ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,630, issued on June 2, was assigned to MEDIT CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for determining object area from three-dimensional model, and three-dimensional model processing device" was invented by Du Su Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Hoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an area determination method for determining an area corresponding to an object from a three-dimensional model of an oral cavity. The area determination method includes: obtaining the three-dimensional model; determining a seed point on the three-dimensional model; based on the seed point, determining a reference point on the ...