Oral treatment device
AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorsLili Tao, Christopher John Bateman, Ehsan Nadernejad, Miltiadis Alexios Papadopoulos
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Abstract
An oral treatment device includes image sensor equipment configured to generate image data indicative of a sequence of images representing at least a portion of an oral cavity of a user. The oral treatment device includes a controller configured to process the image data to determine a movement parameter indicative of movement of the oral treatment device relative to an interproximal gap between adjacent teeth in the oral cavity of the user. The controller is configured to control the oral treatment device to perform an action based on the determined movement parameter.
Claims20
An oral treatment device for use in treating an oral cavity of a user, the oral treatment device comprising:
- image sensor equipment configured to generate image data indicative of a sequence of images representing at least a portion of the oral cavity of the user;
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- a controller configured to:
- process the image data to determine a movement parameter indicative of movement of the oral treatment device relative to an interproximal gap between adjacent teeth in the oral cavity of the user, the determined movement parameter being indicative of a predicted future time at which the interproximal gap has a predetermined position relative to the oral treatment device;
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- control the oral treatment device to perform an action based on the determined movement parameter.
A method of operating an oral treatment device for use in treating an oral cavity of a user, the oral treatment device comprising image sensor equipment and a controller, the method comprising:
- generating, using the image sensor equipment, image data indicative of a sequence of images representing at least a portion of the oral cavity of the user;
- processing, at the controller, the image data to determine a movement parameter indicative of movement of the oral treatment device relative to an interproximal gap between adjacent teeth in the oral cavity of the user, the determined movement parameter being indicative of a predicted future time at which the interproximal gap has a predetermined position relative to the oral treatment device;
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- controlling, at the controller, the oral treatment device to perform an action based on the determined movement parameter.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computerised device, cause the computerised device to perform a method of operating an oral treatment device for use in treating an oral cavity of a user, the method comprising:
- generating, using image sensor equipment, image data indicative of a sequence of images representing at least a portion of the oral cavity of the user;
- processing the image data to determine a movement parameter indicative of movement of the oral treatment device relative to an interproximal gap between adjacent teeth in the oral cavity of the user, the determined movement parameter being indicative of a predicted future time at which the interproximal gap has a predetermined position relative to the oral treatment device;
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- controlling the oral treatment device to perform an action based on the determined movement parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.