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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Sadafumi Oota, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Hamano, Hyogo, JP;
Fumio Sugata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide an intra-oral measurement device and an intra-oral measurement system capable of measuring an inside of an oral cavity at high accuracy without increasing a size of the device, and includes a light projecting unit for irradiating a measuring object including at least a tooth within an oral cavity with light, a lens system unit for collecting light reflected by the measuring object, a focal position varying mechanism for changing a focal position of the light collected by the lens system unit, and an imaging unit for imaging light passed through the lens system unit.