Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of teeth
First Claim
1. A method of determining the optical characteristics of a dental object, comprising the steps of:
- generating an image of the dental object with a camera, wherein the camera has a field of view, wherein the dental object is positioned in the field of view of the camera;
software processing the image of the dental object with a processing system to determine a plurality of regions of the dental object that have different optical characteristics;
generating optical characteristics data indicative of the optical characteristics of the dental object in one or more of the plurality of regions, wherein the optical characteristics data are generated based on camera data corresponding to the dental object in the one or more plurality of regions and camera data corresponding to a calibration standard, wherein the calibration standard and the dental object are simultaneously in the field of view of the camera, wherein the calibration standard includes a positional location attribute, wherein based on the positional location attribute the position of the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera is determined by the processing system without operator identification of the position of the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera.
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Abstract
Method for generating optical characteristics data of a dental object including at least color characteristics, are disclosed. Light is provided to the object and light is received from the object, and the received light is coupled to a camera, with the object positioned in the field of view of the camera. The optical characteristics data are generated based on camera data corresponding to the object and based on camera data corresponding to a calibration standard generated with the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera. The optical characteristics data may be stored in a record of a software database or used to prepare a second dental object.
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183 Claims
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1. A method of determining the optical characteristics of a dental object, comprising the steps of:
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generating an image of the dental object with a camera, wherein the camera has a field of view, wherein the dental object is positioned in the field of view of the camera;
software processing the image of the dental object with a processing system to determine a plurality of regions of the dental object that have different optical characteristics;
generating optical characteristics data indicative of the optical characteristics of the dental object in one or more of the plurality of regions, wherein the optical characteristics data are generated based on camera data corresponding to the dental object in the one or more plurality of regions and camera data corresponding to a calibration standard, wherein the calibration standard and the dental object are simultaneously in the field of view of the camera, wherein the calibration standard includes a positional location attribute, wherein based on the positional location attribute the position of the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera is determined by the processing system without operator identification of the position of the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method of determining the optical characteristics of a dental object, comprising the steps of:
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generating an image of the dental object with a camera, wherein the camera has a field of view, wherein the dental object is positioned in the field of view of the camera;
software processing the image of the dental object with a processing system to determine a plurality of regions of the dental object that have different optical characteristics;
generating optical characteristics data indicative of the optical characteristics of the dental object in one or more of the plurality of regions, wherein the optical characteristics data are generated based on camera data corresponding to the dental object in the one or more plurality of regions and camera data corresponding to a calibration standard, wherein the calibration standard includes one or more visible features that include a positional location attribute, wherein based on the positional location attribute the position of the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera is determined by the processing system without operator identification of the position of the calibration standard in the field of view of the camera, wherein the camera data corresponding to the calibration standard include camera data from one or more regions of the calibration standard that are a predetermined position with respect to the one or more visible features and that have a predetermined color, wherein camera data from the calibration standard provide a color reference. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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118. A method of determining the optical characteristics of a dental object, comprising the steps of:
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generating an image of the dental object with a image generation device, wherein the image generation device has a field of view, wherein the dental object is positioned in the field of view of the image generation device;
generating optical characteristics data indicative of the optical characteristics of the dental object, wherein the optical characteristics data are generated based on image generation device data corresponding to the dental object and image generation device data corresponding to a reference having one or more regions of predetermined color, wherein the reference having one or more regions of predetermined color and the dental object are simultaneously in the field of view of the image generation device, wherein the reference includes a positional location attribute, wherein based on the positional location attribute the position of the reference in the field of view of the image generation device is determined by a processing system without operator identification of the position of the reference in the field of view of the image generation device. - View Dependent Claims (119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183)
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- 159. The method of clam 152, wherein the dental object and the reference having one or more regions of predetermined color are positioned so as to be subject to a substantially corresponding lighting condition, wherein the optical characteristics data are generated based on image generation device data corresponding to the dental object and corresponding to the lighting condition and image generation device data corresponding to the reference having one or more regions of predetermined colors and corresponding to the lighting condition, wherein the reference having one or more regions of predetermined color and the dental object are simultaneously in the field of view of the image generation device and subject to the corresponding light condition.
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