Method and arrangement for determining a combined data record for a masticatory organ to be measured
First Claim
1. A method for determining a total data set of a chewing organ, or an area thereof, the method comprising:
- providing a first sensor,providing at least two second sensors arranged in a fixed relation,carrying out first partial scans of the chewing organ, or the area thereof, using the first sensor, to measure partially overlapping areas of the chewing organ, or the area thereof,carrying out second partial scans of the chewing organ using the at least two second sensors,calculating the total data set of the chewing organ, or the area thereof, from individual data sets from the first partial scans, and either(a) correcting the total data set using the second partial scans, or(b) correcting individual data sets from the first partial scans using the second partial scans to produce corrected first partial scans, and generating the total data set of the chewing organ, or the area thereof, from the corrected first partial scans.
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Abstract
A method for determining a combined data record for an object using individual data records based on individual scans of the object, the scans being measured using at least one sensor. To avoid accumulating errors and allow individual data to be rectified or corrected, first partial scans of the object are measured using at least one first sensor and are aligned relative to one another and/or corrected using second partial scans performed by at least two second sensors that are stationary relative to one another, and the individual data records for the combined data record are determined from the aligned and/or corrected partial scans.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for determining a total data set of a chewing organ, or an area thereof, the method comprising:
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providing a first sensor, providing at least two second sensors arranged in a fixed relation, carrying out first partial scans of the chewing organ, or the area thereof, using the first sensor, to measure partially overlapping areas of the chewing organ, or the area thereof, carrying out second partial scans of the chewing organ using the at least two second sensors, calculating the total data set of the chewing organ, or the area thereof, from individual data sets from the first partial scans, and either (a) correcting the total data set using the second partial scans, or (b) correcting individual data sets from the first partial scans using the second partial scans to produce corrected first partial scans, and generating the total data set of the chewing organ, or the area thereof, from the corrected first partial scans. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for determining a total data set of a chewing organ, or an area thereof, the method comprising:
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providing a first sensor, providing a plurality of second sensors fixedly attached to a holder, determining individual data sets of partial scans of the chewing organ using the first sensor, determining partial scans from the individual data sets using the plurality of second sensors, and calculating the total data set of the chewing organ from the partial scans from the individual data sets, moving the plurality of second sensors in an uncorrelated manner with respect to the chewing organ, simultaneously scanning occlusal, vestibular, and palatinal/lingual areas of the patient'"'"'s mouth, wherein the holder is displaced in the patient'"'"'s mouth during the determining of the partial scans. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device for scanning a chewing organ, or an area thereof, comprising a holder with a plurality of sensors originating therefrom, by means of which the chewing organ, or the area thereof, is scanned,
wherein the holder presents a three-dimensional geometry for the at least partial enclosure of a jaw area, and wherein the holder further comprises an electronic system for merging data determined by the plurality of sensors, and a power source, wherein the plurality of sensors are attached in such a manner to the holder that an occlusal, vestibular, and palatinal/lingual area of at least one area of the chewing organ can be scanned simultaneously; - and
wherein the holder is configured so that the holder can partially be placed in the mouth of a patient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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