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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2023
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Maurice K. Carrier, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Phillip Thomas Harris, Cary, NC (US);
Sergey Vinnichenko, Cary, NC (US);
Samuel Blanco, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aleksandr Sergeevich Karsakov, Moscow, RU;
Sebastien Hareng, San Jose, CA (US);
Leon Rasovsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a user's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include guiding a user to capture a predetermined set of images of the user's teeth at specified views using an indicator that is output from a mobile telecommunications device, wherein the indicator indicates to the user one or more positions of the mobile telecommunications device relative to a mouth of the user. The captured images are uploaded to provide a treatment progress evaluation.