| CPC G06V 10/82 (2022.01) [A61B 1/247 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
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1. An intraoral camera system comprising:
an imaging unit that generates image data by capturing an image of a tooth inside a mouth of a user;
an orientation detector that detects an orientation of the imaging unit according to output by a multi-axis acceleration sensor;
an area detector that detects, according to the orientation detected, an area whose image is being captured by the imaging unit from among a plurality of areas inside the mouth, the plurality of areas being determined by dividing a dentition into sections; and
an identifier that narrows a plurality of candidates which are combinations of tooth types and tooth positions down to fewer candidates to be used, according to the image data and the area detected, and identifies a type and a position of the tooth according to the fewer candidates narrowed down and the image data,
wherein the identifier:
calculates evaluation values for the plurality of candidates which are the combinations of tooth types and tooth positions, by using the image data,
corrects the evaluation values according to the area detected, and
identifies, by using the evaluation values corrected, the tooth type, imaging direction, and the position of the tooth shown in the image data, and
wherein each candidate being associated with one or more areas among the plurality of areas.
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