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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2019
Applicants:

Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Hideaki Yoshida, Kyoto, JP;

Mamoru Katano, Kyoto, JP;

Assignees:

Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61C 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/221 (2013.01); A61C 17/34 (2013.01); A61C 17/3418 (2013.01); A61C 17/3481 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention can be an electric toothbrush. The electric toothbrush may include a driving module configured to oscillate a brush unit; an acceleration sensor configured to generate an output signal; a signal extraction module configured to extract from the output signal (a) a first signal having a frequency at a first threshold or higher and (b) a second signal having a frequency at a second threshold or lower; a brushing site estimation module configured to estimate a brushing site of the brush unit based on the output signal of the acceleration sensor; and a correction module configured to correct the brushing site estimated by the brushing site estimation module based on an amplitude of the first signal and an amplitude of the second signal.


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