Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intraoral scanner with integrated viewfinder
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Application No.: US16933916Application Date: 2020-07-20
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Publication No.: US11387627B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Yossef Atiya , Tal Verker
- 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: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: H01S5/00
- IPC: H01S5/00 ; H01S5/068 ; H01S5/183 ; H01S5/42 ; F21V5/04

Abstract:
A system for intraoral scanning includes a display, a processing unit, and a scanner to generate scan data and viewfinder images of an intraoral cavity. The processing unit is to: receive the scan data and the viewfinder images; generate a 3D model of the intraoral cavity using the intraoral scan data; output the 3D model to the display; output the viewfinder images to the display; determine which portions of the intraoral cavity have been scanned; determine a current field of view of the scanner; determine, based on the current field of view and the determined portions of the intraoral cavity that have been scanned, a visual indicator that provides guidance for positioning and orienting the field of view of the scanner; and output the visual indicator to the display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200348005A1 INTRAORAL SCANNER WITH INTEGRATED VIEWFINDER Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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