SMART iBrush Project
SMART iBrush development motivation
- SMART iBrush project targets to develop a reliable interactive monitoring system for user’s tooth brushing activity to lead him/ her for a better oral hygiene & then to reduce the public health expenditure on oral diseases resulting from inappropriate oral hygiene.
- SMART iBrush would provide an efficient analytical tool for dental-researchers about user’s tooth brushing habit, then it would provide a basis for understanding the effect of tooth brushing techniques on the integrity of oral health.
Relevant Innovations
- interaktive training system for an effective teeth cleaning process
- low cost device for monitoring teeth cleaning process
Team and Partners
University Applied Sciences Regensburg
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Roland Mandl (Director)
- Prof. Georg Scharfenberg (Co-Direktor)
- Martin Kerschensteiner (cand. M.Eng.)
- Gerald Schickhuber (staff)
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Prof. Dr. Renate Deinzer
Philipps University of Marburg
- Dr. Jutta Margraf-Stiksrud
University Kassel
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Sick (Supervisor)
- Ghasssan Al Falouji (cand. Dr.-rer. nat.)
University Applied Sciences Kempten
- Prof. Dr. Arnulf Deinzer
FernUniveristät in Hagen
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang A. Halang
Device and System Development
Project Goals
- Monitor & recognize the tooth brushing orientation & the individual brushing style.
- Analyze & qualify tooth brushing process.
- Interact with the user to train and lead him/her for the "optimal" toothbrushing technique.
- Collect data for medical screening.
Hardware Development
- Acceleration and gyroscope sensor
- Strain gauge sensor
- Wireless data transfer to host device
- 3D printed housing with commercial brush head
Application Development
References
- G. Falouji, G. Scharfenberg: "BiSP-Team entwickelt intelligente Zahnbürste", Spektrum - Das Magazin der OTH Regensburg 2015/1
- Ghassan Al-Falouji, Georg Scharfenberg: „SMART iBrush Observing toothbrush motion using IMU and force sensors”; ARC 2015 Technische Hochschule Nürnberg; ISBN 978-3-86386-945-8 Pro Business Berlin
- G. Al-Falouji, D. Prestel, G. Scharfenberg, R. Mandl, A. Deinzer, W. Halang, J. Margraf-Stiksrud, B. Sick, R. Deinzer: “SMART-iBrush – individuelle Zahnreinigung mit einer intelligenten Zahnbürste“; Forschungsbericht 2015 Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg; ISBN 978-3-00-048589-3 inixmedia Kiel
- G. Al-Falouji, D. Prestel, G. Scharfenberg, R. Mandl, A. Deinzer, W. Halang, J. Margraf-Stiksrud, B. Sick und R. Deinzer", SMART-iBrush - Individuelle Unterstützung der Zahnreinigung durch Messung von Bewegung und Druck mit einer intelligenten Zahnbürste", Erste transdisziplinäre Konferenz zum Thema „Technische Unterstützungssysteme, die die Menschen wirklich wollen“, Hamburg, Deutschland, 15.-16. Dezember 2014
Contact
University of Applied Sciences Regensburg
Smart iBrush Project
Smart Embedded Systems Laboratory
Seybothstr. 2
D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
Tel: ++49-941 943 1155
Fax:++49-941 943 1424
www.smartibrush.de
Prof. Dr. Roland Mandl
e-mail: roland.mandl(at)oth-regensburg.de