Electric toothbrush capable of receiving user operations

摘要

An electric toothbrush includes a body portion, a portion of which is gripped by a user, and a brush part that is exchangeably attached to the body portion. The body portion includes a switch that is a contact-type sensor unit arranged on a portion that excludes the gripped portion, and that receives operations from the outside, and a control unit for controlling operations of the electric toothbrush in accordance with an operation received by the contact-type sensor unit. If a first operation is received by the contact-type sensor unit, the control unit outputs an indication that operations can be received for a certain time period, and if a second operation received by the contact-type sensor unit in the certain time period is an operation that corresponds to a predetermined operation pattern, the control unit controls operations of the electric toothbrush in accordance with the second operation.

主权项

1. An electric toothbrush comprising:
a body portion, a portion of which is gripped by a user; and a brush portion that is exchangeably attached to the body portion, wherein the body portion includes
a contact-type sensor unit that is arranged on a portion of the body portion that excludes the gripped portion, and is for receiving an operation from the outside, anda control unit for controlling operation of the electric toothbrush in accordance with the operation received by the contact-type sensor unit, in a case where a first operation is received by the contact-type sensor unit, the control unit outputs an indication that an operation can be received for a certain time period, in a case where a second operation received by the contact-type sensor unit in the certain time period is an operation that corresponds to a predetermined pattern, the control unit controls operation of the electric toothbrush in accordance with the second operation, and wherein: a slide operation corresponds to the predetermined pattern, the control unit includes an operation reception unit, and based on a pattern of change in output from the contact-type sensor unit, the operation reception unit determines whether or not the second operation received in the certain time period is an operation that corresponds to the predetermined pattern.