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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Pixart Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Inventors:
Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Ming Shun Manson Fei, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Yi-Hsien Ko, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Assignee:
PIXART IMAGING INC., Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/00 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); G01L 1/14 (2006.01); A61C 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 15/0012 (2013.01); A61C 17/221 (2013.01); G01L 1/144 (2013.01); G01L 1/148 (2013.01); A61C 17/3481 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an electric toothbrush including a toothbrush head, a toothbrush handle and a force sensing array. The force sensing array is arranged on the toothbrush head and/or the toothbrush handle. When the force sensing array is arranged on the toothbrush head, it is able to detect the force uniformity of brush hairs. When the force sensing array is arranged on the toothbrush handle, it is able to control the vibration strength of the brush hairs and detect the pressing force of the brush hairs.