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US 8,075,315 B2Granted
Oral care implement having user-interactive display
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsJohn J. Gatzemeyer, Eduardo J. Jimenez, Robert Riebe, Evan Ward, Paul Fair, James E. Michaels, Kevin Connor
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Abstract
An oral care implement has an interactive display that displays images representing oral care regions of the mouth. The user can interact with the display by playing a game, which can relate to oral care. An oral care implement has a plurality of lighted segments that can be sequentially illuminated to indicate a recommended brushing sequence. The lighted segments can be shaped and/or labeled to indicate particular oral care regions of the mouth.
Claims11
A toothbrush comprising:
- a body comprising a handle and a head having tooth cleaning elements, the handle comprising:
- an input device;
- a computer implemented game executable on a processor having computer executable instructions for receiving a user input from the input device;
- a display displaying the game, the game comprising images of a plurality of oral care regions of a mouth;
- the processor causing the display to sequentially illuminate one of the plurality of oral care regions for each of a plurality of prescribed brushing intervals, each of the illuminated regions representing a portion of the mouth to be brushed during the brushing interval, and to subsequently display the game at a conclusion of the brushing intervals;
- the input device configured to enable a user to interact with the images while playing the game;
- and
- wherein the user interaction comprises manipulating the images.
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A toothbrush, comprising:
- a body comprising a handle and a head having tooth cleaning elements, the handle comprising:
- a display displaying graphical objects of a plurality of segments shaped to resemble teeth or different sections of teeth, the segments collectively resembling a mouth;
- a processor which causes the display to sequentially illuminate one of the plurality of segments for each of a plurality of prescribed brushing intervals, each of the illuminated segments representing a portion of the mouth to be brushed during the brushing interval, and to subsequently display a game at a conclusion of the brushing intervals, the game including images of oral care regions of a mouth shown on the display;
- and
- an input device enabling a user to interact with the game to manipulate the images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.