US 12,465,467 B2
System and method for scanning a dental object
Frederik Juul, Copenhagen K (DK); Mette Båstrup-Larsen, Copenhagen K (DK); Edward Matos, Copenhagen K (DK); and Jesper Simonsen, Copenhagen K (DK)
Assigned to 3Shape A/S, Kobenhavn K (DK)
Appl. No. 18/001,656
Filed by 3SHAPE A/S, Copenhagen K (DK)
PCT Filed Aug. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/072832
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/038134, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 70536 (DK), filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329846 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)
CPC A61C 9/0066 (2013.01) [G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30036 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental scanning system for acquiring data from a three-dimensional dental object during a scanning session, the dental scanning system comprising:
an illumination unit comprising a light source configured to illuminate the three-dimensional dental object;
a detector unit comprising a sensor configured to receive a plurality of two-dimensional images in response to the illumination of the three-dimensional dental object;
a processor configured to generate processed data during a scanning session by processing one or more of the plurality of two-dimensional images, wherein a three-dimensional digital representation of the three-dimensional dental object is generated based on the processed data; and
a wireless network unit configured to connect the dental scanning system to a network comprising a plurality of network elements including at least one network element configured to receive the processed data; and
a network operation module comprising a session module configured to establish a scanning session by operationally connecting, via the wireless network unit, the dental scanning system with one or more of the plurality of network elements; and
wherein the connection between the dental scanning system and the one or more of the plurality of network elements is dependent upon:
a hierarchy of the dental scanning system relative to the plurality of network elements, or access rights assigned to the dental scanning system.