PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16373482
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["348", "066000"]

Abstract:
A device for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing color data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor combines the color data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional color virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associate color of a structure is also provided.

Claim (Index 10):
The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the optical system comprises:\n a probing member comprising a sensing face; an illumination unit configured to transmit a first array of incident light beams towards the three-dimensional structure and through the probing member and the sensing face to generate illuminated spots on the portion of the structure; an optical system configured to focus the incident light beams at each of a plurality of focal planes located between the sensing face and the structure; and a detector configured to measure intensity of each of a plurality of returned light beams originating from the illuminated spots; and wherein the processor is operably coupled to the detector and further configured to:\n determine for each of the returned light beams a spot specific position, each spot specific position corresponding to a position of a respective focal plane in the plurality of focal planes, each respective focal plane corresponding to a maximum intensity of each respective returned light beam in the plurality of returned light beams; and \n generate, based on the determined spot specific positions, data representative of a topology of the portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12069
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13620159', '13333351', '13868926', '11154520', '12379343']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7186969698322481
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5567415892026246
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7025014317692858
- Mean Citation Score: 437.337028
- Max Citation Score: 441.1384
- Similarity Product: 383.3525641201973

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test