Patents Assigned to BELLUS 3D, INC.
  • Patent number: 10839481
    Abstract: The invention aligns a digital face model from a 3D face scanner with a 3D jaw scan from an intraoral scan produced by an intraoral scanner without using external markers. The alignment proceeds in two steps. In the first step, the teeth part of a subject whose teeth are clenched, referred to as a clenched-teeth face scan, is aligned with an intraoral jaw scan to obtain a first transformation matrix. In the second step, a face model of a subject with a normal facial expression is aligned with the clenched-teeth face model of the same subject to obtain a second transformation matrix. A graphical user interface is provided that enables a user to manually align the 3D jaw scan with a 2D image of the subject's teeth to determine the first transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: BELLUS 3D, INC.
    Inventor: Shenchang Eric Chen
  • Patent number: 10810738
    Abstract: The invention aligns a digital face model from a 3D face scanner with a 3D teeth model from an intraoral scan produced by an intraoral scanner without using external markers. The alignment proceeds in two steps. In the first step, the teeth part of a subject whose teeth are clenched, referred to as a clenched-teeth face scan, is aligned with the teeth model from an intraoral jaw scan to obtain a first transformation matrix. In the second step, a face model of a subject with a normal facial expression is aligned with the clenched-teeth face model of the same subject using an ICP algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BELLUS 3D, INC.
    Inventor: Shenchang Eric Chen
  • Patent number: 10755438
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for to estimate the pose of a human subject's head from a sequence of images received from a single depth camera by processing the images to generate a continuous estimate of the head pose in a 3-dimensional (3D) space, and to generate a 3D head model for display and further use. The subject is provided instructions to rotate their head in a first direction until a threshold angle of rotation is reached and then are provided instructions to rotate their head in a second direction. The depth camera provides a sequence of captured images which are processed to extract head meshes. After capture is complete the head meshes are merged to generate a 3D model of the subject's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BELLUS 3D, INC.
    Inventor: Shenchang Eric Chen
  • Publication number: 20170345183
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating head pose data from a sequence of depth images of a human subject, and processing the data to generate a continuous estimate of the head pose in a 3-dimensional (3D) space, and to generate a 3D head model for display and further use. The subject is provided instructions to rotate their head in a first direction until a threshold angle of rotation is reached and then are provided instructions to rotate their head in a second direction. The depth camera provides a sequence of captured images which are processed to extract head meshes. After capture is complete the head meshes are merged to generate a 3D model of the subject's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: BELLUS 3D, INC.
    Inventor: Shenchang Eric Chen