Extra-oral image taking kit
AssigneeDental Monitoring
InventorsThomas PELLISSARD, Cédric LANÇON, Louis-Charles ROISIN
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Abstract
An image taking kit comprising: an extra-oral image taking device comprising a support provided with a mouthpiece defining a mouthpiece opening, an image acquisition apparatus attached to the support and comprising a camera for acquiring at least one image of a dental scene seen through the mouthpiece opening, and a display device comprising a screen for displaying an image representing the scene acquired by the image acquisition apparatus, the image acquisition apparatus comprising an additional screen and/or the support defining an image taking chamber, the image acquisition apparatus being at least partially, preferably entirely, accommodated in the image taking chamber.
Claims17
1) A image taking kit (1) comprising:
- an extra-oral image taking device (2) comprising:
- a support (4),
- a mouthpiece (9) defining a mouthpiece opening (17) and carried by the support,
- an image acquisition apparatus (5) fixed to the support and comprising a camera (35) for acquiring at least one image of a dental scene viewed through the mouthpiece opening (17), and
- a display device (3) comprising a screen (46) for displaying an image representing the scene acquired by the image acquisition apparatus,
- the image acquisition apparatus comprising an additional screen (42) and/or the support defining a photography chamber (15), the image acquisition apparatus being at least partially, and preferably entirely, housed within the photography chamber.
4) Kit according to the preceding claim, wherein the communication module is a wireless communication module, in particular via radio frequency.
6) Kit according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a control module for triggering the acquisition of images.
7) Kit according to the preceding claim, wherein the control module comprises a computer program comprising instructions for guiding the user to position the image taking device in at least one image acquisition position, and a processor for executing the computer program.
8) Kit according to the preceding claim, wherein the computer program comprises instructions for processing the acquired image or images in order to provide at least one piece of information to the user.
9) Kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the image acquisition apparatus may comprise several cameras (35), in particular arranged along different viewing axes and each configured to acquire different views of the same dental scene.
10) Kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the image acquisition apparatus has a volume of less than 40 cm3.
11) Kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the area of the surface covered by the mouthpiece opening is greater than 2 cm2.
12) Kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support comprises a hollow support portion (11) extending longitudinally, the mouthpiece (9) extending from the hollow support portion.
13) Kit according to the preceding claim, wherein the mouthpiece (9) is formed integrally with the hollow support portion or is mounted, in particular removably, on the hollow support portion (11).
14) Kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the camera (35) is located less than 15 cm, preferably less than 7 cm, preferably less than 6 cm, and preferably more than 2.5 cm from the mouthpiece (9).
15) Kit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the image acquisition apparatus (5) is not embedded in a mobile phone and/or is different from a mobile phone.
17) An extra-oral image taking method using the image taking kit according to any one of the preceding claims, the method comprising:
- a) gripping the support (4) and positioning the mouthpiece (9) in the mouth of a user (50),
- b) acquiring at least one image of the lower dental arch and/or the upper dental arch of the user by the image acquisition apparatus (5), and
- c) displaying the image on the display device (3) which is visible to the user (50).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.