Patents by Inventor Eric Paul Meyer
Eric Paul Meyer 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).
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Publication number: 20250200894Abstract: Methods and systems are described for 3D modeling and visualization of a patient's facial structure and features for dental treatment planning.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2024Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Daniel Michel Peter, Bernhard Steffen Thomaszewski, Niko Benjamin Huber, Aleksandar Milojevic, Baran Gözcü, Barbara Solenthaler, Alexandre Cavaleri, Michael Chang, Daniel Konrad Dorda, Doruk Cetin, Eric Paul Meyer
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Publication number: 20250090284Abstract: A system comprises an image capture device, an augmented reality (AR) display to display, and a processing device. The processing deice receives image data of a dental arch from the image capture device and processes the image data using a plurality of detection rules, where each detection rule detects one or more dental conditions. The processing device determines a dental condition for the dental arch based on the processing, determines a position of an area of interest on the dental arch, wherein the area of interest is associated with the dental condition, generates a visual overlay comprising an indication of the dental condition at the position of the area of interest, and outputs the visual overlay to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the dental arch on the AR display at the position of the area of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Publication number: 20250014722Abstract: A method comprises receiving a first image comprising first clinical information and first non-clinical information of a first patient and receiving a second image comprising second clinical information and second non-clinical information of the first patient or a second patient. The method further comprises generating a third image of the first patient based on the first image and the second image, wherein one of a) the third image is generated based on the first clinical information and the second non-clinical information such that the third image resembles a combination of the first clinical information and the second non-clinical information or b) the third image is generated based on the second clinical information and the first non-clinical information such that the third image resembles a combination of the second clinical information and the first non-clinical information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Doruk Cetin, Alain Souchet, Eric Paul Meyer, Nico Benjamin Huber, Petar Stamenkovic, Majed El Helou, Fabio Zünd
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Patent number: 12070375Abstract: A system comprises an image capture device, an augmented reality (AR) display to display, and a processing device. The processing deice receives image data of a dental arch from the image capture device and processes the image data using a plurality of detection rules, where each detection rule detects one or more dental conditions. The processing device determines a dental condition for the dental arch based on the processing, determines a position of an area of interest on the dental arch, wherein the area of interest is associated with the dental condition, generates a visual overlay comprising an indication of the dental condition at the position of the area of interest, and outputs the visual overlay to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the dental arch on the AR display at the position of the area of interest.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Publication number: 20240221307Abstract: A method includes capturing a video comprising a plurality of frames of a face of an individual, determining that the video fails to satisfy one or more quality criteria, and providing guidance of one or more actions to be performed by the individual to cause an updated video to satisfy the one or more quality criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Philipp Kopp, Dmitry Yurievich Chekh, Niko Benjamin Huber, Shipra Jain, Christopher E. Cramer, Chad Clayton Brown, Vladislav Andreevich Miryaha, Boris Aleksandrovich Vysokanov, Eric Paul Meyer, Maik Gerth, Sinan Ibrahim Bayraktar, Michael Seeber, Ritika Chakraborty, Andreea Maria Radoescu, Doruk Cetin
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Publication number: 20240221308Abstract: A method includes receiving a selection of an image of a face of an individual from a plurality of images of the face of the individual, determining an orientation of a jaw of the individual in the selected image, and updating an orientation of a three-dimensional (3D) model of a dental arch of the individual to match the orientation of the jaw of the individual in the selected image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Philipp Kopp, Dmitry Yurievich Chekh, Niko Benjamin Huber, Shipra Jain, Christopher E. Cramer, Chad Clayton Brown, Vladislav Andreevich Miryaha, Boris Aleksandrovich Vysokanov, Eric Paul Meyer, Maik Gerth, Sinan Ibrahim Bayraktar, Michael Seeber, Ritika Chakraborty, Andreea Maria Radoescu, Doruk Cetin
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Publication number: 20240185518Abstract: A method includes receiving a video comprising a face of an individual, the video comprising a current condition of a dental site of the individual. The method includes determining or receiving an altered condition of the dental site and modifying the video by replacing the current condition of the dental site with the altered condition of the dental site in the video.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Philipp Kopp, Dmitry Yurievich Chekh, Niko Benjamin Huber, Shipra Jain, Christopher E. Cramer, Chad Clayton Brown, Vladislav Andreevich Miryaha, Boris Aleksandrovich Vysokanov, Eric Paul Meyer, Maik Gerth, Sinan Ibrahim Bayraktar, Michael Seeber, Ritika Chakraborty, Andreea Maria Radoescu, Doruk Cetin
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Publication number: 20240065807Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to capturing a 3-dimensional representation of a patient's face from multiple angles to be integrated with (fused) with at least a 3-dimensional intra-oral mesh of the patient's teeth for purposes of visualizing a dental treatment plan. In one aspect, a method includes capturing media of a patient's face from multiple angles, using at least one device; transforming the media into a 3-dimensional representation of the patient's face; and transmitting, the 3-dimensional representation of the patient's face to one or more processing components to be integrated with a 3-dimensional representation of the patient's intra-oral scan to visualize a dental treatment plan for the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Michael Chang, Niko Benjamin Huber, Eric Paul Meyer, Petri Tanskanen, Olivier Saurer
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Publication number: 20230141733Abstract: A system comprises an image capture device, an augmented reality (AR) display to display, and a processing device. The processing deice receives image data of a dental arch from the image capture device and processes the image data using a plurality of detection rules, where each detection rule detects one or more dental conditions. The processing device determines a dental condition for the dental arch based on the processing, determines a position of an area of interest on the dental arch, wherein the area of interest is associated with the dental condition, generates a visual overlay comprising an indication of the dental condition at the position of the area of interest, and outputs the visual overlay to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the dental arch on the AR display at the position of the area of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Patent number: 11559377Abstract: An image of a dental arch comprising a preparation tooth is generated by an image capture device associated with an augmented reality (AR) display. The image of the dental arch is registered to previous image data associated with the dental arch. A visual overlay associated with a dental prosthetic to be placed on the preparation tooth is generated based on the registering of the image of the dental arch to the previous image data associated with the dental arch. The visual overlay is output to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the preparation tooth on the AR display.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Patent number: 11317999Abstract: A processing device receives, from an image capture device associated with an augmented reality (AR) display, a plurality of images of a face of a patient. The processing device selects a subset of the plurality of images that meet one or more image selection criteria. The selection comprises determining, from the plurality of images, a first image that represents a first position extreme for the face; determining, from the plurality of images, a second image that represents a second position extreme of the face; selecting the first image; and selecting the second image. The processing device further generates a model of a jaw of the patient based at least in part on the subset of the plurality of images that have been selected.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Publication number: 20210298878Abstract: An image of a dental arch comprising a preparation tooth is generated by an image capture device associated with an augmented reality (AR) display. The image of the dental arch is registered to previous image data associated with the dental arch. A visual overlay associated with a dental prosthetic to be placed on the preparation tooth is generated based on the registering of the image of the dental arch to the previous image data associated with the dental arch. The visual overlay is output to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the preparation tooth on the AR display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Patent number: 11051914Abstract: A method of using AR for dentistry and orthodontics is provided. An image of a dental arch is received, the image having been generated by an image capture device associated with an augmented reality (AR) display. A processing device registers the image to previous image data associated with the dental arch, compares one or more areas of the dental arch from the image to one or more corresponding areas of the dental arch from the previous image data, determines a position of an area of interest on the dental arch based on the comparing, generates a visual overlay comprising an indication of the area of interest, and outputs the visual overlay to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the dental arch on the AR display at the position of the area of interest.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Publication number: 20210121271Abstract: A processing device receives, from an image capture device associated with an augmented reality (AR) display, a plurality of images of a face of a patient. The processing device selects a subset of the plurality of images that meet one or more image selection criteria. The selection comprises determining, from the plurality of images, a first image that represents a first position extreme for the face; determining, from the plurality of images, a second image that represents a second position extreme of the face; selecting the first image; and selecting the second image. The processing device further generates a model of a jaw of the patient based at least in part on the subset of the plurality of images that have been selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Patent number: 10888399Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eric Paul Meyer, Sergei Ozerov, Ilya Fomin, Sean M. Nolen, Sergey Valiev, Edi Fridman, Sergey Gagarin, Elad Zeiri
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Publication number: 20200237486Abstract: A method of using AR for dentistry and orthodontics is provided. An image of a dental arch is received, the image having been generated by an image capture device associated with an augmented reality (AR) display. A processing device registers the image to previous image data associated with the dental arch, compares one or more areas of the dental arch from the image to one or more corresponding areas of the dental arch from the previous image data, determines a position of an area of interest on the dental arch based on the comparing, generates a visual overlay comprising an indication of the area of interest, and outputs the visual overlay to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the dental arch on the AR display at the position of the area of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Adi Levin, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Amir Ashkenazi, Ron Ganot, Sergei Ozerov, Inna Karapetyan
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Patent number: 10695150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20180168781Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20180168780Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Avi Kopelman, Eric Paul Meyer, Elad Zeiri, Sergei Ozerov, Ilya Fomin, Sean M. Nolen, Sergey Valiev, Edi Fridman, Sergey Gagarin