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Granted Patent B2
US 10,219,685 · App. 14/971,773 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Dental apparatus, image acquisition method, and information processing apparatus

Inventors: Shiho Hakomori (Kanagawa, JP); Koshi Tamamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,219,685
App. No.
14/971,773
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dental apparatus includes a light irradiation unit for emitting a light to irradiate an oral cavity, an image capturing unit for image-capturing the oral cavity light irradiated by the light irradiation unit, and an output unit for outputting data for highlighting and displaying at least one of a plaque site and a calculus site on an image of the oral cavity based on an image captured result by the image capturing unit.

Claims (34)

1. A dental apparatus, comprising:

a light source configured to irradiate an oral cavity with a light;

at least one imager configured to image the oral cavity irradiated with the light;

a position detector configured to detect a position of the dental apparatus; and

an output unit configured to output image data detected by the at least one imager to display at least one of a plaque site and a calculus site based on the image data and the position, wherein the at least one of the plaque site and the calculus site are visually discerned on the image data of the oral cavity,

wherein the image data discerns between the plaque site and the calculus site based on a reflected light amount from the image data.

2. The dental apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the position detector detects an angle of the dental apparatus, and the output unit outputs an angle data detected by the position detector.

3. The dental apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a location of the at least one of the plaque site and the calculus site are shown in the image of the oral cavity based on the position detector detecting a spatial position of the dental apparatus.

4. The dental apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the position detector comprises a locator signal generator and a receiver corresponding to a reference position, the receiver receives a locator signal from the locator signal generator, and the position detector determines a spatial position data based on the locator signal and outputs the spatial position data.

5. The dental apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light source further irradiates the oral cavity with an excitation light that induces a photodisinfection action.

6. The dental apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising;

a disinfection light source configured to irradiate the oral cavity with an excitation light that induces a photodisinfection action.

7. The dental apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light source further irradiates the oral cavity with p-polarized light, and the image data is based on an s-polarized light amount returned from the oral cavity.

8. The dental apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light source further irradiates the oral cavity with s-polarized light, and the image data is based on a p-polarized light amount returned from the oral cavity.

9. A dental apparatus, comprising:

a light source that irradiates an oral cavity with a light;

at least one imager that images the oral cavity irradiated with the light;

a position detector that detects a position of the dental apparatus; and

an output unit that outputs image data detected by the at least one imager to display at least one of a plaque site and a calculus site in an image of the oral cavity based on the image data and the position,

wherein the image data discerns between the plaque site and the calculus site based on a reflected light amount from the image data.

10. A method, comprising:

irradiating an oral cavity with a light from a light source;

imaging, by at least one imager, the oral cavity irradiated with the light;

detecting, by a position detector, a position of a dental apparatus; and

outputting, by an output unit, image data detected by the at least one imager to display at least one of a plaque site and a calculus site in an image of the oral cavity based on the image data and the position,

wherein the image data discerns between the plaque site and the calculus site based on a reflected light amount from the image data.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the position detector detects an angle of the dental apparatus, and the output unit outputs an angle data detected by the position detector.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the position detector detects a spatial position of the dental apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the position detector comprises a locator signal generator and a receiver corresponding to a reference position, the receiver receives a locator signal from the locator signal generator, and the position detector determines a spatial position data based on the locator signal and outputs the spatial position data.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the light source further irradiates the oral cavity with an excitation light that induces a photodisinfection action.

15. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising;

a disinfection light source that irradiates the oral cavity with an excitation light that induces a photodisinfection action.

16. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the light source further irradiates the oral cavity with p-polarized light, and the image data is based on an s-polarized light amount returned from the oral cavity.

17. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the light source further irradiates the oral cavity with s-polarized light, and the image data is based on a p-polarized light amount returned from the oral cavity.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-125760 · Jun 1, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13902199 · May 24, 2013
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