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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:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Eric Cramer, Durham, NC (US);

Jeeyoung Choi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B29L 2031/7536 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33034 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35134 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45167 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49007 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design of highly accurate models of un-erupted or partially erupted teeth and help fabricate of aligners for un-erupted or partially erupted teeth. Automated agents that use machine learning models to parametrically represent three-dimensional (3d) virtual representations of teeth as 3D descriptors in a 3D descriptor space are provided herein. In some implementations, the automated agents described herein provide instructions to fabricate aligners for at least partially un-erupted teeth using representative 3D descriptor(s) of a tooth type.


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