US 12,690,664 B2Granted

Oral care system and method

AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company

InventorJohn Gatzemeyer

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Abstract

An oral care system including a toothbrush having a sensor that generates brushing data during a brushing session and a programmable processor. The programmable processor may be configured to receive the brushing data from the sensor, receive oral characteristic data indicative of an oral characteristic of the user, and determine at least one of a suggested brushing routine and a brushing evaluation for a brushing session based at least in part on the oral characteristic data and the brushing data. The oral characteristic may be present in or adjacent to a first portion of the dentiture. The brushing evaluation or brushing routine may be based on or includes at least one of: an altered target brushing time for the first portion of the dentiture; and a modified brushing motion expectation for the first portion of the dentiture.

Claims14

Dependent claims

An oral care system comprising:

a toothbrush comprising a sensor configured to generate brushing data during a brushing session of a user;
a programmable processor configured to:
receive the brushing data from the sensor;
receive oral characteristic data indicative of a user-identified structural abnormality of the dentiture;
and
determine at least one of a suggested brushing routine and a brushing evaluation for a brushing session based at least in part on the oral characteristic data and the brushing data;
wherein the user-identified structural abnormality is present in or adjacent to a first portion of the dentiture;
and
wherein the brushing evaluation or the suggested brushing routine is based on or includes at least one of:
an altered target brushing time for the first portion of the dentiture, the altered target brushing time determined by altering a standard brushing time by a time offset that is based on the oral characteristic data;
and
a modified brushing motion expectation for the first portion of the dentiture, the modified brushing motion expectation determined by modifying a standard brushing motion based on the oral characteristic data;
wherein the brushing data generated by the sensor is indicative of a brushing motion associated with the abnormality of the dentiture;
and
wherein the altered target brushing time and the modified brushing motion expectation are determined during the brushing session based on both the user-identified structural abnormality and real-time brushing data indicative of interaction with the user-identified structural abnormality, the user-identified structural abnormality being at least one of:
a missing tooth, a crooked tooth, or an extra tooth.

13 more elements

An oral care method comprising:

generating, via a sensor, brushing data during a brushing session of a user;
receiving oral characteristic data indicative of a user-identified structural abnormality of the dentiture;
determining, by a programmable processor, at least one of a suggested brushing routine and a brushing evaluation for a brushing session based at least in part on the oral characteristic data and the brushing data;
wherein the user-identified structural abnormality of the dentiture is present in or adjacent to a first portion of the dentiture;
and
wherein the brushing evaluation or the suggested brushing routine is based on or includes at least one of:
an altered target brushing time for the first portion of the dentiture, the altered target brushing time determined by altering a standard brushing time by a time offset that is based on the oral characteristic data;
and
a modified brushing motion expectation for the first portion of the dentiture, the modified brushing motion expectation determined by modifying a standard brushing motion based on the oral characteristic data;
wherein the brushing data generated by the sensor is indicative of a brushing motion associated with the abnormality of the dentiture;
and
wherein the altered target brushing time and the modified brushing motion expectation is determined during the brushing session based on both the user-identified structural abnormality and real-time brushing data indicative of interaction with the user-identified structural abnormality, the user-identified structural abnormality being at least one of:
a missing tooth, a crooked tooth, or an extra tooth.

10 more elements

An oral care system comprising:

a toothbrush comprising a sensor configured to generate brushing data during a brushing session of a user;
and
a data processing unit comprising:
a programmable processor configured to:
receive oral characteristic data indicative of a user-identified structural abnormality of the dentiture;
determine for the user, based at least in part on the oral characteristic data and the brushing data, a suggested brushing routine;
and
determine for the user, based at least in part on the oral characteristic data and the brushing data, a brushing evaluation for a brushing session;
wherein the user-identified structural abnormality is present in or adjacent to a first portion of the dentiture;
and
wherein the brushing evaluation or the suggested brushing routine is based on or includes at least one of:
an altered target brushing time for the first portion of the dentiture, the altered target brushing time determined by altering a standard brushing time by a time offset that is based on the oral characteristic data;
and
a modified brushing motion expectation for the first portion of the dentiture, the modified brushing motion expectation determined by modifying a standard brushing motion based on the oral characteristic data;
wherein the brushing data generated by the sensor is indicative of a brushing motion associated with the abnormality of the dentiture;
and
wherein the altered target brushing time and the modified brushing motion expectation is determined during the brushing session based on both the user-identified structural abnormality and real-time brushing data indicative of interaction with the user-identified structural abnormality, the user-identified structural abnormality being at least one of:
a missing tooth, a crooked tooth, or an extra tooth.

15 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/830,847Filed 2 Jun 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 14 Nov 2016
Published: US 2023/0132413 A14 May 2023
Granted: 28 Jul 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A46B 15/0002
Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements: arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process
A46B 9/04
Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups: arranged like in or for toothbrushes
A46B 15/0004
Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process: with a controlling means
A46B 15/0006
With a controlling means: with a controlling brush technique device, e.g. stroke movement measuring device

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