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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher E. Cramer, Durham, NC (US);
Chad Clayton Brown, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 5/77 (2017.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); A61C 5/77 (2017.02); A61C 2007/004 (2013.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20201 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments include receiving image data comprising contours of teeth of an individual and generating a new image based on the image data and one or more parametric functions associated with tooth color that comprise a first variable for a first image axis and a second variable for a second image axis, wherein a shape of the teeth in the new image is based on the image data and a color of the teeth in the new image is based on applying the one or more parametric functions to at least a portion of the image data.