- Number
- 11615715
- Published
- 2023-03-28
- Filed
- 2020-04-17
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Goslin; Michael P.
- CPC
- A46B15/0004; A46B15/0006; A46B15/0008; A46B15/004; A46B15/0044; A46B15/0046; A46B5/00; A46B9/04; G06F3/16; G06F3/167; G09B19/0084; G10L25/51
- Verdict
- Set aside smart toothbrush health/hygiene product, unrelated
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
This disclosure presents systems and methods to improve user brushing behavior. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate presentation of audio content via an audio output device, the audio content being characterized by an audio profile; obtain output signals from one or more sensors coupled to a user device, the output signals conveying user input information, the user input information defining user input by a user via the user device; determine, based on the user input information, a user profile, the user profile including one or more user values of the one or more audio attribute; compare the user profile with the audio profile to determine, for individual audio attributes, one or more differences; determine one or more scores reflecting the one or more differences; and/or perform other operations.
Background
FIELD (1) This disclosure relates to systems and methods to improve user brushing behavior. BACKGROUND (2) Some toothbrushes have timers indicating how long to brush teeth and/or when to switch sides. SUMMARY (3) Many people who brush their teeth do not spend enough time actually brushing their teeth. Toothbrush makers have added features to electric toothbrushes to try to get people to brush properly. Early features include a timer that tells the user when to switch sides and stop. More recent toothbrushes have included wireless communication capability so that it can connect to your phone and track your brushing over time. None of the toothbrush makers have tried to make the toothbrush experience more fun, though. One or more aspects of the present disclosure contemplate systems, devices, and/or methods to keep people brushing for the right amount of time by making it more fun. To this end, a user device (e.g., toothbrush) may include an audio input device and/or other sensors. While it may be hard to sing words while brushing your teeth, it may be fairly easy to hum. A song or music may be played. The user device may detect whether the user is humming correctly, and a score at the end of the toothbrushing performance may be determined. In some implementations, points and prizes can be awarded and/or achievements unlocked based on how well the person hummed and/or whether they brushed for the correct amount of time (and/or other measures, such as correct pressure, angle of
Claims
1. A system configured to improve user brushing behavior, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: effectuate presentation of audio content via an audio output device, the audio content being characterized by an audio profile, the audio profile including one or more presentation values of one or more audio attributes, the one or more audio attributes including one or more of a duration attribute, a pitch attribute, an intensity attribute, a tone attribute, a timbre attribute, a key attribute, a volume attribute, or a tempo attribute, such that the audio content is characterized by a first presentation value of a first audio attribute; obtain output signals from one or more sensors coupled to a toothbrush device, the output signals conveying user input information, the user input information defining user input by a user via the toothbrush device; determine, based on the user input information, a user profile, the user profile including one or more user values of the one or more audio attributes, such that the user profile includes a first user value of the first audio attribute determined based on the user input information; compare the user profile with the audio profile to determine, for individual audio attributes, one or more differences between individual presentation values and individual user values of the individual audio attributes, the one or more differences including a first difference between the first presentation value and the first user value; and determine one or more scores reflecting the one or more difference such that a first score is determined based on the first difference. ||
11. A method to improve user brushing behavior, the method comprising: effectuating presentation of audio content via an audio output device, the audio content being characterized by an audio profile, the audio profile including one or more presentation values of one or more audio attributes, the one or ore audio attributes including one or more of a duration attribute, a pitch attribute, an intensity attribute, a tone attribute, a timbre attribute, a key attribute, a volume attribute, or a tempo attribute, such that the audio content is characterized by a first presentation value of a first audio attribute; obtaining output signals from one or more sensors coupled to a toothbrush device, the output signals conveying user input information, the user input information defining user input by a user via the toothbrush device; determining, based on the user input information, a user profile, the user profile including one or more user values of the one or more audio attributes, such that the user profile includes a first user value of the first audio attribute determined based on the user input information; comparing the user profile with the audio profile to determine, for individual audio attributes, one or more differences between individual presentation values and individual user values of the individual audio attributes, the one or more differences including a first difference between the first presentation value and the first user value; and determining one or more scores reflecting the one or more differences, such that a first score is determined based on the first difference.