公开(公告)号：US10598163B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US15780269

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Joldert Maria Boersma ,  Pieter Herman Klokman ,  Klaas Kooijker ,  Egbert Van De Veen ,  Aaldert Geert Zijlstra ,  Stephanus Jacob Gerardus Tamminga

IPC: F04B9/04 ,  A61C17/028 ,  A61C17/22 ,  F04B9/06 ,  F04B19/22 ,  F04B23/02 ,  F16H21/24

Abstract: A semi-free rotating crankshaft actuator (80) for an oral healthcare appliance comprises a chamber (82), a spring loadable plunger (85), and a crank mechanism (88). The crank mechanism (88) comprises at least a drive pin (90) rotatably driven about a drive axis (96), and a crank shaft (94) semi-freely rotatable about the drive axis, wherein the crank shaft (94) couples to the spring loadable plunger (85) and is partially driven about the drive axis (96) via (i) the drive pin (90) in a first operational mode, (ii) the spring loadable plunger (85) in a second operational mode, and (iii) the drive pin (90) in a third operational mode that comprises at least completing an incomplete actuation of the plunger (84) from an undesired end position to the desired end position in response to the crank shaft (94) pushing the plunger (84) from the undesired end position to the desired end position.

公开(公告)号：US10413052B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-17

申请号：US15557531

申请日：2016-10-08

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Stephanus Jacob Gerardus Tamminga ,  Dionisio Massingo Nunes

IPC: A46B15/00 ,  A61C17/22 ,  A61C1/00

Abstract: A method (300) for localizing an oral cleaning device within a user's mouth. The method includes the steps of: (i) determining (830), based on sensor information received from a motion identifier (28), a first location of the oral cleaning device within the user's mouth; (ii) measuring (850), using sensor information received from the motion identifier, an amount of time elapsing between a start and a stop of a movement of the oral cleaning device within the user's mouth at the first location; (iii) calculating (850), using Fitt's law and the measured elapsed amount of time, the number of teeth the oral cleaning device was displaced during the elapsed amount of time; and (iv) determining (850), based on the first location and the number of teeth the oral cleaning device was displaced during the elapsed amount of time, which of the user's teeth were included in the displacement.

公开(公告)号：US11684147B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16758921

申请日：2018-10-30

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Stephanus Jacob Gerardus Tamminga ,  Klaas Kooijker

IPC: A46B15/00 ,  A46B5/00 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A61C17/34

CPC classification number: A46B15/0036 ,  A46B5/0095 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A61C17/3418 ,  A46B2200/1066

Abstract: An oral healthcare personal appliance (10), configured for use with a removable brush head (20) having a first light guide (28), comprises a handle (16), an actuator (14) with a hollow drive shaft (18), a second light guide (36) disposed co-axially between first and second ends of the hollow drive shaft, a rear stop connection adapter (62) coupled to the second ends of the hollow drive shaft and the second light guide, a light source (66) to emit light into the second light guide, and an optional front stop connection adapter (34) coupled to the first ends of the hollow drive shaft and the second light guide. Physically coupling the brush head to the handle enables both (i) a rotation of the brush head via a rotation of the hollow drive shaft and (ii) a transmission of light from the light source through the second light guide and into the first light guide.

公开(公告)号：US10543069B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US15753082

申请日：2016-08-03

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Stephanus Jacob Gerardus Tamminga ,  Sven Woldberg ,  Dionisio Massingo Nunes

IPC: A46B15/00 ,  A61C17/22 ,  A61C19/04

Abstract: A method (300) for localizing an oral cleaning device within a user's mouth. The method includes the steps of: (i) providing (310) an oral cleaning device (10) with a motion identifier (28); (ii) estimating (335), based on sensor information received from the motion identifier, a probability of a first location of the oral cleaning device within the user's mouth; (iii) receiving (340) information from the motion identifier regarding a completed transition to a second state within the user's mouth; (iv) comparing (350) the completed transition to a defined set of possible transitions between each of a plurality of possible states within the user's mouth to determine a transition probability; and (v) determining (350), using a probabilistic graphical model comprising the first location probability and the transition probability, a probability of the location of the second state.

公开(公告)号：US10357141B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15519167

申请日：2015-10-19

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Pieter Kingma ,  Matthijs Hendrikus ,  Mark Van Wijhe ,  Wiebe Wierda ,  Paulus Cornelis Duineveld ,  Stephanus Jacob Gerardus Tamminga

IPC: A47L13/22

Abstract: A liquid containing system for a floor cleaning device, the liquid containing system comprising an outlet having a plurality of openings (H) to allow a liquid (W) to be extracted by means of capillary force when a mopping substrate, e.g. a cloth (C), is mounted against the plurality of openings (H), after filling the liquid containing system being substantially closed but for the plurality of openings (H).