Patents by Inventor Matthew R. Cruikshank

Matthew R. Cruikshank 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).

  • Synchronization and animation of views showing digital 3D models of teeth
    Patent number: 10410430
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying synchronized views and animations of digital 3D models of a person's intra-oral structure such as teeth. Two digital 3D models obtained from scans at different times are displayed in side-by-side views and synchronized via registration of the two scans or corresponding models. A user's control input to one displayed model causes the same manipulation of both models since they are registered. The two digital 3D models can also be displayed in an animation mode where the first model slowly morphs into the second model to illustrate changes in the intra-oral structure over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Evan J. Ribnick, Matthew R. Cruikshank, Lindsay Labahn, Judy J. Ma
  • SYNCHRONIZATION AND ANIMATION OF VIEWS SHOWING DIGITAL 3D MODELS OF TEETH
    Publication number: 20170236327
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying synchronized views and animations of digital 3D models of a person's intra-oral structure such as teeth. Two digital 3D models obtained from scans at different times are displayed in side-by-side views and synchronized via registration of the two scans or corresponding models. A user's control input to one displayed model causes the same manipulation of both models since they are registered. The two digital 3D models can also be displayed in an animation mode where the first model slowly morphs into the second model to illustrate changes in the intra-oral structure over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Guruprasad Somasundaram, Evan J. Ribnick, Matthew R. Cruikshank, Lindsay Labahn, Judy J. Ma