A MULTIFUNCTIONAL DENTAL DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a dental device (1) comprising a housing with a tool portion (2) and a handling portion (3); at least on dental tool (49 located in the tool portion (2) of the housing; an interface device (5) for activating the at least one tool located in the handling portion of the housing, wherein the interface device (5) comprises a touch sensor with a touch surface and being adapted to translate wiping of a use's finger on the touch surface (6) into an instruction to operate the dental tool (4). The invention also relates to a method for activating a dental device.

主权项

1. A dental device 1 comprising:
a housing with a tool portion and a handling portion; at least one dental tool located in the tool portion of the housing; an interface device for activating the at least one tool located in the handling portion of the housing, wherein the interface device comprises a touch sensor with a touch surface wherein the interface device is adapted to recognize the presence of a user's finger on the touch surface and the absence of the/any finger from the surface; wherein the interface device is further adapted to recognize a position of the finger present on the touch surface in two dimensions relative to the touch surface; wherein the interface device is adapted to translate wiping of the finger on the touch surface into an instruction to operate the dental tool, and wherein the translation of the wiping is performed based on the recognition of at least two different finger positions of the finger continuously present on the touch surface, with the instruction being in a non-correlation to absolute or relative values of individual finger positions.