Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tools in a system for the design of customized three-dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer.

Abstract: A method and a 3D guiding system for providing a guided relative movement of a first object and a second object are disclosed. The 3D guiding system comprises a 3D scanner configured for performing a 3D scanning of the second object, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured for at least temporary storing: a 3D model of the second object; program code for determining a present relative arrangement of the first and second objects from a result of a 3D scanning of the second object; and program code for calculating information for guiding the relative movement of the first and second objects towards said first preferred relative arrangement from said present relative arrangement.

Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated 3D scanner for scanning a surface of an object, said integrated 3D scanner comprising: a scanning device capable of operating in a first configuration and in a second configuration, where in said first configuration the scanning device is capable of acquiring a first data set relating to the surface of the object; and in said second configuration the scanning device is capable of acquiring a second data set relating to the surface of the object; a data processing unit configured for combining one or more first data sets and one or more second data sets to provide a combined data set; where the first and second configurations of the scanning device are such that the second data set represents data with a higher spatial resolution than the first data set.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tools in a system for the design of customized three-dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks. Moreover, the invention relates to a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of designing a dental restoration for a patient, wherein the method includes providing one or more 2D images, where at least one 2D image includes at least one facial feature; providing a 3D virtual model of at least part of the patient's oral cavity; arranging at least one of the one or more 2D images relative to the 3D virtual model in a virtual 3D space such that the 2D image and the 3D virtual model are aligned when viewed from a viewpoint, whereby the 3D virtual model and the 2D image are both visualized in the 3D space; and modeling a restoration on the 3D virtual model, where the restoration is designed to fit the facial feature of the at least one 2D image.

Abstract: 3D modeling of an object using textural features. Disclosed is a method and a system for 3D modeling of a 3D object adapted to be inserted in or worn by a patient. The 3D modeling applies information of one or more features from an acquired 2D digital representation including textural data of the location where the 3D object is adapted to be arranged.

Abstract: A system and a computer-implemented method of designing and/or manufacturing a post and core to match a bore of a tooth, said method including the steps of: a) obtaining at least one impression of a set of teeth comprising a bore; b) scanning the impression of the set of teeth comprising the bore; c) providing a three-dimensional scan representation of the impression comprising the bore; d) transforming the three-dimensional scan representation to a three-dimensional positive working model of the set of teeth and the bore; and e) designing a post and core model from the positive working model of the bore. In particular, CAD/CAM design and/or manufacture of post and core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for computer-controlled modelling of customised earpieces. These earpieces include housings for hearing aids, wireless or connected communication devices (headsets, mobile phones, personal agents), loud speakers, tinnitus masking devices, devices recording vibrations in the skull and transforming these into audio signals, voice recognition devices, earplugs, noise blockers with selective frequencies or sound levels, Man Machine Interface (MMI) products that enable clear communication even in the noisiest environments, or products related to wireless Internet applications. All these earpieces may be worn in the user's meatus and/or auditory canal. The invention also relates to a computerised system for manufacturing such customised earpieces. In particular, the invention is directed to a computerised system that models an earpiece based on a three-dimensional replica of the user's meatus and/or auditory canal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tools in a system for the design of customized three-dimensional models of dental restorations for subsequent manufacturing. Dental restorations such as implant abutments, copings, crowns, wax-ups, bridge frameworks. Moreover, the invention relates to a computer-readable medium for implementing such a system on a computer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adaptive 3D scanning wherein a scan sequence for obtaining full geometrical coverage of a physical object are created automatically and specifically for the physical object, by using a method and a system for producing a 3D computer model of a physical object, wherein the method comprises the following steps providing a scanner system, said scanner system comprising a scanner, and a computer connectable to and/or integrated in said scanner, said computer comprising a virtual model of said scanner, entering shape information of the physical object into the computer, creating in said computer a visibility function based on said virtual model and the shape information, said visibility function being capable of evaluating the coverage of areas of interest of the physical object by at least one predetermined scan sequence, establishing at least one scan sequence based on the evaluation of the visibility function, performing a scan of the physical object using said at least one scan

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for computer-controlled creation of non-occluding earpieces with tube bore. The non-occluding earpieces are created based on a three-dimensional computer model of at least part of the outer ear and at least part of the auditory canal. The said model is created by a laser scanner, in the ear scanner or by other means. The said three-dimensional computer model is virtually modified to create the non-occluding earpieces and the tube bore. Finally the physical non-occluding earpieces are manufactured using rapid prototyping equipment.

Abstract: A scanner for three-dimensional scanning of interior surfaces or cavities of limited dimensions or with restricted accessibility. The scanner includes a probe having an axis and at least one light source and one camera adapted to perform a scan 360° around the axis of the probe. High precision three-dimensional replicas of real objects may be created using 3-D scan data obtainable with the scanner.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for creating a three-dimensional model of a surface comprising a light source 1.2 that projects a pattern of continuous line segments onto the surface, wherein each line segment is coded with a unique pattern along the line segment, a detector 1.3 that records an image of the surface with said projected pattern, and a computer for transforming said image to a three-dimensional model of the surface utilizing said projected pattern.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of a dental impression, said method comprising the steps of, scanning at least a part of an upper jaw impression and/or a lower jaw impression, obtaining an impression scan, evaluating the quality of the impression scan, and use the impression scan to obtain a three-dimensional model, thereby obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of the dental impression.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adaptive 3D scanning wherein a scan sequence for obtaining full geometrical coverage of a physical object are created automatically and specifically for the physical object, by using a method and a system for producing a 3D computer model of a physical object, wherein the method comprises the following steps providing a scanner system, said scanner system comprising a scanner, and a computer connectable to and/or integrated in said scanner, said computer comprising a virtual model of said scanner, entering shape information of the physical object into the computer, creating in said computer a visibility function based on said virtual model and the shape information, said visibility function being capable of evaluating the coverage of areas of interest of the physical object by at least one predetermined scan sequence, establishing at least one scan sequence based on the evaluation of the visibility function, performing a scan of the physical object using said at least one scan

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for computer-controlled modelling of customised earpieces. These earpieces include housings for hearing aids, wireless or connected communication devices (headsets, mobile phones, personal agents), loud speakers, tinnitus masking devices, devices recording vibrations in the skull and transforming these into audio signals, voice recognition devices, earplugs, noise blockers with selective frequencies or sound levels, Man Machine Interface (MMI) products that enable clear communication even in the noisiest environments, or products related to wireless Internet applications. All these earpieces may be worn in the user's meatus and/or auditory canal. The invention also relates to a computerised system for manufacturing such customised earpieces. In particular, the invention is directed to a computerised system that models an earpiece based on a three-dimensional replica of the user's meatus and/or auditory canal.

Abstract: The invention concerns the three-dimensional scanning of interior surfaces or cavities of limited dimensions or with restricted accessibility by providing a probe-shaped non-contact adpated to perform a scan 360° around the axis of the probe and a method for scanning. The invention furthermore relates to the creation of high precision three-dimensional replicas of real objects using 3-D scan data obtainable with the scanner according to the invention. Furthermore, the invention relates to a specific embodiment for scanning the human ear and ear canal.