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Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2017
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Felipe Maia Masculo, Eindhoven, NL;

Gerben Kooijman, Leende, NL;

Toon Hardeman, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;

Vincent Jeanne, Migne Auxances, FR;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 15/0006 (2013.01); A46B 15/0038 (2013.01); A61C 17/221 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method () for determining a user's compliance with a guided cleaning session during use of an oral cleaning device () includes the steps of: (i) providing () an oral cleaning device including a sensor (), a guidance generator (), and a controller (); (ii) providing (), by the guidance generator, a guided cleaning session to the user; (iii) generating (), at a first location during the guided cleaning session, sensor data from the sensor indicating a position or motion of the oral cleaning device; (iv) comparing () the generated sensor data to expected sensor data for the first location; and (v) generating (), based on the comparison, an estimate of the user's compliance with the guided cleaning session.


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