US 12,245,883 B2
Dental panoramic views
Maayan Moshe, Ramat Hasharon (IL); Shai Ayal, Tel Aviv (IL); Jonathan Coslovsky, Rehovot (IL); Adi Levin, Nes Tziona (IL); Avraham Zulti, Modiin (IL); and Shai Farkash, Hod HaSharon (IL)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,826.
Application 18/327,826 is a continuation of application No. 17/017,613, filed on Sep. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,707,238.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,481, filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/991,532, filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301611 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/51 (2024.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/51 (2024.01) [A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61N 5/103 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intraoral scanning system for generating a synthetic view from a plurality of intraoral scanning views, the system comprising:
a wand configured to be moved over a subject's dental arch to generate a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images of the subject's dental arch, each taken at associated camera angles and positions; and
one or more processors including a memory storing computer-readable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to execute a method comprising:
identifying a synthetic viewpoint having a synthetic camera angle and a synthetic camera position relative to the dental arch;
identifying one or more contributing images from the plurality of 2D images, wherein the one or more contributing images have a minimal angle relative to the synthetic camera angle of the synthetic viewpoint;
forming the synthetic view from the one or more contributing images based on the synthetic viewpoint; and
displaying all or a portion of the synthetic view.