US 2020/0268141 A1 · Voice Assistant in an Electric Toothbrush

Abstract

A voice-activated electric toothbrush system including an electric toothbrush, a charging station such as an inductive charging station that provides power to the electric toothbrush, and a voice-assistant application that may be included in the electric toothbrush or the charging station. The device that includes the voice-assistant application may also include one or more microphones for receiving voice input, such as a microphone array, and one or more speakers for providing voice output, such as a speaker array. The toothbrush and the charging station may communicate with each other via a short-range communication link—and may also communicate with a client computing device of the user via short-range communication. The electric toothbrush may include one or more sensors for detecting sensor data during a brushing session which may be used when generating the voice output.

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Dependent claims

A system for providing voice assistance regarding an electric toothbrush, the system comprising:

an electric toothbrush;
and
a charging station configured to provide power to the electric toothbrush, the charging station including:
a communication interface;
one or more processors;
a speaker;
a microphone;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable memory coupled to the one or more processors, the speaker, the microphone, and the communication interface, and storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the charging station to:
receive, from a user via the microphone, voice input regarding the electric toothbrush;
and
provide, to the user via the speaker, voice output related to the electric toothbrush.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Voice Assistant in an Electric Toothbrush

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