Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient
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Application No.: US15926825Application Date: 2018-03-20
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Publication No.: US10973611B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Pavel Pokotilov , Dmitry Yurievich Chekh , Dmitriy Konstantinovich Ten , Samuel Blanco , David Patrick Lopes , Jason Ramos , Rene M. Sterental , Evgenii Vladimirovich Karnygin
- Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Main IPC: A61C7/00
- IPC: A61C7/00 ; A61C9/00 ; A61C7/08 ; G16H20/40 ; G16H50/20 ; G06T17/20 ; B33Y50/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; G16H50/50

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method may involve gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model modeling the patient's dentition at a specific treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan. An image of the patient's face and dentition may be gathered. A first set of reference points modeled on the 3D model of the patient's dentition and a second set of reference points represented on the dentition of the image of the patient may be received. The image of the patient's dentition may be projected into a 3D space to create a projected 3D model of the image of the patient's dentition. Based on a comparison of the first reference points and projections of the second set of reference points, a modified image of the patient may be constructed and/or modeled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180263731A1 GENERATING A VIRTUAL DEPICTION OF AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF A PATIENT Public/Granted day:2018-09-20
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