Patent ID: 11954262
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 26:
27. An intraoral scanning system, comprising:
an intraoral scanner configured to capture scan data of an oral cavity, wherein the intraoral scanner comprises one or more buttons and/or touch sensors configured to provide manual interaction with a computing device of the intraoral scanning system; and
the computing device, wherein the computing device is to:
receive an input based on an activation of at least one button or touch sensor of the one or more buttons and/or touch sensors included in the intraoral scanner;
determine, based on the activation of the at least one button or touch sensor of the one or more buttons and/or touch sensors included in the intraoral scanner and on a current mode of the intraoral scanning system, a first function to perform; and
perform the first function, wherein the first function comprises an overlay mode that changes a visualization of a 3D surface of a dental site output to a display by obscuring the 3D surface of the dental site and outputs an overlay to the display, wherein the overlay comprises instructions for use of the intraoral scanner to control a user interface of the intraoral scanning system, the instructions comprising options for transitioning at least one of a) between modes of the intraoral scanning system, b) between scan segments, or c) to an inspection mode;
receive a second input associated with the instructions based on a second activation of the one or more buttons and/or touch sensors included in the intraoral scanner;
enter the inspection mode, wherein a view of the 3D surface is adjustable based on movements of the intraoral scanner during the inspection mode;
receive a third input associated with one of the instructions based on a third activation of the one or more buttons and/or touch sensors included in the intraoral scanner;
determine, based on the third activation of the one or more buttons and/or touch sensors included in the intraoral scanner and on the current mode of the intraoral scanning system, a second function to perform; and
perform the second function, wherein the second function comprises one of transitioning to a next mode, transitioning to a previous mode, transitioning to a next scan segment, or transitioning to a previous scan segment.