Toothbrushes and audible signal generating components thereof
AssigneeSmart Chip Microelectronic Co. Limited
InventorKwei Chung Li
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Abstract
A toothbrush comprising a drive mechanism and electronic circuitry configured to drive the drive mechanism to execute toothbrushing motions is disclosed. The electronic circuitry comprises a drive circuitry and a controller which is configured to form a drive signal to operate the drive circuitry to generate drive current. The drive signal comprises a plurality of signal packets, wherein a signal packet has a signal packet duration and comprises a train of switching signals. The switching signals are configured to repeatedly switch on and switch off drive current supply to the drive mechanism at a switching frequency fs. The signal packet duration is configured to define a rhythm of toothbrushing motions.
Claims20
A toothbrush comprising a drive mechanism and electronic circuitry configured to drive the drive mechanism to execute toothbrushing motions, wherein the electronic circuitry comprises a drive circuitry and a controller which is configured to form a drive signal to operate the drive circuitry to generate drive current, wherein the drive signal comprises a plurality of signal packets, wherein a signal packet has a signal packet duration and comprises a train of switching signals, wherein the switching signals are configured to repeatedly switch on and switch off drive current supply to the drive mechanism at a switching frequency fs, and wherein the signal packet duration is configured to define a rhythm of toothbrushing motions.
A method of operating a toothbrush to generate audio signals by toothbrushing motions, wherein the toothbrush comprises a drive mechanism and electronic circuitry configured to drive the drive mechanism to execute toothbrushing motions,
- wherein the electronic circuitry comprises a drive circuitry and a controller which is configured to form a drive signal to operate the drive circuitry to generate drive current,
- wherein the drive signal comprises a plurality of signal packets, wherein a signal packet has a signal packet duration and comprises a train of switching signals, wherein the switching signals are configured to repeatedly switch on and switch off drive current supply to the drive mechanism at a switching frequency fs, wherein the signal packet duration is configured to define a rhythm of toothbrushing motions;
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- wherein the method comprises a controller forming a train of switching signals by a train of audio data, the audio data being digitized samples of an audible signal and having a sample frequency;
- the controller sending the audio data at the sample frequency to form the train of switching signals having the sample frequency as a switching frequency to operate a drive circuitry to generate a plurality of pulsed drive current components to drive a motor to perform the toothbrushing motions by the toothbrush.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.