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Title:
液滴スプレー口腔清浄化装置とともに使用される表面検出システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5192484
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The surface detection system includes a source of an optical interrogating signal (44) which accompanies a droplet spray in an oral cleaning device directed to an oral surface (46). The interrogating optical signal is reflected from the oral surface which the spray impacts and detected (48). A selected characteristic of the reflected signal, such as intensity, is indicative of the nature of the oral surface, such as either gum tissue or a tooth surface. The detected reflected signal is then processed to determine the nature of the oral reflecting surface. The processor (50) then provides a resulting output signal which can be used to either warn the user concerning the nature of the oral surface or to change the characteristics of the spray appropriately according to the surface (51).

Inventors:
Dynefeld, Paulus Cornelis
Grez, Joseph W
Application Number:
JP2009517545A
Publication Date:
May 08, 2013
Filing Date:
June 25, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
International Classes:
A61C17/02; A61C17/028
Domestic Patent References:
JP2006122149A
JP2002522102A
JP2000504605A
JP2000005170A
JP2008532619A
JP2001212161A
Foreign References:
US6375459
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito
Shinsuke Onuki
Tadashige Ito
Koichi Matsumoto



 
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