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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
May. 25, 2000
Joachim Pfeiffer, Bensheim, DE;
Volker Wedler, Heddesheim, DE;
Ulrich Orth, Laufertal, DE;
Reinhard Pieper, Bensheim, DE;
Joachim Pfeiffer, Bensheim, DE;
Volker Wedler, Heddesheim, DE;
Ulrich Orth, Laufertal, DE;
Reinhard Pieper, Bensheim, DE;
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Abstract
A method for detecting and representing one or more objects, such as teeth, their preparations and their immediate environment, using a camera. A first recording is made wherein a still image is produced. The still image is blended into a current, mobile search image in at least one sub-area in the second step, so that both images are recognizable. In the third step, the camera is positioned in such a way that the search image overlaps the blended-in still image in at least one sub-area. The second recording process is initiated in a fourth step.