Patent ID: 11944187
Assignee: DENTLYTEC G.P.L. LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A hand-held dental tracking device, the device comprising:
a handle sized and shaped to be comfortably grasped by a human user's hand;
a dental implement head attached to the handle;
at least one imager with a field of view (FOV), where a direction and size of the FOV of the imager is such that when at least a portion of said dental implement head is within said user's mouth, said FOV includes at least a portion of said user's body outside the oral cavity,
and
a processor configured to:
acquire from said at least one imager, at least a first image which includes said at least a portion of said user's body outside of said user's oral cavity;
identify said at least a portion of said user's body portion in said first image with respect to said imager;
determine, using at least said first image, a position of said dental device with respect to said at least a portion of said user's body portion; and
determine a position of said portion of said dental device inside said user's oral cavity with respect to said user's body portion.