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US 12,171,526 B2Granted
Cleaning appliance
AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorsMichele Benetti, Nikita Shmidt
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Abstract
A dental treatment appliance transmits a pulsed light signal towards the oral cavity and captures images of the oral cavity from light returned from the oral cavity. A controller actuates the treatment of the oral cavity of the user depending on the captured images.
Claims15
A dental treatment appliance comprising:
- a handle;
- an optical system comprising illuminating means for illuminating an oral cavity of a user, and a window for receiving light from the illuminated oral cavity, and from which the received light is conveyed to image capturing means for capturing images of the illuminated oral cavity;
- a dental treatment system for delivering a treatment to the oral cavity in dependence on one or more features contained in the captured images;
- and
- moving means for moving the illuminating means and the window relative to the handle;
- wherein the moving means is configured to move the illuminating means and the window relative to the handle at a first frequency F1, and the illuminating means is configured to illuminate the oral cavity at a second frequency F2 to generate a plurality of illumination events each second.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.