US 11,864,969 B2
Prioritization of three dimensional dental elements
Eric E. Kuo, San Jose, CA (US); Igor Kvasov, Dolgoprudny (RU); Anna Egorova, Moscow (RU); and Sergey Gagarin, Moscow (RU)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,051.
Application 17/346,051 is a continuation of application No. 15/824,621, filed on Nov. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,033,360.
Application 15/824,621 is a continuation of application No. 14/716,537, filed on May 19, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/716,537 is a continuation of application No. 13/410,196, filed on Mar. 1, 2012, granted, now 9,037,439, issued on Apr. 29, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/486,138, filed on May 13, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298875 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00022 (2013.01); A61B 1/000095 (2022.02); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 9/0073 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06T 2210/62 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for viewing three-dimensional (3D) dental elements, comprising:
a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon; and
a processor coupled to the memory to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
receive a dental data set including spatial information regarding presentation of dental elements in a virtual 3D space to be viewed on a user interface, the dental elements including a first dental element and a second dental element;
display the first dental element and the second dental element such that the first dental element is in front of at least a portion of the second dental element, wherein the first dental element is at least partially transparent such that the at least a portion of the second dental element is visible through the first dental element, wherein a first reference point is movable along a surface of the first dental element in preference over the second dental; and
receive input from a user to move a second reference point, different from the first reference point, along a surface of the at least a portion of the second dental element without changing a transparency of the first dental element such that the second reference point is viewable through the first dental element.