Intraoral scanner sleeve authentication and identification
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsAvi KOPELMAN, Michael SABINA, Nir MAKMEL, Adi LEVIN, Arad ZULTI, Arthur HSIEH
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Abstract
Apparatuses, including sleeves, intraoral scanning systems to use these sleeves, and methods of using the sleeve, that authenticate the sleeve for use with an intraoral scanning system. Authentication may include verifying that the sleeve is new (unused) and/or verifying that the sleeve is appropriate and/or intended for use with the intraoral scanning system. Once authenticated, operation parameters of the intraoral scanning system can be automatically set based on information from a scanned identifier on the sleeve.
Claims22
An intraoral scanning system, the system comprising:
- an intraoral scanner comprising an imaging sensor;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer-program instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a computer-implemented method comprising:
- scanning, using the imaging sensor of the intraoral scanner, an identifier associated with a housing coupled to or configured to be coupled to the intraoral scanner;
- and
- updating usage information for the housing based on the identifier.
An intraoral scanning system, the system comprising:
- an intraoral scanner comprising an imaging sensor;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer-program instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a computer-implemented method comprising:
- scanning, using the imaging sensor of the intraoral scanner, an identifier associated with a housing coupled to or configured to be coupled to the intraoral scanner;
- verifying that the housing is authenticated for use with the intraoral scanner;
- and
- updating usage information for the housing based on the identifier;
- and
- modifying operation of the intraoral scanner based on the identifier.
An intraoral scanning system, the system comprising:
- an intraoral scanner comprising an imaging sensor;
- a housing configured to be removably attached to the intraoral scanner, the housing comprising an identifier associated with the housing;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer-program instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a computer-implemented method comprising:
- scanning, using the imaging sensor of the intraoral scanner, the identifier;
- and
- periodically or intermittently updating a database with usage information for the housing based on the identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.