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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Gerrit Kocherscheidt, Walldorf, DE;
Anders Adamson, Darmstadt, DE;
Björn Popilka, Hemsbach, DE;
Frank Thiel, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Gerrit Kocherscheidt, Walldorf, DE;
Anders Adamson, Darmstadt, DE;
Björn Popilka, Hemsbach, DE;
Frank Thiel, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming an overall image of an object from a plurality of images. Each image includes three-dimensional data and color data and is segmented based on the color data to identify a first region with hard tissue and a second region with soft tissue. For each image, first and second weighting factors may be assigned. Points in the second region with a larger distance to a corresponding proximate part of the first region may have a smaller second weighting factor than a point with a smaller distance to a corresponding proximate part of the first region. The second weighting factor may be variable, with its value dependent upon a value of a first area section corresponding to the first region.