ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,946, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to EXOCAD GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Control of virtual objects using a dental articulator" was invented by Maik Gerth (Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany) and Paul Schnitzspan (Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method of dental imaging. The method comprises receiving data descriptive of at least one three-dimensional digital dental element. The at least one three-dimensional digital dental element comprises a defined position relative to a dental articulator. The method further comprises repeatedly: receiving the optical imaging data descriptive of the dental ...