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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
John R. Squilla, Rochester, NY (US);
John T. Boland, Fairport, NY (US);
John P. Spoonhower, Webster, NY (US);
John R. Squilla, Rochester, NY (US);
John T. Boland, Fairport, NY (US);
John P. Spoonhower, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A portable intra-oral capture and display system includes (a) a handpiece elongated for insertion into an oral cavity, the handpiece including a light emitter on a distal end thereof for illuminating an object in the cavity and an image sensor for capturing an image of the object and generating an image signal therefrom; (b) a portable, hand-cradled base containing, in a single integral enclosure, electronics for processing the image for display and a display monitor for displaying the image; (c) an electrical interface for communicating the image signal from the image sensor in the camera to the electronics in the base; and (d) a contamination control device for the portable, hand-cradled base comprising a pouch enclosing the single integral enclosure and having a transparent front panel that is positioned adjacent the display monitor. In addition, the electronics includes a touch screen interface for providing a plurality of touch screen controls that appear on the screen of the display monitor.