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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Sabina, Campbell, CA (US);
Leon Rasovsky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A scanning system comprises a handheld intraoral scanner configured to capture scan data of a dental site when operated in a scan mode, a computing device to generate a virtual 3D model of the dental site from the captured scan data; and a display to display the virtual 3D model. The scanner comprises one or more input devices configured to provide manual interaction with the computing device, where: a first type of activation of the one or more input devices causes the scanning system to enter the scan mode; and a second type of activation of the one or more input devices causes the scanning system to enter a second mode, wherein the computing device is to present a menu comprising menu options on the display while the scanning system is in the second mode, and wherein the scanner is usable to select among the presented menu options.