ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,127, issued on July 8, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Copenhagen K, Denmark).
"Intraoral scanning with surface differentiation" was invented by Henrik Ojelund (Copenhagen O, Denmark), Asger Vejen Hoedt (Vallensbaek, Denmark) and Karl-Josef Hollenbeck (Copenhagen O, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a digital 3D representation of at least a part of an intraoral cavity, the method including recording a plurality of views containing surface data representing at least the geometry of surface points of the part of the intraoral cavity using an intraoral scanner; determining a weight for each surface point at least...