Patents Assigned to Topcon Corporation
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Patent number: 11871994Abstract: The object of the present invention is to develop an ophthalmologic microscope of a new method that increases the degree of freedom in the optical design in the Galilean ophthalmologic microscope provided with an OCT optical system. The present invention provides an ophthalmologic microscope, wherein an observation optical system, an objective lens, and an OCT optical system are placed in such a way that the optical axis of the OCT optical system does not penetrate through objective lens, and the optical axis of the observation optical system and the optical axis of the OCT optical system are non-coaxial, and wherein the ophthalmologic microscope further comprises a SLO optical system that scans a light ray which is a visible ray, a near infrared ray, or an infrared ray and guides the light to the subject's eye so as to become substantially coaxial with the optical axis of the OCT optical system.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Topcon CorporationInventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Kazuhiro Oomori
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Publication number: 20240008741Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus of an embodiment includes an illumination system, a photography system, and a focus processor. The illumination system includes a light source configured to emit illumination light and an indicator member having a plurality of indicators, and is configured to project the illumination light onto a subject's eye via the indicator member. The photography system includes an image sensor and is configured to perform photography of the subject's eye. The focus processor is configured to perform detection of a plurality of indicator images from an image acquired by the photography system, and perform a focus control of the photography system based on the plurality of indicator images.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro YAMADA, Kazuhiro OOMORI, Yasufumi FUKUMA
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Patent number: 11868325Abstract: A management system of the present invention includes a design database storing member identification information, member coordinates, and member shapes of construction members constituting a construction object, a management member selecting unit configured to select a management member to be managed among the construction members stored in the design database, a related member selecting unit configured to select a related member adjacent to the management member from the design database, a boundary information creating unit configured to select an adjacent portion between the management member and the related member, and with respect to the adjacent portion, as boundary information, associate identification information, adjacent portion coordinates, an adjacent portion shape of the adjacent portion, member identification information of the management member, and member identification information of the related member with each other, and a comparison result database configured to store information associateType: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Doji, Toshio Yamada, Nobuyuki Nishita, Satoshi Yanobe
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Publication number: 20240000310Abstract: An ophthalmic information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a normalizer. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire eye shape data or an intraocular distance of an eye of a subject. The normalizer is configured to normalize the eye shape data or the intraocular distance based on body data of the subject or a refractive power of the eye of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Toshihiro MINO, Shuyun YEH, Masashi NAKAJIMA, Yasufumi FUKUMA
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Patent number: 11859977Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: You Sasaki
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Publication number: 20230419451Abstract: An embodiment is a method of processing an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image. The method is configured to acquire a plurality of images by applying a plurality of OCT scans corresponding to a plurality of different polarization conditions to a sample, and then generate a mean image with a reduced birefringence-derived artifact by applying averaging to the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of different polarization conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventor: Shinnosuke AZUMA
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Patent number: 11849996Abstract: An OCT apparatus of an exemplary aspect includes an OCT scanner, image data generating unit, registration unit, and image data composing unit. The OCT scanner is configured to acquire three dimensional data sets by applying an OCT scan to mutually different three dimensional regions of a sample. The image data generating unit is configured to generate a plurality of pieces of image data from the three dimensional data sets. The registration unit is configured to perform a first registration between the plurality of pieces of image data by applying an image correlation calculation to each of overlap regions in the plurality of pieces of image data. The image data composing unit is configured to compose the plurality of pieces of image data based on a result of the first registration.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Hisashi Tsukada, Atsushi Kubota
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Publication number: 20230404390Abstract: Disclosed is a myopia progression analysis device including: an eye axial length acquisition section that acquires an eye axial length of an eye of a subject; a reference value acquisition section that acquires a numerical value related to a physical characteristic of the subject other than the eye axial length as a reference value; a relative eye axial length calculator that calculates a relative eye axial length through relativization of the eye axial length acquired by the eye axial length acquisition section using the reference value acquired by the reference value acquisition section; a population information acquisition section that acquires population information which is a set of information about relative eye axial lengths of a plurality of comparison targets to be compared with the subject; and a relative position information calculator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi NAKAJIMA, Yasufumi FUKUMA, Shu-Yun YEH
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Publication number: 20230404400Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus of an embodiment example includes a moving image generating unit, a movement mechanism, an analyzing processor, and a first controller. The moving image generating unit is configured to generate a moving image by illuminating and photographing the subject's eye. The movement mechanism is configured to move the moving image generating unit. The analyzing processor is configured to sequentially analyze a plurality of still images included in the moving image generated by the moving image generating unit being moved by the movement mechanism to sequentially detect images of a predetermined site of the subject's eye. The first controller is configured to control the movement mechanism based on a change in a predetermined image parameter of the images sequentially detected by the analyzing processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro YAMADA, Kazuhiro OOMORI, Yasufumi FUKUMA
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Publication number: 20230404389Abstract: The present invention comprises: an ophthalmological device 200 that is provided with a measurement unit 230; a measurement information processing unit 221 that converts measurement information, which has been obtained by the measurement unit 230, into image information and non-image information other than the image information; an ophthalmological device display unit 250 of the ophthalmological device 200 that displays the image information; a terminal device 400 that is arranged remotely from the ophthalmological device 200 and that is provided with a terminal display unit 340; a display unit imaging device 400 that is attached to the ophthalmological device 200 and that captures the entirety of the image which is displayed on the ophthalmological device display unit 250; an image transmission unit 480 that transmits, to the terminal device 300, the image which has been captured by the display unit imaging device 400; a measurement information transmission unit 222 of the ophthalmological device 200 that trType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 11846546Abstract: A full-range imaging method doubles imaging range of conventional techniques by removing mirror images of an imaged object that limit conventional images to a “half-range” and that are caused in part by the loss of phase information in a detected signal. Phase information of the detected signal is reconstructed with an averaging technique based on a modulated phase induced in the detected signal during scanning.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Xiang Wei, Tony Ko
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Publication number: 20230397809Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus of an embodiment includes a microscope, a processor, and a display controller. The microscope includes a pair of photography systems and is configured to acquire a pair of pieces of moving image data of a subject's eye. The processor is configured to perform first processing including at least one of a control of the microscope and image processing applied to at least one of the pair of pieces of moving image data, such that a predetermined parameter of the pair of pieces of moving image data satisfies a first condition. The display controller is configured to display a pair of moving images based on the pair of pieces of moving image data produced by the first processing on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro YAMADA, Kazuhiro OOMORI, Yasufumi FUKUMA
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Publication number: 20230397811Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus according to an embodiment example includes a moving image generating unit, an analyzing processor, a target position determining processor, and a display controller. The moving image generating unit is configured to generate a moving image by photographing the subject's eye. The analyzing processor is configured to analyze a still image included in the moving image to detect an image of a predetermined site of the subject's eye. The target position determining processor is configured to determine a target position for a predetermined treatment based at least on the image of the predetermined site detected by the analyzing processor. The display controller is configured to display, on a display device, the moving image and target position information that represents the target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro YAMADA, Kazuhiro OOMORI, Yasufumi FUKUMA
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Publication number: 20230397810Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus according to an embodiment example includes a moving image generating unit, an analyzing processor, and a display controller. The moving image generating unit is configured to generate a moving image by photographing a subject's eye into which an artificial object has been inserted. The analyzing processor is configured to analyze a still image included in the moving image to identify a first site image corresponding to a predetermined site of the subject's eye and a second site image corresponding to a predetermined site of the artificial object. The display controller is configured to display, on a display device, the moving image, first position information that represents a position of the first site image, and second position information that represents a position of the second site image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro YAMADA, Kazuhiro OOMORI, Yasufumi FUKUMA
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Publication number: 20230389795Abstract: An ophthalmic information processing apparatus is configured to remove an artifact of an image of a subject's eye obtained using an ophthalmic apparatus. The ophthalmic information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit and a correction unit. The identifying unit is configured to identify a correction region in the image based on a dioptric power of the subject's eye. The correction unit is configured to correct a luminance in the correction region identified by the identifying unit, based on a correction amount corresponding to the dioptric power of the subject's eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Ryuichi OHARA, Jun SAKAI, Hiroyuki AOKI
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Patent number: 11832884Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes an analyzer, and a display controller. The analyzer is configured to specify one or more atrophy regions in a fundus of a subject's eye by analyzing data of the fundus acquired using optical coherence tomography. The display controller is configured to cause a plurality of images, each of which represents the one or more atrophy regions specified by the analyzer, to be displayed on a display means in chronological order, based on the plurality of data acquired at different timings.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kanichi Tokuda, Taiki Aimi
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Publication number: 20230380680Abstract: The ophthalmic device 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises an LCD 39, an OCT unit 250, an inclination information generation unit 231, and a control unit 210. The LCD 39 presents a fixation target to an eye E under examination. The OCT unit 250 applies an OCT scan to an anterior eye part Ea of the eye E under examination, and constructs an image. The inclination information generation unit 231 generates inclination information indicating the inclination state of the anterior eye part Ea that has been drawn in the image constructed by the OCT unit 250. On the basis of the inclination information generated by the inclination information generation unit 231, the control unit 210 controls the LCD 39 to move the fixation target.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventor: Yusuke ONO
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Patent number: 11826102Abstract: A scan area setting unit of an exemplary ophthalmic apparatus sets a scan area in a region passing through an iris outer edge. A first scan controller controls an OCT optical system to apply an OCT scan to the scan area. An image quality evaluating unit calculates an image quality evaluation value of an image from the OCT scan. A corner angle image detecting unit analyzes the image to detect a corner angle image. A position judging unit judges whether the corner angle image is located within a first area in an image frame. A second scan controller controls the OCT optical system to apply an OCT scan of a predetermined pattern to the anterior segment, if the image quality evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold and the corner angle image is located within the first area.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke Ono
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Patent number: 11828931Abstract: Provided is a scanner system includes a laser scanner and a remote controller thereof. The remote controller includes a guide light transmitting unit. The laser scanner includes a guide light receiving unit for detecting the guide light transmitting unit. The laser scanner directs the optical axis of distance-measuring light to the guide light transmitting unit based on a light reception signal and set a data exclusion range with reference to the direction of the guide light transmitting unit. The laser scanner re-measures point cloud data of the data exclusion range in accordance with a measurement permission from the remote controller upon measuring point cloud data of an entire measurement range, and deletes the point cloud data of the data exclusion range from the point cloud data of an entire measurement range, and replacing the deleted data with remeasured point cloud data to acquire entire point cloud data.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi Yasutomi
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Publication number: 20230371811Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes: a spectroscopic member that separates light emitted from a light source into a first spectral component and a second spectral component; an optical scanner that guides the first spectral component and the second spectral component to an observation target region of a subject's eye including a plurality of imaging target lines formed by dividing the observation target region in a scanning direction; a line exposure imaging element that includes a plurality of exposure lines capable of detecting return light from the observation target region in the light receiving region; and a controller that illuminates a region of the imaging target lines corresponding to the two or more exposure lines forming the exposure line group with the first spectral component and the second spectral component to perform focus determination based on the result of detection by the exposure lines in the exposure line group.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kohta FUJII, Shunichi MORISHIMA