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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ofer Saphier, Rechovot, IL;

Pavel Agniashvili, Moscow, RU;

Moti Ben-Dov, Tel Mond, IL;

Ran Katz, Hod Hasharon, IL;

Avi Kopelman, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Maxim Volgin, Moscow, RU;

Doron Malka, Tel Aviv, IL;

Avraham Zulti, Modiin, IL;

Pavel Veryovkin, Krasnogorsk, RU;

Maayan Moshe, Ramat Hasharon, IL;

Ido Tishel, Kfar Bilu, IL;

Adi Levin, Nes Tziona, IL;

Shai Farkash, Hod Hasharon, IL;

Inna Karapetyan, Modiin, IL;

Dina Bova, Shaar Efraim, IL;

Edi Fridman, Rishon le Zion, IL;

Jonathan Coslovsky, Rehovot, IL;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/004 (2013.01); A61B 5/0033 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of intraoral scanning includes receiving a first one or more intraoral scans of a patient's oral cavity; automatically determining, based on processing of the first one or more intraoral scans, a first scanning role associated with the first one or more intraoral scans, wherein the first scanning role is a first one of an upper dental arch role, a lower dental arch role or a bite role; and determining a first three-dimensional surface associated with the first scanning role.


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