Patents by Inventor Sean M. Nolen

Sean M. Nolen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Augmented reality enhancements for dental practitioners
    Patent number: 10888399
    Abstract: A system comprises a scanner, an augmented reality (AR) display and a computing device. The scanner generates intraoral images of a dental arch and the AR display generates additional image data representative of a view from a wearer of the AR display. The computing device receives the intraoral images from the intraoral scanner, generates a virtual three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the dental arch from the intraoral images, receives the additional image data from the AR display, determines, from the additional image data, a region of the view that is outside of the dental arch, generates a visual overlay comprising the virtual three-dimensional model, and sends the visual overlay to the AR display. The AR display displays the visual overlay such that the virtual three-dimensional model is shown in the region of the view that is outside of the dental arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eric Paul Meyer, Sergei Ozerov, Ilya Fomin, Sean M. Nolen, Sergey Valiev, Edi Fridman, Sergey Gagarin, Elad Zeiri
  • Augmented reality enhancements for intraoral scanning
    Patent number: 10695150
    Abstract: A system comprises a scanner, an augmented reality (AR) display and a computing device. The scanner generates intraoral images of a dental arch and the AR display generates additional image data representative of a view from a wearer of the AR display. The computing device receives the intraoral images from the intraoral scanner, generates a virtual three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the dental arch from the intraoral images, receives the additional image data from the AR display, determines, from the additional image data, a region of the view that is outside of the dental arch, generates a visual overlay comprising the virtual three-dimensional model, and sends the visual overlay to the AR display. The AR display displays the visual overlay such that the virtual three-dimensional model is shown in the region of the view that is outside of the dental arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Partha Dey, Sergei Ozerov, Ran Mizrahi, Ilya Fomin, Sean M. Nolen, Sergey Valiev, Edi Fridman, Sergey Gagarin
  • AUGMENTED REALITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
    Publication number: 20180168780
    Abstract: A system comprises a scanner, an augmented reality (AR) display and a computing device. The scanner generates intraoral images of a dental arch and the AR display generates additional image data representative of a view from a wearer of the AR display. The computing device receives the intraoral images from the intraoral scanner, generates a virtual three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the dental arch from the intraoral images, receives the additional image data from the AR display, determines, from the additional image data, a region of the view that is outside of the dental arch, generates a visual overlay comprising the virtual three-dimensional model, and sends the visual overlay to the AR display. The AR display displays the visual overlay such that the virtual three-dimensional model is shown in the region of the view that is outside of the dental arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Sergei Ozerov, Ilya Fomin, Sean M. Nolen, Sergey Valiev, Edi Fridman, Sergey Gagarin
  • AUGMENTED REALITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
    Publication number: 20180168781
    Abstract: A system comprises a scanner, an augmented reality (AR) display and a computing device. The scanner generates intraoral images of a dental arch and the AR display generates additional image data representative of a view from a wearer of the AR display. The computing device receives the intraoral images from the intraoral scanner, generates a virtual three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the dental arch from the intraoral images, receives the additional image data from the AR display, determines, from the additional image data, a region of the view that is outside of the dental arch, generates a visual overlay comprising the virtual three-dimensional model, and sends the visual overlay to the AR display. The AR display displays the visual overlay such that the virtual three-dimensional model is shown in the region of the view that is outside of the dental arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Partha Dey, Sergei Ozerov, Ran Mizrahi, Ilya Fomin, Sean M. Nolen, Sergey Valiev, Edi Fridman, Sergey Gagarin