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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Morandi, Camarillo, CA (US);
Douglas A Golay, Coon Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Integra Medical, Camarillo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 29 ;
Abstract
A dental imaging system that extracts still images from a digital movie of a patient's mouth. The system allows still images free of shakes or flutter to be taken using an intraoral camera at the desired angle more easily than using conventional still image capture systems which may require several retakes before realizing a flutter-free image at the correct angle. Another embodiment uses image processing techniques, including color filtering and edge detection, to automatically and rapidly detect teeth in an image of a patient's mouth, without having to manually define the outline of each tooth.