US 11,737,853 B2
Methods and apparatuses for dental images
Maurice K. Carrier, Jr., Cary, NC (US); Phillip Thomas Harris, Cary, NC (US); Sergey Vinnichenko, Cary, NC (US); Samuel Blanco, Santa Clara, CA (US); Aleksandr Sergeevich Karsakov, Moscow (RU); Sebastien Hareng, San Jose, CA (US); and Leon Rasovsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,529.
Application 18/175,529 is a continuation of application No. 17/882,522, filed on Aug. 5, 2022, granted, now 11,589,957.
Application 17/882,522 is a continuation of application No. 17/543,637, filed on Dec. 6, 2021.
Application 17/543,637 is a continuation of application No. 16/952,072, filed on Nov. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,191,617, issued on Dec. 7, 2021.
Application 16/952,072 is a continuation of application No. 16/827,594, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, granted, now 10,932,885, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Application 16/827,594 is a continuation of application No. 15/803,718, filed on Nov. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,595,966, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/417,985, filed on Nov. 4, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200941 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 5/10 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61C 7/002 (2013.01) [A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/6898 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06V 2201/03 (2022.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage media having executable instructions that are executed by a processor of a mobile telecommunications device to cause the mobile telecommunications device having a camera to perform a method for capturing dental images for analysis, the method comprising:
guiding a patient to apply a retractor the patient's mouth;
guiding the patient to capture, with the camera of the mobile telecommunications device, a first predetermined set of images of teeth of the patient at specified views relative to the teeth using a first cue that is output from the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the first cue indicates to the patient that the patient should move the mobile telecommunications device relative to a mouth of the patient, in order to capture the first predetermined set of images of teeth at the specified views;
guiding the patient to capture, with the camera of the mobile telecommunications device, a guiding the patient to capture, with the camera of the mobile telecommunications device, a second predetermined set of images of teeth of the patient at specified views relative to the teeth using a second cue that is output from the mobile telecommunications device, wherein the second cue indicates to the patient that the patient should move the mobile telecommunications device relative to the mouth of the patient, in order to capture the second predetermined set of images of teeth at the specified views; and
capturing the first and second predetermined sets of images of the teeth of the patient using the camera of the mobile telecommunications device;
displaying, during the capture of the first and second predetermined sets of images of the teeth of the patient, real-time images of the patient's teeth on a screen of the mobile telecommunications device;
uploading the captured first and second predetermined sets of images of the teeth for treatment progress evaluation to provide a treatment progress evaluation of the patient.