Abstract:
A device (1) for dental use for discriminating the color of teeth, comprises: a cellular phone (2) with a digital camera (20) comprising a lens (21) and a light source (22) acting as flash, a case (3), a spacer (7) mounted on the case (3) in correspondence of the lens (21) and the light source (22), a first polarization filter (4) and a second polarization filter (5) disposed inside the spacer (7), respectively on said lens (21) and on said light source (22), a calibration label (8) disposed in the spacer (7), a database (100) containing a plurality of digital sample images that univocally define sample colors, and a comparison software (101 ) to compare the digital image of the tooth taken with the device (1) with said sample images of the database (100) to discriminate the color of the photographed tooth.
Abstract:
A device (1) for dental use for discriminating the color of teeth, comprises: a cellular phone (2) with a digital camera (20) comprising a lens (21) and a light source (22) acting as flash, a case (3), a spacer (7) mounted on the case (3) in correspondence of the lens (21) and the light source (22), a first polarization filter (4) and a second polarization filter (5) disposed inside the spacer (7), respectively on said lens (21) and on said light source (22), a calibration label (8) disposed in the spacer (7), a database (100) containing a plurality of digital sample images that univocally define sample colors, and a comparison software (101 ) to compare the digital image of the tooth taken with the device (1) with said sample images of the database (100) to discriminate the color of the photographed tooth.