WO2002021430A1 - 3-dimensional shape scanner and shape scanning method - Google Patents
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- WO2002021430A1 WO2002021430A1 PCT/KR2001/001442 KR0101442W WO0221430A1 WO 2002021430 A1 WO2002021430 A1 WO 2002021430A1 KR 0101442 W KR0101442 W KR 0101442W WO 0221430 A1 WO0221430 A1 WO 0221430A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B7/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques
- G01B7/28—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of electric or magnetic techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
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- G06V10/88—Image or video recognition using optical means, e.g. reference filters, holographic masks, frequency domain filters or spatial domain filters
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C13/00—Dental prostheses; Making same
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C13/00—Dental prostheses; Making same
- A61C13/0003—Making bridge-work, inlays, implants or the like
- A61C13/0004—Computer-assisted sizing or machining of dental prostheses
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C9/00—Impression cups, i.e. impression trays; Impression methods
- A61C9/004—Means or methods for taking digitized impressions
- A61C9/0046—Data acquisition means or methods
- A61C9/008—Mechanical means or methods, e.g. a contact probe moving over the teeth
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for scanning an exterior shape of an object, more particularly, to an apparatus for scanning 3-dimensional shape of the object.
- One or more teeth may be totally missing for some patients while just some portion of a tooth is missing for another patient.
- One of several teeth may be totally missing for some patients while just some portion of a tooth is missing for another patient.
- prosthetic alternatives is used depending on the missing style. For example, a whole , denture is used when the whole teeth are missing while a partial denture is used when a plurality of teeth are missing with a few teeth remained. If a few teeth are missing, the
- tooth is removed by 1 or 1.5 millimeters and an impression is made using an impression
- a dental technician makes a gypsum model using the impression and produces an artificial tooth, i.e., an artificial dental crown based on the gypsum model.
- a post is installed into the dentin and a core is formed around the post, and then the artificial dental crown is formed on the post.
- the artificial dental crown is formed on the post.
- the artificial tooth production of the dental technician is a simple manual work
- the inventors of the present invention address the use of a 3-dimensional input apparatus to extract of the characteristic feature of the tooth.
- CCD charge coupled device
- the precision of the shape data may be quite poor and cannot be used practically.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a
- the present invention scans the shape of the object by detecting the contact of a probe to the exterior
- a first probe is installed to be electrically connected to an exterior point of the object and a second probe is
- Position control means changes a relative position of the second probe with relative to the object in a 3-dimensional space.
- the detection means detects a contact of the second probe to the object by checking an electrical conduction state between the first and second probes.
- the shape scanner further includes recording means for recording a spatial position of the second
- the position control means includes a first position controller for driving the second probe to a first direction directing to the exterior surface of the object or to an opposite direction, and a second position controller for changing a relative position of the
- the second position controller drives the second probe in the plane orthogonal to the first direction while the position of the object is fixed.
- the second position controller drives the second probe in the plane orthogonal to the first direction while the position of the object is fixed.
- controller may drive the object in the plane orthogonal to the first direction while the vertical position of the second probe is fixed.
- the second probe is being moved along a first direction directing to the exterior surface of
- an electrical conduction state between the first and second probes is determined
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a 3-dimensional shape scanner according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the 3-dimensional shape scanner according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of producing an artificial tooth as an
- FIGS. 4A through 4E are graphical representations of examples of numerical tooth models generated by use of the shape scanner of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a 3-dimensional shape scanner according to the present invention.
- the shape scanner shown in the figure includes a first and a
- the shape scanner is suitable for scanning the shape of an
- the gypsum model 90 is installed on a work table 92 after water or another conductive liquid is sprayed or applied on its exterior surface.
- the first probe 10 is installed to be electrically connected to the bottom or one side of the gypsum
- the second probe 12 being supported by a supporting member 14, is installed to be movable over gypsum model 90.
- the work table 92 is fixed and the probe position controller 30 controls the movement of the second probe 12 in the x-, y-, and z-directions.
- the probe position controller 30 includes a first controller 32 for
- the first controller 32 drives a first stepping motor (not shown in the figure) in the supporting member 14 to move the second probe
- the second controller 34 drives a second and a third stepping
- the second probe 12 in the (X, Y) plane.
- the second probe 12 may be fixed in the x- and y-directions but movable in the z-direction while the work table 92 is movable in the
- the first controller 32 of the probe position controller 30 drives the second probe 12 in the z-direction and the second controller 34
- the contact detector 40 is electrically connected to the first and the
- model 90 by checking an electrical conduction state between the first and second probes 10 and 12.
- the first and the second probes 10 and 12 are electrically open when the second probe 12 is not in contact with the gypsum model 90, but connected to each other
- the contact detector 40 controls the position controller 30 to prevent the second probe from moving downward further and makes the position registration unit 50 to record the
- spatial coordinates of the second probe 12 in a database or a memory device.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the 3-dimensional shape scanner according to the present invention. The operation of the shape scanner of FIG. 1 will now
- the first probe 10 is electrically connected to the gypsum model 90 (step 100).
- the second probe 12 is arranged over the gypsum model 90 (step 102).
- step 104 the (X, Y) coordinates of the second probe 12 is recorded in the
- the second probe 12 is moved downward, i.e., in the -z direction bit by bit (step 106). Whenever the second probe 12 proceeds downward by
- the contact detector 40 determines whether the first and the second probes are electrically connected to each other (step 108). In the case that it is determined in the step
- step 112 it is determined whether a certain condition for scanning completion is reached (step 112). If the scanning completion condition is reached in the step 112, the scanning
- the second probe 12 is moved in the x- or y-direction by a certain distance and the
- steps 104 through 112 are carried out repeatedly. Such repetition is proceeded until the total shape of the gypsum model is completely scanned.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of producing an artificial tooth as an
- 4A through 4E are graphical representations of examples of numerical tooth models generated by use of the shape scanner of the present invention.
- the inventors have discovered, by an experimentation, that the error in the 3-dimensional modeling is 0.01
- the artificial tooth is produced by a material (for example, ceramic) using a 3-dimensional processing machine such as a numerically-
- step 204 the Pin-and- die process in the manual production of the artificial tooth is replaced by the 3-dimensional
- the present invention enables precise scanning of the 3-
- the present invention can precisely calculate the distance between the probe and the surface of the object and thus the precise scanning is difficult.
- the present invention can precisely calculate the distance between the probe and the surface of the object and thus the precise scanning is difficult.
- the present invention may be applied to scanning process of an object which requires a precise
- processing for example, an artificial tooth model
- production can be enhanced also.
- a skilled dental technician can produce 20 through 30 artificial teeth a day
- one operator can produce about 400 artificial teeth a day using a single scanning and cutting system of the present invention.
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