Prioritization of three dimensional dental elements
AssigneeAlign Technology, Inc.
InventorsEric E. Kuo, Igor Kvasov, Anna Egorova, Sergey Gagarin
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes methods, systems, and devices for prioritization of three dimensional dental elements. One method for prioritizing three dimensional dental elements includes receiving a virtual initial dental data set (IDDS) of teeth having spatial information regarding the positions of a number of teeth in the virtual IDDS with respect to each other for presentation of the teeth in a virtual three dimensional space to be viewed on a user interface, setting prioritization values of a number of elements of one or more of the number of teeth, and prioritizing the number of elements to be selected by a user based upon their prioritization values.
Claims17
A computing device implemented method of prioritizing three dimensional dental elements, comprising:
- receiving a virtual initial dental data set (IDDS) of teeth having spatial information regarding positions of a number of teeth in the virtual IDDS with respect to each other for presentation of the teeth in a virtual three dimensional space to be viewed on a user interface;
- setting prioritization values for each of the number of teeth and at least one reference point on one of the number of teeth;
- prioritizing the number of teeth and the at least one reference point to be selected by a user based upon their prioritization values;
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- manipulating a transparency of at least one of the number of teeth based on the prioritization and a line of sight of the reference point in the virtual IDDS.
A non-transitory computing device readable medium having executable instructions that can be executed by a processor to cause a computing device to perform a method of prioritizing three dimensional dental elements, comprising:
- receiving a virtual initial dental data set (IDDS) of teeth having spatial information regarding positions of a number of teeth in the virtual IDDS with respect to each other for presentation of the teeth in a virtual three dimensional space to be viewed on a user interface;
- prioritizing each of the number of teeth and at least one of a reference point on a first tooth of the number of teeth and a dental object by a user based upon prioritization values;
- selecting and manipulating at least a second tooth of the number of teeth in the virtual IDDS based on the prioritization wherein the manipulation includes changing a transparency of the at least second tooth based on a line of sight of the at least one of the reference point and the dental object in the virtual IDDS and the prioritization values;
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- identifying a digital dental landmark on the first one of the number of teeth in the virtual IDDS.
A system for prioritizing three dimensional dental elements, comprising:
- a memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon;
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- a processor coupled to the memory to execute the computer-readable instructions to:
- provide a virtual IDDS of teeth having spatial information regarding the positions of a number of teeth in the virtual IDDS with respect to each other;
- select a first tooth of the number of teeth in the virtual IDDS to be presented via a user interface transparently and a second tooth of the number of teeth with at least one of a reference point and a dental object thereon in the virtual IDDS to be presented via the user interface opaquely;
- prioritize the first and second teeth, and the at least one of the reference point and the dental object based on the selection;
- manipulate a transparency of at least one of the first and second teeth based on the prioritization, the transparency, the opaqueness, and a line of sight of the at least one of the reference point and the dental object in the virtual IDDS;
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- display, via the user interface, the manipulation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.