the electric toothbrush can only passively use the default brushing strength and brushing time.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problem that a user cannot select tooth brushing strength and tooth brushing time according to the self requirement when using the electric toothbrush in the background art, the invention provides the electric toothbrush and the control method thereof, so as to solve the technical problem that the existing electric toothbrush cannot adapt to the requirements of different users.

In order to achieve the above objects, the electric toothbrush and the control method thereof according to the present invention have the following specific technical solutions:

the electric toothbrush comprises a body, wherein a touch control assembly and a display assembly are arranged on the body, the touch control assembly and the display assembly are electrically connected with a controller, the touch control assembly is used for receiving action instructions of a user, and the controller acquires the action instructions of the user received by the touch control assembly and controls the display assembly to display.

Further, the touch control assembly comprises a first touch control key, the first touch control key is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller acquires the conduction duration of the first touch control key and controls the display assembly to display.

Further, the display module comprises a first display lamp and a second display lamp, the conduction time of the first touch key acquired by the controller is greater than or equal to a set threshold, the first display lamp is controlled by the controller to display, the conduction time of the first touch key acquired by the controller is less than the set threshold, and the second display lamp is controlled by the controller to display.

Further, the second display lamp is arranged below the first display lamp, and the first display lamp is used for displaying the on-off state of the power supply.

Furthermore, the number of the first display lamps comprises a plurality of first display lamps which are sequentially arranged, and the first display lamps are used for displaying the tooth brushing time or tooth brushing strength of the toothbrush at different levels.

Further, the touch control assembly comprises a second touch control key, the second touch control key is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller acquires the conduction duration of the first touch control key and controls the first display lamp to display

The timer is used for recording the continuous conduction time of the first touch key and the second touch key after receiving an instruction for acquiring that the conduction time of the first touch key or the second touch key is greater than or equal to a set threshold value.

A method of controlling a power toothbrush comprising the steps of:

acquiring an action instruction of a user;

determining a control signal based on the action instruction of the user and sending the control signal to the display component;

the display component displays the action instruction of the user based on the control signal.

Further, an action instruction of a user is obtained, and the method comprises the following steps:

and acquiring the conduction time of the user touching the first touch key and/or the user touching the second touch key.

Further, a control signal is determined based on the action instruction of the user and sent to the display component, and the method comprises the following steps:

judging whether the conduction duration of the first touch key is greater than a set threshold value;

if the conduction time of the first touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold, controlling a first display lamp to display the tooth brushing time;

and if the conduction duration of the first touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the on-off of the power supply.

Further, determining a control signal based on the action instruction of the user, and sending the control signal to the display group, further comprising:

judging whether the conduction time of the second touch key is greater than a set threshold value;

if the conduction duration of the second touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold, controlling the first display lamp to display the tooth brushing mode selection;

and if the conduction duration of the second touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the tooth brushing strength grade.

The electric toothbrush and the control method thereof of the invention have the following advantages:

(1) according to the electric toothbrush provided by the invention, the two touch keys and the plurality of display lamps are arranged on the body, and a user selects different parameters by touching different touch keys, so that different use requirements of the user are met.

(2) By preferentially selecting the mode, time and force, the toothbrush is sent into the mouth and then opened to vibrate for brushing teeth, so that the pain points of the user, such as falling of toothpaste due to vibration of bristles, splashing of foam and the like, can be avoided to a limited extent.

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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to refer to like parts throughout the drawings. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of controlling the electric toothbrush of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a detailed flowchart of a control method of the electric toothbrush of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art. In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

The electric toothbrush and the control method thereof provided by the invention can adjust different modes according to the use habits of users, thereby meeting the use requirements of different users. Especially, in the electric toothbrush start-up stage, through the dynamics grade of adjusting electric toothbrush, the user can limitedly avoid toothpaste because the vibration of brush hair drops, the foam problem such as splashes.

The invention provides an electric toothbrush which comprises a body, wherein a touch component and a display component are arranged on the body, the touch component and the display component are electrically connected with a controller, the touch component is used for receiving an action instruction of a user, and the controller acquires the action instruction of the user received by the touch component and controls the display component to display.

Further, the touch control assembly comprises a first touch control key, the first touch control key is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller acquires the conduction duration of the first touch control key and controls the display assembly to display. The first touch key is also a power key, and the electric toothbrush is controlled to start different mediation modes according to the time when the user presses the first touch key. Specifically, the electric toothbrush can be started or closed by short pressing of the first touch key; the strength of the electric toothbrush can be adjusted by pressing the first touch key for a long time.

Preferentially, function and dynamics regulatory function are opened and stop to first touch key design power, at electric toothbrush start-up stage, through adjusting electric toothbrush's dynamics grade, the user can be limited avoids toothpaste because the brush hair vibration drops, the foam scheduling problem that splashes. When starting electric toothbrush, the user just needs to adjust the dynamics grade, and the user need not to change the button just can realize that a button accomplishes two actions this moment, saves time, improves user's experience degree.

Further, the display module comprises a first display lamp and a second display lamp, the conduction time of the first touch key acquired by the controller is greater than or equal to a set threshold, the first display lamp is controlled by the controller to display, the conduction time of the first touch key acquired by the controller is less than the set threshold, and the second display lamp is controlled by the controller to display.

Specifically, the on-off state of the power supply can be displayed through the independent second display lamps, the number of the second display lamps comprises one, and the on-off state of the power supply is displayed through the second display lamps. The number of the first display lamps is multiple, and the multiple first display lamps correspond to the selection of different tooth brushing modes or the length of tooth brushing time or the grade of tooth brushing strength.

Further, the touch control assembly comprises a second touch control key, the second touch control key is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller acquires the conduction duration of the first touch control key and controls the first display lamp to display.

The timer is used for recording the continuous conduction time of the first touch key and the second touch key after receiving an instruction for acquiring that the conduction time of the first touch key or the second touch key is greater than or equal to a set threshold value.

Further, still include the motor, the motor electricity is connected with the controller, and the controller control motor drive signal's duty cycle adjusts the dynamics of brushing teeth. The duty ratio is gradually increased in a reasonable proportion, and the tooth brushing strength is also synchronously increased.

According to the electric toothbrush provided by the invention, the two touch keys and the plurality of display lamps are arranged on the body, and a user selects different parameters by touching different touch keys, so that different use requirements of the user are met.

Fig. 1 schematically shows a control flowchart of a control method of the electric toothbrush. As shown in fig. 1, a method for controlling an electric toothbrush includes the steps of:

s10, acquiring an action instruction of a user;

specifically, the action instruction of the user includes obtaining a duration of the user touching the first touch key and/or the second touch key.

In the specific use process of the electric toothbrush, the parameters for the user to adjust are judged by acquiring the conducting time for the user to touch the first touch key and/or the second touch key, and the specific adjusting parameters can be defined as the tooth brushing time, the tooth brushing strength level, the tooth brushing mode or whether to start the electric toothbrush or not. In the actual use process, different adjustment parameters can be replaced according to different parameter selections of a user, and the specific adjustment parameters are not specifically limited herein.

Further, the user can only selectively adjust one or more adjusting parameters during each use of the electric toothbrush, and the specific adjusting parameters can be selected according to the setting of the user.

According to the control method of the electric toothbrush, the adjustment parameters are selected by acquiring the action instructions of the user, so that the use habits of the user in different use scenes are met, and the experience degree of the user is improved. Particularly, in a starting state, after toothpaste is generally smeared on a brush head of the toothbrush, if a user selects a tooth brushing mode with high force, the toothbrush vibrates after the electric toothbrush is started, and the toothpaste smeared on the electric toothbrush falls off. At the moment, the user can select to adjust the force parameter and increase the force level after the toothbrush enters the oral cavity, so that the pain point of the user is solved, and the user experience is improved.

S20, determining a control signal based on the action instruction of the user, and sending the control signal to the display component;

specifically, whether the conduction time of the first touch key is greater than a set threshold value is judged; if the conduction time of the first touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold, controlling a first display lamp to display the tooth brushing time; and if the conduction duration of the first touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the on-off of the power supply.

Furthermore, different conducting time lengths of the first touch key correspond to different adjustment parameter selections. Specifically, if the conduction time of the first touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold, the first display lamp is controlled to display the tooth brushing time. That is to say, the user continuously presses the first touch key for a long time, and the user can adjust the strength level. And if the conduction duration of the first touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the on-off of the power supply. That is, the user can turn on or off the power of the electric toothbrush by pressing the first touch key for a short time.

Further, whether the conduction time of the second touch key is larger than a set threshold value is judged; if the conduction duration of the second touch key is greater than or equal to the set threshold, controlling the first display lamp to display the tooth brushing mode selection; and if the conduction duration of the second touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the tooth brushing strength grade.

Specifically, if the conduction time of the second touch key is greater than or equal to a set threshold, the first display lamp is controlled to display the tooth brushing mode selection; that is, the user may select the cleaning mode by continuously pressing the second touch key for a long time. And if the conduction duration of the second touch key is less than the set threshold, controlling the second display lamp to display the tooth brushing strength grade. The specific brushing strength grade is limited according to the number of the display lamps.

Further, the step of determining the conduction time of the first touch key or the conduction time of the second touch key and setting the threshold value comprises the following steps: acquiring the continuous conduction time length of the first touch key and/or the second touch key, and judging whether the continuous conduction time length is greater than the detection time length of one detection period; if the continuous conduction time is shorter than a detection period, controlling a first display lamp to display different tooth brushing modes, tooth brushing strength of different levels or tooth brushing time of different time periods; if the continuous conduction time is longer than or equal to one detection period, controlling the first display lamp to display different tooth brushing modes or different levels of tooth brushing strength or tooth brushing time in different time periods in a circulating manner.

Specifically, the electric toothbrush provided by the invention is provided with four first display lamps, each first display lamp corresponds to different tooth brushing time and tooth brushing strength grade, and the specific number of the display lamps corresponds to the tooth brushing time and the tooth brushing strength grade. The detection time of one detection period is set to 4s, the continuous conduction time of the user is less than or equal to 4s, and the user can adjust four levels corresponding to four display lamps in one detection period. If the user continuous conduction time is longer than 4s, the ratio of the user continuous conduction time to the number of the first display lamps is judged, if the ratio is an integer, the number of the detection periods corresponding to the integer is judged, and if the ratio has a remainder, the number of the detection periods corresponding to the integer is added by one detection period.

For example, if the duration of the continuous on-state is 5 seconds and one detection period is 4 seconds, the adjustment parameter selected by the user corresponds to the mode of the adjustment parameter corresponding to the first display lamp in the second detection period. By analogy, the selection of different adjustment parameters is not described in detail.

The present invention provides an electric toothbrush and a method for controlling the same, which are described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments.

The electric toothbrush provided by the invention comprises a body, wherein the body is detachably connected with a brush head, a touch control component and a display component are generally arranged on the body, and a user can touch different touch control keys to select different parameters by holding the body in a hand in the process of using the electric toothbrush.

Further, the body specifically comprises a first touch key, a second touch key is arranged below the first touch key, a plurality of first display lamps are arranged below the second touch key, and a second display lamp is arranged below the first display lamps. The first touch control button adjusts the starting and stopping of the electric toothbrush and the tooth brushing strength grade, and the second touch control button adjusts the cleaning mode of the electric toothbrush and the tooth brushing time of the electric toothbrush. The first touch key and the second touch key arranged in this way can be conveniently adjusted by a user. The first display lamp is used for displaying the on-off of the power supply. The second display lamp is used for displaying the selection levels or the selection modes of different adjusting parameters.

Specifically, the electric toothbrush is designed with four white LED lamps and a two-color lamp, which correspond to four modes (cleaning, whitening, sensing, massaging) and a two-color power indicator lamp, respectively. When the user selects the mode, different LEDs correspond to different modes; for example, from top to bottom, the first LED is cleaned, the second LED is whitened, the third LED is sensitive, and the fourth LED is massaged.

Further, when the user selects the dynamics of brushing teeth, the default is 2 grades of dynamics, from bottom to top brightens two LED lamps, in addition 1, 3, 4 grades of three selections, respectively correspond 1 LED, 3 LED, 4 LED of brightening. When the tooth brushing time is selected, the default is 2 minutes, two LED lamps are lightened from bottom to top, and 1 LED, 3 LEDs and 4 LEDs are correspondingly lightened in three choices of 1 minute 30s, 2 minutes 30s and 3 minutes.

The display assembly provided by the invention can also omit a double-color power supply electric quantity indicator lamp, the electric quantity of the power supply is displayed through 4 white LEDs, when the display assembly is started, the 4 lamps are fully turned on to indicate that the battery is fully charged, 75% of the electric quantity is turned on to form three lamps, 50% of the electric quantity is turned on to form two lamps, 25% of the electric quantity is turned on to form one lamp, and 10% of the electric quantity is turned on to form the bottommost lamp to continuously flash to remind a user of charging.

Further, the first touch key realizes the adjustment of the tooth brushing time by short pressing (0S-0.5S) to start, stop and long pressing (1S) (1m30S-2m-2m30S-3m-1m30S- …), and the tooth brushing time is adjusted once through a certain time interval a, so that the tooth brushing time selected by the long pressing is finished. The second touch key realizes tooth brushing mode selection and long-time (1S) cyclic control (first-level-second-level-fourth-level-first-level- …) tooth brushing force adjustment through short-time pressing (0S-0.5S), and the tooth brushing force of one-time intensity is sequentially adjusted through a certain time interval to finish the tooth brushing force selected by the long-time pressing.

Further, the user firstly selects a proper tooth brushing mode through short pressing of the second touch key, selects proper tooth brushing strength through long pressing of the second touch key, and selects proper tooth brushing time through long pressing of the first touch key, and any of the three processes are in an OR relationship and can be optionally omitted.

Further, the electric toothbrush can memorize the tooth brushing mode, tooth brushing strength, tooth brushing time and tooth brushing time selected by a user each time through the internal chip, the tooth brushing exceeds 5S after each parameter adjustment, the chip records the group of data, and the next tooth brushing can be started by directly pressing and starting the last selection through the first touch key for a short time (firstly using the unselected mode, the strength, the time, the default cleaning mode, the 3-level strength and the tooth brushing time of 2 minutes).

Furthermore, the second touch button can be pressed to switch the tooth brushing mode at any time during tooth brushing, the tooth brushing time and the tooth brushing strength are changed to the time and strength parameters of the last use of the mode, and the mode is supposed to be switched to default parameter data under the mode from the unadjusted time and strength parameter data.

Further, if the duration that the user presses the first touch key and the second touch key simultaneously is longer than the set time, the electric toothbrush is restored to the factory setting.

Fig. 2 schematically shows a specific control flowchart of a control method of the electric toothbrush. As shown in fig. 2, the control method of the electric toothbrush includes that a user determines to press the first touch key or the second touch key according to a use requirement, and if the user presses the first touch key and the conduction time is less than or equal to five seconds, the start and stop of the power supply are controlled, and the electric toothbrush starts or stops brushing teeth.

If the conduction time of the user pressing the first touch key is longer than or equal to 1 second, the tooth brushing strength is adjusted, the tooth brushing strength is output according to the continuous conduction time, and the first display lamp synchronously displays the strength adjusting information to start tooth brushing.

If the user touches the second touch key and the conduction time is less than or equal to 1/2 seconds, mode selection is controlled, and the first display lamp outputs mode selection information to start tooth brushing. If the user touches the second touch key for a conduction time longer than or equal to 1 second, the tooth brushing time is adjusted, and the first display lamp synchronously displays tooth brushing time information to start tooth brushing.

The electric toothbrush and the control method thereof of the invention have the following advantages: according to the electric toothbrush provided by the invention, the two touch keys and the plurality of display lamps are arranged on the body, and a user selects different parameters by touching different touch keys, so that different use requirements of the user are met. By preferentially selecting the mode, time and force, the toothbrush is sent into the mouth and then opened to vibrate for brushing teeth, so that the pain points of the user, such as falling of toothpaste due to vibration of bristles, splashing of foam and the like, can be avoided to a limited extent.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than others, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.