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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jose Martin Villar Duran, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Chelsea Pereira, Bothell, WA (US);
Peter Choi, Bothell, WA (US);
Gul Dikmen, Bothell, WA (US);
Fereshteh Khodabakhshi, Seattle, WA (US);
Prithy Sukumaran, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan Farrell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ishita Chaudhuri, Sterling, VA (US);
Brian Esley Tidball, Bothell, WA (US);
Ivonne Labadie Lezama, Bothell, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for controlling an operation of an electrical toothbrush with an interchangeable brush head. The method includes obtaining an existing operation mode of the electrical toothbrush and identifying a new interchangeable brush head when the new interchangeable brush head is provided to the electrical toothbrush. A new operation mode associated with the new interchangeable brush head is identified, the new operation mode being different from the existing operation mode. An input is requested from a user to confirm that the operation of the electrical toothbrush should change to the new operation mode. The operation mode of the electrical toothbrush is then changed to the new operation mode or maintained in the existing operation mode based on the user input.