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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Ian Kitching, Saratoga, CA (US);
Roman Roschin, Moscow, RU;
Fuming Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Vadim Matov, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexey Vishnevskiy, Moscow, RU;
Inventors:
Ian Kitching, Saratoga, CA (US);
Roman Roschin, Moscow, RU;
Fuming Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Vadim Matov, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexey Vishnevskiy, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); A61C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System and method for automatic construction of the tooth's axes in terms of three orthogonal unit vectors are disclosed. Three dimensional data for a tooth is used to automatically construct the tooth's axes. System and methods for automatic construction of the axes for different types of teeth such as incisors, canines, premolars, and molars are disclosed.