US RE49,605 E1
Automatic selection and locking of intraoral images
Avi Kopelman, Ramat Chen (IL); and Michael Sabina, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/32,366.
Application 17/032,366 is a reissue of application No. 14/640,909, filed on Mar. 6, 2015, granted, now 9,451,873, issued on Sep. 27, 2016.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61C 5/77 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 5/77 (2017.02) [A61B 1/0002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/000095 (2022.02); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 21. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, intraoral image data, wherein the intraoral image data comprises a first intraoral image that indicates a first intraoral site and additional intraoral images;
identifying, based on the first intraoral image that indicates the first intraoral site, the first intraoral site; and
algorithmically processing the first intraoral site via the following to generate a model by:
storing the first intraoral image with data for the first intraoral site to prevent portions of the additional intraoral images from spatially overlapping portions of the first intraoral site indicated by the first intraoral image that are also indicated by the data for the first intraoral site;
identifying, via object recognition applied to the stored first intraoral image, a portion of the first intraoral site;
selecting, based at least in part on the identifying the portion of the first intraoral site, the identified portion of the first intraoral site; and
generating the model comprising the first intraoral site based at least in part on the stored first intraoral image, wherein the selected identified portion of the first intraoral site is used for a first region of the model, and
wherein data from at least one intraoral image of the additional intraoral images that includes the selected identified portion of the first intraoral site is not used for the first region of the model. ]