Advanced Deep Learning Health Related Sensor Integration and Data Acquisition Apparatus, Method, and System
20220395359 · 2022-12-15
Assignee
Inventors
- David Kyle Miller (Washington, DC, US)
- William Lloyd Huston (Palo Alto, CA, US)
- James Lowell Ramsey Clarke (Washington, DC, US)
Cpc classification
A43B13/189
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Y02T90/14
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
H02J7/00034
ELECTRICITY
H02N15/00
ELECTRICITY
Y02T10/70
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
H02J7/00
ELECTRICITY
A43B3/44
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Y02T10/7072
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
International classification
B26B19/38
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
H02J7/00
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
The general field of the disclosure herein relates to the design of one or more health related monitoring or maintenance devices. These devices may include but are not limited to devices that monitor and/or maintain the health of users or devices that monitor and/or maintain the health of assets. The devices include oral cleaning devices for maintaining and monitoring the oral health of users, clothing for monitoring the health and fitness of users and charging pads which may monitor the health or assets being charged. Sensors may be integrated in these devices including but not limited to IMUs, thermocouples or oral cleaning devices, IMUs in clothing like shoes or wrist bands, or timers or charging sensors in magnetic surfaces which may cause one or more objects and/or other magnetic surfaces to float when a desired function is achieved.
Claims
1. An apparatus comprising: a) an electromagnetic surface, b) an object holder with a magnetic face facing resting on the electromagnetic surface with an opposite charge.
2. The apparatus described in claim 1 further comprising a magnetic field mechanism adjuster. a) an adjustable timer, b) a response mechanism that activates or deactivates the electromagnetic surface in response to the countdown of the timer, c) an application interface to remotely control the timer, d) one or more concentric surfaces with varying electromagnetic charges that may adjust the angle of any opposing magnetic object, e) with a charging pad embedded in the electromagnetic surface, f) an adjustable mechanism that allows a user to adjust the desired percent charged, g) a response mechanism that activates or deactivates the electromagnetic surface in response to the percent the object is charged.
3. The apparatus described in claim 2 further comprising: an apparatus interface to remotely adjust the desired percent charged prior to the electromagnetic surface activation and object levitation.
4. The apparatus described in claim 1 further comprising: one or more motors which cause the electromagnetic surface to rotate such that any levitated object will spin in response.
5. The apparatus described in claim 4 further comprising: a) electromagnetic surfaces, b) a field adjustment mechanism, c) one or more motors, gears or pulleys.
6. A system for charging or levitating an object comprising one or more electromagnetic surfaces and one or more objects, wherein one or more of said magnetic surfaces is a charging pad, and one or more electromagnetic surfaces does not become active until a desired function is achieved, said function being: a) a user defined charging time has passed, or b) a user defined charging percent has been achieved.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein at least one of said objects is a) a cell-phone, b) an electric toothbrush, c) an electric razor, d) a car, or e) a shoe comprising one or more sensors.
8. The device of claim 6 further comprising: a) an adjustable field to control the rotation of a levitated object, b) one or more motors to control the rotation of a levitated object, or c) one or more lights to control the appearance of the levitated object.
9. An oral-hygiene device comprising: a) a stem affixed to an oscillator, b) one or more dampers around a section of the stem, c) one or more magnets affixed to the frame of the brush and the stem, d) a magnetic field mechanism adjuster, e) one or more sensors, f) one or more response mechanisms.
10. The apparatus described in claim 9 further comprising: a) a charging module, b) one or more batteries, c) a charging station compatible battery, d) a magnet on or about the base, or e) wherein one or more of the brushes magnets may rest on or about a brush holder comprising one or more electromagnets with an opposing charge to said brush magnets.
11. The apparatus described in claim 10 further comprising: a) a web enabled device that transmits or records data associated with usage. b) one or more sensors on or about the brush head c) an electromagnetic communication device d) a brush head with the ability to move 360 degrees.
12. The device of claim 11 further comprising: an electromagnetically interfaced application which displays data transmitted from the electromagnetic communication device and interpreted by the application.
13. The device of claim 11 further comprising: one or more pressure regulation devices.
14. The device of claim 12 wherein one or more of said sensors is a temperature monitoring device, force detection sensor, camera device and/or timer.
15. The device of claim 13 further comprising: a charging station compatible battery.
16. The device of claim 14 further comprising: a charging-port.
17. The device of claim 12 wherein said application comprises a tooth efficacy clean AI algorithm and/or machine learning.
18. The device of claim 17 further comprising: a) one or more fluid spraying nozzles, b) any number of fluid-holding chambers, c) any number of fluid tank holders, or d) a cpu which interfaces with a server via a home network or internet connection, wherein said server further comprises language processing software which allows the server to respond and perform functions based on a user's verbal commands.
19. The device of claim 18 further comprising a) a deep learning algorithm b) an interface to connect with a trained professional.
20. The device of claim 19 further comprising a) a compressible motorized brush.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0050] In this disclosure the term ‘oral hygiene device’ refers to any device which may be used for the maintenance of a user's mouth, including but not limited to a toothbrush, a motorized toothbrush, a floss pick, a water flosser, a tongue scraper, a scrolling toothbrush, scrolling flosser, or a stationary mouth guard further comprising components including but not limited to motorized brushes, dental debris suction devices, bacteria removing cloth wipers, ionic emitting cleansers, ultraviolet light, liquid chambers and nozzles to spray mouthwash, peroxide tooth cleanser, toothpaste, or other oral cleansing liquid, gel, or paste, scrolling mechanism, or any combination of the aforementioned. In this disclosure, the term ‘scrolling’ refers to embodiments of the apparatus that involve mechanisms for moving devices along the gum-line. In the case of a scrolling toothbrush this may include a tooth-brush assembly of a plurality of brushes, which may be circular and motorized facing opposite angled or perpendicular directions and utilize the mechanical methods of propulsion including but not limited to the rotation of said brushes to move in some embodiments, a motor, wheel or pulley system along a track or mouth guard to move in others. In the case of a scrolling flosser or combination scrolling tooth-brush with a flosser the device may utilize the same means of propulsion as a scrolling tooth-brush, but comprise a component allowing a spool of floss to move from one side of the gum-line to the other, effectively allowing a fresh piece of floss to clean out one gap to the next as the floss moves in and out accomplished by mechanisms including but not limited to any combination of motorized pistons and spoolers, compressed gas driven pistons, hydraulic pistons, magnetic pistons, pulley driven spoolers or a single piece of floss held in a floss pick that gradually shifts from the front of the teeth gap to the back as it moves along the gum-line, and is replaceable. The scrolling flosser may be disassembled to allow a new spool of floss to be utilized in some embodiments. In some embodiments, the scrolling flosser may include a sensor that detects caps between the user's teeth and sends a signal to the scrolling mechanism to stop the floss there, press the floss into the user's gum until the desired pressure is achieved and retract the floss, restarting the scrolling to the next gap.
[0051] One feature shared by all embodiments of the disclosure is the dampening mechanism. The dampening mechanism may be as simple as means including but not limited to an adjustment mechanism for the scrolling toothbrush design that gives the parallel facing brushes enough play to glide along the user's teeth while applying enough pressure to adequately brush them utilizing means including but not limited to gears and clamps, moving in a limited range of motion, elastics or springs pressing the brushes with limited resistance into the user's teeth, a mouth guard device adjusting the pressure used by a suction device to pull bacteria from user's teeth, emit a jet of plaque removing liquid with regulated force, or any combination of the aforementioned to provide a limited present amount of pressure, or as complex as a magnetic oral hygiene device holder comprising a magnet stem which may be attached to the detachable base of a magnetic oral hygiene device such as toothbrush or tongue scraper with a magnetic base, said oral hygiene device further comprising a direction mechanism with a magnetic field adjuster which may be one of a variety of designs including but not limited to a dial adjusted mechanism directly attached to the oral hygiene device holder, a digital remote adjustment mechanism allowing the user to set the range of pressure applied, or a combination device involving a sensor in the attachment mechanism which sends a signal to the holder the moment resistance is detected and the holder responds by increasing the magnetic field in order to apply the desired pressure to teeth or gums that the oral hygiene device is touching. In some of the magnetic embodiments when a user applies a given force to the holder, the magnetic field will provide a force equal and opposite of the direction provided by the user, less the force necessary to generate the minimal amount of friction required to clean teeth. The counter-balancing effect ability of the control system allows the user a regular an unmodified force without ever exceeding the desired magnitude of force desired. In other such embodiments instead of the force applied by the magnetic field being less than or equal to the force applied by the user so as to generate the minimal amount of friction required to clean teeth, the user merely needs to move the oral hygiene device near to the mouth and the magnetic field will activate so as to apply the force needed to clean teeth, by means including but not limited to the user depressing a button, receiving an audio command from the user, or camera's on the unit designed to recognize the proximity of teeth. The attachment mechanism is a means of affixing the oral hygiene device holder to the oral hygiene device. The oral hygiene device holder may be shaped as one of several designs including but not limited to a tube, a platform, or a mouth guard. In some embodiments the attachment mechanism may be one of or any combination of the following including but not limited to a clamping mechanism in some such embodiments utilizing a plurality of tongs attached to the holder to grasp the instrument, an elastic grasping mechanism utilizing one or more elastic mechanisms to twist and tighten around the instrument thus holding it in place and/or directing it, a magnetic coupling mechanism magnetically attaching itself to one or more magnets on the instrument allowing the holder to direct the instrument, and/or a screw in mechanism allowing the instrument to be screwed into the holder one of the two having a male connection component and the other a female. In some embodiments, the oral hygiene device holder may be charged by means including but not limited to plugging the device directly into an outlet, in others it may be tethered by means including but not limited to a lightning cable, usb, or plug to an outlet, battery or charged device, or placing it on a charging pad, the device comprising a rechargeable battery compatible with said means in some such embodiments. In some embodiments, the disclosed device may include a motion sensor and/or a motion response mechanism allowing the device to autonomously react to motion within the user's oral cavity in means similar to the pressure dampening mechanism response, but which in some embodiments may also include adjusting the pressure applied by the device. In some such embodiments, the device may include a light and vibration pressure regulation mechanism, which may allow the device to adjust the amount of ultraviolet or visible light emitted, allowing the user to see and/or to neutralize bacteria harmed by ultraviolet radiation, or to regulate the pressure generated by the device vibrating as the user's mouth is cleaned. This may most easily be visualized in the mouth guard embodiments. In some such embodiments, the device may also include vibration and lighting indicators, allowing the device to autonomously respond in adjusting the light and vibration pressure regulation mechanism. In other embodiments the device may comprise a web enabled device that transmits or records data associated with usage. This may allow the device to send a signal showing data including but not limited to a camera showing the users mouth or a representation of the users mouth, health data concerning the users mouth, or data related to the performance of the oral hygiene device, and transmitting it an output device including but not limited to a cellular phone, tablet, television, computer, virtual reality glasses, augmented reality glasses, or a smart mirror my means including but not limited to bluetooth, wifi, or usb. In some embodiments the device may be a scrolling brush containing components such as a timer allowing it to keep track of how much time is spent on each tooth, a top scroller allowing it to scroll along the top and bottom teeth simultaneously, or further comprising a scrolling mechanism capable of adjusting the displacement between top and bottom rows of teeth brushes so that one of the scrolling brushes moves laterally as both move horizontally adjusting for the difference in lateral space between the top and bottom teeth as the scrolling brushes move. These adjustments may be made by means including but not limited to malleable wires, gaps on a track directed by wheels, or a string that both brushes move along while attached to one another via elastic bands.
[0052] Additional exemplary embodiments include data acquisition utilizing sensors including but not limited to camera devices, thermometers, timers, force detection, magnetic feedback detection, accelerometers or position and velocity detection. Some such embodiments involving camera devices may utilize camera devices including but not limited to pinhole cameras in the brush head, borescope cameras above the brush head, or photoelectric sensors, which may be used for means including but not limited to spotting damage in a user's mouth, comparing user's teeth overtime, comparing users cleaning efficiency vs other users, taking scans of a user's mouth for review by one or more dentists, or spotting and preventing gum disease, plague buildup or visual indications that a user is getting sick. In some such embodiments a tooth efficacy clean AI algorithm may be utilized for means including but not limited to providing feedback for how well a user is cleaning their teeth, compare data between users, help one or more dentists to review information regarding users and/or make recommendations to users. The tooth efficacy clean AI may involve some form of machine learning in some such embodiments for means including but not limited to gathering data from multiple users, comparing data from one user over time or some combination therein. Some such embodiments may involve an external app with a GUI that compares users performance to other users for competitive purposes. In some other embodiments additional mechanisms may be utilized for the improvement of the toothbrush including but not limited to the aforementioned magnetic charger with a floating effect, an ultraviolet cleaner, or an internal dampening mechanism. In some exemplary embodiments a magnetic charger with a floating effect may involve a charging stand for a brush that can use the repulsion of the magnetic charging surface to cause the brush to float, as an oppositely charged surface pushes off of an activated electromagnetic charger. In some such exemplary embodiments a brush may be dropped by a user and floated by the charger before the electromagnet powers down to lower the brush automatically onto the charger. An ideal embodiment may include but is not limited components such as a brushing stem with temperature, motion and/or pressure sensors, a removable brush head that slides over the stem and locks into place, a magnetic ring and base, one or more dampening pads or shock absorbers, a plastic modeled holder containing a battery, oscillator, data acquisition technology and/or gyroscope, an electromagnetic storage container, charger and ultra violet cleaner, and/or an application that can sync with the device via electromagnetic communication means including but not limited to wifi sensors, blue-tooth sensors or other electromagnetic communications device and display data on a GUI of a mobile device including but not limited to a cellphone, tablet or wireless mirror.
[0053] In this disclosure the term ‘electro-magnetic surface’ refers to any device comprising one or more electro-magnets, permanent magnets, wireless charging pad or some combination therein, one or more may be activated by means including but not limited to an electric charge, release/movement of a magnetic shield, or electromagnetic pulse. In this disclosure, the term ‘object’ refers to one or more devices which may be levitated or charged by the electro-magnetic surface, including but not limited to a toothbrush, cell-phone, car, cell phone case with magnetic shielding to protect the cell phones components, cell phone holder which may be charged by the electro-magnetic surface such that it can activate an additional electro-magnet to move a brush from its holder or a host of other exemplary embodiments. Some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may be as simple as an electro-magnetic surface which raises a repelled magnetic pad with a company logo on it and spins it around or puts lights on it, or as complex as an electro-magnetic surface which is embedded in a roadway such that it can charge a vehicle including but not limited to an electric car, hydraulic-electric cart or solar-electric aircraft's battery while using a system of magnets and receptors to detect balance of the vehicle on the roadway and provide feedback to the vehicle dashboard regarding issues including but not limited to alignment issues, structural damage, or suitable aerodynamic enhancements to improve performance.
[0054] Some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may include but are not limited to a magnetic pad that has a wired connection to a floating object. In some such embodiments the wired connection would be used for means including but not limited to charging the object, serving as a tether to the object, guiding the spin of the object along a pathway the tethered line moves across, or some combination therein. Some such embodiments may include the use of an electromagnetic tether. Some such embodiments may allow for some movement of the object including but not limited to circular motion, tumbling, or raising/lowering in response to criteria including but not limited to the object reaching a certain charge, the object being placed on the magnetic pad for a certain amount of time, or a user inputting a command. Other embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise an object that charges while flat on a wireless charger. In some such embodiments the wireless charger may comprise two or more fields at least one for magnetic levitation of an object and at least one other for charging an object. In some such embodiments said fields may not operate simultaneously. Some such embodiments may utilize electromagnetic means of communication including but not limited to Bluetooth, Wifi, or NFC bands. In some such embodiments the magnetic pad may respond to a controller to switch between the modes including but not limited to imbedded controls, a remote controller, or application controls that may be directed by an application with a GUI on from a cellphone and allow users to select or input commands including but not limited to selecting that the object hovers when it has finished charging, that the charging pad implements machine learning, that the object charges via tether as opposed to utilizing a charging pad, or that the object spins at a certain rate. Yet other embodiments of the present disclosure may allow a wireless charging and magnetic pad device to activate both fields without any adverse interference allowing charging and levitation at some pre-defined distance. In some such embodiments the rate of charging may be slower when the object is levitating than when it is sitting on the magnetic pad. In some such embodiments a setting may be labeled any number of items including but not limited to responsive wave, night charging, or auto-float and may raise the object from the pad being able to allow a user to access it more quickly. In some such embodiments this mode may function by causing the object to raise in response to user motion including but not limited to the moment a user waves their hand, reaches for the object or is in close proximity to the object, allowing the user to grab the object more easily instead of fumbling for it. In some such embodiments the magnetic field may make adjustments automatically guide the object to it's resting place or ideal charging place the moment the user lowers the object onto the charging pad.
[0055] In some embodiments of the disclosure the apparatus may be a magnetic pad 100 which levitates an object of opposing polarity, in this case a cellphone 102. The magnetic pad may further comprise a base 104, with room for buttons 106 to adjust a timer 108 which may control how long an object begins to float after it is detected in some embodiments or how long an object floats for in others. In certain embodiments, the cellphone may have a holder which comprises a permanent or electromagnet, in order to repel the electromagnet of the base magnet when activated, while providing shielding to the cell phone in some embodiments. In some embodiments, the base may serve as a charging pad and the timer can be set to cause the object to levitate after charging for a certain amount of time.
[0056] In some embodiments of the disclosure a magnetic pad 200 may levitate an object of opposing polarity, in this case a cellphone 202, and may further comprise a base, 204 with buttons 206 to adjust the desired maximum charge displayed 208 and a button to set or activate the electromagnet 210, causing the object to levitate once the desired charge is detected.
[0057] In some other embodiments of the disclosure the apparatus may be a magnetic pad 300 which levitates an object of opposing polarity, in this case a toothbrush with a magnetic base 302. The magnetic pad may further comprise a base 304, with room for buttons 306 to adjust a timer 308 which may control how long an object begins to float after it is detected in some embodiments or how long an object floats for in others. A button 310 may be used to change the mode in some exemplary embodiments for means including but not limited to activating such that the toothbrush will lift at desired points in the day to remind a user when to brush, detecting when the brush has sufficiently charged before lifting, or sensing the brush performance and lift it when it is suggesting to replace the brush.
[0058] In some embodiments of the disclosure a magnetic pad 400 may levitate an object of opposing polarity, in this case a toothbrush 402, and may further comprise a base, 404 with buttons 406 to adjust the desired maximum charge displayed 408 causing the object to eventually levitate once the desired charge is detected.
[0059] In yet other embodiments of the disclosure a magnetic pad, 500, may levitate an object in this case a cell phone, 502, which is powered via a tethered connection, 504, and rotated or angled by concentric magnetic rings, 506, 508, and 510, supported by a base, 512.
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[0082] In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure companion software capable of accessing data and adding comments, and quantitative evaluations through GUI may be integrated.
[0083] In other exemplary embodiments capturing running data, workout data, health data, dental data, joining it with insurance data to predict ideal health behavior and/or risk for certain conditions is part of the design of the system.
[0084] Some embodiments of the present disclosure may involve apparatus, methods, or systems for machine learning comprising sensors including but not limited to weight, pressure, battery life measurement or magnetic field sensors, which transmit data to one or more computers which may perform functions including but not limited to interfacing with the internet or a network of similar computer devices, comparing and contrasting past data from the one or more sensors, or make assessments based on internal data prerecorded or uploaded via direct means such as usb or other physical media, to determine, learn and/or make adjustments including but not limited to the type of object that has been placed on it, the ideal magnetic field to apply, the adjustments to charging that should be made to optimally support battery life, the amount of pressure to apply for brushing based on a particular users past practices where the apparatus is a brush with a magnetic field, how to spot diseases such as those involving tooth decay or particular issues such as imbalance in a vehicle based on the angle it levitates at, or what angle to spin an object in based on sensory information including but not limited to applause data, the location of the audience or the particular object being levitated. In some such embodiments a force dampening mechanism may be incorporated, or additional sensory feedback can be applied including but not limited to visual (such as lights or displayed data), audio (such as beeps or the device making statements or sending signals to another device to make statements to the user), or tactile (such as vibrating or gyroscopic disengagement), to notify one or more users or provide feedback related to a force dampened toothbrush which may utilize such a pad.
[0085] It is understood that the various preferred embodiments are shown and described above to illustrate different possible features of the invention and the varying ways in which these features may be combined. Apart from combining the different features of the above embodiments in varying ways, other modifications are also considered to be within the scope of the invention.
[0086] The invention is not intended to be limited to the preferred embodiments described above, but rather is intended to be limited only by the claims set out below. Thus, the invention encompasses all alternate embodiments that fall literally or equivalently within the scope of these claims.