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| 20080306709 | Adaptive 3D Scanning - The present invention relates to adaptive 3D scanning wherein a scan sequence for obtaining full geometrical coverage of a physical object are created automatically and specifically for the physical object, by using a method and a system for producing a 3D computer model of a physical object, wherein the method comprises the following steps providing a scanner system, said scanner system comprising a scanner, and a computer connectable to and/or integrated in said scanner, said computer comprising a virtual model of said scanner, entering shape information of the physical object into the computer, creating in said computer a visibility function based on said virtual model and the shape information, said visibility function being capable of evaluating the coverage of areas of interest of the physical object by at least one predetermined scan sequence, establishing at least one scan sequence based on the evaluation of the visibility function, performing a scan of the physical object using said at least one scan sequence, and obtaining a 3D computer model of the physical object. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090220916 | IMPRESSION SCANNING FOR MANUFACTURING OF DENTAL RESTORATIONS - The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of a dental impression, said method comprising the steps of, scanning at least a part of an upper jaw impression and/or a lower jaw impression, obtaining an impression scan, evaluating the quality of the impression scan, and use the impression scan to obtain a three-dimensional model, thereby obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of the dental impression. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090221874 | CODED STRUCTURE LIGHT - The present invention is a system and method for creating a three-dimensional model of a surface comprising a light source | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100332196 | ADAPTIVE 3D SCANNING - The present invention relates to adaptive 3D scanning wherein a scan sequence for obtaining full geometrical coverage of a physical object are created automatically and specifically for the physical object, by using a method and a system for producing a 3D computer model of a physical object, wherein the method comprises the following steps providing a scanner system, said scanner system comprising a scanner, and a computer connectable to and/or integrated in said scanner, said computer comprising a virtual model of said scanner, entering shape information of the physical object into the computer, creating in said computer a visibility function based on said virtual model and the shape information, said visibility function being capable of evaluating the coverage of areas of interest of the physical object by at least one predetermined scan sequence, establishing at least one scan sequence based on the evaluation of the visibility function, performing a scan of the physical object using said at least one scan sequence, and obtaining a 3D computer model of the physical object. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110224955 | TOOLS FOR CUSTOMIZED DESIGN OF DENTAL RESTORATIONS - The present invention relates to tools in a system for the design of customized three-dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks. Moreover, the invention relates to a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110292406 | SCANNER WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL - The present invention relates to non-contact optical scanning of an object for generation of a three-dimensional surface model of the scanned object. In particular the invention relates to a scanner for obtaining the three-dimensional geometry of at least a part of the surface of an object, said scanner comprising: —at least one light source, preferably a laser light source with adjustable power, —projection means for directing light from the at least one light source to a moving spot on the surface of the object, —at least one image sensor adapted to record at least one image of at least a part of the surface, —detection means, other than the at least one image sensor, for monitoring at least a part of the light reflected from the surface, —regulation means for adjusting the intensity of the at least one light source based on the amount of light reflected from the surface, and—means for transforming the at least one image to a three-dimensional model of the surface. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120065943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING POST AND CORE - A system and a computer-implemented method of designing and/or manufacturing a post and core to match a bore of a tooth, said method including the steps of: a) obtaining at least one impression of a set of teeth comprising a bore; b) scanning the impression of the set of teeth comprising the bore; c) providing a three-dimensional scan representation of the impression comprising the bore; d) transforming the three-dimensional scan representation to a three-dimensional positive working model of the set of teeth and the bore; and e) designing a post and core model from the positive working model of the bore. In particular, CAD/CAM design and/or manufacture of post and core. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120092461 | FOCUS SCANNING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a handheld scanner for obtaining and/or measuring the 3D geometry of at least a part of the surface of an object using confocal pattern projection techniques. Specific embodiments are given for intraoral scanning and scanning of the interior part of a human ear. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE PLANNING, VISUALIZATION, AND OPTIMIZATION OF DENTAL RESTORATIONS - Disclosed is a method for planning, visualizing, and/or optimizing dental restoration on at least a part of the pre-prepared teeth of a patient, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
| 04-19-2012 |
| 20120232857 | INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED SOFT COMPONENTS - A computer-implemented method for creating a customized CAD model of a casting mold, defined as the casting mold CAD model, for moulding of a personalized device, where the casting mold is used for casting an at least partly soft mould as part of the personalized device, and where the casting mold is adapted to be manufactured by means of rapid prototyping, such as 3D printing, including the steps of: —acquiring an input 3D model representing the personalized device, where the input 3D model is acquired by means of 3D scanning, —generating the casting mold CAD model as an impression of at least a part of the input 3D model, said casting mold CAD model thereby including the negative geometry of the personalized device, and—defining at least one sectioning of the casting mold CAD model by means of at least one separation plane and/or separation spline. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130039725 | OBJECT FEEDER SYSTEM - Disclosed is an object feeder system configured for arrangement in a three dimensional scanner, the system comprising: an object feeder scanning plate assembly comprising a number of tracks, wherein each track adapted to hold at least one object holder, wherein said tracks are configured to extend within the plate assembly from a parking area towards a scanning area, and where each object holder is configured for retaining an object to be scanned in the scanner for obtaining a three dimensional representation of the object, and wherein the object feeder system further comprises means for moving the at least one object holder in the at least one track. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041629 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of arranging three-dimensional virtual designs configured to be manufactured as physical designs on a production batch, the method including: providing the virtual designs, where each virtual design is based on a three-dimensional representation of an object, and where at least a number of the virtual designs belongs to a group, where the virtual designs in a respective group satisfy at least one common criterion; and arranging the virtual designs relative to the production batch. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041630 | SUPPORT OF REMOVABLE COMPONENTS IN A TEETH MODEL MANUFACTURED BY MEANS OF CAM - A computer-implemented method of generating a virtual model of a set of teeth for manufacturing a physical model of the set of teeth includes providing a virtual model of the set of teeth generating a cavity in said gingival part, into which cavity a removable component fits, where the removable component and the cavity are configured to provide a gap at an interface; and providing for supporting and positioning the removable component in the cavity, wherein the area of contact between the removable component and the cavity wall at the interface is controlled by the shape of the adjoining surfaces of the supporting and positioning and the other of the removable component and the cavity wall. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130066598 | DYNAMIC VIRTUAL ARTICULATOR - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of using a dynamic virtual articulator for simulating occlusion of teeth, when performing computer-aided designing of one or more dental restorations for a patient, where the method comprises the steps of: | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130209965 | VIRTUALLY DESIGNING A POST AND CORE RESTORATION USING A DIGITAL 3D SHAPE - A method of virtually designing a post and core restoration for attachment in a damaged tooth of a patient, where the tooth includes a bore for receiving the post of the post and core, the method includes obtaining a first 3D scan includes at least a part of the damaged tooth; providing a digital 3D shape adapted to fit the bore of the damaged tooth; virtually matching the first 3D scan of the tooth and the digital 3D shape, where the matching includes matching a surface region in the first 3D scan of the tooth with a corresponding surface region of the digital 3D shape, such that at least part digital 3D shape is represented relative to the first 3D scan of the tooth; and virtually designing the post and core restoration based on the representation of the digital 3D shape relative to the first 3D scan of the tooth. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218530 | 2D IMAGE ARRANGEMENT - Disclosed is a method of designing a dental restoration for a patient, wherein the method includes providing one or more 2D images, where at least one 2D image includes at least one facial feature; providing a 3D virtual model of at least part of the patient's oral cavity; arranging at least one of the one or more 2D images relative to the 3D virtual model in a virtual 3D space such that the 2D image and the 3D virtual model are aligned when viewed from a viewpoint, whereby the 3D virtual model and the 2D image are both visualized in the 3D space; and modeling a restoration on the 3D virtual model, where the restoration is designed to fit the facial feature of the at least one 2D image. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218531 | 3D MODELING OF AN OBJECT USING TEXTURAL FEATURES - 3D modeling of an object using textural features. Disclosed is a method and a system for 3D modeling of a 3D object adapted to be inserted in or worn by a patient. The 3D modeling applies information of one or more features from an acquired 2D digital representation including textural data of the location where the 3D object is adapted to be arranged. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130226534 | DESIGNING A VIRTUAL PREPARATION AND A VIRTUAL GINGIVAL - This invention generally relates to a system and a method of designing a dental component for a region on a patient's set of teeth. More particularly, the invention relates to obtaining a digital 3D representation of at least the region of the patient's set of teeth, where the digital 3D representation is based on a 3D scan. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130316302 | MODELING AND MANUFACTURING OF DENTURES - Disclosed is a method for modeling and manufacturing a denture for a patient, where the denture comprises a gingival part and artificial teeth, wherein the method comprises: providing a 3D scan comprising at least part of the patient's oral cavity; virtually modeling at least part of the denture using the 3D scan; obtaining virtual teeth to represent the artificial teeth; virtually modeling at least one of the virtual teeth to obtain a set of modeled virtual teeth; manufacturing the modeled virtual teeth in a first material; manufacturing the gingival part in a second material; and manufacturing at least part of the denture by means of computer aided manufacturing (CAM). | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140022352 | MOTION BLUR COMPENSATION - Disclosed is a method for compensating for motion blur when performing a 3D scanning of at least a part of an object by means of a 3D scanner, where the motion blur occurs because the scanner and the object are moved relative to each other while the scanning is performed, and where the motion blur compensation comprises:—determining whether there is a relative motion between the scanner and the object during the acquisition of the sequence of focus plane images;—if a relative motion is determined, performing a motion compensation based on the determined motion; and—generating a 3D surface from the sequence of focus plane images. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022356 | OPTICAL SYSTEM IN 3D FOCUS SCANNER - A scanner for obtaining and/or measuring a 3D geometry of a surface of an object includes a camera having an array of sensor elements, a first device for generating a probe light, a device for transmitting the probe light rays towards the object, a device for transmitting light rays returned from the object to the array of sensor elements, an optical system for imaging with a first depth of field on the camera the transmitted light rays, a device for varying the position of the focus plane on the object, a device for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, a device for determining the in-focus position(s) of sensor elements, and a device for transforming the in-focus data into 3D coordinates. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140032183 | METHOD OF MODIFYING THE GINGIVAL PART OF A VIRTUAL MODEL OF A SET OF TEETH - Disclosed is a method of generating and modifying a virtual model of a set of teeth, where the method provides that a restoration can be inserted into a physical model of the set of teeth manufactured from the virtual model of the set of teeth. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140051037 | MODELING AND MANUFACTURING THE SUPERSTRUCTURE FOR A DENTURE - The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a model of a superstructure joining a denture and a corresponding dental arch, the method comprising the steps of:
| 02-20-2014 |
| 20140172363 | DUAL-RESOLUTION 3D SCANNER - Disclosed is an integrated 3D scanner for scanning a surface of an object, said integrated 3D scanner comprising:
| 06-19-2014 |
| 20140186794 | 3D SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING OBJECTS - A method and a 3D guiding system for providing a guided relative movement of a first object and a second object are disclosed. The 3D guiding system comprises a 3D scanner configured for performing a 3D scanning of the second object, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured for at least temporary storing:
| 07-03-2014 |
| 20140207422 | TOOLS FOR CUSTOMIZED DESIGN OF DENTAL RESTORATIONS - The present disclosure relates to tools in a system for the design of customized three-dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140212832 | DETECTION OF A MOVABLE OBJECT WHEN 3D SCANNING A RIGID OBJECT - A method for detecting a movable object in a location includes —providing a first 3D representation of at least part of a surface by scanning; —providing a second 3D representation of at least part of the surface by scanning; —determining for the first 3D representation a first excluded volume; —determining for the second 3D representation a second excluded volume; —if a portion of the surface in the first 3D representation is located in space in the second excluded volume, the portion of the surface in the first 3D representation is disregarded, and/or —if a portion of the surface in the second 3D representation is located in space in the first excluded volume, the portion of the surface in the second 3D representation is disregarded | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140242539 | VIRTUAL DESIGN OF ATTACHMENT OF DENTAL MODEL IN ARTICULATOR - Disclosed is a method for virtually designing the attachment of a manufactured dental model of a patient's set of teeth in a physical dental articulator by means of one or more kinds of spacer elements, where the method comprises:
| 08-28-2014 |
| 20140277665 | CUSTOMIZED DENTAL IMPRESSION TRAY - Disclosed are methods and systems for generating a virtual model of a customized impression tray and for manufacturing such a customized impression tray. A 3D digital representation of a patient's set of teeth is obtained and a virtual model of the customized impression tray is generated, where the generating comprises shaping the virtual model of the customized impression tray according to the 3D digital representation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140315152 | CUSTOMISED DENTAL ABUTMENT FORMED OF TWO CUSTOMISED PARTS - Disclosed is a dental prosthesis including an implant, a customised abutment, a restoration and an implant screw for securing the customised abutment to the implant, wherein the implant includes a screw bore extending from a first end of the implant for receiving at last a part of the implant screw, the customised abutment includes a through-going bore for receiving at least a part of the implant screw, the screw bore and the through-going bore are coaxially aligned along an implant axis when the implant screw is arranged in the screw and through-going bore, the abutment includes a customised abutment base and a customised abutment top where the customised abutment base and the customised abutment top defines an assembly axis along which they were assembled during manufacturing, where the implant axis is different from the assembly axis. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140335470 | DENTAL PREPARATION GUIDE - Disclosed is method for generating a dental preparation guide configured for validating the preparation of at least one tooth for a dental restoration, said method comprising:
| 11-13-2014 |
| 20150025855 | VIRTUALLY DESIGNING A CUSTOMIZED HEALING ABUTMENT - A method of virtually designing a customized healing abutment and a drill guide for a patient, where the method includes: obtaining a CT scan including at least part of the patient's jaw bone; virtually placing at least one implant relative to the jaw bone of the CT scan, such that a planned implant placement is defined; virtually designing: a drill guide for guiding the surgical drilling of a bore for the implant into the patient's jaw bone at the planned implant placement; and a customized healing abutment configured for shaping the soft tissue according to a target profile when arranged in the implant; where the design of the drill guide and of the customized healing abutment is at least partly based on the CT scan and on the planned implant placement. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150054922 | FOCUS SCANNING APPARATUS - A scanner includes a camera, a light source for generating a probe light incorporating a spatial pattern, an optical system for transmitting the probe light towards the object and for transmitting at least a part of the light returned from the object to the camera, a focus element within the optical system for varying a position of a focus plane of the spatial pattern on the object, unit for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, unit for evaluating a correlation measure at each focus plane position between at least one image pixel and a weight function, a processor for determining the in-focus position(s) of each of a plurality of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, or each of a plurality of groups of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, and transforming in-focus data into 3D real world coordinates. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150073577 | IMPRESSION SCANNING FOR MANUFACTURING OF DENTAL RESTORATIONS - A method of obtaining orientation and localization of at least one dental implant includes the following steps: (a) obtaining an impression comprising at least one fixated impression abutment corresponding to the at least one dental implant(s) and/or obtaining an impression comprising at least one fixated impression abutment corresponding to the at least one dental implant(s) on which is mounted a scan implant/analog (b) obtaining pre-determined information of the shape of the impression abutment and/or scan implant/analog, (c) scanning at least a part of the impression, wherein the part includes the at least one impression abutment and/or scan implant/analog thereby obtaining scan data, (d) determining the orientation and localization of the dental implant based on the pre-determined information and the scan data. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150086939 | AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF DENTAL RESTORATION - A method for manufacturing a dental restoration for a patient, where the method includes: obtaining a 3D scan of at least a restoration site of the patient's mouth, where the manufactured dental restoration is adapted for fitting to the restoration site; obtaining a CAD design of the dental restoration; milling the restoration from a material, where the restoration is milled both on an inside surface configured for fitting to the shape of the restoration site of the patient's mouth and on an outside surface, where the milling is according to the obtained CAD design; transferring the milled restoration to a retention means providing a fixed known position of the restoration relative to a post-processing machinery, where the restoration is retained on the inside surface, such that the outside surface of the restoration is approachable/free/accessible; and performing post-processing of the outside surface of the restoration. | 03-26-2015 |
