Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Kani

Kazutaka Kani has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7478911
    Abstract: The perimeter comprises a display device 1, infrared light-emitting diodes 2, a CCD camera 3, a half mirror 4, an image processing device 5, a computer 6, and an operating switch 7. The computer 6 shows a fixed eye-target for fixing a line of sight of a subject and a light stimulus eye-target for giving a light stimulus to a pupil of the subject at a plurality of predetermined positions on the display device 1. The infrared light-emitting diodes 2 irradiate infrared light to an eye of the subject. The CCD camera 3 takes an image of the eye of the subject using the infrared light irradiated from the infrared light-emitting diodes 2. The image processing device 5 detects a pupil diameter of the subject based on the image taken by the CCD camera 3. The computer 6 measures a visual field of the subject based on the change of the pupil diameter of the subject detected by the image processing device 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Inakagata, Shuji Murakami, Shogo Fukushima, Hideo Fukunaga, Akio Tabuchi, Kazutaka Kani, Fumiatsu Maeda
  • Publication number: 20080117384
    Abstract: The perimeter comprises a display device 1, infrared light-emitting diodes 2, a CCD camera 3, a half mirror 4, an image processing device 5, a computer 6, and an operating switch 7. The computer 6 shows a fixed eye-target for fixing a line of sight of a subject and a light stimulus eye-target for giving a light stimulus to a pupil of the subject at a plurality of predetermined positions on the display device 1. The infrared light-emitting diodes 2 irradiate infrared light to an eye of the subject. The CCD camera 3 takes an image of the eye of the subject using the infrared light irradiated from the infrared light-emitting diodes 2. The image processing device 5 detects a pupil diameter of the subject based on the image taken by the CCD camera 3. The computer 6 measures a visual field of the subject based on the change of the pupil diameter of the subject detected by the image processing device 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Satoru Inakagata, Shuji Murakami, Shogo Fukushima, Hideo Fukunaga, Akio Tabuchi, kazutaka Kani, Fumiatsu Maeda
  • Patent number: 4370033
    Abstract: An eye examining device having a television pickup camera, an optical system for magnifying the eye ground or retina and focussing the image on said camera, a television monitor connected to the camera to display the image of the retina and an optical pattern movably disposed in the plane of the image and a light source illuminating said pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Konan Camera Research Institute
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kani, Kuniomi Abe, Masahiko Konagaya, Noboru Ono
  • Patent number: 4256384
    Abstract: An eye examining device having a television camera and monitor connected thereto, an optical system for magnifying the eye ground or retina and focussing the image on the camera, a cathode ray tube connected with the camera and scanned in synchronism therewith, a light pattern generator connected with the cathode ray tube and monitor for display thereof and an optical system for projecting the image on the cathode ray tube onto the eye ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Konan Camera Research Institute
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kani, Kuniomi Abe, Masahiko Konagaya, Noboru Ono