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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2021
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher E. Cramer, Durham, NC (US);
Rajiv Venkata, San Jose, CA (US);
Leela Parvathaneni, San Jose, CA (US);
Phillip Thomas Harris, Cary, NC (US);
Sravani Gurijala, Apex, NC (US);
Svetozar Hubenov, Luzen, CH;
Sebastien Hareng, San Jose, CA (US);
Guotu Li, Apex, NC (US);
Yun Gao, Cary, NC (US);
Chad Clayton Brown, Cary, NC (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of dental treatment may include receiving one or more photo parameters to define clinically acceptable criteria for a plurality of clinically relevant photos of a person's dentition. The clinically acceptable criteria may include at least a plurality of clinically acceptable positions and a plurality of clinically acceptable orientations of teeth relative to a camera. The method may also include gathering a plurality of image-capture rules to capture the plurality of clinically relevant photos. The plurality of image capture rules may be based on the one or more photo parameters. The method may also include providing first automated instructions to capture the plurality of clinically relevant photos of the person's dentition using the plurality of image-capture rules and capturing the plurality of clinically relevant photos with the camera in response to the first automated instructions.