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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Rune Fisker, Virum, DK;
Henrik Öjelund, Lyngby, DK;
Rasmus Kjær, København K, DK;
Mike Van Der Poel, Rødovre, DK;
Arish A. Qazi, Toronto, CA;
Karl-josef Hollenbeck, København Ø, DK;
Inventors:
Rune Fisker, Virum, DK;
Henrik Öjelund, Lyngby, DK;
Rasmus Kjær, København K, DK;
Mike van der Poel, Rødovre, DK;
Arish A. Qazi, Toronto, CA;
Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, København Ø, DK;
Assignee:
3Shape A/S, Copenhagen K, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1077 (2013.01); G01B 11/2518 (2013.01); G01B 2210/58 (2013.01); A61B 5/0068 (2013.01); G01B 11/2513 (2013.01); A61B 5/4547 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a handheld scanner for obtaining and/or measuring the 3D geometry of at least a part of the surface of an object using confocal pattern projection techniques. Specific embodiments are given for intraoral scanning and scanning of the interior part of a human ear.