Patents by Inventor Phillip Thomas HARRIS

Phillip Thomas HARRIS 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).

  • Publication number: 20240122463
    Abstract: Various apparatuses are disclosed (e.g., system, device, method, or the like) for guiding the capture and assessing the quality of an image, including dental images. The apparatuses may use trained neural networks to examine images and provide users feedback regarding image quality. The neural networks may be trained based on images within image groups that have been ranked based on perceived image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Guotu LI, Chao SHI, Chad Clayton BROWN, Christopher E. CRAMER, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Adam SILL, Will NEVILLE, Ritvik BANSAL
  • Patent number: 11962892
    Abstract: A method of dental treatment may include receiving photos of a person's dentition, identifying a stage of a treatment plan administered to the person's dentition, gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model of the person's dentition corresponding to the stage of the treatment plan, projecting attributes of the 3D model of the person's dentition onto an image plane to get a projected representation of the person's dentition at the stage of the treatment plan, comparing the photos to the projected representation to derive an error image representing the comparison, and analyzing the error image for discrepancies, wherein the discrepancies represent one or more deviations of the person's dentition from the stage of the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cramer, Rajiv Venkata, Leela Parvathaneni, Phillip Thomas Harris, Sravani Gurijala, Svetozar Hubenov, Sebastien Hareng, Guotu Li, Yun Gao, Chad Clayton Brown
  • Publication number: 20240081951
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Maurice K. CARRIER, JR., Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sergey VINNICHENKO, Samuel BLANCO, Aleksandr Sergeevich KARSAKOV, Sebastien HARENG, Leon RASOVSKY
  • Patent number: 11819375
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice K. Carrier, Jr., Phillip Thomas Harris, Sergey Vinnichenko, Samuel Blanco, Aleksandr Sergeevich Karsakov, Sebastien Hareng, Leon Rasovsky
  • Publication number: 20230368479
    Abstract: A mobile device comprises a display, an image capture device that generates image data of a face of a viewer of the display, and a processing device. The processing device receives the image data and sends the image data to a computing device. The computing device processes the image data to identify a position of a dental arch in the image data; determines a treatment outcome for the dental arch; generates a post-treatment image of the dental arch that shows the treatment outcome; generates updated image data comprising a superimposition of the post-treatment image of the dental arch over the received image data; and sends the updated image data to the mobile device. The mobile device outputs the updated image data to the display, wherein the post-treatment image of the dental arch is superimposed over the dental arch in the received image data such that the post-treatment image is visible in the display rather than a true depiction of the dental arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Pavel Pokotilov, Anton Lapshin, Evgeniy Malashkin, Sergei Ozerov, Yury Slynko, Andrey Sergeevich Nekrasov, Leonid Vyacheslavovich Grechishnikov, Anna Orlova, Yingjie Li, Phillip Thomas Harris, Maurice K. Carrier
  • Patent number: 11800216
    Abstract: A method for dental treatment may include receiving photos capturing a state of a patient's dentition of a patient at a specific time, retrieving a first treatment plan to treat the patient's dentition, identifying an intended arrangement of the first treatment plan at the specific time, evaluating the photo parameters of the photos to generate alignment data to align the intended arrangement of the first treatment plan and the photos, generating an alignment mesh using the alignment data, the alignment mesh comprising a three-dimensional (3D) mesh representation of the patient's dentition at the specific time, performing an evaluation of the first treatment plan for modifications using the alignment mesh, and identifying proposed modifications to the first treatment plan based on the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cramer, Rajiv Venkata, Leela Parvathaneni, Phillip Thomas Harris, Sravani Gurijala, Svetozar Hubenov, Sebastien Hareng, Guotu Li, Yun Gao, Chad Clayton Brown
  • Patent number: 11737853
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice K. Carrier, Jr., Phillip Thomas Harris, Sergey Vinnichenko, Samuel Blanco, Aleksandr Sergeevich Karsakov, Sebastien Hareng, Leon Rasovsky
  • Patent number: 11704876
    Abstract: A mobile computing device comprises an AR display, an image capture device that generates image data of a face of a viewer of the AR display, and a processing device. The processing device receives the image data; processes the image data to identify a position of a dental arch in the image data; determines a treatment outcome for the dental arch; generates a post-treatment image of the dental arch that shows the treatment outcome; generates updated image data comprising a superimposition of the post-treatment image of the dental arch over the received image data depicting the face of the viewer; and outputs the updated image data to the AR display, wherein the post-treatment image of the dental arch is superimposed over the dental arch in the received image data such that the post-treatment image is visible in the AR display rather than a true depiction of the dental arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pavel Pokotilov, Anton Lapshin, Evgeniy Malashkin, Sergei Ozerov, Yury Slynko, Andrey Sergeevich Nekrasov, Leonid Vyacheslavovich Grechishnikov, Anna Orlova, Yingjie Li, Phillip Thomas Harris, Maurice K. Carrier
  • Publication number: 20230200941
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Maurice K. CARRIER, JR., Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sergey VINNICHENKO, Samuel BLANCO, Aleksandr Sergeevich KARSAKOV, Sebastien HARENG, Leon RASOVSKY
  • Patent number: 11589957
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice K. Carrier, Jr., Phillip Thomas Harris, Sergey Vinnichenko, Samuel Blanco, Aleksandr Sergeevich Karsakov, Sebastien Hareng, Leon Rasovsky
  • Publication number: 20220369916
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Maurice K. CARRIER, JR., Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sergey VINNICHENKO, Samuel BLANCO, Aleksandr Sergeevich KARSAKOV, Sebastien HARENG, Leon RASOVSKY
  • Publication number: 20220087778
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Maurice K. CARRIER, JR., Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sergey VINNICHENKO, Samuel BLANCO, Aleksandr Sergeevich KARSAKOV, Sebastien HARENG, Leon RASOVSKY
  • Publication number: 20220028536
    Abstract: A method for dental treatment may include receiving photos capturing a state of a patient's dentition of a patient at a specific time, retrieving a first treatment plan to treat the patient's dentition, identifying an intended arrangement of the first treatment plan at the specific time, evaluating the photo parameters of the photos to generate alignment data to align the intended arrangement of the first treatment plan and the photos, generating an alignment mesh using the alignment data, the alignment mesh comprising a three-dimensional (3D) mesh representation of the patient's dentition at the specific time, performing an evaluation of the first treatment plan for modifications using the alignment mesh, and identifying proposed modifications to the first treatment plan based on the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. CRAMER, Rajiv VENKATA, Leela PARVATHANENI, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sravani GURIJALA, Svetozar HUBENOV, Sebastien HARENG, Guotu LI, Yun GAO, Chad Clayton BROWN
  • Publication number: 20220028071
    Abstract: A method for image-based orthodontic treatment may include receiving image data of a patient's dentition and an orthodontic appliance, identifying, from the image data, the orthodontic appliance, calculating a misalignment height of a misalignment of the orthodontic appliance with respect to the patient's dentition, determining whether the misalignment height satisfies a misalignment threshold, and in response to satisfying the misalignment threshold, providing a notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. CRAMER, Rajiv VENKATA, Leela PARVATHANENI, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sravani GURIJALA, Svetozar HUBENOV, Sebastien HARENG, Guotu LI, Yun GAO, Chad Clayton BROWN
  • Publication number: 20220023003
    Abstract: A method of dental treatment may include receiving photos of a person's dentition, identifying a stage of a treatment plan administered to the person's dentition, gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model of the person's dentition corresponding to the stage of the treatment plan, projecting attributes of the 3D model of the person's dentition onto an image plane to get a projected representation of the person's dentition at the stage of the treatment plan, comparing the photos to the projected representation to derive an error image representing the comparison, and analyzing the error image for discrepancies, wherein the discrepancies represent one or more deviations of the person's dentition from the stage of the treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. CRAMER, Rajiv VENKATA, Leela PARVATHANENI, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sravani GURIJALA, Svetozar HUBENOV, Sebastien HARENG, Guotu LI, Yun GAO, Chad Clayton BROWN
  • Publication number: 20220023008
    Abstract: A method for dental treatment may include receiving photos of a patient's dentition, gathering treatment parameters for at treatment plan. The treatment parameters may represent attributes of the treatment plan selected by a doctor for the patient's dentition of a patient. The method may include generating, using the photos and the treatment parameters, one or more intelligent guidance rules to guide application of at least a portion of the treatment parameters to the patient's dentition, generating instructions to apply the intelligent patient guidance rules to the patient's dentition, and providing the instructions to the patient to apply the at least a portion of the treatment plan in accordance with the intelligent patient guidance rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. CRAMER, Rajiv VENKATA, Leela PARVATHANENI, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sravani GURIJALA, Svetozar HUBENOV, Sebastien HARENG, Guotu LI, Yun GAO, Chad Clayton BROWN
  • Publication number: 20220030162
    Abstract: A method for treatment-based photo guidance may include receiving a treatment plan, determining the movement of a first one or more teeth based on the movement of tooth models in the treatment plan, and determining one or more photo views for capturing the movement of the first one or more teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. CRAMER, Rajiv VENKATA, Leela PARVATHANENI, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sravani GURIJALA, Svetozar HUBENOV, Sebastien HARENG, Guotu LI, Yun GAO, Chad Clayton BROWN
  • Publication number: 20220023002
    Abstract: A method of dental treatment may include receiving one or more photo parameters to define clinically acceptable criteria for a plurality of clinically relevant photos of a person's dentition. The clinically acceptable criteria may include at least a plurality of clinically acceptable positions and a plurality of clinically acceptable orientations of teeth relative to a camera. The method may also include gathering a plurality of image-capture rules to capture the plurality of clinically relevant photos. The plurality of image capture rules may be based on the one or more photo parameters. The method may also include providing first automated instructions to capture the plurality of clinically relevant photos of the person's dentition using the plurality of image-capture rules and capturing the plurality of clinically relevant photos with the camera in response to the first automated instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. CRAMER, Rajiv VENKATA, Leela PARVATHANENI, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Sravani GURIJALA, Svetozar HUBENOV, Sebastien HARENG, Guotu LI, Yun GAO, Chad Clayton BROWN
  • Patent number: 11191617
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatuses to obtain an image, or a set of images, of a patient's teeth from one or more predetermined viewing angles. These methods and apparatuses may include the use an overlay comprising an outline of teeth for each predetermined viewing angle. The overlay may be used for automatically capturing, focusing and/or illuminating the teeth. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for using a series of images of the patient's teeth including a set of predetermined views to determine if a patient is a candidate for an orthopedic procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Maurice K. Carrier, Jr., Phillip Thomas Harris, Sergey Vinnichenko, Samuel Blanco, Aleksandr Sergeevich Karsakov, Sebastien Hareng, Leon Rasovsky
  • Publication number: 20210248832
    Abstract: A mobile computing device comprises an AR display, an image capture device that generates image data of a face of a viewer of the AR display, and a processing device. The processing device receives the image data; processes the image data to identify a position of a dental arch in the image data; determines a treatment outcome for the dental arch; generates a post-treatment image of the dental arch that shows the treatment outcome; generates updated image data comprising a superimposition of the post-treatment image of the dental arch over the received image data depicting the face of the viewer; and outputs the updated image data to the AR display, wherein the post-treatment image of the dental arch is superimposed over the dental arch in the received image data such that the post-treatment image is visible in the AR display rather than a true depiction of the dental arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Pavel Pokotilov, Anton Lapshin, Evgeniy Malashkin, Sergei Ozerov, Yury Slynko, Andrey Sergeevich Nekrasov, Leonid Vyacheslavovich Grechishnikov, Anna Orlova, Yingjie Li, Phillip Thomas Harris, Maurice K. Carrier