Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Iwanaga

Tomoyuki Iwanaga 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: 9820648
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit and a display control unit. The generation unit generates a subtraction image using a first region and a second region, the first region being a portion of a first fundus image acquired by performing autofluorescence imaging on a fundus of an eye to be inspected, the second region being a portion of a second fundus image acquired by performing autofluorescence imaging on the fundus of the eye to be inspected at a time different from that of the first fundus image and being at a position corresponding to the first region. The display control unit causes a display unit to display an image generated by superimposing information regarding the subtraction image at a position corresponding to the first and second regions on a fundus image acquired by performing autofluorescence imaging on the fundus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Ota, Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Manabu Wada
  • Patent number: 9226659
    Abstract: A fundus camera according to the present invention includes a light metering unit configured to change a light metering area within an image captured by an imaging unit based on one of a position and a size of a light blocking member, and a controlling unit configured to control an amount of light emission from a light source based on a light metering value corresponding to the light metering area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 9204793
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus including a splitting unit configured to split, on a light path in an optical observation system of an anterior segment of a subject's eye, an anterior segment image into a plurality of light beams at a position conjugated with the anterior segment, and an imaging unit configured to capture the anterior segment image via an image forming unit configured to form an image of the light beams coming from the anterior segment, split by the splitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Hiroshi Aoki, Hirofumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9022567
    Abstract: An ophthalmic imaging apparatus divides a frame image obtained by capturing a moving image into a plurality of regions grouping pixels, and acquires photometric values corresponding the plurality of the regions. Further, the ophthalmic imaging apparatus determines acknowledgement or dis-acknowledgement of capturing a still image based on temporal variation of the acquired photometric values or distribution of the acquired photometric values on a fundus image. The ophthalmic imaging apparatus inhibits to execute a still image capturing of the fundus if the dis-acknowledgement of capturing is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 9004684
    Abstract: A fundus camera includes a focus target projection unit including a focus target located at a position conjugate with a fundus of a subject's eye, a split optical element configured to split a light flux passing through the focus target, and a focus target illumination light source configured to illuminate the focus target, a fundus photographing optical system including a focusing lens, a focus link mechanism configured to interlockingly move the focus target projection unit and the focusing lens in a direction of an optical axis, at least two lenses located behind a plane optically conjugate with the imaging plane of the fundus photographing optical system and outside an optical axis of the fundus photographing optical system, image sensors respectively located behind the two lenses, and a phase difference detection unit configured to detect a phase difference between the focus target images based on signals output from the image sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Nobuyoshi Kishida, Hideyuki Ohban, Shinya Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150002813
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit and a display control unit. The generation unit generates a subtraction image using a first region and a second region, the first region being a portion of a first fundus image acquired by performing autofluorescence imaging on a fundus of an eye to be inspected, the second region being a portion of a second fundus image acquired by performing autofluorescence imaging on the fundus of the eye to be inspected at a time different from that of the first fundus image and being at a position corresponding to the first region. The display control unit causes a display unit to display an image generated by superimposing information regarding the subtraction image at a position corresponding to the first and second regions on a fundus image acquired by performing autofluorescence imaging on the fundus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Ota, Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Manabu Wada
  • Patent number: 8857989
    Abstract: In an ophthalmic apparatus, reflected light from an eye to be examined, illuminated by an observation light source emitting continuous light, is split by a light splitting unit to enter an optical viewfinder, and a fundus image where an examiner can observe the fundus is provided by the optical viewfinder. An imaging unit sets the light quantity of the observation light source by using a moving image obtained by imaging the split and reflected light. After completing the setting of the light quantity, the imaging unit moves the light splitting unit from an optical axis, illuminates the fundus by driving the imaging light source, and obtains a still image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20140240673
    Abstract: Provided is an ophthalmologic imaging apparatus for analyzing a fundus image of an eye to be inspected, including: an acquiring unit for acquiring a plurality of autofluorescence images obtained by imaging the eye to be inspected at different times; a generation unit for generating a plurality of fluorescence brightness images obtained by adjusting brightness of the plurality of autofluorescence images; and a display control unit for controlling a display unit to display the plurality of autofluorescence images and the plurality of fluorescence brightness images side by side for each time when the eye to be inspected is imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20140104573
    Abstract: An ophthalmic imaging apparatus divides a frame image obtained by capturing a moving image into a plurality of regions grouping pixels, and acquires photometric values corresponding the plurality of the regions. Further, the ophthalmic imaging apparatus determines acknowledgement or dis-acknowledgement of capturing a still image based on temporal variation of the acquired photometric values or distribution of the acquired photometric values on a fundus image. The ophthalmic imaging apparatus inhibits to execute a still image capturing of the fundus if the dis-acknowledgement of capturing is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 8636362
    Abstract: An ophthalmic imaging apparatus divides a frame image obtained by capturing a moving image into a plurality of regions grouping pixels, and acquires photometric values corresponding the plurality of the regions. Further, the ophthalmic imaging apparatus determines acknowledgement or dis-acknowledgement of capturing a still image based on temporal variation of the acquired photometric values or distribution of the acquired photometric values on a fundus image. The ophthalmic imaging apparatus inhibits to execute a still image capturing of the fundus if the dis-acknowledgement of capturing is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 8585203
    Abstract: When an observation state by an infrared LED 10 is changed to a photographing state by a xenon lamp 3, a movable mirror 16 is pulled upward and an optical path is switched to an image sensor 17 side. A light guide 22a is shifted by an alignment index drive motor 23 so that an incident portion of an alignment index is shifted from a visible LED 22b to direct to an infrared LED 22c. An outgoing portion of the light guide 22a is set at a position where an image is formed on the image sensor 17 by a wavelength of the infrared LED 22c when an operation distance is appropriate. While changing a luminescent color, a position of a luminescent point of the alignment index is changed by switching the LED by the shift of the light guide 22a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Aikawa, Hideyuki Ooban, Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Toshifumi Masaki
  • Publication number: 20130286349
    Abstract: An ophthalmic imaging apparatus divides a frame image obtained by capturing a moving image into a plurality of regions grouping pixels, and acquires photometric values corresponding the plurality of the regions. Further, the ophthalmic imaging apparatus determines acknowledgement or dis-acknowledgement of capturing a still image based on temporal variation of the acquired photometric values or distribution of the acquired photometric values on a fundus image. The ophthalmic imaging apparatus inhibits to execute a still image capturing of the fundus if the dis-acknowledgement of capturing is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 8567947
    Abstract: An ophthalmic imaging apparatus divides a frame image obtained by capturing a moving image into a plurality of regions grouping pixels, and acquires photometric values corresponding the plurality of the regions. Further, the ophthalmic imaging apparatus determines acknowledgement or dis-acknowledgement of capturing a still image based on temporal variation of the acquired photometric values or distribution of the acquired photometric values on a fundus image. The ophthalmic imaging apparatus inhibits to execute a still image capturing of the fundus if the dis-acknowledgement of capturing is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 8449115
    Abstract: An opthalmologic apparatus changes the wavelength of index light, which is projected on an eye to be examined, by selecting the light emission of a visible LED and an infrared LED, and changes the position of a split unit along an optical axis based on the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Aikawa, Hideyuki Ooban, Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20130100407
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus including a splitting unit configured to split, on a light path in an optical observation system of an anterior segment of a subject's eye, an anterior segment image into a plurality of light beams at a position conjugated with the anterior segment, and an imaging unit configured to capture the anterior segment image via an image forming unit configured to form an image of the light beams coming from the anterior segment, split by the splitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Hiroshi Aoki, Hirofumi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20120154748
    Abstract: If a position of a focus lens is greatly displaced from a focus state when automatic focusing is started, and pattern recognition cannot be performed, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the lens is sequentially driven until pattern recognition can be performed. If it is determined that the pattern recognition can be performed in step S2, a focus detection range is determined in S4. In step S5, an AF evaluation value of the range is calculated, and the value is stored in step S6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Inoue, Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Shinya Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120057128
    Abstract: When an observation state by an infrared LED 10 is changed to a photographing state by a xenon lamp 3, a movable mirror 16 is pulled upward and an optical path is switched to an image sensor 17 side. A light guide 22a is shifted by an alignment index drive motor 23 so that an incident portion of an alignment index is shifted from a visible LED 22b to direct to an infrared LED 22c. An outgoing portion of the light guide 22a is set at a position where an image is formed on the image sensor 17 by a wavelength of the infrared LED 22c when an operation distance is appropriate. While changing a luminescent color, a position of a luminescent point of the alignment index is changed by switching the LED by the shift of the light guide 22a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Aikawa, Hideyuki Ooban, Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Toshifumi Masaki
  • Publication number: 20120044458
    Abstract: A fundus camera according to the present invention includes a light metering unit configured to change a light metering area within an image captured by an imaging unit based on one of a position and a size of a light blocking member, and a controlling unit configured to control an amount of light emission from a light source based on a light metering value corresponding to the light metering area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 8070291
    Abstract: A fundus camera includes an illumination unit which includes an optical element configured to irradiate an eye fundus with visible light from a position conjugate with an anterior eye portion of an eye to be examined, and an imaging unit configured to take an image of the eye fundus with light which is emitted from the illumination unit and reflected from the eye fundus, wherein the illumination unit includes a blue LED chip and a fluorescent member that is excited by light emitted from the blue LED chip and emits fluorescence, and the fluorescent member is irradiated again with a part of the light reflected by the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Manabu Wada, Shinya Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110292337
    Abstract: In an ophthalmic apparatus, reflected light from an eye to be examined, illuminated by an observation light source of emitting continuous light is split into a light splitting unit and an optical viewfinder, and a fundus image where an examiner can observe is provided by the optical viewfinder. An imaging unit sets light quantity of the observation light source by using a moving image obtained by imaging the split and reflected light. After completing the setting of the light quantity, the imaging unit moves the light splitting unit from an optical axis, illuminates the fundus by driving the imaging light source, and obtains a still image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Iwanaga