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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Vincentius Paulus Buil, Veldhoven, NL;
Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Best, NL;
Frederik Jan De Bruijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Karl Catharina Van Bree, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method and system for monitoring the location of an oral care device () within the mouth of a user, includes: an oral care device () having a light source (); an optical sensor () configured to receive light emitted by the light source and to receive light reflected from a user using the oral care device; a computing device () adapted to receive and process signals generated by the optical sensor, and programmed to: detect at least one facial feature of the user from the received light reflected from a user; estimate the location of the user's teeth according to the detected facial feature; determine a location of the light source according to the received emitted light; compare the location of the light source to the location of the teeth to estimate the position of the oral care device with respect to the teeth of the user.