Dental hygiene instructional display
OwnerJohn Miles Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A dental hygiene display for instructing and educating children on the proper toothbrush stroke technique, brushing duration, and stroke location including a human mouth figure with toothbrush motion simulation utilizing a liquid crystal display a speech processor and a piezo-electric sound emitting devise. The toothbrush stroke movements are simulated by multiple liquid crystal display segments activated and de-activated in sequence. The multiple liquid crystal display is repeated at various locations within the mouth. Additionally, a microprocessor circuit is provided for controlling of the crystal displays, brush stroke, speed, duration, and location within the mouth, as well as the speech processor and the piezo-electric sound emitting device.
Claims20
A dental hygiene instructional display comprising:
- means for providing a humanoid facial expression, a plurality of liquid crystal display segments depicting a plurality of toothbrush positions with a tooth brush handle rotated at varying degrees along a longitudinal axis of the toothbrush handle,
- means coupled to said liquid crystal display segments for controlling and sequentially activating each liquid crystal display segment during successive intervals of time.
A dental hygiene instructional display comprising:
- a human tooth figurine,
- a human mouth outline imposed upon said tooth figurine,
- a liquid crystal display mounted within said mouth outline, said liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of liquid crystal display segments each depicting a toothbrush handle and bristles at varying degrees of rotation along a longitudinal axis of the toothbrush handle such that when the liquid crystal display segments are sequentially activated a toothbrush stroking motion is simulated within said mouth outline.
- a microprocessor control circuit which sequentially activates the liquid crystal display segments,
- a means for producing an audible signal,
- a means coupled to said means for producing an audible signal which activates said means for producing an audible signal in sequence with activation of said liquid crystal display segments.
A method for educating and displaying to children proper tooth brushing methods utilizing a dental hygiene instructional display having a liquid crystal display with liquid crystal display segments and an audible noise emitting device, comprising the steps of:
- sequentially activating said liquid crystal display segments, said segments comprising a toothbrush depicted at varying degrees of rotation along a longitudinal axis of the toothbrush handle such that sequential activation of the segments simulates tooth brushing motion,
- simultaneously with the activation of said liquid crystal display segments, activating the audible noise emitting device wherein said noise is selected from a group consisting of music, voice and tone so as to compliment or audibly instruct the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.