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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
China Medical University, Taichung, TW;
Jian-Ren Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Guan-An Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Su-Chen Huang, Taoyuan, TW;
Yin-Chun Liu, Taoyuan, TW;
Yue-Min Jiang, New Taipei, TW;
Chien-Hung Yu, Taichung, TW;
Yu-Cheng Lo, Taichung, TW;
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu, TW;
CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Taichung, TW;
Abstract
A positioning guidance method for tooth brackets is provided. The positioning guidance method includes: obtaining, via an image capturing unit, an oral image; obtaining, via a processor, a position of a candidate tooth according to the contour of a plurality of teeth in the oral image; obtaining, via the processor, a bracket setting position corresponding to the candidate tooth by accessing dental model information from a storage device according to the position of the candidate tooth; obtaining, via the processor, a bracket image corresponding to a bracket from the oral image; and displaying, via the processor, guidance indication on a display unit according to a bracket position corresponding to the bracket image and the bracket setting position.