US 12,335,455 B2
User interface for intraoral scanning with tooth color detection
Gilad Furst, Or Yehuda (IL); Tal Verker, Ofra (IL); and Ofer Saphier, Rechovot (IL)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,032.
Application 18/243,032 is a continuation of application No. 16/890,972, filed on Jun. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,792,384.
Application 16/890,972 is a continuation of application No. 15/953,268, filed on Apr. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,708,574, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,417, filed on Jun. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056561 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 13/257 (2018.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/247 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/46 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); A61C 1/08 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01); H04N 23/10 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 13/257 (2018.05) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/063 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 1/247 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61C 9/006 (2013.01); G01J 3/46 (2013.01); G02B 23/2446 (2013.01); G02B 27/1013 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61C 1/088 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0077 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01); H04N 23/10 (2023.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving scan data of a tooth from an intraoral scanner;
receiving color data for the tooth generated under multi-chromatic light from the intraoral scanner;
presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI), an image of the tooth;
dividing the tooth into a plurality of regions, each region of the plurality of regions having an approximately uniform color within the region;
determining, for one or more regions of the plurality of regions of the tooth, that insufficient color data has been received;
presenting, in the GUI, an indication that insufficient color data has been received for the one or more regions of the tooth; and
presenting, in the GUI, a marker identifying a receptive field of a sensor of the intraoral scanner, wherein the marker indicates whether a probe of the intraoral scanner is pointed at a region of the tooth for which insufficient color data has been received.