Patents Assigned to Topcon Corporation
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Publication number: 20230337914Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an illumination system that is supported to be rotatable about a subject's eye with an irradiation direction of illumination light kept toward the subject's eye and an observation system that has a camera device and is arranged opposite to a position of the subject's eye across the illumination system. The camera device includes an imaging unit that receives reflection of the illumination light from the subject's eye and a light emitting unit for background illumination that is provided in the observation system and located below the subject's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi TSUKIHARA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Akira TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11789151Abstract: A surveying system includes a target unit having a reflection target and an encoder pattern showing an angle of the target unit; a scanner configured to acquire three-dimensional point cloud data, measured coordinates of the target, and optically read the encoder pattern to acquire an encoder pattern read angle; and a leveling base configured to selectively allow either of the target unit and the scanner to be removably mounted. The scanner calculates a direction angle of the leveling base based on the encoder pattern read angle and the offset angle of the target unit, calculates coordinates of an installation point of the target unit based on the measured coordinates of the target and the direction angle of the target, and calculates a direction angle of the scanner based on the offset angle of the scanner and the direction angle of the leveling base on which the scanner is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Topcon CorporationInventors: Satoshi Yasutomi, Takahiro Komeichi, Tadayuki Ito
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Publication number: 20230316181Abstract: There is provided a work result information acquisition device or the like capable of acquiring work result information automatically and accurately. The work result information acquisition device includes a tracking part which tracks a movable body, a scanning part which acquires three-dimensional point cloud information on an object, a movable body movement information acquisition part which acquires movable body movement information, which is movement information of the movable body by tracking, by the tracking part and stores the movable body movement information, and a work area information generation part which generates work area information on the object, based on the movable body movement information, and three-dimensional work result information of the work area information is generated by scanning, based on the work area information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru KUMAGAI, Naoki SHOJI, Takeshi SASAKI
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Publication number: 20230309439Abstract: A user terminal serving as a farming field information management device includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image, a display unit configured to display a captured image, a map information acquisition unit configured to acquire map information generated on the basis of crop-related information related to a crop in a farming field and position information indicating a growth location of the crop, a display control unit configured to allow the display unit to display the acquired map information superimposed in accordance with the imaging direction of the imaging unit on the captured image, and a data correction unit configured to correct the map information on the basis of the map information and the captured image displayed on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kaede YARIMIZU, Tatsuya MUROFUSHI, Ken KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20230314610Abstract: Effects of multiple reflections in distance measurement using a laser are reduced. A surveying method for measuring a distance to a reflection point that reflects distance measuring light, based on emission and reception of the distance measuring light, includes assuming that a symbol “K” represents a natural number, excluding zero, and determining whether a beam that is received after the (K+1)th light emission is a repeatedly reflected beam of light that has been emitted before the (K+1)th light emission. The beam that is received, after the (K+1)th light emission, at a time corresponding to a period based on a time interval from light emission at or before the Kth light emission until first reception of a beam related to the light emission at or before the Kth light emission, is determined as being the repeatedly reflected beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi YANOBE, Kenichiro YOSHINO, You SASAKI
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Publication number: 20230314133Abstract: Construction management and control of construction machines are efficiently performed at civil engineering sites. A laser scanning method includes a first laser scanning and a second laser scanning. The first laser scanning is performed on a blade of a construction machine by a laser scanning apparatus. The second laser scanning is performed on an area in which the construction machine has operated, by the laser scanning apparatus. The first laser scanning is performed at a frequency higher than a frequency of the second laser scanning.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: You SASAKI
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Publication number: 20230316644Abstract: A point cloud information generating system or the like is provided that can easily and speedily generate point cloud information regarding a desired object. The point cloud information generating system includes a point cloud information generating device that generates three-dimensional point cloud information on an object, and a XR generating device that is wearable by a user. The XR generating device includes an image-capturing part that acquires image-capturing information in accordance with at least a line of sight of the user, and a display part that displays the image-capturing information. Three-dimensional point cloud information is generated, on the basis of execution instruction information regarding the object displayed on the display part, for the object specified by the point cloud information generating device in the execution instruction information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi SASAKI, Masahito MISHIMA
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Publication number: 20230305152Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional survey apparatus, a three-dimensional survey method, and a three-dimensional survey program which are capable of executing registration of point cloud data in an efficient manner. A three-dimensional survey apparatus includes a collimating ranging unit, a scanner unit, and a control calculation portion. The control calculation portion calculates and stores coordinates of a machine reference point of the collimating ranging unit at a survey position by collimation of a telescope portion, stores point cloud data having been acquired at the survey position by controlling the scanner unit, and executes control for performing, based on the stored coordinates of the machine reference point, positioning of the point cloud data having been acquired by the scanner unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventor: Tadayuki ITO
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Publication number: 20230301511Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of an embodiment includes an image acquiring unit, a memory, and a misalignment information acquiring processor. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire an image by applying a scan with slit light to an anterior segment of a subject's eye. The memory stores a first image of the anterior segment and a second image that is acquired by follow-up photography performed by the image acquiring unit with reference to the first image. The misalignment information acquiring processor is configured to acquire misalignment information between the first image and the second image by analyzing the first image and the second image after the follow-up photography.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventor: Hisashi TSUKADA
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Publication number: 20230306568Abstract: A medical diagnostic apparatus includes a receiver circuit that receives three-dimensional volumetric data of a subject’s eye, and a processor configured to separate portions of the three-dimensional volumetric data into separate segments, perform processing differently on each of the separate segments, and combine the separately processed segments to produce an enhanced three-dimensional volumetric data set. The processor is further configured to generate at least one diagnostic metric from the enhanced three-dimensional volumetric data set, and the processor is further configured to evaluate a pathological condition based on the at least one diagnostic metric. Related methods and computer readable media are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicants: Osaka University, Topcon CorporationInventors: Kohji NISHIDA, Kazuichi MARUYAMA, Atsuya MIKI, Ryo KAWASAKI, Hirokazu SAKAGUCHI, Chikako HARA, Song MEI, Yasufumi FUKUMA, Zaixing MAO, Zhenguo WANG, Kinpui CHAN
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Publication number: 20230296378Abstract: A technique that enables easily determining an attitude of a laser scanning apparatus is provided. A surveying device includes a sunlight incident direction measurement unit, a Sun direction acquisition unit, and an attitude calculator. The sunlight incident direction measurement unit measures an incident direction of sunlight that enters a laser scanning apparatus, based on a detected waveform of incident light entering the laser scanning apparatus. The Sun direction acquisition unit acquires a direction of the Sun as seen from the laser scanning apparatus, from astronomical data, based on a position of the laser scanning apparatus. The attitude calculator calculates an attitude of the laser scanning apparatus in an absolute coordinate system, based on the incident direction of sunlight and the direction of the Sun as seen from the laser scanning apparatus, which is acquired from the astronomical data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: You SASAKI
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Patent number: 11759104Abstract: In a scanning imaging apparatus of some aspect examples, a scanner applies an optical scan to a sample to acquire data. A scan controller controls the scanner to sequentially apply, to the sample, pattern scans according to a two-dimensional pattern including cycles. A movement unit relatively moves a scan area corresponding to the two-dimensional pattern and the sample. A movement controller controls the movement unit such that cycles in first and second scans of the pattern scans cross each other. An image constructing unit constructs an image based on data acquired under controls performed by the scan controller and the movement controller. The scan controller and the movement controller perform controls of the scanner and the movement unit respectively such that first and second cycles in a pattern scan cross each other at least at one point.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Yasuno, Shuichi Makita, Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Mino
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Publication number: 20230290055Abstract: A surveying assistance system includes an information display terminal and a surveying device configured to measure a point cloud in a three-dimensional space. The surveying assistance system includes a terminal display unit configured to show a first image of a measurement site captured from a position of the information display terminal and a second image produced from information related to the measurement site, and a surveying assistance unit configured to assist measurement performed by the surveying device, by using the terminal display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi SASAKI, Nobuyuki FUKAYA
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Patent number: 11751762Abstract: A low coherence imaging method comprises acquiring image data of an object with an interferometric imaging system, where the image data is from a location of the object at first and second times; determining a first depth profile from the image data from the location at the first time and a second depth profile from the image data of the location at the second time; determining a change with respect to depth between the first and second depth profiles; and determining a property, or identifying a location, of at least one dynamic particle in the object based on the change between the first and second depth profiles. The method is able to identify, analyze, and/or visualize dynamic particles with features comparable to at least fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, confocal scanning laser fluorescein angiography, confocal scanning laser indocyanine green angiography, and fluorescence microscopy images, without the use of a dye.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Jongsik Kim, Ying Dong, Song Mei, Kinpui Chan, Zhenguo Wang, Zaixing Mao
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Patent number: 11754677Abstract: Disclosed is a measurement device including: a distance measurement unit that has a light-generating element, a measurement light emission unit, a light reception unit, and a light reception element and measures a distance to a measurement target on the basis of a light reception signal; a deflection unit that is capable of performing scanning with measurement light; and a control unit that controls the distance measurement unit and the deflection unit. The control unit finds a surface of the measurement target, generates a grid having lines that are arranged at regular intervals on the surface of the measurement target and include a component parallel to a reference direction and a component perpendicular to the reference direction, and controls a deflection behavior of the deflection unit so that a scanning track of the measurement light traces the lines of the grid.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Topcon CorporationInventor: Nobuyuki Nishita
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Patent number: 11754679Abstract: An electro-optical distance meter includes a light source configured to emit light for distance measurement, a detector configured to receive the light and generate a distance measurement signal, a calculator configured to measure the distance from the distance measurement signal, an external optical path configured to guide the light from the light source to a target as measurement light, an internal optical path configured to guide the light from the light source directly to the detector as reference light, and a liquid shutter that can select one of the external and internal optical paths as the optical path through which the light from the light source travels by switching a region of light-blocking liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Nishita, Takashi Takahashi, Tatsuya Kojima, Saki Horita
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Patent number: 11754516Abstract: A neutron emission unit is configured to emit neutrons such that a center axis (Nh) of a neutron emission intersects a center axis direction of collimators (23a to 23e). A calculation unit is capable of generating information about an inspection object in the center axis direction of the collimators, based on position information of a neutron detector and/or position information of the neutron emission unit, information about an angle (?1) at which the center axis of the neutron emission intersects the center axis direction of the collimators, and a neutron amount detected by the neutron detector.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKENInventors: Hisashi Tsukada, Shigenori Nagano, Yoshie Otake, Hideyuki Sunaga, Yuichi Yoshimura, Koji Ikado
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Publication number: 20230277055Abstract: A fundus observation apparatus includes an illumination optical system, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a deflecting member. The illumination optical system is configured to illuminate a fundus of a subject's eye with line-shaped illumination light. The two-dimensional image sensor is configured to receive returning light of the illumination light from the fundus on a movable focal plane at a position substantially conjugate optically to the fundus. The deflecting member is configured to couple an optical path of the illumination light and an optical path of the returning light and to scan the fundus with the illumination light by deflecting the illumination light in synchronization with a movement of the focal plane. The deflecting member has a configuration that allows the returning light to be transmitted through a first region and to reflect the illumination light in a second region different from the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI
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Patent number: 11747288Abstract: A non-destructive inspection system 1 includes a neutron radiation source 3 capable of emitting neutrons N, and a neutron detector 14 capable of detecting neutrons Nb produced via an inspection object 6a among neutrons N emitted from the neutron radiation source 3. The neutron radiation source 3 includes a linear accelerator 11 capable of emitting charged particles P accelerated; a first magnet section 12 including magnets 12a and 12b facing each other, the magnets 12a and 12b being capable of deflecting the charged particles P in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of emission of the charged particles P from the linear accelerator 11; and a target section 13 capable of producing neutrons N by being irradiated with the charged particles P that have passed through the first magnet section 12.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Topcon Corporation, RIKENInventors: Shigenori Nagano, Hisashi Tsukada, Yoshie Otake, Koji Ikado, Yuichi Yoshimura, Hideyuki Sunaga
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Publication number: 20230272631Abstract: A method using a surveying device 200 and a survey target device 300 includes: performing benchmark measurement including measuring an altitude of a benchmark that serves as a reference height of a batter board; performing stake top measurement including measuring an altitude of a stake top of a batter board stake installed; and performing beam top position display including calculating a difference in height from the stake top of the batter board stake to a beam top based on the reference height of a foundation stored in advance, the altitude of the benchmark, the altitude of the stake top of the batter board stake, and displaying the difference on a terminal device 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro NISHI, Kohei SATO, Takashi TANAKA