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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jose Martin Villar Duran, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Chelsea Pereira, Bothell, WA (US);
Gul Dikmen, Bothell, WA (US);
Ivonne Labadie Lezama, Bothell, WA (US);
Elizabeth Michelle Starke, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Joseph Leigh Phibbs, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Esley Tidball, Bothell, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A power toothbrush () is disclosed comprising a motor () for driving a brush head () of the power toothbrush and a controller () responsive to an operating mode selection signal and arranged to control said motor. The controller comprises a timer () for timing a total duration of a tooth brushing session with said power toothbrush and is adapted to, in a feedback mode of operation, calculate an average total duration of a tooth brushing session based on stored prior tooth brushing session times; define a target value based on the calculated average total duration and cause the generation of a sensory output during a tooth brushing session upon its duration reaching the target value to encourage the user to carry on brushing. Also disclosed is a method of evaluating tooth brushing session data generated by such a power toothbrush, a computer program product for implementing such a method, an electronic device adapted to implement such a method and an oral hygiene kit.