Avoiding dazzle from lights affixed to an intraoral mirror, and applications thereof

摘要

Disclosed embodiments integrate a camera into an intraoral mirror. Integrating a camera into an intraoral mirror provides an efficient way to record and display what is visible to the healthcare provider in the mirror.

主权项

1. A dental mirror system for illuminating a patient's mouth, comprising:
a dental instrument that comprises:
an image sensor,a handle that enables a health care provider to grasp the dental instrument,a mirror surface affixed to the handle wherein one side of the mirror surface comprises a reflective surface configured to reflect light into the health care provider's field of view and a pass through surface that transmits light to another side of the mirror surface to reach the image sensor, anda plurality of light sources; an image analyzer module configured to recognize an object in an image sensed by the image sensor; and a dazzle avoidance module configured to set, based on a location of the object recognized by the image analyzer module, the plurality of light sources to direct light to avoid dazzling the health care provider.