IP Library Granted Patent US 12,406,361
Granted Patent B2
US 12,406,361 · App. 17/940,506 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Electronic device and method for processing scanned image of three dimensional scanner

Inventor: Won Hoon Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: MEDIT CORP.
G06T7/0012G06T7/33G06T2207/20221G06T2207/30036
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Patent No.
US 12,406,361
App. No.
17/940,506
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device of the present disclosure is configured to acquire first scan data by a first scan performed by a three-dimensional scanner to scan an oral cavity of a subject, acquire second scan data by a second scan performed by the three-dimensional scanner to scan an impression model modeled on the oral cavity of the subject, invert one of the first scan data and the second scan data, determine whether an overlapping area exists between inverted scan data and non-inverted scan data, among the first scan data and the second scan data, and generate, if the overlapping area exists, a three-dimensional image model for the oral cavity of the subject by aligning the inverted scan data and the non-inverted scan data based on the overlapping area.

Claims (59)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication circuit configured to be communicatively connected to a three-dimensional scanner;

at least one memory; and

at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

generate first scan data indicating a plurality of three-dimensional points based on two-dimensional images acquired by a first scan performed by the three-dimensional scanner to scan an oral cavity of a subject;

generate second scan data indicating a plurality of three-dimensional points based on two-dimensional images acquired by a second scan performed by the three-dimensional scanner to scan an impression model modeled on the oral cavity of the subject;

invert one of the first scan data and the second scan data;

determine whether an overlapping area exists between inverted scan data and non-inverted scan data, among the first scan data and the second scan data; and

generate, if the overlapping area exists, a three-dimensional image model for the oral cavity of the subject by aligning the inverted scan data and the non-inverted scan data based on the overlapping area.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to store, if the overlapping area does not exist, the first scan data and the second scan data in the at least one memory.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine, if the second scan data has been inverted, whether an overlapping area exists between the non-inverted first scan data and the inverted second scan data; and

generate, if the overlapping area exists, a three-dimensional embossed image model for the oral cavity of the subject by aligning the inverted second scan data and the non-inverted first scan data based on the overlapping area.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify the second scan data which is scan data for the impression model among the first scan data and the second scan data based on information about the first scan data and the second scan data; and

invert one of the first scan data and the second scan data based on a result of the identification.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the information about the first scan data and the second scan data comprises at least one of color, shape, and texture of the first scan data and the second scan data.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine, if the first scan data has been inverted, whether an overlapping area exists between the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data;

generate, if the overlapping area exists, a three-dimensional engraved image model for the oral cavity of the subject by aligning the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data based on the overlapping area; and

generate a three-dimensional embossed image model for the oral cavity of the subject by inverting the three-dimensional engraved image model.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising an input device,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

invert the first scan data in response to receiving a user input for starting the second scan by the three-dimensional scanner through the input device; and

acquire the second scan data by the second scan after inverting the first scan data.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising a display,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

display the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data through the display before performing alignment between the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data; and

display the three-dimensional engraved image model for the oral cavity of the subject through the display after performing the alignment.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to invert one of the first scan data and the second scan data in real time while performing the second scan.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of three-dimensional points of the first scan data and the second scan data comprise a plurality of three-dimensional coordinate values, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to invert one of the first scan data and the second scan data by inverting a vertex normal.

11. A method for processing a scan image by an electronic device, the method comprising:

generating first scan data indicating a plurality of three-dimensional points based on two-dimensional images acquired by a first scan performed by a three-dimensional scanner to scan an oral cavity of a subject;

generating second scan data indicating a plurality of three-dimensional points based on two-dimensional images acquired by a second scan performed by the three-dimensional scanner to scan an impression model modeled on the oral cavity of the subject;

inverting one of the first scan data and the second scan data;

determining whether an overlapping area exists between inverted scan data and non-inverted scan data, among the first scan data and the second scan data; and

generating, if the overlapping area exists, a three-dimensional image model for the oral cavity of the subject by aligning the inverted scan data and the non-inverted scan data based on the overlapping area.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising storing, if the overlapping area does not exist, the first scan data and the second scan data.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating the three-dimensional image model comprises:

determining, if the second scan data has been inverted, whether an overlapping area exists between the non-inverted first scan data and the inverted second scan data; and

generating, if the overlapping area exists, a three-dimensional embossed image model for the oral cavity of the subject by aligning the inverted second scan data and the non-inverted first scan data based on the overlapping area.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the inverting one of the first scan data and the second scan data comprises:

identifying the second scan data which is scan data for the impression model among the first scan data and the second scan data based on information about the first scan data and the second scan data; and

inverting one of the first scan data and the second scan data based on a result of the identification.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the information about the first scan data and the second scan data comprises at least one of color, shape, and texture of the first scan data and the second scan data.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating the three-dimensional image model comprises:

determining, if the first scan data has been inverted, whether an overlapping area exists between the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data;

generating, if the overlapping area exists, a three-dimensional engraved image model for the oral cavity of the subject by aligning the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data based on the overlapping area; and

generating a three-dimensional embossed image model for the oral cavity of the subject by inverting the three-dimensional engraved image model.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising inverting the first scan data in response to receiving a user input for starting the second scan by the three-dimensional scanner,

wherein the acquiring the second scan data comprises acquiring the second scan data by the second scan after inverting the first scan data.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

displaying the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data before performing alignment between the inverted first scan data and the non-inverted second scan data; and

displaying the three-dimensional engraved image model for the oral cavity of the subject after performing the alignment.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the act of inverting comprises inverting one of the first scan data and the second scan data in real time while performing the second scan.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of three-dimensional points of the first scan data and the second scan data comprise a plurality of three-dimensional coordinate values, and

wherein the act of inverting is performed by inverting a vertex normal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2022
From: CHOI, WON HOON
To: MEDIT CORP.
Reel/Frame 061028/0264 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0121658 · Sep 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230096570A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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