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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chao Shi, Morrisville, NC (US);

Yingjie Li, Cary, NC (US);

Chad Clayton Brown, Cary, NC (US);

Christopher E. Cramer, Durham, NC (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/73 (2024.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06V 10/98 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/73 (2024.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 11/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/993 (2022.01); G06V 40/165 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06T 2210/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processing device receives an image and calculates a sharpness metric for a region of interest of the image. The processing device determines whether the sharpness metric satisfies a sharpness criterion, and one or more additional operations are performed responsive to determining that the sharpness metric satisfies the sharpness criterion.


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