CPC A46B 15/0002 (2013.01) [A61C 17/34 (2013.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 40/165 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |
1. A hand-held dental tracking device, the device comprising:
a handle sized and shaped to be comfortably grasped by a human user's hand;
a dental implement head attached to the handle;
at least one imager with a field of view (FOV), where a direction and size of the FOV of the imager is such that when at least a portion of said dental implement head is within said user's mouth, said FOV includes at least a portion of said user's body outside the oral cavity,
and
a processor configured to:
acquire from said at least one imager, at least a first image which includes said at least a portion of said user's body outside of said user's oral cavity;
identify said at least a portion of said user's body portion in said first image with respect to said imager;
determine, using at least said first image, a position of said dental device with respect to said at least a portion of said user's body portion; and
determine a position of said portion of said dental device inside said user's oral cavity with respect to said user's body portion.
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