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US 2002/0055800 A1Published application
Efficient data representation of teeth model
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsSergey Nikolskiy, Elena Pavloskaia, Huafeng Wen
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method generates a computer model of one or more teeth by receiving as input a digital data set of meshes representing the teeth; selecting a curved coordinate system with mappings to and from a 3D space; and generating a function in the curved coordinate system to represent each tooth.
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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 teeth;
- selecting a curved coordinate system with mappings to and from a 3D space;
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- generating a function in the curved coordinate system to represent each tooth.
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A computer-implemented method for communicating information on one or more teeth, comprising:
- providing a digital tooth model;
- compressing the digital tooth model;
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- communicating the digital tooth model over a network.
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