Patent ID: 8898843

Claim:
An electric toothbrush comprising: a body portion, a portion of which is gripped by a user; and a brush portion that is exchangeably attached to the body portion, wherein the body portion includes a contact-type sensor unit that is arranged on a portion of the body portion that excludes the gripped portion, and is for receiving an operation from the outside, and a control unit for controlling operation of the electric toothbrush in accordance with the operation received by the contact-type sensor unit, in a case where a first operation is received by the contact-type sensor unit, the control unit outputs an indication that an operation can be received for a certain time period, in a case where a second operation received by the contact-type sensor unit in the certain time period is an operation that corresponds to a predetermined pattern, the control unit controls operation of the electric toothbrush in accordance with the second operation, and wherein: a slide operation corresponds to the predetermined pattern, the control unit includes an operation reception unit, and based on a pattern of change in output from the contact-type sensor unit, the operation reception unit determines whether or not the second operation received in the certain time period is an operation that corresponds to the predetermined pattern.