PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926854
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["382", "128000"]

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for virtually representing an orthodontic treatment outcome using automated detection of facial and dental reference objects is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method may involve modeling initial positions of an orthodontic patient's teeth in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual model and determining the effect of application of various force systems applied through an orthodontic treatment plan on the patient's teeth. Images of the patient's face may be used to identify facial reference objects. Dental reference objects of the patient's dentition may be identified from the 3D virtual model. A relationship between the facial reference objects and the dental reference objects may form the basis of modifications to the orthodontic treatment plan and/or modeling final orthodontic positions of the orthodontic treatment plan.

Claim (Index 1):
A computer-implemented method of virtually representing an orthodontic treatment outcome using automated detection of facial and dental reference objects, the computer-implemented method comprising teeth comprising:\n identifying, using a first three-dimensional (3D) representation of a patient's teeth, an initial position of the patient teeth; determining, using a virtual representation of one or more force systems applied to the patient's teeth, an estimated interim final orthodontic position of the patient's teeth; gathering one or more images of the patient's face; identifying one or more facial reference objects on the image of the patient's face, the facial reference objects corresponding to a physical or anatomical feature providing a first reference position to the patient's face; identifying one or more dental reference objects on the first 3D representation of the patient's teeth, the one or more dental reference objects corresponding to physical or anatomical feature providing a second reference position to the patient's dentition; identifying a relationship between the one or more facial reference objects and the one or more dental reference objects; modifying the estimated interim final orthodontic position of the patient's teeth in the first 3D representation based on the relationship between the one or more facial reference objects and the one or more dental reference objects; and providing instructions to integrate a modified estimated interim final orthodontic position based on the relationship between the one or more facial reference objects and the one or more dental reference objects.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95588
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14587989', '10429123', '13107913', '10620231', '14588100']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3922710744622991
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5215059197649765
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4051945589925668
- Mean Citation Score: 336.4907740000001
- Max Citation Score: 347.32757999999984
- Similarity Product: 294.14453902123324

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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