US 12,242,777 B1
Customized protective devices and systems and methods for producing the same
Clark Harrison Bulleit, Tampa, FL (US); Kevin Andrew Gehsmann, Greensboro, NC (US); Timothy John Skapek, Dallas, TX (US); and Kiegan Lenihan, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to PROTECT3D, INC., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Protect3d, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/318,476.
Application 18/318,476 is a continuation of application No. 17/489,470, filed on Sep. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,694,002.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,922, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06T 15/00 (2011.01); A41D 13/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) [A41D 13/0002 (2013.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); G06T 7/149 (2017.01); G06T 17/205 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method in which one or more processing devices perform operations comprising:
accessing a scan of anatomical data of a target; and
automatically and without human input:
identifying a reference model unaffiliated with the target;
matching the scan of anatomical data of the target with an anatomical landmark contained in the reference model;
isolating a relevant portion of the scan of anatomical data by:
creating a boundary of a three-dimensional protective device based at least in part on the anatomical landmark contained in the reference model unaffiliated with the target, and the scan of anatomical data of the target oriented within a three-axis coordinate system;
generating a representation of a continuous, three-dimensional surface of the three-dimensional protective device using the relevant portion of the scan of anatomical data and the boundary of the three-dimensional protective device; and
applying an optimization algorithm to the representation of the continuous, three-dimensional surface of the three-dimensional protective device to smooth the representation of the continuous, three-dimensional surface while maintaining a fit to the scan of the anatomical data.