Patent ID: 11864971
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 22:
23. A computer-implemented method of generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient, the computer-implemented method comprising, by one or more processors:
receiving, from a digital imaging device, one or more 2D images of a patient's face comprising a mouth region, wherein the one or more 2D images comprise a depiction of the patient's teeth in an initial arrangement;
extracting teeth contours of the patient's teeth from within the mouth region of the one or more received 2D images of the patient's face;
generating, using a neural network, a 2D rendering depicting a post-treatment arrangement of the patient's teeth based on the one or more received 2D images;
generating a realistic composite 2D image depicting the patient's face with the 2D rendering depicting the post-treatment arrangement of the patient's teeth, wherein the generating comprises:
performing a comparison between the extracted teeth contours and teeth contours of the 2D rendering, and
positioning the 2D rendering within a mouth opening of the patient's face in the realistic composite 2D image; and

sending the realistic composite 2D image to an output device for display on a user interface of the output device.