Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
  • Publication number: 20160278636
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ophthalmic microscope includes an illumination system, a pair of light-receiving systems, and a first mechanism. The illumination system is configured to irradiate a subject's eye with illumination light. Each of the light-receiving systems includes a first objective lens and a first imaging device, and is configured to guide return light of the illumination light returning from the subject's eye to the first imaging device through the first objective lens. The objective optical axes of the light-receiving systems are not parallel to each other. The first mechanism is configured to move the light-receiving systems relative to each other to change an angle formed by the objective optical axes of the light-receiving systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Kazuhiro Oomori, Satoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160278635
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ophthalmic microscope system includes an illumination system, a pair of light-receiving systems, and an irradiation system. The illumination system is configured to irradiate a subject's eye with illumination light. Each of the light-receiving systems includes a first objective lens and a first imaging device, and is configured to guide the illumination light returning from the subject's eye to the first imaging device through the first objective lens. The objective optical axes of the light-receiving systems are not parallel to each other. The irradiation system is configured to irradiate the subject's eye with light different from the illumination light from a direction different from the objective optical axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Kazuhiro Oomori, Satoshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160256324
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a laser treatment apparatus is configured to apply laser treatment to a patient's eye, and includes an irradiation system, an illumination system, an imaging system, an image acquisition unit, and a composite image presenting unit. The irradiation system irradiates the patient's eye with laser beams emitted from a light source. The illumination system illuminates the patient's eye with slit light. The imaging system guides the slit light returning from the patient's eye to an imaging device. The image acquisition unit acquires a first image that represents a region of the patient's eye including the illumination field of the slit light. The composite image presenting unit presents a composite image of the first image acquired by the image acquisition unit and a second image of the patient's eye based on output of the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventor: Hideharu SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9423236
    Abstract: An optical interferometric measurement apparatus includes an interference optical system to output a monitoring interference signal and a measurement interference signal in accordance with light emitted from a wavelength-swept light source, and a controller to measure a movement of an object to be measured. The controller has a storage to store monitoring data acquired by sampling the monitoring interference signal in each period of the light source and measurement data acquired by sampling the measurement interference signal in each period of the light source and Fourier transformation unit to apply Fourier transform to the measurement data. The controller determines a phase of the measurement interference signal based on the Fourier-transformed measurement data and measures the movement of the object based on the phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventor: Akira Takada
  • Publication number: 20160235299
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical microscope of an embodiment includes an objective lens, illumination system, observation system, OCT system, and optical-path connecting member. The illumination system includes a diaphragm irradiated with light from an illumination light source and a lens unit including one or more lenses that make the light having passed through the diaphragm into a parallel light flux, and irradiates the light having passed through the lens unit to an eye through the objective lens. The observation system is configured for observing the eye being irradiated by the illumination system through the objective lens. The OCT system is configured for examining the eye by OCT through the objective lens. The optical-path connecting member is located between the diaphragm and the lens unit or between the lens unit and the objective lens to connect the optical path of the OCT system to that of the illumination system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Takefumi HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9409656
    Abstract: An aerial photographing system, comprising a flying vehicle being remotely controlled, a camera (7, 8) tiltably supported in any direction via a gimbal (25), a retro-reflector (9) tilting integrally with the camera, being set in a known relation with the camera and used as an object to be measured, and a total station (3) for tracking the retro-reflector and for measuring position of the retro-reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Hitoshi Otani, Kazuki Osaragi, Tetsuji Anai
  • Patent number: 9408531
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an examination optical system, drive part, two or more imaging parts, analyzer, storage, position corrector, and controller. The examination optical system examines an eye. The drive part moves the examination optical system. The imaging parts substantially simultaneously photograph the anterior segment of the eye from different directions. The analyzer analyzes two or more photographic images captured substantially simultaneously by the imaging parts to obtain a three-dimensional position of the eye. The storage stores correction information in advance. The correction information is acquired based on optical properties of eyeballs, and used to correct the position of the eye in the optical axis direction of the examination optical system. The position corrector corrects the three-dimensional position obtained by the analyzer based on the correction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Hiroaki Okada, Taisaku Kogawa, Takashi Fujimura, Kohta Fujii
  • Publication number: 20160217582
    Abstract: The efficiency of work for identifying reference points included in photographed images is improved. A survey data processing device includes a data receiving unit 103 that receives data of two still images, an operation information receiving unit 104 that receives a selection of reference points among multiple reference points which are included in both of the two still images and have known location information, an exterior orientation parameter calculating unit 106 that calculates exterior orientation parameters of a camera, a coordinate integrating unit 110 for obtaining an integrated coordinate system for describing both the locations of an unselected reference point and the camera, a back-projected image generating unit 111 for generating a back-projected image by back-projecting the unselected reference point in the integrated coordinate system, and a target position estimating unit 112 that estimates a position of the unselected reference point in a still image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Takeshi SASAKI, Tetsuji ANAI, Hitoshi OOTANI, Nobuo KOCHI
  • Publication number: 20160219215
    Abstract: An operation burden in confirming a corresponding relationship between multiple still images and a traveled route is reduced. A survey data processing device includes a storing unit 106 and a UI controlling unit 105. The storing unit 105 stores survey data, in which image data of multiple still images that are photographed from a mobile body while flying is correlated with a flight route of the mobile body. The UI controlling unit 105 displays the flight route and at least one of the multiple still images on a screen. The displayed flight route and the displayed still image are displayed on the same screen at the same time in a condition in which a corresponding relationship between the flight route and the multiple still images is determined, and a moving direction of the mobile body that photographed the displayed still image is indicated in the displayed still image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Daisuke SASAKI, Nobuyuki FUKAYA, Hitoshi OOTANI, Kazuki OSARAGI, Takeshi SASAKI, Tetsuji ANAI
  • Publication number: 20160217589
    Abstract: A technique for making multiple still images, which are photographed by a traveling mobile body, and the traveled route of the photographing correspond to each other, is obtained. A survey data processing device includes an input unit 101, an image processing unit 102, and a synchronous processing unit 103. The input unit 101 is configured to receive image data of multiple still images, which are photographed from a mobile body flying, and receive flight data, in which a flight route of the mobile body is measured. The image processing unit 102 is configured to estimate a flight route of the mobile body based on changes in positions of feature points included in the multiple still images on a screen. The synchronous processing unit 103 is configured to specify a matching relationship between the flight route of the flight data and the estimated flight route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Daisuke Sasaki, Nobuyuki Fukaya, Hitoshi Ootani, Tetsuji Anai, Takeshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9397475
    Abstract: Light with a short pulse width is emitted using a simple structure. A light source 101, a differentiation circuit 102, and a switch 103 are connected in series. When the switch 103 is switched on, inrush current flows in a capacitor 102b forming the differentiation circuit 102, and accordingly the light source 101 is supplied with electric current and thereby emits light. When the capacitor 102b is charged, electric current flows in a resistor 102a, and voltage drops at the resistor 102a. Then, the voltage applied to the light source 101 is decreased, whereby the light source 101 stops emitting light. The values of the resistor 102a and the capacitor 102b are adjusted so that the above phenomenon occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Goto, Yoshikatsu Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20160198940
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus of an embodiment includes an optical system, a rotational movement amount calculator, a registration unit, a parallel movement amount calculator, a driver, and a controller. The optical system is used to capture a moving image of a subject's eye. The rotational movement amount calculator calculates a rotational movement amount between a first image and a second image included in the moving image. The registration unit performs registration between the first image and the second image in the rotation direction based on the rotational movement amount. The parallel movement amount calculator performs a phase only correlation process on the first image and the second image registered by the registration unit to calculate a parallel movement amount between the first image and the second image. The driver moves the optical system. The controller controls the driver based on the parallel movement amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Masahiro SHIBUTANI, Hiroyuki AOKI
  • Publication number: 20160202058
    Abstract: A technique for more smoothly moving a reflective prism to a target position is provided. A surveying instrument 100 includes a leg part 101, a base 102 supported by the leg part 101, a movable part 112 held by the base 102 and being movable straight in any direction within a two-dimensional plane relative to the base 102, a reflective prism 113 mounted on the movable part 112, and a laser pointer 114 that is mounted to the movable part 112 and that emits a guiding light in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Terukazu NAGASHIMA, Shin-ichi HAYASE, Atsushi SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20160198951
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus includes: an optical system that divides light into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light returning from a subject's eye to interfere with the reference light, and detects interference light resulting therefrom; a processor that processes a detection result of the interference light to generate test data indicating the state of the subject's eye; an output unit that outputs the test data; an interface used to make the setting of a predetermined item related to the optical system and the processor; a storage that stores setting information indicating the content of the setting made through the interface; and a controller that controls the optical system and the processor based on the content of the setting indicated by the setting information in each of a plurality of tests performed until the setting information is changed or deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Makoto FUJINO, Hisashi TSUKADA
  • Patent number: 9380937
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus of an embodiment includes an examination part, moving mechanism, two or more imaging parts, extracting part and controller. The examination part includes an optical system for optically examining an eye. The moving mechanism moves the optical system. The two or more imaging parts obtain moving images of the eye from two or more different directions. The extracting part extracts a partial image from each of two or more images substantially simultaneously obtained by the two or more imaging parts. The controller carries out display control for displaying in real time two or more partial images extracted by the extracting part with an arrangement in accordance with the positional relationship thereof on a display means and movement control for controlling the moving mechanism based on an instruction input from an operation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Kanichi Tokuda, Taiki Aimi, Atsushi Kubota, Yusuke Ono
  • Publication number: 20160183796
    Abstract: A patient management system of an embodiment includes a server, a plurality of ophthalmic examination apparatuses assigned to a plurality of patients, and a plurality of computers installed in a plurality of medical institutions. The ophthalmic examination apparatuses and computers are communicable with the server via a communication line. The server manages the account of each patient, and the account of each medical institution. Test data obtained by each of the ophthalmic examination apparatuses is stored in the account of a corresponding patient. The server sends information stored in the account of a patient to a computer installed in one of the medical institutions assigned in advance to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Makoto FUJINO, Hisashi TSUKADA, Takashi KUBOTA
  • Patent number: D763733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON, TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC., SAL ENGINEERING, S.R.L.
    Inventors: Mario Gattelli, Andrea Cucchiara, Mitsuru Ogawa, Atsushi Tanahashi, Luca Masini
  • Patent number: D766753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ishii, Takeo Aoki
  • Patent number: D766754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventor: Takeo Aoki
  • Patent number: D766755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ishii, Takashi Shishido