Patents by Inventor Tomoyoshi Abe
Tomoyoshi Abe 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).
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Patent number: 9782070Abstract: The fundus photographing apparatus of the present invention includes an illumination light source that generates illumination light flux for illuminating a fundus (of a subject eye), a scanning optical system that converts the illumination light flux from the illumination light source unit into spot light to scan the fundus in two-dimensional directions of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction by the spot light, a light receiver that receives reflected light from each portion of the fundus illuminated by the spot light, and a fundus image acquiring unit that acquires a fundus image based on a signal from the light receiver, wherein the scanning optical system is provided with a scanner including a reflection mirror plate that rotates about orthogonal two axes to simultaneously deflect the spot light in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction for scanning.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Atsushi Utsunomiya, Hirotake Maruyama, Tomoyoshi Abe, Yasufumi Fukuma
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Publication number: 20160113488Abstract: The fundus photographing apparatus of the present invention includes an illumination light source that generates illumination light flux for illuminating a fundus (of a subject eye), a scanning optical system that converts the illumination light flux from the illumination light source unit into spot light to scan the fundus in two-dimensional directions of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction by the spot light, a light receiver that receives reflected light from each portion of the fundus illuminated by the spot light, and a fundus image acquiring unit that acquires a fundus image based on a signal from the light receiver, wherein the scanning optical system is provided with a scanner including a reflection mirror plate that rotates about orthogonal two axes to simultaneously deflect the spot light in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction for scanning.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Atsushi UTSUNOMIYA, Hirotake MARUYAMA, Tomoyoshi ABE, Yasufumi FUKUMA
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Patent number: 9072457Abstract: A cam face 303a of a cam 303 has a shape depending on the distribution of the light amount in the cross-section of reference light LR. When the cam 303 is rotated by a stepping motor 302, an abutment 312 moves following the displacement of the cam face 302a with the rotation of the cam 303. A light-blocking link 310 rotates about the axis of rotation 311 with the movement of the abutment 312. A shield 313 moves in a first direction with the rotation of the light-blocking link 310 to change the shielding region of the reference light LR. A light-blocking plate 400 can shield the reference light LR from a second direction different from a shielding direction (first direction) by an attenuator 300. The light-blocking plate 400 is moved by a drive mechanism 410 and changes the shielding region.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Shigeru Okikawa, Tomoyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 8970846Abstract: A main controller 211 controls a fiber-end drive mechanism 140 and an attenuator 121 with reference to the received-light amount of interference light LC to cause the following operations (1) and (2) to be executed alternately: (1) moving an emission end 116 to increase the received-light amount to at least an upper limit; and (2) changing the light amount of reference light LR to decrease the received-light amount to at least a lower limit. When the received-light amount specified by an received-light-amount specifying part 212 decreases in response to the movement of the emission end 116 in (1), the main controller 211 controls the fiber-end drive mechanism 140 to return the relative position to the immediately preceding status of this change. The main controller 211 leads the received-light amount of interference light LC by a CCD image sensor 120 to a target value by controlling the attenuator 121 to change the light amount of interference light LC.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventors: Atsushi Kubota, Tomoyoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20120257211Abstract: A main controller 211 controls a fiber-end drive mechanism 140 and an attenuator 121 with reference to the received-light amount of interference light LC to cause the following operations (1) and (2) to be executed alternately: (1) moving an emission end 116 to increase the received-light amount to at least an upper limit; and (2) changing the light amount of reference light LR to decrease the received-light amount to at least a lower limit. When the received-light amount specified by an received-light-amount specifying part 212 decreases in response to the movement of the emission end 116 in (1), the main controller 211 controls the fiber-end drive mechanism 140 to return the relative position to the immediately preceding status of this change. The main controller 211 leads the received-light amount of interference light LC by a CCD image sensor 120 to a target value by controlling the attenuator 121 to change the light amount of interference light LC.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Atsushi Kubota, Tomoyoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20120257212Abstract: A cam face 303a of a cam 303 has a shape depending on the distribution of the light amount in the cross-section of reference light LR. When the cam 303 is rotated by a stepping motor 302, an abutment 312 moves following the displacement of the cam face 302a with the rotation of the cam 303. A light-blocking link 310 rotates about the axis of rotation 311 with the movement of the abutment 312. A shield 313 moves in a first direction with the rotation of the light-blocking link 310 to change the shielding region of the reference light LR. A light-blocking plate 400 can shield the reference light LR from a second direction different from a shielding direction (first direction) by an attenuator 300. The light-blocking plate 400 is moved by a drive mechanism 410 and changes the shielding region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Shigeru Okikawa, Tomoyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 7859680Abstract: An optical image measuring device forms an image of an object to be measured based on a result of light-receiving by a light-receiving part. This optical image measuring device comprises: a specifying part configured to specify the light irradiated state to the light-receiving surface of a light-receiving part via a light guiding part and a dispersion part; and an altering part configured to alter the relative position and/or direction between a light-receiving surface and the exit end of light from the light guiding part, based on the light irradiated state.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventors: Tomoyoshi Abe, Takefumi Hayashi, Hiroaki Okada
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Patent number: 7614744Abstract: An optical image measuring apparatus capable of speedily starting image measurement in response to a measurement start request and performing image measurement on a region on which focus is achieved at determination of an image region. When observation light (M) is focused on an observation CCD camera (23), measurement CCD cameras (21, 22) are disposed to have a measurement object point (Q) in a position shifted from point (P) to an apparatus side. In response to a measurement start switch (60), an interferometer moving stage (50) is moved to adjust an optical path length difference, thereby shifting the point (Q) to the point (P). The distance (d) is set to equal to or longer than necessary to move the interferometer moving stage (50) which accelerates a moving speed thereof to a predetermined speed. Thereby, image measurement can speedily start in response to request for image measurement of an object (O).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventor: Tomoyoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20090027685Abstract: An optical image measuring device forms an image of an object to be measured based on a result of light-receiving by a light-receiving part. This optical image measuring device comprises: a specifying part configured to specify the light irradiated state to the light-receiving surface of a light-receiving part via a light guiding part and a dispersion part; and an altering part configured to alter the relative position and/or direction between a light-receiving surface and the exit end of light from the light guiding part, based on the light irradiated state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventors: Tomoyoshi ABE, Takefumi HAYASHI, Hiroaki OKADA
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Patent number: 7147328Abstract: An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus including: an apparatus main body having an illumination system for illuminating an eye to be examined and an observation system for observing an image of the eye to be examined which is illuminated by the illumination system; a photographing device for taking a light flux from the eye to be examined from an optical path of the observation system, photographing the image of the eye to be examined and recording the image; a storage unit for storing a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing device for each of plural kinds of photographing processing modes in photographing and storing the eye to be examined; a designating unit for designating a photographing processing mode for the eye to be examined; and a setting unit for reading out a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing device for a corresType: GrantFiled: April 15, 2003Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventors: Yuichi Sugino, Tomoyoshi Abe, Takanori Takeda, Taisaku Kogawa
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Publication number: 20060215172Abstract: An optical image measuring apparatus capable of speedily starting image measurement in response to a measurement start request and performing image measurement on a region on which focus is achieved at determination of an image region. When observation light (M) is focused on an observation CCD camera (23), measurement CCD cameras (21, 22) are disposed to have a measurement object point (Q) in a position shifted from point (P) to an apparatus side. In response to a measurement start switch (60), an interferometer moving stage (50) is moved to adjust an optical path length difference, thereby shifting the point (Q) to the point (P). The distance (d) is set to equal to or longer than necessary to move the interferometer moving stage (50) which accelerates a moving speed thereof to a predetermined speed. Thereby, image measurement can speedily start in response to request for image measurement of an object (O).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventor: Tomoyoshi Abe
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Patent number: 7052135Abstract: Disclosed is an ophthalmologic apparatus, such as a slit lamp microscope, which is improved in terms of cable routing when an imaging apparatus is used, thereby achieving an improvement in operability for the examiner, mitigating the bother or discomfort for the subject, and realizing an improved outward appearance.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TopconInventors: Takanori Takeda, Masaki Ohno, Tomoyoshi Abe, Toshihiro Koyama
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Publication number: 20040004694Abstract: There is provided an ophthalmologic photographing apparatus including: an apparatus main body having an illumination system for illuminating an eye to be examined and an observation system for observing an image of the eye to be examined which is illuminated by the illumination system; a photographing device for taking a light flux from the eye to be examined from an optical path of the observation system, photographing the image of the eye to be examined and recording the image; a storage unit for storing a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing device for each of plural kinds of photographing processing modes in photographing and storing the eye to be examined; a designating unit for designating a photographing processing mode to the eye to be examined; and a setting unit for reading out a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing deType: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Yuichi Sugino, Tomoyoshi Abe, Takanori Takeda, Taisaku Kogawa
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Publication number: 20040004695Abstract: There is provided an ophthalmologic photographing apparatus in which light from an observation light source or light from a photographing light source is irradiated to an eye to be examined, reflected light from the eye to be examined by the irradiation is guided to a photographing unit having a color area CCD as an image pickup device through an observation optical system in an ophthalmologic photographing apparatus main body, an image of the eye to be examined is imaged onto the color area CCD to photograph the image of the eye to be examined, and the image of the eye to be examined is displayed on an image display device in accordance with an image pickup signal from the image pickup device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Yuichi Sugino, Taisaku Kogawa, Takeyuki Kato, Tomoyoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20030184712Abstract: Disclosed is an ophthalmologic apparatus, such as a slit lamp microscope, which is improved in terms of cable routing when an imaging apparatus is used, thereby achieving an improvement in operability for the examiner, mitigating the bother or discomfort for the subject, and realizing an improved outward appearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Takanori Takeda, Masaki Ohno, Tomoyoshi Abe, Toshihiro Koyama
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Publication number: 20030184711Abstract: There is provided a slit lamp microscope in which a dedicated image pickup device is installed to an observation system to enhance the image pickup function for an eye to be examined, operability of the observation system by an examiner is excellent, and moreover the cables are not exposed, thereby achieving a superior outward appearance. The slit lamp microscope includes an illumination system for illuminating an eye to be examined, an observation system for observing the eye to be examined, a support arm for supporting the observation system on the upper end side thereof, a base for rotatably on a protruding shaft barrel portion thereof the illumination system and the lower end side of the support arm supporting the observation system, a pedestal for supporting the base, a chin rest stand for securing the eye to be examined with a state in which the eye is opposed to the observation system, and a table on which the pedestal is installed and to which the chin rest stand is attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Tomoyoshi Abe, Yasufumi Fukuma, Yutaka Yoneda