Patents by Inventor Stefaan Dhondt

Stefaan Dhondt 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).

  • Patent number: 10346504
    Abstract: System or components such as software for 3D modelling of bodies is described. This can be realized by a computer based method for modelling a body by scanning a determined space divided into elementary spaces, each elementary space being assigned a signed distance parameter indicative of the distance of said elementary space to said body and a weight parameter indicative of the importance of the distance parameter; said scanning of said body providing scanned points and each scanned point thus obtained possibly modifying said signed distance and weight parameters of each elementary space of said determined space; wherein, each one of selected elementary spaces is modified by subdividing said selected elementary space into higher level elementary spaces defined by the same parameters; wherein, in order to decrease details of the model of said body, said elementary spaces are modified by replacing selected elementary spaces with lower level elementary spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DENTSPLY IMPLANTS NV
    Inventors: Carl Van Lierde, Joris Vanbiervliet, Pieter De Ceuninck, Stefaan Dhondt, Veerle Pattijn, Jan Heyninck
  • Patent number: 9740960
    Abstract: Systems and methods, devices and software are described for use in image comparison such as required for medical planning such as in dental implantology or other applications that require registration of digital images. A method and system is described for automatically finding correspondences between two or more digital representations such as images of one or more 3D objects with an identical, partially identical or similar geometry. The method and system, devices and software have the advantage that although the different digital representations of the object may be influenced by either noise, or scatter, or occlusion, or clutter, or any combination of these, correspondence can be found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: DENTSPLY IMPLANTS NV
    Inventors: Carl Van Lierde, Joris Vanbiervliet, Pieter De Ceuninck, Stefaan Dhondt, Veerle Pattijn, Jan Heyninck
  • Publication number: 20150248538
    Abstract: System or components such as software for 3D modelling of bodies is described. This can be realized by a computer based method for modelling a body by scanning a determined space divided into elementary spaces, each elementary space being assigned a signed distance parameter indicative of the distance of said elementary space to said body and a weight parameter indicative of the importance of the distance parameter; said scanning of said body providing scanned points and each scanned point thus obtained possibly modifying said signed distance and weight parameters of each elementary space of said determined space; wherein, each one of selected elementary spaces is modified by subdividing said selected elementary space into higher level elementary spaces defined by the same parameters; wherein, in order to decrease details of the model of said body, said elementary spaces are modified by replacing selected elementary spaces with lower level elementary spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: DENTSPLY IMPLANTS NV
    Inventors: Carl Van Lierde, Joris Vanbiervliet, Pieter De Ceuninck, Stefaan Dhondt, Veerle Pattijn, Jan Heyninck
  • Publication number: 20150235104
    Abstract: Systems and methods, devices and software are described for use in image comparison such as required for medical planning such as in dental implantology or other applications that require registration of digital images. A method and system is described for automatically finding correspondences between two or more digital representations such as images of one or more 3D objects with an identical, partially identical or similar geometry. The method and system, devices and software have the advantage that although the different digital representations of the object may be influenced by either noise, or scatter, or occlusion, or clutter, or any combination of these, correspondence can be found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: DENTSPLY IMPLANTS NV
    Inventors: Carl Van Lierde, Joris Vanbiervliet, Pieter De Ceuninck, Stefaan Dhondt, Veerle Pattijn, Jan Heyninck