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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/30 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); G02B 27/4222 (2013.01); G02B 27/4227 (2013.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 7/85 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 9/3161 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10052 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld wand comprises a probe at a distal end of the elongate handheld wand. The probe includes a light projector and a light field camera. The light projector includes a light source and a pattern generator configured to generate a light pattern. The light field camera includes a light field camera sensor, the light field camera sensor comprising an image sensor comprising an array of sensor pixels, and an array of micro-lenses disposed in front of the image sensor such that each micro-lens is disposed over a sub-array of the array of sensor pixels.