US 12,347,567 B2
Smile designer
Michelle Stone-Collonge, Campbell, CA (US); Eric E. Kuo, San Jose, CA (US); Rick M. Matty, Scotts Valley, CA (US); Fabio Pettinati, Cupertino, CA (US); Thomas Maurer, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Dzmitry Sanko, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,458.
Application 17/888,458 is a continuation of application No. 17/209,179, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,417,432.
Application 17/209,179 is a continuation of application No. 16/438,307, filed on Jun. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,024,431, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Application 16/438,307 is a continuation of application No. 15/285,319, filed on Oct. 4, 2016, granted, now 10,758,321, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 15/285,319 is a continuation of application No. 14/026,847, filed on Sep. 13, 2013, granted, now 9,566,132.
Application 14/026,847 is a continuation of application No. 13/346,502, filed on Jan. 9, 2012, granted, now 8,545,221, issued on Oct. 1, 2013.
Application 13/346,502 is a continuation of application No. 12/154,634, filed on May 23, 2008, granted, now 8,092,215, issued on Jan. 10, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043928 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 50/50 (2018.01) [A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/445 (2013.01); A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of orthodontic treatment of a patient using a computing device readable medium having executable instructions, the method comprising:
generating a visualization comprising a smile selected from a smile library database in an identified area of a digital frontal image of the patient, in which the teeth of the patient are replaced with the smile selected from the smile library, wherein the visualization is generated from a computing device including the computing device readable medium, further wherein the executable instructions are configured to be executed by a processor to cause a computing device to perform a method comprising:
receiving the digital frontal image of a face of the patient including a mouth of the patient in a smile;
identifying a location of the smile of the patient in the received digital frontal image of the face of the patient;
identifying an area in the received digital frontal image where teeth of the patient are showing;
identifying the teeth of the patient for adjustment from the identified area;
selecting the smile from the smile library database based on the identified teeth of the patient; and
providing a visualization comprising the selected smile from the smile library database in the identified area of the received digital frontal image where teeth of the patient are showing to show how the selected smile would look in the mouth of the patient;
presenting the visualization to the patient; and
providing one or more dental appliances to move the patient's teeth to achieve a configuration of teeth shown in the visualization.