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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

May. 02, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Joachim Pfeiffer, Bensheim, DE;

Jian Lu, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Alexei Harvard, Pasadena, CA (US);

Bjoern Voss, Heidelberg, DE;

Frank Thiel, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01); H04N 1/195 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); H04N 13/254 (2018.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00827 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G01B 11/2513 (2013.01); H04N 1/19594 (2013.01); H04N 1/465 (2013.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.05); H04N 13/254 (2018.05);
Abstract

A method of performing a three-dimensional (3D) scan of an object includes applying an optical contrast powder to the object and illuminating the object with light. First and second two-dimensional (2D) color image data corresponding to the object is generated. First and second 2D monochrome image data corresponding to the object is generated using the first and second 2D color image data. 3D data corresponding to the object is generated using the first and second monochrome 2D image data. Color 3D image data corresponding to the object is generated by adding color information to the 3D data. The color 3D image data is displayed.


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