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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Dentsply Sirona Inc., York, PA (US);
Anders Adamson, Darmstadt, DE;
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc., York, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for recording individual three-dimensional optical images () to form a global image of a dental object () which is to be measured. After each individual image () is taken by means of a dental camera (), a computer () automatically checks whether an overlapping area () between the images which are to be combined meet the recording requirements determined for a correct recording. If the overlapping area () meets the recording requirements, the recording is carried out between the images () to be combined and a first image sequence () is set in motion. Said images of the first image sequence () are subsequently combined to form a first cluster (). If the overlapping area () of an image () does not meet the recording requirements, the first image sequence () is interrupted, an additional second image sequence () is automatically started with said image (). Subsequently, the images of the second image sequence () are combined to form a second cluster ().