Imaging apparatus with temperature compensation
US10624720B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 9, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/0025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of generating a three-dimensional virtual model of an intraoral object includes capturing, by an imaging apparatus for performing intraoral scans, surface scan data of the intraoral object while changing a position of at least one lens of focusing optics of the imaging apparatus, wherein the surface scan data comprises depth data for a plurality of points of the intraoral object. The method further includes adjusting the depth data for one or more of the plurality of points based at least in part on a value associated with a temperature of at least a portion of the imaging apparatus. The method further includes generating the three-dimensional virtual model of the intraoral object using the adjusted depth data.
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