Patents Assigned to Nidek Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11039740
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for examining an examinee's eye, comprising a face support member to support an examinee's face, a human detection member to detect whether or not the face is supported by the face support member, a notification member to give an announcement to an examinee or an examiner, and a control member to control the notification member based on a detection result of the human detection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ozaki, Toru Arikawa, Hiroyuki Umano
  • Patent number: 11019993
    Abstract: An OCT data processing device includes a processor that performs acquiring three-dimensional OCT data. The three-dimensional OCT data is OCT data of a tissue of a subject's eye acquired by an OCT device and is obtained by irradiating measurement light on a two-dimensional measurement region. The two-dimensional measurement region extends in a direction intersecting an optical axis of the measurement light. The processor further preforms setting a line pattern, from among a plurality of types of line pattern, with respect to the two-dimensional measurement region for which the three-dimensional OCT data is obtained, at least one of an arrangement, a number, or a shape of one or more lines being different for the plurality of types of line pattern, and extracting, from the three-dimensional OCT data, a two-dimensional tomographic image of a cross section intersecting each of the one or more lines of the set line pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Higuchi, Tetsuya Kano, Ryosuke Shiba
  • Patent number: 11022430
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device measures a shape of an eyeglass frame. The eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes a light projecting optical system that has a light source and emits a measurement light flux from the light source toward a groove of a rim of an eyeglass frame, a light receiving optical system that has a detector and causes the detector to receive a reflected light flux of the measurement light flux emitted toward the groove and reflected by the groove, an acquiring means section that acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove based on the reflected light flux received by the detector, a change section that change a light receiving position of the reflected light flux, and a control section that control the change section to change the light receiving position of the reflected light flux so that the detector receives the reflected light flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji Takeichi, Michihiro Takii, Takaaki Matsui
  • Patent number: 10980412
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes a light projecting optical system that has a visual target presenting portion for emitting a target light flux and projects a target light flux emitted from the visual target presenting portion toward a subject eye, a calibration portion that is disposed in an optical path of the light projecting optical system and changes optical characteristics of the target light flux, an acquisition portion that acquires a near distance objective eye refractive power that is an eye refractive power of the subject eye objectively measured in a near distance viewing state, and a control portion that controls an operation for acquiring a near distance subjective eye refractive power that is a subjective eye refractive power of the subject eye measured in a near distance viewing state, based on the near distance objective eye refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Hirohisa Terabe
  • Publication number: 20210101246
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system includes a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices and a robot arm. The plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices 1 perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and include mutually different housings. The robot arm includes an arm unit and a holding unit. The arm unit has a plurality of joint portions. The holding unit is disposed in the arm unit to hold and release an object. The robot arm rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the object held by the holding unit. The robot arm rotates the arm unit to move the eyeglass lens between the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji TAKEICHI, Tadamasa YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10966862
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser treatment apparatus for generating plasma by focusing a treatment laser beam to treat a treatment target portion of a patient's eye with the plasma includes: an irradiation optical system configured to irradiate the treatment laser beam to the patient's eye; a position adjusting unit configured to adjust a focusing position of the treatment laser beam in an optical axis direction with respect to a predetermined focusing reference position; an energy adjusting unit configured to adjust irradiation energy of the treatment laser beam; a storage unit configured to store evaluation information to evaluate a permissible combination of the focusing position and the irradiation energy with respect to the focusing position; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a combination of the focusing position adjusted by the position adjusting unit and the irradiation energy adjusted by the energy adjusting unit based on the evaluation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Abe, Seiki Tomita, Masato Kawai
  • Patent number: 10966604
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes a subjective measurement portion which subjectively measures optical characteristics of an subject eye, an objective measurement portion which objectively measures optical characteristics of the subject eye, a control portion which causes the objective measurement portion to objectively measure the optical characteristics during the measurement by the subjective measurement portion, and a display control portion which performs a control to display an eye diagram representing the subject eye and an imaging position of a target light flux incident on the subject eye. The display control portion performs a control to display the imaging position based on the objectively measured optical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Masaki Tanaka, Masaaki Hanebuchi
  • Publication number: 20210093186
    Abstract: Provided are ophthalmologic image processing method, including an acquisition step of acquiring OCT data of an eye to be examined based on a spectral interference signal output from an OCT optical system, a setting step of setting a depth region including an image position of a tissue as an extraction region for data on one-direction side from a zero delay position in the OCT data, and a display control step of extracting extracted OCT data corresponding to the extraction region from the OCT data and displaying the extracted OCT data in a display region set in advance on a monitor, and an OCT apparatus that executes the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiba, Yukihiro Higuchi, Shinya Iwata, Junpei Nishiyama, Hideki Aono, Hirofumi Yogo
  • Publication number: 20210095953
    Abstract: An eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes an optical measurement unit, a probe unit, a holding unit that holds the optical measurement unit and the probe unit, a changing portion that integrally moves the optical measurement unit and the probe unit with respect to an eyeglass frame to change a measurement position with respect to a groove of a rim of the eyeglass frame, and a controller that controls an operation of the eyeglass frame shape measurement device. The controller controls an operation of the changing portion to measure the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame, acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the optical measurement unit, and acquires a shape of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the probe unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Kyoji TAKEICHI, Yuya NAKAKO, Takaaki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20210093187
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus includes: an OCT optical system for acquiring OCT data of a tissue of a subject eye based on a spectral interference signal of measurement light emitted to the tissue and reference light; a second optical system for acquiring a front image of the tissue; an optical element having asymmetry and being arranged on a common optical path of the OCT optical system and the second optical system; and arithmetic controller configured to associate an OCT data acquisition position with coordinates of the front image while taking at least a difference in distortion caused by the optical element between the OCT optical system and the second optical system into consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210087744
    Abstract: A dyeing method in which a transparent resin body having a surface applied with a dye is heated to fix the dye to the transparent resin body comprises a heating step of irradiating a laser beam having a wavelength less likely to be absorbed by the dye toward the transparent resin body applied with the dye on the surface while relatively scanning the laser beam with respect to the transparent resin body to heat a to-be-dyed region of the transparent resin body to fix the dye, wherein the laser beam is irradiation to heat by changing a laser beam irradiating condition with respect to a portion of the transparent resin body to be heated so that a heating temperature on the transparent resin body by irradiation of the laser beam is substantially equal throughout an entire area of the to-be-dyed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Minoru INUZUKA, Hiroyasu UETA, Hiroyasu ATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20210068649
    Abstract: A computer displays a part or the entirety of a first image, which is one of the plurality of registered images, in a first display region on a monitor, receives a switching instruction to switch an image displayed in the first display region, in a state where the first image is displayed in the first display region, from the first image to a second image which is one of the plurality of registered images and is different from the first image, and displays a part or the entirety of the second image adjusted based on the displacement information to match a region on the subject eye indicated in the first display region with the first image, in the first display region based on the switching instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka UEMURA, Riccardo Ferraris de GASPARE
  • Publication number: 20210032809
    Abstract: A dyeing system includes a conveyance device, a reader, a dye fixing device, and a controller. The conveyance device conveys a conveyance unit including the resin body. The reader reads information relating to the conveyance unit. The dye fixing device heats the resin body in the conveyance unit conveyed by the conveyance device and fixes a dye adhering to a surface of the resin body, on the resin body. The controller acquires a parameter for a process executed to the resin body in the conveyance unit, based on the information read by the reader. The controller controls the dye fixing device based on the acquired parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji SHIBATA, Minoru INUZUKA, Koji ABE, Motoshi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10889935
    Abstract: A dyeing method in which a transparent resin body having a surface applied with a dye is heated to fix the dye to the transparent resin body comprises a heating step of irradiating a laser beam having a wavelength less likely to be absorbed by the dye toward the transparent resin body applied with the dye on the surface while relatively scanning the laser beam with respect to the transparent resin body to heat a to-be-dyed region of the transparent resin body to fix the dye, wherein the laser beam is irradiation to heat by changing a laser beam irradiating condition with respect to a portion of the transparent resin body to be heated so that a heating temperature on the transparent resin body by irradiation of the laser beam is substantially equal throughout an entire area of the to-be-dyed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: NIDEK CO., LTD., SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Minoru Inuzuka, Hiroyasu Ueta, Hiroyasu Atsumi
  • Patent number: 10827920
    Abstract: An OCT apparatus includes an OCT optical system, a processor that processes a signal from the OCT optical system, and a light guiding optical system disposed on a measurement light path of the OCT optical system. The light guiding optical system forms a pivot point, at which a measurement light turns based on motion of an optical scanner deflecting the measurement light, in an anterior portion of a subject eye, and guides the measurement light passed through the pivot point to a fundus. The OCT optical system includes a compensation unit that compensates for an amount of change in a light path length of the measurement light path between a state in which an angle-of-view switching optical system is inserted and a state in which the angle-of-view switching optical system is retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Ito
  • Patent number: 10820793
    Abstract: A biological object observation system includes an observation optical unit, a photodetector, a display unit, a detection unit, and a processor. The observation optical unit includes an optical system that guides a luminous flux from a biological object and a drive unit that drives the optical system. The photodetector receives optical information in accordance with the biological object. The display unit displays an observation image of the biological object generated on the basis of the optical information. The detection unit detects one of a position and a movement of an object in a display region of the displayed observation image. The processor controls the drive unit in accordance with the one of the position and the movement of the object that is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Go Matsunobu
  • Publication number: 20200307131
    Abstract: A method of producing a photochromic resin body includes a first step, a second step and a third step. In the first step, a sublimable photochromic dye having sublimability is applied to a base body so as to obtain a function-adding base body. In the second step, the function-adding base body obtained in the first step is set to face a resin body, the function-adding base body is heated to sublimate the sublimable photochromic dye applied to the function-adding base body, and the sublimable photochromic dye is deposited on the resin body. In the third step, the resin body on which the sublimable photochromic dye is deposited in the second step is heated to fix the sublimable photochromic dye on the resin body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru INUZUKA, Koji Abe, Takahisa Shibamoto
  • Publication number: 20200305719
    Abstract: A target image to be corrected is generated by arranging partial images acquired by scanning a tissue of a living body with light and temporally continuously receiving the light from the tissue. A processor of a medical image processing device performs detecting position shift amounts, acquiring a component, and correcting. In the process of detecting position shift amounts, the processor detects the position shift amounts between the partial images (S3). In the process of acquiring, the processor acquires an assumed result of at least one of a component in the position shift amount caused by movement of the tissue, and a component in the position shift amount caused by a shape of the tissue (S4). In the process of correcting, the processor corrects a position of each of the partial images based on the component in the position shift amount (S7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki KUMAGAI, Ryosuke SHIBA
  • Publication number: 20200311925
    Abstract: An ophthalmological image processing apparatus acquires a plurality of images of a subject eye photographed in a scanning-type imaging optical system, sets any one of the plurality of images as a template, sets corresponding points or corresponding regions between an image of the subject eye and the template at a plurality of positions of each of the image of the subject eye and the template, calculates a movement amount of each of the corresponding points or each of the corresponding regions, and corrects a distortion of the image of the subject eye with respect to the template based on the movement amount of each of the corresponding points or each of the corresponding regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIBA, Yoshiki KUMAGAI, Naoto HONDA, Kenshiro FUJIU, Yuji MURASE, Shohei ITO
  • Patent number: 10779729
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes: an imaging optical system that includes a light projecting optical system for projecting light to an ACA region of a subject's eye, and a light receiving optical system including a light receiving element for receiving reflected light from the ACA region; an alignment driver configured to change a positional relationship between the subject's eye and the imaging optical system; an imaging processor configured to generate an ACA image based on a signal output from the light receiving element; and a controller configured to detect a feature point in an ACA of the subject's eye from the ACA image, and that adjust the positional relationship in accordance with a position of the feature point in the ACA image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Suzuki, Yoshihiko Sugimoto