IP Library Granted Patent US 12708495
Granted Patent B2
US 12708495 · App. 18/325,797 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Manufacturing device for manufacturing a dental object

Inventor: Theresa Sujata Maria Senti (Triesenberg, LI)
Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
A61C13/20A61C13/0006G06T7/00G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12708495
App. No.
18/325,797
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing device ( 100 ) for manufacturing a dental object ( 101 ), including an electronic camera ( 103 ) for capturing an image data set ( 107 ) of the dental object ( 101 ) to be processed; and a controller ( 105 ) for determining the control data for manufacturing the dental object ( 101 ) based on the image data set ( 107 ).

Claims (31)

1 . A manufacturing method for manufacturing a dental object, comprising the steps of:

capturing an image data set of the dental object to be processed by an electronic camera;

determining control data for manufacturing the dental object based on the image data set by a controller using a self-learning algorithm, wherein the control data comprises a firing temperature or a firing time for firing the dental object;

wherein the self-learning algorithms for determining the control data is previously trained by a plurality of image data sets of different dental objects.

2 . The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dental object is manufactured using the determined control data.

3 . The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a size, a type, a material, a processing step of the dental object to be manufactured, or a number and/or a mutual distance of several dental objects to be processed is determined based on the image data set.

4 . The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dental object is processed by a firing furnace.

5 . A manufacturing device for manufacturing a dental object, comprising:

an electronic camera for capturing an image data set of the dental object to be processed; and

a controller for determining control data for manufacturing the dental object on the basis of the image data set,

wherein the manufacturing device comprises a firing furnace,

wherein the control data comprises a firing temperature or a firing time;

wherein the controller comprises a self-learning algorithm for determining the control data;

wherein the self-learning algorithm for determining the control data is previously trained by a plurality of image data sets of different dental objects.

6 . The manufacturing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the manufacturing device is configured to rotate the dental object to be processed in front of the camera.

7 . The manufacturing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the manufacturing device is configured to illuminate the dental object to be processed with light of one or more predetermined wavelengths.

8 . The manufacturing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the self-learning algorithm comprises an artificial neural network.

9 . The manufacturing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the controller is configured to determine a size, a type, a material and/or a processing step of the dental object to be manufactured based on the image data set.

10 . The manufacturing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the controller is configured to determine a position and/or an orientation of the dental object to be processed based on the image data set.

11 . The manufacturing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the controller is configured to determine a temperature for manufacturing the dental object based on the image data set.

12 . The manufacturing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the image data sets are captured from different directions and under light having different wavelengths.