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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10980422 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2016

Method for visualizing a tooth situation

Applicant:

Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);

Inventors:

Sascha Schneider, Muhltal, DE;

Evgenij Derzapf, Lorsch, DE;

Ravid Aloni, Gross-Rohrheim, DE;

Assignee:

DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., York, PA (US);

Attorney:

Dentsply Sirona Inc.

Primary Examiner:

Michael J Vanchy, Jr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/1171 (2016.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/1176 (2013.01); A61B 5/4547 (2013.01); A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06K 9/00248 (2013.01); G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02); A61B 2090/368 (2016.02); A61B 2576/02 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method for visualizing a tooth situation. The invention relates to a method for visualizing a tooth situation, wherein an image of the face of a patient is recorded and stored as a facial data record (), feature points () within the facial data record () are automatically recognized by means of a facial recognition method, a mouth area () located between the lips is recognized automatically on the basis of the feature points (), a position of the face in the facial data record () and a three-dimensional direction () of an orientation of the face in the facial data record () is automatically recognized on the basis of the feature points (), a virtual tooth data record () of the tooth situation is oriented according to the three-dimensional direction () of the orientation of the face and is positioned according to the position of the face with respect to the facial data record (), the mouth area within the facial data record () is partially overlaid and/or overlaid and/or replaced by the tooth data record (), and the result is displayed as a visualization data record.

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