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Granted Patent B2
US 9,149,348 · App. 13/872,072 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

Intra-oral scanner for digital impression and real-time reconstruction system for inner surface topographic image of oral cavity

Inventors: Qingyang Wu (Guangdong, CN); Bin Hui (Guangdong, CN); Xiangdong Gong (Guangdong, CN); Jingzhen Li (Guangdong, CN); Jianpang Zhai (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY
A61C9/006A61B1/00172A61B1/24G01B11/24A61B1/04A61B1/0684
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Patent No.
US 9,149,348
App. No.
13/872,072
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to medical devices and provides an intra-oral scanner for a digital impression. The intra-oral scanner has a window for limiting an acquisition range. The intra-oral scanner sequentially includes, along a light path, a three-color LED light source module, a microlens array sheet, a collimator lens group, a gray coding grating plate, an optical deflector, a projection lens group, a first reflector, a second reflector and a third reflector positioned in parallel with each other with their reflective surfaces opposing to each other, and a camera. The intra-oral scanner can perform a scan directly in the human oral cavity and obtain the digital impression of three-dimensional topography of the tooth and soft tissue in real-time, thereby meeting the requirements of dentists and dental technicians to quickly and accurately obtain the oral impressions.

Claims (17)

1. An intra-oral scanner for a digital impression, the intra-oral scanner having a window for limiting an acquisition range, the intra-oral scanner sequentially includes, along a light path,

a three-color LED light source module;

a microlens array sheet for making distribution of a light beam generated by the three-color LED light source module become uniform;

a collimator lens group for collimating the light beam;

a gray encoding grating plate for generating a gray encoded fringe pattern required for projection;

an optical deflector for offsetting the light beam such that lights of different wavelengths have different offset distance;

a projection lens group for projecting a gray encoded grating image passing through the gray encoding grating plate and the optical deflector onto a surface of an object to be measured;

a first reflector for redirecting the light beam so that projection lights are emitted through the window;

a second reflector and a third reflector positioned in parallel with each other with their reflective surfaces opposing to each other for ensuring a long distance transmission of the lights within a limited space; and

a camera for imaging, acquiring and recording a fringe distribution on an oral cavity inner surface.

2. The intra-oral scanner according to claim 1 , wherein the three-color LED light source module comprises a three-color LED light source and a reflective bowl covering the three-color LED light source.

3. The intra-oral scanner according to claim 1 , further comprising, before the camera, a fourth reflector and/or a fifth reflector for redirecting the light beam reflected by the second reflector and the third reflector such that the light beam is able to enter the camera.

4. The intra-oral scanner according to claim 1 , wherein the optical deflector comprises a pair of wedge prisms having an identical shape and having a right-angled edge.

5. A real-time reconstruction system for an inner surface topographic image of an oral cavity, comprising an intra-oral scanner according to claim 1 , and further comprising a computer system and a synchronizing circuit control system, wherein the synchronizing circuit control system controls synchronization of a strobe frequency of the three-color LED light source module with an acquisition frequency of the camera, and the computer system performs a real-time reconstruction of the inner surface topography of the oral cavity according to the fringe images acquired by the intra-oral scanner.

6. A real-time reconstruction system for an inner surface topographic image of an oral cavity, comprising an intra-oral scanner according to claim 2 , and further comprising a computer system and a synchronizing circuit control system, wherein the synchronizing circuit control system controls synchronization of a strobe frequency of the three-color LED light source module with an acquisition frequency of the camera, and the computer system performs a real-time reconstruction of the inner surface topography of the oral cavity according to the fringe images acquired by the intra-oral scanner.

7. A real-time reconstruction system for an inner surface topographic image of an oral cavity, comprising an intra-oral scanner according to claim 3 , and further comprising a computer system and a synchronizing circuit control system, wherein the synchronizing circuit control system controls synchronization of a strobe frequency of the three-color LED light source module with an acquisition frequency of the camera, and the computer system performs a real-time reconstruction of the inner surface topography of the oral cavity according to the fringe images acquired by the intra-oral scanner.

8. A real-time reconstruction system for an inner surface topographic image of an oral cavity, comprising an intra-oral scanner according to claim 4 , and further comprising a computer system and a synchronizing circuit control system, wherein the synchronizing circuit control system controls synchronization of a strobe frequency of the three-color LED light source module with an acquisition frequency of the camera, and the computer system performs a real-time reconstruction of the inner surface topography of the oral cavity according to the fringe images acquired by the intra-oral scanner.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2017
From: SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY
To: FUSSEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041022/0131 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2013
From: WU, QINGYANG; HUI, BIN; GONG, XIANGDONG; LI, JINGZHEN; ZHAI, JIANPANG
To: SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 030351/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2010 1 0526092 · Oct 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
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