Toothbrush usage monitoring

摘要

The invention provides a system suitable for monitoring the usage of a toothbrush, the system comprising: (a) a toothbrush; (b) a sound sensor which is located in or on the toothbrush; (c) a programmable data logger which is located in or on the toothbrush, the data logger incorporating a motion sensor and a data store for the logging of data; (d) switching means for triggering the operation of the sound sensor in response to initial signals of toothbrush motion generated by the motion sensor, and (e) a data analysis device which is adapted to analyze data transmitted or acquired from the system to provide information about tooth brushing behavior; in which the duration of data logging is controllable in response to the combined signals received from the sound sensor and the motion sensor respectively.

主权项

1. A system suitable for logging data relating to usage of a toothbrush, the system comprising:
(a) a toothbrush; (b) a sound sensor which is located in or on the toothbrush which is configured to detect sounds associated with the use of the toothbrush and to generate signals corresponding to the detected sounds; (c) a programmable data logger which is located in or on the toothbrush, the data logger incorporating a motion sensor and a data store for the logging of data for analysis to provide information about tooth brushing behaviour; (d) switching means configured to trigger operation of the sound sensor to detect sounds in response to initial signals of toothbrush motion generated by the motion sensor, and wherein a duration of data logging is configured to be controlled in response to a combination of the signals received from the sound sensor and the signals received from the motion sensor.