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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Henley S. Quadling, Dallas, TX (US);
Mark S. Quadling, Plano, TX (US);
Alan Blair, St. Paul, MN (US);
Henley S. Quadling, Dallas, TX (US);
Mark S. Quadling, Plano, TX (US);
Alan Blair, St. Paul, MN (US);
D4D Technologies, LLC, Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
An intra-oral laser digitizer system provides a three-dimensional visual image of a real-world object such as a dental item through a laser digitization. The laser digitizer captures an image of the object by scanning multiple portions of the object in an exposure period. The intra-oral digitizer may be inserted into an oral cavity (in vivo) to capture an image of a dental item such as a tooth, multiple teeth or dentition. The captured image is processed to generate the three-dimension visual image.