Patents by Inventor Rune Fisker
Rune Fisker 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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Patent number: 10973615Abstract: A method for creating a digital model of a denture for a patient, where the denture includes a gingival part and artificial teeth, includes obtaining digital models of artificial teeth representing the artificial teeth; obtaining a 3D scan comprising a digital representation of at least part of the patient's existing gingiva; digitally modeling a gingival part of the digital model of the denture using the 3D scan and the digital artificial teeth; digitally determining a first offset defining a first thickness of a first portion of the gingival part of the digital model of the denture that extends from the digital representation of the at least part of the patient's existing gingiva; and digitally determining a second offset defining a second thickness of a second portion of the gingival part of the digital model of the denture that extends from the digital artificial teeth.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventor: Rune Fisker
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Publication number: 20210045859Abstract: A method, user interface and system for detecting and monitoring development of a dental condition. In particular, detecting and monitoring such a development by comparing digital 3D representations of the patient's set of teeth recorded at a first and a second point in time. For example, determining tooth movement for at least one tooth between the first and second point in time based on derived distances.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Rune FISKER, Henrik John BRANDT, Alen BOGDANIC
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Patent number: 10918458Abstract: A method for validating a preparation of at least one tooth in a prepared set of teeth for determining whether the prepared tooth is capable of accepting a dental restoration includes obtaining a virtual dental preparation guide configured for validating the preparation of the at least one tooth; obtaining a digital 3D representation of the prepared set of teeth; visualizing the virtual dental preparation guide together with the digital 3D representation of the prepared set of teeth; and validating from the visualization of the virtual dental preparation guide together with the digital 3D representation of the prepared set of teeth whether the prepared at least one tooth is shaped such that it can accept the dental restoration.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: 3Shape A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Nikolaj Deichmann
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Patent number: 10902595Abstract: Disclosed are methods and digital tools for deriving tooth condition information for a patient's teeth, for populating a digital dental chart with derived tooth condition information, and for generating an electronic data record containing such information.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: 3Shape A/SInventors: Mike Van Der Poel, Rune Fisker, Karl-Josef Hollenbeck
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Patent number: 10893920Abstract: A method for modeling a digital design of a denture for a patient, the denture includes a gingival part and a teeth part including a set of denture teeth, where the method includes obtaining a digital 3D representation of the patient's gum; obtaining virtual teeth models corresponding to the denture teeth; virtually arranging the virtual teeth models in relation to the digital 3D representation of the patient's gum; and generating a virtual outer gingival surface of the gingival part of the denture.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: 3Shape A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Morten Ryde Hansen
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Patent number: 10882303Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating and modifying a virtual model of a set of teeth, where the method provides that a restoration can be inserted into a physical model of the set of teeth manufactured from the virtual model of the set of teeth. A method of and a system for generating a virtual model of a set of teeth for manufacturing a physical model of the set of teeth, and to a physical model of a set of teeth.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Sven Nonboe
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Patent number: 10835361Abstract: Disclosed is a method, user interface and system for detecting and monitoring development of a dental condition. In particular the invention relates to detecting and monitoring such a development by comparing digital 3D representations of the patient's set of teeth recorded at a first and a second point in time.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Henrik John Brandt, Alen Bogdanic
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Publication number: 20200352688Abstract: Disclosed in a method, a user interface and a system for use in determining shade of a patient's tooth, wherein a digital 3D representation including shape data and texture data for the tooth is obtained. A tooth shade value for at least one point on the tooth is determined based on the texture data of the corresponding point of the digital 3D representation and on known texture values of one or more reference tooth shade values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Bo Esbech, Rune Fisker, Lars Henriksen, Tais Clausen
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Publication number: 20200326184Abstract: A 3D scanner system includes a scanning device capable of recording first and second data sets of a surface of an object when operating in a first configuration and a second configuration, respectively. A measurement unit is configured for measuring a distance from the scanning device to the surface. A control controls an operation of the scanning device based on the distance measured by the measurement unit, where the scanning device operates in the first configuration when the measured distance is within a first range of distances from the surface and the scanning device operates in the second configuration when the measured distance is within a second range of distances; and a data processor is configured to combine one or more first data sets and one or more second data sets to create a combined virtual 3D model of the object surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Nikolaj DEICHMANN, Mike VAN DER POEL, Karl-Josef HOLLENBECK, Rune FISKER
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Publication number: 20200293699Abstract: A computer product for generating a digital 3D model for use in a dental component based on a digital 3D model of the dental component showing a shape of the teeth and a digital 3D representation of a pre-prepared set of teeth showing the region for which the dental component is intended, the product causing a system to generate a digital 3D combined model representing a target dental situation when the dental component is arranged at the teeth, where the instructions are configured for digitally replacing one or more teeth of the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth with the digital 3D model of the dental component by digitally removing the one or more teeth of the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth and adding the digital 3D model of the dental component to the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Rune FISKER, Sven NONBOE
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Patent number: 10776533Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Tais Clausen, Nikolaj Deichmann, Mikkel Bille Stegmann, Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Thomas Højgaard Allin, Lars Schjøth
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Patent number: 10743968Abstract: A method, a system and a user interface for creating a digital restoration design for the manufacture of a dental restoration for one or more of a patient's teeth where minimal manual interaction is required when setting the restoration margin line includes obtaining a digital 3D representation of the patient's unprepared teeth; obtaining a set of one or more digital teeth anatomies; arranging the digital teeth anatomies and the digital 3D representation according to a preferred relative arrangement and creating a digital restoration design including a restoration margin line, where the restoration margin line is derived at least partly from an intersection of the digital 3D representation and the digital teeth anatomies.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Sven Nonboe
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Patent number: 10735706Abstract: Disclosed is a method for compensating for motion blur when performing a 3D scanning of at least a part of an object by means of a 3D scanner, where the motion blur occurs because the scanner and the object are moved relative to each other while the scanning is performed, and where the motion blur compensation comprises: —determining whether there is a relative motion between the scanner and the object during the acquisition of the sequence of focus plane images; —if a relative motion is determined, performing a motion compensation based on the determined motion; and —generating a 3D surface from the sequence of focus plane images.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: 3Shape A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Henrik Ojelund, Mike Van Der Poel, Kristian Evers Hansen, Anders Gaarde
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Patent number: 10716634Abstract: An intraoral 3D scanner includes a probe light source configured to generate a probe light such that the probe light is transmitted towards the dental situation; a camera including an array of sensor elements, the camera being arranged such that the probe light from the dental situation is transmitted to the array of sensor elements, wherein the camera is configured to create images of the dental situation from which a point cloud is generated, and a guiding system configured to guide relative movement of the intraoral 3D scanner towards the dental situation, wherein the camera is part of the guiding system, the camera is configured to record images from which a relative position of the intraoral 3D scanner and the dental situation is determined, such that based on the relative position, the guiding system is configured to provide a positioning signal in the form of a positioning color code.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Nikolaj Deichmann, Rune Fisker
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Patent number: 10706184Abstract: A computer product for generating a digital 3D model for use in a dental component based on a digital 3D model of the dental component showing a shape of the teeth and a digital 3D representation of a pre-prepared set of teeth showing the region for which the dental component is intended, said product causing a system to generate a digital 3D combined model representing a target dental situation when the dental component is arranged at the teeth, where the instructions are configured for digitally replacing one or more teeth of the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth with the digital 3D model of the dental component by digitally removing the one or more teeth of the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth and adding the digital 3D model of the dental component to the digital 3D representation of the pre-prepared set of teeth.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: 3Shape A/SInventors: Rune Fisker, Sven Nonboe
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Patent number: 10695151Abstract: Disclosed in a method, a user interface and a system for use in determining shade of a patient's tooth, wherein a digital 3D representation including shape data and texture data for the tooth is obtained. A tooth shade value for at least one point on the tooth is determined based on the texture data of the corresponding point of the digital 3D representation and on known texture values of one or more reference tooth shade values.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Bo Esbech, Rune Fisker, Lars Henriksen, Tais Clausen
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Patent number: 10690494Abstract: A 3D scanner system includes a scanning device capable of recording first and second data sets of a surface of an object when operating in a first configuration and a second configuration, respectively. A measurement unit is configured for measuring a distance from the scanning device to the surface. A control controls an operation of the scanning device based on the distance measured by the measurement unit, where the scanning device operates in the first configuration when the measured distance is within a first range of distances from the surface and the scanning device operates in the second configuration when the measured distance is within a second range of distances; and a data processor is configured to combine one or more first data sets and one or more second data sets to create a combined virtual 3D model of the object surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Nikolaj Deichmann, Mike Van der Poel, Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Rune Fisker
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Patent number: 10670395Abstract: A 3D scanner system includes a scanning device capable of recording first and second data sets of a surface of an object when operating in a first configuration and a second configuration, respectively. A measurement unit is configured for measuring a distance from the scanning device to the surface. A control controls an operation of the scanning device based on the distance measured by the measurement unit, where the scanning device operates in the first configuration when the measured distance is within a first range of distances from the surface and the scanning device operates in the second configuration when the measured distance is within a second range of distances; and a data processor is configured to combine one or more first data sets and one or more second data sets to create a combined virtual 3D model of the object surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Nikolaj Deichmann, Mike Van Der Poel, Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Rune Fisker
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Publication number: 20200169722Abstract: A scanner includes a camera, a light source for generating a probe light incorporating a spatial pattern, an optical system for transmitting the probe light towards the object and for transmitting at least a part of the light returned from the object to the camera, a focus element within the optical system for varying a position of a focus plane of the spatial pattern on the object, unit for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, unit for evaluating a correlation measure at each focus plane position between at least one image pixel and a weight function, a processor for determining the in-focus position(s) of each of a plurality of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, or each of a plurality of groups of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, and transforming in-focus data into 3D real world coordinates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Rune FISKER, Henrik ÔJELUND, Rasmus KJÆR, Mike van der POEL, Arish A. QAZI, Karl-Josef HOLLENBECK
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Publication number: 20200138526Abstract: An intraoral 3D scanner includes a probe light source configured to generate a probe light such that the probe light is transmitted towards the dental situation; a camera including an array of sensor elements, the camera being arranged such that the probe light from the dental situation is transmitted to the array of sensor elements, wherein the camera is configured to create images of the dental situation from which a point cloud is generated, and a guiding system configured to guide relative movement of the intraoral 3D scanner towards the dental situation, wherein the camera is part of the guiding system, the camera is configured to record images from which a relative position of the intraoral 3D scanner and the dental situation is determined, such that based on the relative position, the guiding system is configured to provide a positioning signal in the form of a positioning color code.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: 3SHAPE A/SInventors: Nikolaj Deichmann, Rune FISKER