Virtual Dental Operatory
First Claim
1. A virtual dental operatory system, comprising:
- a capture facility configured to capture an image of a treatment site within a patient'"'"'s oral cavity resulting in a captured image;
a rendering facility communicatively coupled to the capture facility and configured toreceive the captured image; and
apply one or more rendering routines to the captured image resulting in a rendered image; and
a presentation facility communicatively coupled to the rendering facility and configured to display the rendered image to a dental professional while performing a dental procedure,wherein, the rendered image represents a live view of the treatment site during the dental procedure.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include methods, devices, and systems that light and magnify a treatment site within the oral cavity without interfering with a dental treatment procedure. In particular, example embodiments of the present invention provide a virtual operatory system that includes an image capture subsystem connected to an image display subsystem. For example, the image capture subsystem can capture and communicate a live image of a treatment site to the image display subsystem for the dental professional to view while performing a dental treatment procedure. In at least one example embodiment, the virtual operatory system can also include an image rendering subsystem that can render the live image of the treatment site in one or more ways to provide an improved visual to the dental professional of the treatment site.
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15 Claims
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1. A virtual dental operatory system, comprising:
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a capture facility configured to capture an image of a treatment site within a patient'"'"'s oral cavity resulting in a captured image; a rendering facility communicatively coupled to the capture facility and configured to receive the captured image; and apply one or more rendering routines to the captured image resulting in a rendered image; and a presentation facility communicatively coupled to the rendering facility and configured to display the rendered image to a dental professional while performing a dental procedure, wherein, the rendered image represents a live view of the treatment site during the dental procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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capturing an image representative of a treatment site in a patient'"'"'s oral cavity during the performance of a dental treatment procedure to produce a captured image; rendering the captured image to enhance the visual properties of the treatment site to produce a rendered image; and displaying the rendered image to a dental professional during the performance of the dental treatment procedure. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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