19017328. GUIDANCE FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING (ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.)
GUIDANCE FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING
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Yossef Atiya of Modiin-Maccabim-Reut IL
GUIDANCE FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19017328 titled 'GUIDANCE FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING
Original Abstract Submitted
In embodiments, a system for scanning an intraoral cavity comprises an intraoral scanner to generate intraoral scan data of the intraoral cavity and viewfinder images of the intraoral cavity, a display, and a processing unit operatively connected to the intraoral scanner and to the display. The processing unit is to: receive the intraoral scan data and the viewfinder images from the intraoral scanner; generate a three-dimensional (3D) digital model of the intraoral cavity using the intraoral scan data; output the 3D digital model to the display; output the viewfinder images to the display; determine which portions of the intraoral cavity have been scanned; determine a current field of view of the intraoral scanner; determine a visual indicator that provides guidance for positioning and orienting the field of view of the intraoral scanner; and output the visual indicator to the display.