Patent Document ID: 9607383
Application ID: 14421271
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of forming a combined three-dimensional image of one or more dental objects from a plurality of images, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of optical images, respectively corresponding to a plurality of different imaging positions, of one or more dental objects generated by a dental camera according to a recording sequence, wherein each optical image overlaps with another optical image to form a plurality of overlapping areas, and wherein each overlapping area includes a later optical image and an earlier optical image, the later optical image generated at a later imaging position in the recording sequence than the earlier optical image; and determining, for each overlapping area, whether the overlapping area fulfills one or more recording conditions, wherein for a first overlapping area: (i) adding the later optical image to an image sequence that includes the earlier optical image if the first overlapping area fulfills the one or more recording conditions, and (ii) adding the later optical image to a different image sequence from the image sequence that includes the earlier optical image if the first overlapping area does not fulfill the one or more recording conditions, optionally repeating steps (i) and/or (ii) for different overlapping areas of the plurality of overlapping areas; and combining the image sequence and the different image sequence to form the one or more global objects.