US 12,357,427 B2
Prioritization of three dimensional dental elements
Eric E. Kuo, San Jose, CA (US); Igor Kvasov, Dolgoprudny (RU); Anna Egorova, Moscow (RU); and Sergey Gagarin, Moscow (RU)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,588.
Application 18/510,588 is a continuation of application No. 17/346,051, filed on Jun. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,864,969.
Application 17/346,051 is a continuation of application No. 15/824,621, filed on Nov. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,033,360, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 15/824,621 is a continuation of application No. 14/716,537, filed on May 19, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/716,537 is a continuation of application No. 13/410,196, filed on Mar. 1, 2012, granted, now 9,037,439, issued on May 19, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/486,138, filed on May 13, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156571 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61B 1/000095 (2022.02); A61B 1/00022 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61C 9/004 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 9/0073 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06T 2210/62 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) digital model of a patient's dentition, the system comprising:
a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon; and
a processor coupled to the memory to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
receive a dental data set including spatial information regarding presentation of 3D digital model in a virtual 3D space to be viewed on a user interface;
display a perspective of the 3D digital model on the user interface such that a portion of a second object is behind a first object, wherein the first object has a higher priority than the second object such that the portion of the second object behind the first object is not viewable through the first object and a reference point on the portion of the second object is not selectable by a user; and
in response to a user selection, changing a priority such that the second object has a higher priority than the first object, wherein once the priority is changed, a transparency of the first object is changed such that the portion of the second object behind the first object is viewable through the first object and the reference point on the second object is selectable by the user.