Intraoral Scanner Interface for 3D Scan Adjustment Without External Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of intraoral scanners for obtaining oral cavity data requires alternating between the scanner and external input devices like mice or keyboards, leading to hygiene issues and decreased work efficiency due to increased movement during data editing and adjustment.
Innovation Solution
A data processing device and scanner system that allows for adjusting scan data and changing scanner settings directly through integrated user interfaces without the need for external input devices, using a processor to control the display and communication interface for data adjustment and setting changes based on user inputs detected by the scanner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users use external input devices (mouse, keyboard) to adjust scan data and settings, then data processing and setting adjustments can be performed, but users must alternately use the scanner and external input device, leading to hygiene issues and decreased work efficiency due to increased movements between scan operation and data adjustment operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the data processing and setting adjustment functions into the scanner device itself. The scanner now includes a display unit and input unit integrated within the device, allowing users to perform all operations (scanning, data adjustment, setting changes) using a single device without needing to switch between the scanner and external input devices, thereby eliminating unnecessary movements and improving workflow efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The scanner is designed to perform multiple functions: it can scan oral cavities, display scan data, adjust scan data (including deleting unnecessary data), and change scanning settings. This multi-functional integration allows the scanner to replace the need for separate external input devices, enabling users to complete all operations with one device and reducing hygiene concerns
2Ease of operation
If users use external input devices to adjust data and settings, then data processing can be performed, but hygiene issues arise due to the need to alternate between scanner and external device
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the input device, display unit, and data processing capabilities into the scanner itself, the patent eliminates the need for users to touch external devices that may come into contact with the oral cavity environment. All operations are performed through the scanner's integrated interface, reducing cross-contamination risks and improving hygiene
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AI summary
Provided are a data processing device, a scanner, operating methods thereof, and computer-readable storage media having stored thereon programs for performing the operating methods. The data processing device includes a display, a communication interface, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to control the communication interface to receive, from a scanner, scan data of an object obtained by scanning the object, control the display to display an image corresponding to three-dimensional data generated based on the scan data, while the image is displayed, control the communication interface to receive, from the scanner, a control signal generated according to a user input detected through one or more user interfaces of the scanner, perform a function of adjusting the generated three-dimensional data according to the control signal, and control the display to display the image, based on the adjusted three-dimensional data.