US 11,937,996 B2
Face capture and intraoral scanner and methods of use
Sharon Peleg, Hod Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/089,705.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,085, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128281 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 9/006 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 9/0066 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
scanning a subject's face with an intraoral scanner; and
scanning the subject's intraoral cavity with the same intraoral scanner,
wherein scanning the subject's face with the intraoral scanner comprises passing light through a first optical path configured for intraoral scanning and a second optical path configured to adapt the first optical path for facial imaging.