Patent ID: 7184150
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: A61B,A61C,G01B

Abstract:
1. An intra-oral laser digitizer system comprising: a light source having collimating optics configured to generate a collimated beam of light; a scanner optically coupled to the light source and configured to scan the collimated beam along at least two axes to generate a pattern; an optics relay coupled to the scanner and configured to relay the pattern towards a remote object to be imaged; an image optics system having an optical axis configured to detect a reflection of the pattern from the remote object at an angle θ with respect to the optics relay and to generate data representative of a surface of the object based on the reflection of the pattern; and a processor coupled to the scanner and the image optics system configured to generate a three-dimensional image of the object based on the data.