KR20190056944A - A toothbrush guide module interlocked with a smart toothbrush and a system of smart toothbrush comprising the toothbrush guide module and the smart toothbrush - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart toothbrush system for accurately determining a toothbrush area to be brushed through a smart toothbrush, comprising: a wireless communication unit for receiving a smart toothbrush and toothbrush motion data having a sensing unit for acquiring toothbrush motion data; And a controller for correcting the toothbrush motion data based on the face posture information and for detecting a toothbrush area where the smart toothbrush is located based on the corrected toothbrush motion data can do.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a smart toothbrush system comprising a toothbrush guide module and a smart toothbrush and a toothbrush guide module interlocked with a smart toothbrush,

The present invention relates to a smart toothbrush system including a toothbrush guide module and a smart toothbrush and a toothbrush guide module interlocked with a smart toothbrush, and more particularly, to a smart toothbrush system including a toothbrush guide module for accurately determining a toothbrush area, a smart toothbrush and a toothbrush guide module Gt; toothbrush < / RTI >

Generally, the toothbrush includes a bristle portion having a handle portion and a bristle brush, and performs a function of removing foreign matter between a tooth and a gingiva mainly by a physical friction method.

However, since it is difficult to cope with various germs living in the oral cavity by removing only the foreign substance through physical friction, the toothbrush is usually used in combination with toothbrush and toothpaste. Recently, a lot of bacteria As a result of this research, the need for tooth brushing tools to effectively brush teeth has increased, and various related technologies have been developed.

Accordingly, in recent years, smart toothbrushes have been developed for effective brushing using vibration. The smart toothbrush can be connected to an electronic device such as a smart phone to guide the method of brushing or to provide feedback on the result of brushing.

The smart toothbrush is provided with at least one sensor therein. The smart toothbrush detects a toothbrush area that the user is brushing through the detection result of the sensor. Based on the detected toothbrush area, the smart toothbrush determines whether the user is properly brushing teeth, Where the tooth area is, and so on.

On the other hand, the user can move his / her head while brushing the teeth with the smart toothbrush. Since the smart toothbrush only senses the motion of the toothbrush, it is difficult to detect the movement of the user's head, and an error may occur when detecting the toothbrush area.

Therefore, there is a demand for a method that can detect the tooth-brush area more accurately regardless of the movement of the user.

The present invention seeks to provide a smart toothbrush system that accurately determines a toothbrush area to be toothbrushed through a smart toothbrush.

A smart toothbrush system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit for receiving smart toothbrush and toothbrush motion data having a sensing unit for acquiring toothbrush motion data, a face recognizing unit for recognizing a face of a user and acquiring face posture information, A toothbrush guide module having a controller for correcting the toothbrush motion data based on the face attitude information and detecting a toothbrush area where the smart toothbrush is located based on the corrected toothbrush motion data.

The brushing guide module may include a mobile terminal, a mirror display, and a toothbrush holder for storing a smart toothbrush.

The brushing guide module further includes a sensing module for sensing attitude information of the mobile terminal by sensing a change in attitude of the mobile terminal when the brushing guide module is a mobile terminal, and the controller is configured to determine, based on at least one of face attitude information and attitude information of the terminal The toothbrush motion data can be corrected.

The brushing guide module further includes a display for displaying a toothbrush guide screen including the detected toothbrush area, and the display can display the toothbrushing area in a different color depending on the progress of the brushing.

The display can display the brushed-on brushing area with a brighter color than the brushing-less brushing area.

The toothbrush guide module is a toothbrush holder for storing the smart toothbrush, and the display can be formed on the toothbrush holder.

The display may further display current tooth brush area information indicating the current position of the smart toothbrush.

The smart toothbrush senses the use of the smart toothbrush through motion detection and can be connected wirelessly with the toothbrush guide module when the smart toothbrush is detected in use.

The face recognizing unit may photograph a face of a user who is using the smart toothbrush, recognize a plurality of face parts in the user's face, and detect a change in the posture of the user's face based on the interval between the recognized face parts.

The face recognition unit can detect whether the user's face moves left / right, whether the user's face is tilted to the left / right, or whether the user's face is tilted up / down.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage that the toothbrush area can be determined more accurately regardless of whether the user who is brushing with the smart toothbrush moves the face.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage that a detection error, which may occur when the toothbrush area is sensed by only the smart toothbrush, can be easily corrected using a mobile terminal located nearby.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a detection error, which may occur when the toothbrush area is sensed by the smart toothbrush, can be easily corrected through the mirror display, and the user can immediately check the toothbrush state through the mirror display.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to correct a detection error that can be generated when the toothbrush area is sensed only by the smart toothbrush on the toothbrush holder in which the smart toothbrush is stored, thereby eliminating the need to purchase a separate device for correcting the toothbrush area of the smart toothbrush .

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the accuracy of judging the area of tooth brushing by considering errors that can be generated by the motion of the mobile terminal when using a mobile terminal located nearby, have.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the color of the toothbrush area is displayed differently according to the progress of the toothbrush area, so that the user can easily identify the area requiring more toothbrushing and guide the effective brushing.

1 is a block diagram of a smart toothbrush system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a control block diagram of a smart toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a control block diagram of a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a schematic view for explaining an actual configuration of a smart toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a ladder diagram illustrating a method of operating a smart toothbrush system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a method of calculating a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary view for explaining a face angle calculating algorithm stored in the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention.
8 to 9 are exemplary diagrams illustrating a method of correcting toothbrush motion data based on face posture information by the toothbrush guide module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is an exemplary view for explaining a method of correcting toothbrush motion data based on face posture information and terminal posture information by the brushing guide module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flow diagram illustrating a saliva area sensing algorithm for acquiring a saliva region of a smart toothbrush in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a view showing an example of a toothbrush area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is an exemplary view showing a toothbrush guide screen when the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention is a mirror display.
14 is an exemplary view showing a toothbrush guide screen when the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention is a toothbrush holder.
15 is an exemplary view showing a toothbrush guide screen when the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention is a toothbrush holder for a baby.
16 is an exemplary view showing changes in toothbrush motion data when the toothbrush guide module is corrected according to the toothbrush area according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix " module " and " part " for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role.

1 is a block diagram of a smart toothbrush system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The smart toothbrush system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured with a smart toothbrush 100 and a brush guide module 200.

The smart toothbrush 100 may be a toothbrush having a wireless communication module. The smart toothbrush 100 can send and receive signals to and from the toothbrush guide module 200.

The toothbrush guide module 200 is capable of wireless communication with the smart toothbrush 100 and can guide the gargle using information received from the smart toothbrush 100,

The brushing guide module 200 may be embodied in various forms such as a mobile terminal, a mirror display, and a toothbrush holder. The brushing guide module 200 may include any electronic device capable of communicating with the smart toothbrush 100 and capable of recognizing a user's face brushing with the smart toothbrush 100 via a camera or the like.

The mobile terminal may include a portable electronic device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and the like.

A mirror display is a mirror-like function capable of outputting information to a mirror. The mirror display is composed of an upper polarizer, a liquid crystal display panel, a polarizer, and a back light. The upper polarizer has a mirror film Lt; / RTI >

The toothbrush holder is a device in which the smart toothbrush 100 is stored, and may include a camera for recognizing a user's face and a display for displaying toothbrush related information.

However, the mobile terminal, the mirror display, and the toothbrush holder are merely illustrative for convenience of explanation, and the felting guide module 200 can be implemented in various electronic devices.

The smart toothbrush 100 and the toothbrush guide module 200 are wirelessly connected to each other and can exchange information.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the toothbrush guide module 200 can recognize the movement of the user's face and correct the toothbrush motion data detected by the smart toothbrush 100. Thus, there is an advantage that the toothbrush motion data correction allows the user to more accurately determine the toothbrush area being cleaned.

2 is a control block diagram of a smart toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The smart toothbrush 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include at least some or all of the sensing unit 110, the wireless communication unit 130, the motor 150, the power supply unit 170 and the processor 190 . In addition, the smart toothbrush 100 may further include other components in addition to the components shown in Fig.

The sensing unit 110 may include at least one sensing unit, and the sensing unit may include an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a gyro sensor.

The sensing unit 110 may acquire toothbrush motion data. Here, the toothbrush motion data may be obtained through any one of the acceleration sensor, the angular velocity sensor, and the gyro sensor, or may be a sensing value obtained by a combination of data measured by the acceleration sensor, the angular velocity sensor, and the gyro sensor.

The toothbrush motion data indicates a change in posture of the smart toothbrush 100, and may include a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value.

The wireless communication unit 130 may perform short-range wireless communication with the wireless communication unit 210 of the brush-tooth guide module 200 described below. For example, the short-range wireless communication standard may be a low-power Bluetooth standard, but this is merely an example.

The wireless communication unit 130 may transmit toothbrush motion data, which is sensing data of the sensing unit 110, to the toothbrush guide module 200.

The motor 150 can output a vibration signal. The vibration signal can serve to vibrate the bristles 103, which will be described later.

The power supply 170 may supply power to the components of the smart toothbrush 100.

The processor 190 may control the overall operation of the smart toothbrush 100.

Processor 190 may transmit toothbrush motion data to toothbrushing guide module 200 to control toothbrushing guide module 200 to acquire toothbrushing area based on toothbrush motion data.

Alternatively, the processor 190 may obtain the toothbrush area directly based on the toothbrush motion data. In this case, the processor 190 may transmit information on the obtained toothbrush area to the toothbrush guide module 200.

The specific operation of the processor 190 will be described later.

3 is a control block diagram of a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The brushing guide module 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit 210, a memory 230, an acoustic output unit 250, a sensor module 260, a display 270, a face recognition unit 280, Controller 290. In one embodiment,

In addition, the brushing guide module 200 may further include other components in addition to the components shown in FIG.

The wireless communication unit 210 may perform short-range wireless communication with the wireless communication unit 130 of the smart toothbrush 100. The short-range wireless communication standard may be a low-power Bluetooth standard.

The memory 230 may store toothbrush motion data or toothbrush area information received from the smart toothbrush 100, face posture information to be described later, posture information of the mobile terminal, and the like.

The sound output unit 250 can output the tooth brushing method guide or the like by voice.

The sensor module 260 may be a component for sensing the attitude information of the mobile terminal when the brushing guide module 200 is a mobile terminal. The sensor module 260 may include at least some or all of the acceleration sensor, the angular velocity sensor, and the gyro sensor, and may sense a change in the posture of the brushing guide module 200.

According to the embodiment, when the toothbrush guide module 200 is implemented to be used in a fixed state, the sensor module 260 may not be provided. That is, when the brushing guide module 200 is implemented so as to move arbitrarily like a mobile terminal, the sensor module 260 may be included.

The display 270 may display various information related to the smart toothbrush 100, such as status information of the smart toothbrush 100, brushing status information, and brushing guide information.

The display 270 may be implemented in the form of a touch screen.

The face recognizing unit 280 can recognize the face of the user. In particular, the face recognition unit 280 can recognize the face of the user who is using the smart toothbrush 100.

The face recognizing unit 280 may include a camera for photographing a user's face. The face recognizing unit 280 can detect the face of the user in the image photographed by the camera and apply the facial angle calculating algorithm to the detected face to obtain facial attitude information indicating the face motion of the user.

The face recognizing unit 280 can acquire face attitude information indicating how much the user moves his / her face to the left / right, how much the face is left / right or how much the user nods the face up / down have.

The controller 290 can control the overall configuration of the brushing guide module 200.

For example, the controller 290 may acquire the toothbrush area information brushing with the smart toothbrush 100, and then correct toothbrush motion data obtained based on the face attitude information acquired by the face recognizing unit 280 . A detailed description thereof will be described later.

As another example, the controller 290 may use toothbrush area information and tooth contact information received from the smart toothbrush 100 to measure tooth brushing time for each of a plurality of tooth brush areas. The controller 290 can obtain brushing time statistical information based on the brushing time measured for each brushing area. The controller 290 may display a toothbrush calibration guide on the display 270 based on the acquired brushing time statistical information.

4 is a schematic view for explaining an actual configuration of a smart toothbrush according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the smart toothbrush 100 may include at least some or all of the body 101, the bristles 103, and the sensing portion 110.

The main body 101 may include the wireless communication unit 130, the motor 150, and the processor 190 described with reference to FIG.

The sensing unit 110 may include a vibration sensor. The vibration sensor senses vibration of the smart toothbrush 100, and at least one of an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a gyro sensor may be used. In particular, the vibration sensor can detect vibration using an acceleration sensor.

Also, the sensing unit 110 can obtain the rotation angle of the x-axis (or the roll axis), the y-axis (or the pitch axis), and the z-axis (or yaw axis).

5 is a ladder diagram illustrating a method of operating a smart toothbrush system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The smart toothbrush 100 can sense the movement of the toothbrush (S11).

The smart toothbrush 100 may sense the movement of the smart toothbrush 100 to sense if the user is using the smart toothbrush 100.

The smart toothbrush 100 may determine that the user is using the smart toothbrush 100 when motion is detected and may determine that the user is not using the smart toothbrush 100 if motion is not detected.

The smart toothbrush 100 may sense motion based on the sensing data of the sensing unit 110. FIG. For example, the processor 190 may sense the movement of the smart toothbrush 100 through the data change sensed by the sensing unit 110. [ The processor 190 can detect that the smart toothbrush 100 is being used when the acceleration value or the angular velocity sensed by the acceleration sensor or the angular velocity sensor changes by a predetermined reference value or more.

The processor 190 may be connected to the toothbrush guide module 200 when the movement of the smart toothbrush 100 is sensed (S13).

For example, the wireless communication unit 130 of the smart toothbrush 100 and the wireless communication unit 210 of the brushing guide module 200 may be connected to each other through a low-power Bluetooth standard. To this end, each of the wireless communication unit 130 of the smart toothbrush 100 and the wireless communication unit 210 of the brushing guide module 200 may include a low-power Bluetooth module.

According to another embodiment, the toothbrush guide module 200 may be a mobile terminal capable of executing a toothbrush guide application, and when the toothbrush guide application is executed in the mobile terminal, the smart toothbrush 100 and the toothbrush guide module 200 Can be connected.

Processor 190 may obtain toothbrush motion data (S15).

The processor 190 may obtain toothbrush motion data indicative of movement of the toothbrush through the sensing unit 110. [

The toothbrush motion data may include a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value obtained using at least one of an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a gyro sensor.

The sensing unit 110 acquires sensing data sensed by an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor, and the processor 190 may calculate a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value through sensing data.

6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a method of calculating a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the bristles 103 have a roll value of 0 degrees with respect to the roll axis, toward the sky. The roll value can be obtained based on the angle of rotation based on 0 degree.

The pitch value is 0 degrees when facing the bottom, and 180 degrees when facing the sky, with respect to the pitch axis.

The yaw value can also be obtained according to the angle of rotation with respect to the yaw axis.

Again, Fig. 5 will be described.

The processor 190 may transmit the toothbrush motion data to the toothbrushing guide module 200 (S17).

The controller 290 of the brushing guide module 200 may receive toothbrush motion data from the smart toothbrush 100.

The smart toothbrush 100 may acquire toothbrush motion data in real time and transmit it to the toothbrush guide module 200. [

Alternatively, the smart toothbrush 100 may acquire toothbrush motion data and transmit it to the toothbrush guide module 200 at predetermined intervals.

According to an embodiment, the toothbrush guide module 200 may apply the tooth area detection algorithm to the received toothbrush motion data to obtain tooth area information. However, in this case, since the toothbrush area is determined only by the motion detection of the smart toothbrush 100, when the user moves the face, the toothbrush area may be erroneously judged, .

Accordingly, in the present invention, the toothbrush guide module 200 can correct the toothbrush motion data by detecting an element that affects the determination of the feces area, such as the face motion of the user using the smart toothbrush 100 and the posture information of the mobile terminal .

The controller 290 of the brushing guide module 200 can acquire the face attitude information of the user (S19).

The controller 290 can acquire the face attitude information of the user through the face recognizing unit 280. [

The face recognition unit 280 may include a camera for photographing a user's face and a storage unit for storing a face angle calculation algorithm applied to the face of the user.

The camera can photograph the face of the user using the smart toothbrush 100. For example, the camera senses the smart toothbrush 100 in a manner that recognizes the shape of the smart toothbrush 100, recognizes the receiving location of the toothbrush motion data, So that the smart toothbrush 100 can be determined as the face of the user in use.

The face posture information includes an angle at which the user rotates the head (Yaw) relative to when the user's face faces the front of the camera, an angle at which the user rolls the head sideways (Roll) It may include an audible or a falling angle when lifting the head up or down.

The face angle calculation algorithm may be an algorithm for calculating a face angle by recognizing a facial part such as eyes, nose, and mouth from the face of a user and changing the interval between the parts.

7 is an exemplary view for explaining a face angle calculating algorithm stored in the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, the face recognizing unit 280 can detect eyes, nose, mouth, and the like after photographing the user's face with the camera. The camera can photograph the face of the user using the smart toothbrush 100.

The face recognition unit 280 obtains the center points of the detected eyes, nose, and mouth to calculate the distance D1 between the eyes and the eyes, the distance D2 between the nose and mouth, and the distance between the eyes and the mouth can do.

The face recognizing unit 280 recognizes a plurality of face parts on the user's face and can detect a change in the posture of the user's face based on the interval between the recognized face parts. The face recognition unit 280 can sense whether the user's face moves left / right, whether the user's face is tilted to the left / right, or whether the user's face is tilted up / down.

Specifically, the face recognizing unit 280 determines the angle (Yaw) at which the head moves to the left / right based on the change in the distance D1 between the eyes and the eyes, To determine the angle at which the head is lifted or lowered and determine the angle at which the head is tilted sideways based on the slope change of the axis P connecting the nose and mouth.

However, the face angle calculation algorithm described with reference to FIG. 7 is merely an example, and the face recognition unit 280 can determine a change in the face angle of the user in various ways.

Again, Fig. 5 will be described.

The controller 290 can determine whether the brush guide module is a mobile terminal (S21).

That is, the controller 290 can judge whether the toothbrush guide module is not fixed and which can change the posture.

The controller 290 can correct the toothbrush motion data based on the face attitude information when the toothbrush guide module is not a mobile terminal (S23).

That is, the controller 290 can correct the toothbrush motion data based on the face attitude information when the toothbrush guide module is a device whose posture is fixed, such as a mirror display or a toothbrush holder. For example, the toothbrush motion data is composed of a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value of the smart toothbrush 100, and the face attitude information is composed of a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value of the face of the user, The pitch value, and the yaw value of the user's face in each of the roll value, the pitch value, and the yaw value of the smart toothbrush.

This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

8 to 9 are exemplary diagrams illustrating a method of correcting toothbrush motion data based on face posture information by the toothbrush guide module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The example of Fig. 8 shows how the user's head calculates the movement angle (Yaw) of the left / right movement and corrects the toothbrush motion data.

The controller 290 can detect whether the user's face has shifted to the left from the reference angle to? Degrees, whether the user's face coincides with the reference angle, or whether the user's face has moved? Degrees to the right from the reference angle.

The controller 290 obtains (0, 0, + α) as face attitude information (roll, pitch, yaw) when the face of the user is shifted to the left from the reference angle by α °, (0, 0, 0) is acquired with face attitude information (roll, pitch, yaw) when the user's face moves to the right from the reference angle 0, 0, -?).

In Fig. 8,? Is set at 30 degrees, but this is merely an example.

The controller 290 may be in a state of acquiring (x, y, z) with toothbrush motion data. The controller 290 corrects the toothbrush motion data to (x, y, z + alpha) when the face of the user is shifted to the left from the reference angle by degrees, and if the user's face matches the reference angle, (x, y, z), and the toothbrush motion data can be corrected to (x, y, z-a) when the user's face moves to the right by a degree from the reference angle.

The example of FIG. 9 shows a method of calculating the angle of movement when the user lifts the head upward or downward (pitch) and corrects the toothbrush motion data.

The controller 290 can detect whether the face of the user has shifted upward from the reference angle by?, Whether the face of the user coincided with the reference angle, or whether the face of the user has moved by? Degrees downward from the reference angle.

The controller 290 obtains (0, + β, 0) with face attitude information (roll, pitch, yaw) when the face of the user is shifted upward by β ° from the reference angle, (0, 0, 0) is acquired with face attitude information (roll, pitch, yaw) when the user's face moves downward from the reference angle, 0, - [beta], 0).

In Fig. 9, β is 30 degrees, but this is merely an example.

The controller 290 may be in a state of acquiring (x, y, z) with toothbrush motion data. The controller 290 corrects the toothbrush motion data to (x, y + beta, z) when the face of the user is shifted upward from the reference angle by [beta], and if the user's face coincides with the reference angle, (x, y, z), and the toothbrush motion data can be corrected to (x, y-beta, z) when the user's face moves down by?

Likewise, the method of calculating the movement angle of the roll when the user tilts the head to the left / right (Roll) and correcting the toothbrush motion data may be similar to that described with reference to Figs. 8 to 9. Fig. A detailed description will be omitted.

Meanwhile, although the case where the roll value, the pitch value and the yaw value of the toothbrush motion data are respectively corrected has been described as an example, it is for convenience of explanation that a plurality of roll values, pitch values and yaw values can be simultaneously corrected Of course. That is, the user can correct the pitch value and the yaw value of the toothbrush motion data when the user moves his / her head upward and moves to the right.

Again, Fig. 5 will be described.

The controller 290 acquires the attitude information of the mobile terminal when the toothbrush guide module is a mobile terminal (S25), and can correct the toothbrush motion data based on the face attitude information and the attitude information of the mobile terminal (S27).

That is, the controller 290 can correct the toothbrush motion data based on the posture information of the mobile terminal as well as the face posture information in the case where the toothbrush guide module is not fixed at a specific place and can move arbitrarily.

The attitude information of the mobile terminal is used to solve the error when the mobile terminal itself, which is a device for detecting a user's face movement, moves, and may include a roll value, a pitch value and a yaw value of the mobile terminal.

The controller 290 can be used to acquire the posture information of the mobile terminal and correct the toothbrush motion data together with the face posture information.

This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

10 is an exemplary view for explaining a method of correcting toothbrush motion data based on face posture information and terminal posture information by the brushing guide module according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10, it is assumed that the brushing guide module 200 is a mobile terminal.

10 (a), the face recognition unit 280 of the mobile terminal recognizes that the user moves the head of the head through the camera to the left by a degree of? Degrees, and the controller 290 recognizes 0, + γ). Meanwhile, the mobile terminal recognizes that the mobile terminal moves to the right through the sensor module 260, and the controller 290 can obtain (0, 0, -γ) as the terminal attitude information. Accordingly, the controller 290 can correct the toothbrush motion data (x, y, z) received from the smart toothbrush 100 to (x, y, z + y-y).

10 (b), the face recognition unit 280 of the mobile terminal recognizes that the user faces the front of the camera through the camera, and the controller 290 recognizes that the user faces the front of the camera through the camera, 0). Meanwhile, the mobile terminal recognizes that the mobile terminal is not moving through the sensor module 260, and the controller 290 can obtain (0, 0, 0) as the terminal attitude information. Thus, the controller 290 may maintain the toothbrush motion data (x, y, z) received from the smart toothbrush 100 at (x, y, z).

10 (c), the face recognition unit 280 of the mobile terminal recognizes that the user moves the head through the camera to the right by a degree of? Degrees, and the controller 290 recognizes that the face orientation information (0, 0, -γ). Meanwhile, the mobile terminal recognizes that the mobile terminal moves to the left through the sensor module 260, and the controller 290 can obtain (0, 0, + γ) as the terminal attitude information. Accordingly, the controller 290 can correct the toothbrush motion data (x, y, z) received from the smart toothbrush 100 to (x, y, z- gamma + gamma). In Fig. 9, < RTI ID = 0.0 > y < / RTI > is 45 degrees, but this is merely exemplary.

It is to be noted that Fig. 10 is merely an example for convenience of description and is not limited thereto.

In this manner, when the brushing guide module 200 is a moving device, it is possible to correct the toothbrush motion data by sensing the movement of the brushing guide module together with the movement of the user's face.

Again, Fig. 5 will be described.

The controller 290 can determine the tooth brush area based on the corrected toothbrush motion data (S29).

That is, the controller 290 can obtain a toothbrush area indicating the position of the bristles 103 using a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value according to the corrected toothbrush motion data.

The toothbrushing area is information on the position of the toothbrush area in the mouth of the user brushing through the smart toothbrush 100, for example, including positional information on any one of the plurality of toothbrush areas shown in FIG. 12 can do.

Next, a method of determining a tooth brushing area based on toothbrush motion data will be described.

11 is a flow diagram illustrating a saliva area sensing algorithm for acquiring a saliva region of a smart toothbrush in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

On the other hand, in Fig. 11, it is assumed that there are five toothbrush areas indicating areas where the bristles 103 can be positioned in the mouth of the user, but these are only illustrative for convenience of explanation.

The controller 290 may extract a roll value, a pitch value, and a yaw value according to the toothbrush motion data (S503).

For example, the controller 290 extracts x as a roll value, extracts y as a pitch value, and extracts z as a yaw value when the result is (x, y, z) obtained by acquiring and correcting the toothbrush motion data .

The processor 190 determines whether the extracted roll value is between 90 degrees and 270 degrees (S505).

If the extracted roll value is between 90 degrees and 270 degrees, the processor 190 determines that the brush head 103 is positioned on the lower tooth (S507).

Thereafter, the processor 190 determines whether the yaw value is 90 degrees (S509). If the yaw value is 90 degrees, the processor 190 determines that the bristles 103 are located in the front tooth area (S511).

If the yaw value is greater than or equal to 180 degrees (S513), the processor 190 determines that the bristles 103 are located in the right undersurface area (515).

If the yaw value is less than or equal to 180 degrees and not equal to 90 degrees, the processor 190 determines that the bristles 103 are located in the left undersurface area (S517).

On the other hand, if the roll value is within the range of 90 degrees to 270 degrees (S505), the processor 190 determines that the bristles 103 are positioned on the upper teeth (S519).

Thereafter, when the yaw value is 90 degrees, the processor 190 determines that the bristles 103 are located in the forehead area (S511).

The processor 190 determines that the bristles 103 are located in the upper right tooth region (S525) when the yaw value is 180 degrees or more (S523).

The processor 190 determines that the bristles 103 are located in the upper left tooth area when the yaw value is less than 180 degrees and not 90 degrees (S527).

In this way, the processor 190 can measure the position and orientation of the bristles 103 using the extracted roll values, pitch values, and yaw values based on the sensing data of the sensing unit 110.

The processor 190 may obtain the toothbrush area being cleaned with the smart toothbrush 100 through an algorithm other than the algorithm described with reference to FIG.

12 is a view showing an example of a toothbrush area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12, the oral cavity region 700 may include five regions 710 to 750.

The first clean area 710 may be the left upper-sole region. The processor 190 may determine that the bristles 103 are located in the first brushing area 710 if the roll value is outside the range of 90 degrees to 270 degrees and the yaw value is greater than 180 degrees.

The second brushing area 720 may be the left undersurface area. The processor 190 may determine that the bristles 103 are located in the second toothbrush area 720 if the roll value is between 90 degrees and 270 degrees and the yaw value is not 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.

Third tooth cleaning area 730 may be the right upper tooth area. The processor 190 may determine that the bristles 103 are located in the third brushing area 730 if the roll value is outside the range of 90 degrees to 270 degrees and the yaw value is greater than 180 degrees.

The fourth brushing area 740 may be the right undersurface area. The processor 190 may determine that the bristles 103 are located in the fourth brushing area 740 if the roll value is between 90 degrees and 270 degrees and the yaw value is greater than 180 degrees.

The fifth tooth cleaning area 710 may be a forehead area. The processor 190 may determine that the bristles 103 are located in the fifth toothbrush area 750 when the yaw value is 90 degrees.

Again, Fig. 5 will be described.

The controller 290 can display the tooth brush guide screen including the obtained tooth brush area (S31).

13 is an exemplary view showing a toothbrush guide screen when the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention is a mirror display.

The mirror display 201 may include a display 270 that mirrors and simultaneously outputs a toothbrush guide screen. The mirror display 201 also includes a face recognition unit 280 for photographing and recognizing the user's face, an acoustic output unit 250 for audibly outputting the toothbrush guide information, A communication unit (not shown), and a controller (not shown) for controlling the overall operation of the mirror display 201. [

The display 270 can display the brushing guide screen, and the brushing guide screen can display the brushing area information 1410 and the brushing time information 1420. The cleansing area information 1410 may include the progress of the cleansing for each tooth brushing area. For example, the display 270 may be displayed in a bright color as the brushing area is progressed with a large amount of brushing, and may be displayed in a darker color as the brushing area is progressively decreased. That is, the display 270 can display the color of the toothbrush area differently according to the progress of the brushing, and the user can easily confirm the area requiring more brushing based on the color of the brushing area.

The grooming time information 1420 is for guiding the appropriate time for gargling. The gauge is displayed at a maximum (Max) at the time of connection with the smart toothbrush 100. When the gauge is reduced as the gargle is progressed, The gauge is displayed as Min (Min), so that the user can guide the user to brush his teeth for an appropriate time.

According to the embodiment, the display 280 may display the cleansing time information 1420 differently for each tooth area to guide tooth brushing time per tooth brush area.

The sound output unit 250 may output a sound whenever at least one of the cleansing area information 1410 and the cleansing time information 1420 is changed.

The user's face and teeth can be directly projected onto the display 270 of the mirror display 201. [

14 is an exemplary view showing a toothbrush guide screen when the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention is a toothbrush holder.

The toothbrush cradle 202 may include a cradle body 202b having a cradle 202a in which the smart toothbrush 100 is received. The body 202b may be formed with a display 270 for outputting a toothbrush guide screen, a face recognition unit 280, an acoustic output unit 250, a wireless communication unit (not shown) and a controller (not shown).

The display 270 can display the brushing guide screen, and the brushing guide screen is similar to that described with reference to FIG. 13, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

15 is an exemplary view showing a toothbrush guide screen when the toothbrush guide module according to the embodiment of the present invention is a toothbrush holder for a baby.

Similar to Fig. 14, the baby toothbrush holder 202 may include a cradle body portion 202b having a cradle 202a in which the smart toothbrush 100 is received. The body 202b may be formed with a display 270 for outputting a toothbrush guide screen, a face recognition unit 280, an acoustic output unit 250, a wireless communication unit (not shown) and a controller (not shown).

The display 270 can display the brushing guide screen, and the brushing guide screen can be similar to that shown in Figs. 13 and 14, and a description of similar contents will be omitted.

However, the display 270 of the baby toothbrush holder 202 displays the color of the toothbrush area differently according to the progress of the brushing. The display 270 of the toothbrush holder 202 displays the current position of the toothbrush 100, So that the toothbrush area information 1520 can be further displayed. Accordingly, children who are not able to brush the toothbrush have the advantage of being able to identify and brush their teeth through the toothbrush area information 1520.

16 is an exemplary view showing changes in toothbrush motion data when the toothbrush guide module is corrected according to the toothbrush area according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The horizontal axis of the graph shown in Figs. 16 (a) and 16 (b) may be a yaw axis, and the vertical axis may be a roll axis. Accordingly, the area 1310 corresponding to the yaw value from 0 to 180 represents the left tooth brushing area, and the area 1320 corresponding to the yaw values from 181 to 360 can represent the right tooth brushing area.

In addition, each of the areas indicated by different hues in Figs. 16 (a) and 16 (b) may refer to brushing areas. For example, each region may correspond to a left upper-back region, a left lower region, a right upper-region, a right lower region, and a front region.

Each point shown in Figs. 16 (a) and 16 (b) can represent the toothbrush area acquired by the toothbrushing guide module 200. Fig.

16 (a) shows the toothbrush area based on the toothbrush motion data obtained through the smart toothbrush 100, and the points shown in Fig. 16 (b) are the same toothbrush Based on the motion data, but may indicate the tooth-brushing area based on at least one of the face posture information and the posture information of the mobile terminal.

16A, the first points 1301 representing the left upper-level region and the second points 1302 representing the right upper-level region are distributed in the region where the yaw values are 120 to 180, and the second points 1302 ) Can be confirmed that an error occurs.

However, referring to FIG. 16 (b), the first points 1301 representing the left upper level region are distributed in regions where the yaw values are mainly in the range of 150 to 180, and the second points 1302 representing the right upper level region, It can be confirmed that this is mainly distributed in the region where the yaw value is in the range of 180 to 200. That is, it can be confirmed that the toothbrush motion data can be more accurately judged by correcting the toothbrush motion data based on the face posture information and the posture information of the mobile terminal.

As described above, the present invention not only can determine the toothbrushing area based on the toothbrush motion data, but also corrects the reference point of the toothbrush motion data based on the movement of the user's movement or the device for judging the toothbrushing area to more accurately detect the toothbrushing area There is an advantage to be able to. That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to correctly detect the frontal area even if the head is wiggled to the left or right while brushing the frontal area, .

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to carry out the smart phone while brushing the teeth and detect the tooth area, and more accurately detect the tooth area even when the head shakes a lot while children are brushing teeth.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method can be implemented as a code readable by a processor on a medium on which a program is recorded. Examples of the medium that can be read by the processor include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like.

The above-described toothbrush guide module can be applied to a configuration and a method of the above-described embodiments in a limited manner, but the embodiments can be modified so that all or some of the embodiments are selectively combined .

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments.

The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (20)

A smart toothbrush having a sensing portion for acquiring toothbrush motion data; And
A wireless communication unit for receiving the toothbrush motion data;
A face recognition unit for recognizing a face of a user and acquiring face posture information,
And a controller for correcting the toothbrush motion data based on the face attitude information and for detecting a toothbrush area in which the smart toothbrush is located based on the corrected toothbrush motion data. The method according to claim 1,
The brush guide module
A smart toothbrush system comprising a mobile terminal, a mirror display, and a toothbrush holder for storing the smart toothbrush. The method according to claim 1,
The brush guide module
Further comprising a sensing module for sensing attitude change of the mobile terminal and acquiring attitude information of the mobile terminal when the brush guiding module is a mobile terminal,
Wherein the controller corrects the toothbrush motion data based on at least one of the face posture information and the posture information of the terminal. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the toothbrush motion data is data obtained through an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a gyro sensor included in the smart toothbrush,
The face posture information is information obtained through a camera included in the mobile terminal,
The attitude information of the terminal
Wherein the information is acquired through an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a gyro sensor included in the mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The brush guide module
Further comprising a display for displaying a toothbrush guide screen including the detected toothbrush area,
The display
A smart toothbrush system that displays a toothbrush area in a different color depending on the progress of the brushing. 6. The method of claim 5,
The display
A smart toothbrush system that displays a chewing gum area with a brighter color than a chewing gum area. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the toothbrush guide module is a toothbrush holder for storing the smart toothbrush,
Wherein the display is formed on the toothbrush holder. 6. The method of claim 5,
The display
Further displaying current tooth brush area information indicative of the current position of the smart toothbrush. The method according to claim 1,
The smart toothbrush
Detecting whether or not the smart toothbrush is used through motion detection, and communicating wirelessly with the toothbrush guide module when the smart toothbrush is detected as being in use. The method according to claim 1,
The face recognition unit
A smart toothbrush system for photographing a face of a user using the smart toothbrush, recognizing a plurality of face parts on the user's face, and detecting a change in the posture of the user's face based on the interval between the recognized face parts. The method according to claim 1,
The face recognition unit
Wherein the user senses whether the user's face moves left / right, the user's face is tilted to the left / right, or whether the user's face is tilted up / down. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the toothbrush motion data comprises a first roll value, a first pitch value and a first yaw value of the smart toothbrush, wherein the face posture information includes a second roll value, a second pitch value, ≪ / RTI >
The controller calculates a difference between the first roll value and the second roll value, a difference between the first pitch value and the second pitch value, and a difference between the first yaw value and the second yaw value, Toothbrush system. A wireless communication unit for receiving toothbrush motion data from a smart toothbrush;
A face recognition unit for recognizing the face of the user and obtaining face posture information;
And a controller that corrects the toothbrush motion data based on the face attitude information and detects a toothbrush area where the smart toothbrush is located based on the corrected toothbrush motion data. 14. The method of claim 13,
Further comprising a sensing module for sensing attitude change of the mobile terminal and acquiring attitude information of the mobile terminal when the brush guiding module is a mobile terminal,
The controller corrects the toothbrush motion data based on at least one of the face posture information and the posture information of the terminal. 14. The method of claim 13,
The face recognition unit
A camera for photographing the face of the user,
And a storage unit storing a face angle calculation algorithm applied to the taken face of the user. 14. The method of claim 13,
The face recognition unit
And a toothbrush guide module for recognizing a face of a user using the smart toothbrush. 14. The method of claim 13,
And a display for displaying a toothbrush guide screen including the detected toothbrush area. 18. The method of claim 17,
The display
A toothbrush guide module that displays a toothbrush area in a different color depending on the progress of brushing. 18. The method of claim 17,
The display
A toothbrush guide module for displaying current toothbrush area information indicating a current position of the smart toothbrush. 14. The method of claim 13,
The face recognition unit
And a pitch value and a yaw value of the user's face by sensing a plurality of face parts in the face of the user and detecting a change in attitude of the user's face based on the interval between the recognized face parts.

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