Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technologies for merging three-dimensional models of dental impressions
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Application No.: US16257692Application Date: 2019-01-25
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Publication No.: US10410435B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Christopher Yancey , Josh Long
- Applicant: SmileDirectClub LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville
- Assignee: SmileDirectClub LLC
- Current Assignee: SmileDirectClub LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G06T19/20
- IPC: G06T19/20

Abstract:
A computing device for dental impression scan merging includes a model manager configured to generate a first three-dimensional model and a second three-dimensional model, and a merge manager configured to merge the first model and the second model. Each model includes a respective plurality of geometric faces indicative of a respective dental impression of a dental arch of a user. Merging the first model and the second model includes aligning the first model and the second model, removing a geometric face of the first model, selecting a geometry of the second model corresponding with the removed geometric face of the first model, and generating a merged model that includes the selected geometry and the geometric faces corresponding to the selected geometry. The merged model is used to manufacture a dental aligner specific to the dental arch of the user and configured to reposition one or more teeth of the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190164353A1 TECHNOLOGIES FOR MERGING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS OF DENTAL IMPRESSIONS Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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