Patents Assigned to Nidek Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20200288974
    Abstract: A fundus imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical system that irradiates a fundus of a subject eye with light through an objective lens system, and enables to capture a fundus image of the subject eye based on return light from the subject eye, and a diopter correction unit that includes an optical element disposed on an optical path of the imaging optical system and a drive unit driving the optical element, and performs a diopter correction with a diopter value corresponding to a drive amount of the optical element. A drive range of the optical element in the diopter correction unit is set to avoid a specific range being a range in which an artifact caused by reflection light in the objective lens system is maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Iwata, Megumi Tsuchiya, Yukihiro Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20200278477
    Abstract: A method of producing a hard-coated resin body includes a first step of applying a hard coating agent to a base body to obtain a function-adding base body, a second step of setting the function-adding base body obtained in the first step to face a resin body, of heating the function-adding base body to evaporate the hard coating agent applied to the function-adding base body, and of depositing the hard coating agent on the resin body, and a third step of curing the hard coating agent on the resin body on which the hard coating agent is deposited in the second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira TEZUKA, Minoru INUZUKA, Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20200245860
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus that inspects a subject eye of a subject. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes an optometry device for inspecting the subject eye, a base for supporting the optometry device, an face supporter for holding the subject eye at an optometry position by supporting a face of the subject, and a changing device for relatively changing a positional relationship between the optometry position and the base in a working distance direction of the optometry device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki UMANO, Kenji AOKI, Yusuke OOGI
  • Publication number: 20200245863
    Abstract: An OCT system includes an OCT optical system and a reference attachment. The OCT optical system has a beam splitter for splitting light into a measurement optical path and a reference optical path, a photodetector, a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and first connectors provided at end portions of the first waveguide and the second waveguide respectively for indirectly or directly connecting the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The reference attachment has a third waveguide, and second connectors formed at both ends of the third wave guide and configured to be attachable to and detachable from the first connector, and is attached to and detached from the OCT optical system h attaching and detaching each of the second connectors to and from the first connector to change an optical path length of the reference optical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya IWATA, Kenji AOKI, Takuya MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200245858
    Abstract: A processor of an ophthalmologic image processing device acquires an ophthalmologic image photographed by an ophthalmologic image photographing device. The processor inputs the ophthalmologic image into a mathematical model trained by a machine learning algorithm to acquire a result of an analysis relating to at least one of a specific disease and a specific structure of a subject eye. The processor acquires information of a distribution of weight relating to an analysis by a mathematical model, as supplemental distribution information, for which an image area of the ophthalmologic image input into the mathematical model is set as a variable. The processor sets a part of the image area of the ophthalmologic image, as an attention area, based on the supplemental distribution information. The processor acquires an image of a tissue including the attention area among a tissue of the subject eye and displays the image on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takeno, Ryosuke Shiba, Sohei Miyazaki, Yusuke Sakashita, Yoshiki Kumagai
  • Patent number: 10718601
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device provided with: an OCT optical system configured to output OCT signal; and an analysis processing unit configured to process the OCT signal and generate motion contrast data of the specimen. The analysis processing unit is provided with: a first image data generation unit configured to process multiple OCT signals to generate first image data representing phase difference information of the multiple OCT signals, and a second image data generation unit configured to process the OCT signal to generate second image data representing amplitude information of the OCT signal. The analysis processing unit generates the motion contrast data based on the phase difference information in the first image data and the amplitude information in the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takeno, Masaaki Hanebuchi, Yasuhiro Furuuchi, Hajime Namiki
  • Publication number: 20200221943
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus has a projection optical system including a visual target presenting portion and an optical member to project a target light flux toward a subject eye, and causing the target light flux to be incident on the optical member with a deviation of the incident target light flux from an optical axis of the optical member, a housing accommodating the projection optical system, a presentation window for emitting the target light flux from the inside of the housing to the outside thereof, an eye refractive power measurement unit provided outside the housing, and holding means integrally connecting the housing to the eye refractive power measurement unit to hold the eye refractive power measuring unit. When using the eye refractive power measuring unit, a distance from the presentation window to the eye refractive power measurement unit in an optical path is equal to or less than 180 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yukito HIRAYAMA, Ryoji SUZUKI, Kazunori SHIBATA, Daisuke BABA
  • Publication number: 20200191560
    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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoji TAKEICHI, Michihiro TAKII, Takaaki MATSUI
  • Patent number: 10674905
    Abstract: An OCT apparatus includes an OCT optical system guiding measurement light to a region including a central portion and a peripheral portion of a fundus, and an image processor processing a spectral interference signal output from the OCT optical system to acquire OCT data of an examinee's eye. The OCT optical system includes a first reference optical path having a path length for obtaining OCT data including the central portion and a second reference optical path having a path length for obtaining OCT data including the peripheral portion. The image processor obtains OCT data including the central portion based on an interference signal between measurement light guided to the central portion and reference light from the first reference optical path, and obtains OCT data including the peripheral portion based on an interference signal between measurement light guided to the peripheral portion and reference light from the second reference optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Murata, Yusuke Ando, Sasagu Tachibana
  • Patent number: 10674908
    Abstract: A fundus imaging device includes an objective optical system formed of a plurality of eccentrically disposed mirrors, and an SLO optical system and an OCT optical system which irradiate a fundus with light from a light source via the objective optical system and receive fundus reflected light. The fundus imaging device further includes a correction mirror as a part of the objective optical system, or between the objective optical system and the SLO optical system or the OCT optical system. The correction mirror corrects an eccentric aberration which occurs due to eccentric arrangement of the plurality of mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Go Matsunobu, Joji Sasaki, Masaaki Hanebuchi
  • Patent number: 10679343
    Abstract: An ophthalmic image processing apparatus that processes pieces of image data of a subject eye which are acquired by a plurality of ophthalmic examination apparatuses including a first ophthalmic examination apparatus obtaining first image data of the subject eye and a second ophthalmic examination apparatus obtaining second image data of the subject eye includes: a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the ophthalmic image processing apparatus to execute: setting process of setting image types for the first image data and the second image data that form a registration image; and image processing process of generating the registration image in which the first image data and the second image data which correspond to the image types set in the setting process are superimposed on each other, and outputting the generated registration image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsumura, Hironori Koike, Kota Kadokawa
  • Patent number: 10674909
    Abstract: An ophthalmic analysis apparatus for analyzing OCT motion contrast (MC) image data of a subject's eye acquired using an OCT apparatus for ophthalmology includes analysis process means for analyzing the OCT MC image data, in which the analysis process means generates OCT blood vessel change data including temporal change information in relation to a blood vessel region of the subject's eye based on first OCT MC image data and second OCT MC image data acquired at mutually different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kano, Norimasa Satake, Yukihiro Higuchi, Yasuhiro Furuuchi
  • Publication number: 20200170506
    Abstract: An optometry system for examining a subject eye of an examinee includes an optometry device for examining the subject eye, an imaging unit that captures an image of an examination room including the examinee and the optometry device, and a remote operation unit that includes a display unit which displays an operation screen for operating the optometry device and an captured image captured by the imaging unit, and a display control unit which controls display of the display unit to display the operation screen and the captured image on the display unit. The remote operation unit enables an examiner to observe the captured image displayed on the display unit to guide the examinee to an examination position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukihiro HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200158496
    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 measurement light 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 reflected light of the measurement light emitted toward the groove in the rim of the eyeglass frame by the light projecting optical system and reflected by the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame, an acquisition section that acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame on the basis of the reflected light received by the detector, and a luminance control section that controls a luminance level of the reflected light to be received by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Kunihito MIZUKOSHI, Tomoya ISHII, Kyoji TAKEICHI
  • Patent number: 10627799
    Abstract: A terminal device for assisting operation of a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses which are used for performing different processes in manufacturing eyeglasses includes: a communicating device configured to communicate with the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to execute: a setting instruction for setting, according to a process, a specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus from the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses as an eyeglass manufacturing apparatus of which the operation is assisted; and a controlling instruction for controlling the communicating device to send an operating signal input in the terminal device to the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction or controlling the communicating device to receive an input signal input in the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Koike, Kyoji Takeichi
  • Publication number: 20200116471
    Abstract: A light interference unit includes a branching optical element, a multiplexing optical element, and at least one fiber device. The branching optical element branches a laser light with an emission wavelength temporally swept, into a measurement light and a reference light. The multiplexing optical element multiplexes the reference light and the measurement light reflected by a measured object, and causes them to interfere. The fiber device includes a reference light device. A transmission light path length is a light path length of the reference light transmitting the reference light device, from the reference light device to the multiplexing optical element. A reflection light path length is a light path length of the reference light reflected by a separation portion of the reference light device, from the reference light device to the multiplexing optical element. The transmission light path length is equal to or more than the reflection light path length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD., NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato TAKAYA, Shinya IWATA
  • Publication number: 20200100666
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes an optometry unit having an optical member, being located in front of a subject eye, and changing optical characteristics of a target light flus with using the optical member, and a measurement optical system that has a light projecting optical system for applying measurement light emitted from a measurement light source to a fundus of the subject eye through the optometry unit, and a light receiving optical system in which a detector receives reflected light of the measurement light reflected on the fundus of the subject eye through the optometry unit, and that objectively measures the optical characteristics of the subject eye. An optical axis of the measurement optical system is set to be off-axis from an optical axis of the optical member in the optometry unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Yukito HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200100672
    Abstract: An image processor performs a histogram acquisition step of acquiring a histogram representing a distribution of gradation values of pixels in a fundus color image captured by irradiating a fundus with a plurality of beams of single-color light having different wavelengths, the histogram being acquired for each channel corresponding to each beam of single-color light, a histogram correction step of acquiring a corrected histogram by correcting the histogram of each channel acquired in the histogram acquisition step, of which a target pattern is set for each channel in advance, so as to fit to the corresponding target pattern, and a color tone corrected image generation step of generating a color tone corrected image, in which a distribution of gradation values for each channel is represented by the corrected histogram, based on the corrected histogram of each channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji MURASE, Naoto HONDA
  • Patent number: 10602924
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes a light projecting optical system which projects a target light flux toward an examinee's eye to project a visual target onto the examinee's eye, a calibration optical system which is disposed in an optical path from the light projecting optical system to the examinee's eye and changes optical characteristics of the target light flux, an optical member which guides the target light flux of which the optical characteristics is changed by the calibration optical system to the examinee's eye, a light deflection section being different from the calibration optical system, which includes light deflection members provided in a left and right pair and a driving section which rotationally drives the light deflection members, and deflects the target light flux by rotating the light deflection members, and a control section which controls the light deflection section based on prism information to deflect the target light flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Masaaki Hanebuchi, Hisashi Ochi
  • Patent number: 10597818
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dye-attached substrate provided with a dye section that includes a sublimable dye to be deposited on a resin body includes a printing step of printing a plurality of units of the dye sections, the dye section for dyeing one resin body or one set of resin bodies constituting one unit, lined up in a longitudinal direction of a long thin substrate, by discharging ink that includes the sublimable dye on the substrate using a printing device, a piece creating step of creating a piece of the substrate that includes the plurality of units of the dye sections, by cutting the substrate on which the dye section is printed, and a drying step of drying the ink of the plurality of units of the dye sections included in the piece of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Inuzuka, Hirokazu Hyodo, Koji Abe