Measurement element position determination
AssigneeTactile Technologies LLC
InventorsUriel Weinstein, Opher Kinrot, Assaf Bernstein, Zvika Slovin
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Abstract
An apparatus for determining measurement element positions, comprising a plurality of measurement elements; at least one trigger element corresponding to each element of the plurality of measurement elements; a positional encoder configured to register a position of each of the measurement elements when the trigger element is activated; and a controller, wherein the controller constructs a surface geometry model from the registered measurement element positions.
Claims42
An apparatus for determining measurement element positions, comprising:
- a plurality of measurement elements;
- at least one trigger element corresponding to each element of the plurality of measurement elements;
- a positional encoder configured to register a position of each of said measurement elements when said trigger element is activated;
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- a controller, wherein said controller constructs a surface geometry model from said registered measurement element positions.
A method for determining measurement element positions, comprising:
- (a) instigating the movement of a plurality of measurement elements;
- (b) signaling at least one measurement element triggering a sensory device;
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- (c) measuring at least one measurement element position at time of sensory device triggering.
An apparatus for scanning, comprising:
- a plurality of measurement elements;
- a trigger element corresponding to each element of the plurality of measurement elements;
- a positional encoder configured to register a position of each of said measurement elements when said trigger element is activated;
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- a controller, wherein said controller constructs a surface geometry model from said registered measurement element positions.
A method of measuring the surface geometry of a jawbone, comprising:
- (a) instigating the movement of a plurality of measurement elements into a soft tissue surrounding said jawbone;
- (b) signaling at least one measurement element triggering a sensory device upon contact with said jawbone;
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- (c) measuring at least one measurement element position at time of sensory device triggering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.