Patent ID: 11928832
Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 13:
14. The intraoral scanning system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of intraoral scans further comprises a third intraoral scan, and wherein the computing device is further to:
determine, for each point in the second intraoral scan based on a second comparison between the third intraoral scan and the second intraoral scan, whether the point is behind a corresponding point in the third intraoral scan when viewed from a second viewing direction, wherein points in the second intraoral scan that are not behind corresponding points in the third intraoral scan are uncovered points, and wherein points in the second intraoral scan that are behind corresponding points in the third intraoral scan are covered points;
wherein one or more points that were identified as uncovered points based on the first comparison were identified as covered points based on the second comparison, and wherein the one or more points are excluded from the region.