Patents Assigned to Tomey Corporation
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Patent number: 12207873Abstract: An optical coherence tomographic device may include: an image capturing unit configured to capture a tomographic image of a subject eye; an input device configured to input one or a plurality of examination report types, each of the examination report types indicating an intended examination report form; a memory configured to store a plurality of control programs, each of the plurality of control programs, for corresponding one of the examination report types, is used for causing the image capturing unit to perform capturing for generating an examination report of the corresponding type; and a controller configured to control the image capturing unit, when the plurality of examination report types is inputted, according to a series of control programs generated based on corresponding ones of control programs stored in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Kota Totani, Satoshi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20240053137Abstract: A signal processing device includes a controller which acquires an output signal output from a single light receiver that receives a plurality of interference beams in which a light beam that is output from a single light source and traces a sample arm toward a measurement target and a light beam that is output from the light source and traces a reference arm that is different from the sample arm interfere with each other, the plurality of interference beams each having a different wavelength dispersion characteristic difference between the sample arm and the reference arm traced by the light beams interfering with each other; and extracts an extraction signal that is a signal for each of the interference beams on the basis of the output signal acquired and a correction signal obtained by applying wavelength dispersion correction processing to the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventor: Takashi KAMO
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Patent number: 11857255Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus that includes an image capturing unit configured to capture a target part of a subject eye; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the ophthalmic apparatus to execute: acquiring a first image of the target part captured at a first timing by the image capturing unit and a second image of the target part captured at a second timing different from the first timing; and combining the first image with the second image to generate one combined image of the target part.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Risa Higashita, Keiichiro Okamoto
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Publication number: 20230240526Abstract: A tomographic image processing device includes a tomographic image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of tomographic images including an anterior chamber angle, the tomographic images being obtained by radial scan with a substantially conical vertex as a center; an analysis unit that obtains an analysis value related to the anterior chamber angle from each of the plurality of tomographic images; and a display processing unit that causes a display unit to display information regarding each analysis value obtained from each of the plurality of tomographic images in association with a rotation angle in the radial scan at which the anterior chamber angle corresponding to the analysis value is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventors: Fushi LI, Keiichiro OKAMOTO, Risa HIGASHITA
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Patent number: 11659992Abstract: A ophthalmic apparatus may include: a first light source configured to output first light to be irradiated to an anterior segment of a subject eye; and a second light source configured to output second light to be irradiated to a retina of the subject eye. The apparatus may be configured capable of executing a first examination using the first light reflected from the anterior segment and a second examination using the second light reflected from the retina. A wavelength of the second light outputted from the second light source may be smaller than a wavelength of the first light outputted from the first light source.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Keiichiro Okamoto, Takashi Kamo, Tomoki Hori
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Publication number: 20230152080Abstract: An SD-OCT device includes a light source that outputs light including wavelength components; a branching unit that branches, from the light output from the light source, at least reference light following a reference optical path and measurement light applied to a measurement target; a transmission unit that transmits interference light between the reference light and the measurement light returning from the measurement target; a light receiving unit having linearly arranged light receiving elements; and an optical system that disperses the interference light output from the transmission unit and condenses the interference light on the light receiving unit for each wavelength component. A diameter of the wavelength component having a predetermined wavelength, which is condensed on the light receiving unit by the optical system, is equal to or less than an average wavelength of a wavy signal detected via the light receiving unit upon reception of the interference light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventor: Takashi KAMO
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Patent number: 11642019Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes a two-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a two-dimensional image by photographing the front of an eye to be examined with a color camera; a three-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional image of the eye to be examined by optical coherence tomography; and a correspondence definition data generation unit that generates correspondence definition data in which the position of a predetermined site of the eye to be examined in the three-dimensional image when the predetermined site is photographed as the three-dimensional image is associated with the position of the predetermined site in the two-dimensional image when the predetermined site is photographed as the two-dimensional image.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Naoko Hara, Chihiro Kato, Keiichiro Okamoto
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Patent number: 11617507Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes a two-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a two-dimensional image by photographing the front of an eye to be examined with a color camera; a three-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional image of the eye to be examined by optical coherence tomography; and a correspondence definition data generation unit that generates correspondence definition data in which the position of a predetermined site of the eye to be examined in the three-dimensional image when the predetermined site is photographed as the three-dimensional image is associated with the position of the predetermined site in the two-dimensional image when the predetermined site is photographed as the two-dimensional image.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Naoko Hara, Chihiro Kato, Keiichiro Okamoto
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Publication number: 20220236047Abstract: An OCT device includes a light source that outputs light including a plurality of wavelengths; a division unit that divides light output from the light source into reference light and measurement light; a measurement arm that forms a light path of the measurement light with which a measurement target is irradiated and reflected light from the measurement target, which is generated by the measurement light; a reference arm that forms a light path of the reference light; and a measurement unit that measures the measurement target based on interference light between the reflected light and the reference light. At least one of the measurement arm and the reference arm includes a dispersion unit that disperses light into lights of each wavelength and a dispersed light path portion that forms light paths of dispersed lights, the light paths having a light path length different for each wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventor: Takashi KAMO
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Patent number: 11202562Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes: a light source; a measurement optical system that irradiates an eye with light from the source and guides reflected light from the eye; a reference optical system that guides the light from the source to use the light from the source as reference light; an abnormality detection optical system that has an optical path length of a predetermined length and to guide the light from the source to use the light from the source as abnormality detection light; a light receiving element that receives measurement interference light being combination of the reflected light from the eye and the reference light and abnormality detection interference light being combination of the abnormality detection light and the reference light, and the ophthalmic apparatus determines whether the measurement interference light is abnormal based on waveform of an abnormality detection interference signal outputted from the light receiving element.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Yuji Nozawa, Chihiro Kato, Takashi Kamo
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Patent number: 11064880Abstract: A measuring device according to one aspect of the present disclosure projects a measuring light toward a fundus of a subject's eye; receives a reflected light reflected from the fundus; and then measures an eye refractive power of the subject's eye based on a light-receiving signal. Additionally, reliability of a measured value is determined. Specifically, a process, in which the eye refractive power is measured based on the light-receiving signal, is consecutively executed an undetermined number of times until an end condition is satisfied. The measured value of the eye refractive power obtained in every execution of the process is displayed on a display together with information indicating the reliability of the measured value.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Guangchun Bian, Daisuke Santo
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Publication number: 20210059519Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes a two-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a two-dimensional image by photographing the front of an eye to be examined with a color camera; a three-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional image of the eye to be examined by optical coherence tomography; and a correspondence definition data generation unit that generates correspondence definition data in which the position of a predetermined site of the eye to be examined in the three-dimensional image when the predetermined site is photographed as the three-dimensional image is associated with the position of the predetermined site in the two-dimensional image when the predetermined site is photographed as the two-dimensional image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventors: Naoko HARA, Chihiro KATO, Keiichiro OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200260953Abstract: An ophthalmic device including a photographing optical system that illuminates and photographs an eye to be examined, a reference movement control unit that automatically moves the photographing optical system to a reference position for photographing a reference region in the eye to be examined; and a displacement movement control unit that automatically moves the photographing optical system to a displacement position different from the reference position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventors: Guangchun BIAN, Hideo TAKATA, Shaolang CHEN
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Patent number: 10264966Abstract: An ophthalmic device is configured to examine at least two eye characteristics including intraocular pressure, and the ophthalmic device includes: an examination optical system configured to obtain information of a subject's eye when the at least two eye characteristics of the subject's eye are examined; and an examination window configured to switch examinations of the at least two eye characteristics. The examination optical system is arranged outside of the examination window. The examination window is capable of rotating independently of the examination optical system. The examinations of the at least two eye characteristics are switched by rotation of the examination window.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Shigeyoshi Yamamoto, Guangchun Bian
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Patent number: 10159407Abstract: An anterior eye tomographic image capturing apparatus determining a power of an IOL (intraocular lens) is configured to acquire a tomographic image of an anterior eye along a straight line passing through a corneal apex of the anterior eye; identify a corneal apex position of the anterior eye, an equator position of a crystalline lens of the anterior eye, and a SS (scleral spur) position of the anterior eye based on the tomographic image; calculate an ELP (estimated lens position) based on a first distance from the corneal apex position to the SS position in a direction of a visual axis and a second distance from the SS position to the equator position in the direction of the visual axis; and determine the power of the IOL by using the ELP.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Fushi Li, Keiichiro Okamoto, Kenichi Hayashi
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Patent number: 9931034Abstract: An optical coherence tomography includes a light source, a light separator, a light generator configured to generate interference light, a detector configured to detect the interference light, a first optical element, and at least one of second optical elements comprising a pair of surfaces, and performs forming a tomographic image of a subject. The first optical element is arranged on a measurement light path so as to be closest to the subject, and satisfies at least one of following conditional formulas: ?(W?S)<U?2Z<X?W;??[a2] U?2Z<?W; and??[b1] U?2Z>X?W+S,??[c2] W: a predetermined operation distance U: a depth of interest S: a range of interest X: a distance which is greater than W+U+S and minimal among distance(s) between the pair of surfaces Z: a shallowest position of the area of interest relative to an origin position.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Ohmori, Masahiro Yamanari, Satoshi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 9918623Abstract: An optical tomographic imaging apparatus capable of acquiring a two-dimensional or/and three-dimensional tomographic image having higher SNR and quality by cancelling phase change caused by birefringence of a sample in average processing using a predetermined kernel region, and calculating a global phase difference of each pixel in the kernel. The optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes a processing unit configured to: set a predetermined kernel to a B scan image or/and C scan image (volume data) acquired corresponding to a Jones matrix; model the Jones matrix of each pixel in the set predetermined kernel by using one or more unitary matrices to calculate a relative global phase of each pixel; and cancel the calculated relative global phase in each pixel in the predetermined kernel to average each element of the Jones matrix in the predetermined kernel.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventor: Masahiro Yamanari
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Publication number: 20180058978Abstract: A lensmeter includes a light emission portion, a light reception portion, a storage unit, a display unit and a display control unit. The light emission portion emits light so as to radiate the light onto a lens-to-be-inspected. The light reception portion receives the light transmitted through the lens-to-be-inspected to measure an optical characteristic of the lens-to-be-inspected. The storage unit stores a measured value of the optical characteristic of the lens-to-be-inspected. The display unit displays the measured value of the optical characteristic of the lens-to-be-inspected stored in the storage unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display a target pattern including at least two different colors, and changes the target pattern in accordance with the measured value stored in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventors: Yuichiro NAKATA, Chihiro KATO, Nobuyori AOKI, Guangchun BIAN, Koji YAMAGISHI, Yoshito GOTO
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Publication number: 20180052075Abstract: A lensmeter includes a light emission portion configured to emit light so as to radiate the light onto a lens-to-be-inspected, and a light reception portion configured to receive the light transmitted through the lens-to-be-inspected to measure an optical characteristic of the lens-to-be-inspected. The light emission portion includes a measurement light source configured to emit green light or red light for measurement of refractive power of the lens-to-be-inspected, a first inspection light source configured to emit ultraviolet light, and a second inspection light source configured to emit blue light. The light reception portion is configured to selectively receive lights from the measurement light source, the first inspection light source and the second inspection light source respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: Tomey CorporationInventors: Takeshi SENO, Chihiro KATO, Yuichiro NAKATA, Nobuyori AOKI, Guangchun BIAN, Makoto TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 9848766Abstract: An anterior eye three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus performs: identifying first temporary SS positions in each of at least two representative images selected from a plurality of 2D tomographic images constituting an anterior eye 3D image, each first temporary SS position indicating a space coordinate position of a scleral spur of the subjected eye; calculating a reference circle passing through at least three of the first temporary SS positions; identifying second temporary SS positions in each of at least one non-representative image on the calculated reference circle; extracting regions in a predetermined range in each 2D tomographic image, each region being centered at a corresponding one of the identified first or second temporary SS positions; identifying edge lines each of which indicating a tissue boundary that exists in each extracted region; and correcting the identified first or the second temporary SS positions based on the identified edge lines.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Tomey CorporationInventors: Keiichiro Okamoto, Risa Higashita