Method and measurement system for optically measuring an object
First Claim
1. A measurement system for optically measuring an object, comprising a dental camera and an optical attachment, wherein the optical attachment includes at least one lens, which is shaped and arranged in such a way that the optical attachment has a negative focal length, so that a measurement field or a measurement volume of the dental camera is enlarged by the optical attachment and wherein the teeth of a patient are measured by means of the dental camera, and a first image of the teeth is generated, wherein at least one portion of the face of the patient is measured by means of the dental camera with the optical attachment with the enlarged measurement field or measurement volume;
- and a second image of the face is generated, wherein subsequently the first image of the teeth and the second image of the face are registered to form a composite image.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a measurement system for optically measuring an object, comprising a dental camera and an optical attachment. In this case the optical attachment comprises at least one lens, which is shaped and arranged in such a way that the optical attachment has a negative focal length so that a measurement field or a measurement volume of the dental camera is enlarged by the optical attachment.
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1. A measurement system for optically measuring an object, comprising a dental camera and an optical attachment, wherein the optical attachment includes at least one lens, which is shaped and arranged in such a way that the optical attachment has a negative focal length, so that a measurement field or a measurement volume of the dental camera is enlarged by the optical attachment and wherein the teeth of a patient are measured by means of the dental camera, and a first image of the teeth is generated, wherein at least one portion of the face of the patient is measured by means of the dental camera with the optical attachment with the enlarged measurement field or measurement volume;
- and a second image of the face is generated, wherein subsequently the first image of the teeth and the second image of the face are registered to form a composite image.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for measuring an object by means of a dental camera with a detachable optical attachment, wherein the optical attachment has a negative focal length, so that a measurement field or a measurement volume of the dental camera is enlarged by the optical attachment and wherein the teeth of a patient are measured by means of the dental camera without the optical attachment, and a first image of the teeth is generated, wherein at least one portion of the face of the patient is measured by means of the dental camera with the optical attachment with the enlarged measurement field or measurement volume;
- and a second image of the face is generated, wherein subsequently the first image of the teeth and the second image of the face are registered to form a composite image.
- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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