Patent ID: 9681799
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61C,F21V,F21W,G02B,G06F,G06K,G06T,G10L,G16H,H04N,H05B

Claim:
1. A method for controlling power consumption of a dental instrument, comprising: (a) monitoring an intraoral mirror, the intraoral mirror comprising an integrated camera and an orientation measuring device, wherein the monitoring includes monitoring the orientation measuring device or the integrated camera to determine whether the intraoral mirror is laying horizontally; (b) determining whether the intraoral mirror is not in use based at least in part on whether the intraoral mirror is determined to lay horizontally; and (c) when the intraoral mirror is determined in (b) not to be in use, putting the intraoral mirror into a standby mode that reduces an amount of power consumed by the intraoral mirror.