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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh, Bensheim, DE;
Ulrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Lorsch, DE;
Kai Lindenberg, Wersau, DE;
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an intraoral X-ray sensor for use with an intraoral X-ray system having an automatic exposure control (AEC) functionality, characterized in that the intraoral X-ray sensor includes an exposure analysis unit, an imaging X-ray detector, and a communication interface, wherein a scout shot or scout video stream received from the imaging X-ray detector is analyzed by the exposure analysis unit in the intraoral X-ray sensor in order to record information on the exposure level of the scout image or video stream and to forward this information by means of the communication interface to a decision unit of the intraoral X-ray system, which is arranged externally to the intraoral X-ray sensor, and adapted for evaluation and decision of further exposures.