Efficient data representation of teeth model

• US 20040128010A1
• Filed: 09/23/2003
• Published: 07/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Align Technology Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Align Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: Wen, Huafeng, Pavlovskaia, Elena
• Granted Patent: US 7,433,810 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/98
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 2007/004 Automatic construction of a set of axes for a tooth or a plurality of teeth
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 9/0046 Data acquisition means or methods
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 50/00 Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 80/00 Products made by additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49567 Dental appliance making

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for generating a computer model of one or more teeth by receiving a digital data set of meshes representing the teeth; creating a parametric representation of the digital data set; and displaying the computer model of the teeth using the parametric representation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a computer model of one or more teeth, comprising:

receiving as input a digital data set of meshes representing the one or more teeth;

compressing the digital data set; and

displaying the compressed digital data set.