Patents Assigned to Topcon Corporation
  • Patent number: 11684252
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an optical scanner, an interference optical system, an intraocular distance calculator, an image correcting unit, and a controller. The optical scanner is disposed at an optically substantially conjugate position with a first site of a subject's eye. The interference optical system is configured to split light from a light source into reference light and measurement light, to project the measurement light onto the subject's eye via the optical scanner, and to detect interference light between returning light of the light from the subject's eye and the reference light via the optical scanner. The image forming unit is configured to form a tomographic image of the subject's eye corresponding a first traveling direction of the measurement light deflected by the optical scanner, based on a detection result of the interference light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Hirose, Michiko Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20230175844
    Abstract: An inclination sensor that can accurately detect an inclination angle with respect to a horizontal direction while suppressing drift in output values from an acceleration sensor and a data acquisition device including the inclination sensor are described. The inclination sensor includes a gimbal mechanism that is rotatably supported around a first shaft and a second shaft, a first motor that rotates the first shaft, a second motor that rotates the second shaft, a first encoder that detects a rotation angle of the first shaft, a second encoder that detects a rotation angle of the second shaft, an acceleration sensor that is disposed in the gimbal mechanism, and a control unit that arithmetically determines the inclination angle with respect to the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki SHOJI, Fumio OTOMO
  • Patent number: 11668825
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided that can identify an array direction of a measurement object formed in a linear shape and efficiently perform a localized measurement of the measurement object. A measurement apparatus includes a distance measuring unit, a deflecting unit which deflects a direction of emission of measurement light with respect to a reference optical axis and which is capable of performing scanning with the measurement light with respect to a prescribed center in a circumferential direction, and a calculation control unit which controls the distance measuring unit and the deflecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Nishita
  • Patent number: 11668567
    Abstract: A surveying instrument includes a distance measuring unit which irradiates an object with the distance measuring light and measures a distance to the object based on the reflected distance measuring light from the object, wherein the distance measuring unit includes a distance measuring light projecting module configured to project the distance measuring light and a distance measuring light receiving module configured to receive the reflected distance measuring light, the distance measuring light receiving module includes a dichroic prism and a light receiving module, and the dichroic prism is configured in such a manner that the reflected distance measuring light is internally reflected in the dichroic prism at least three times and then received by the light receiving module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20230165456
    Abstract: According to a medical system of an aspect example, an ophthalmic data acquiring unit includes at least one ophthalmic examination apparatus for acquiring ophthalmic data from a patient, and an internal medicine data acquiring unit includes at least one internal medicine examination apparatus for acquiring internal medicine data from the patient. An inference processor is configured to perform inference processing using a trained model constructed by machine learning using training data that includes ophthalmic data, internal medicine data, and diagnostic result data. The inference processor generates inferred diagnostic data by performing the inference processing based at least on the ophthalmic data of the patient acquired by the ophthalmic data acquiring unit and the internal medicine data of the patient acquired by the internal medicine data acquiring unit. An output unit outputs a result of the inference processing performed by the inference processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: RIKEN, Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi WADA, Masayuki MARUYAMA, Norihito SAITO, Kei TANEISHI, Yasufumi FUKUMA, Masahiro AKIBA, Gaku TAKEUCHI, Kana MINAMIDE
  • Patent number: 11663786
    Abstract: Provided is an eyewear display system includes: a scanner including a measuring unit configured to acquire three-dimensional coordinates, a point cloud data acquiring unit configured to acquire point cloud data, and a communication unit; an eyewear device including a display, a relative position detection sensor, a relative direction detection sensor, and a communication unit; a storage device including CAD design data of an observation site; and a data processing device configured to synchronize a coordinate space of the scanner, a coordinate space of the eyewear device, and a coordinate space of the CAD design data, and convert observation data OD and/or observation data prediction PD into data in the coordinate space of the CAD design data, such that the eyewear device displays the observation data OD or observation data prediction PD on the display by superimposing the observation data OD or observation data prediction PD on an actual landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yasutomi, Takeshi Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230157542
    Abstract: A slit lamp microscope according to an embodiment example includes a scanner, a first assessing processor, and a controller. The scanner is configured to perform application of a scan to an anterior segment of a subject’s eye with slit light to collect an image group. The first assessing processor is configured to execute an assessment of a quality of the image group collected by the scanner. The controller is configured to selectively execute at least two control modes according to a result of the assessment of the quality obtained by the first assessing processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi SHIMIZU, Kazuhiro OMORI, Hisashi TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20230152095
    Abstract: A surveying method using a surveying system including a surveying device and a terminal. The surveying method includes: receiving, by the terminal, a result of selecting a survey target foundation point from among a plurality of consecutive foundation points; obtaining an intersection between a reference line and a boundary side set in advance, the reference line connecting the survey target foundation point and an adjacent foundation point adjacent to the survey target foundation point; and outputting, in association with the survey target foundation point, a relative positional relationship between the intersection and a survey target device surveyed by the surveying device for the survey target foundation point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei SATO, Yoshihiro NISHI, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Takashi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230148860
    Abstract: A scanning apparatus includes a scanner configured to move a scanning spot along a movement path to capture three-dimensional information of a target object. The movement path includes a plurality of b-scan paths performed along a c-scan path. The scanning apparatus also includes a processing circuit configured as a controller to control the movement path of the scanning spot. An area of the target object covered by the movement path may be independent of a length of the b-scan path. The processing circuit may be configured as an analyzer configured to determine a saturation time for each three-dimensional position within a portion of the target object based on an inter-scan time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro MINO, Yahui WANG, Zhenguo WANG, Kinpui CHAN
  • Patent number: 11642024
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes: a head unit having an optical system capable of receiving light reflected from a subject's eye; a drive mechanism that movably holds the head unit; an alignment detection unit that detects a position of the subject's eye relative to the head unit; and a control unit that controls the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes at least two arms rotatably connected together, at least two first rotation support mechanisms and at least three second rotation support mechanisms which allow the head unit to move, and at least five driving units for driving the rotation support mechanisms. The control unit is capable of controlling the driving units using a measurement result of the alignment measuring unit to align the head unit and the subject's eye with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Ueno, Ryousuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11644575
    Abstract: A technique is provided to more easily measure a distance of a target from a ground surface or a ceiling surface. A surveying device has a laser scanner part and a total station in a unitary manner. The surveying device includes a TS functional part, a laser scanner part, and a distance calculator. The TS functional part positions a reflective prism by using laser light. The laser scanner part performs laser scanning of a ground surface along a vertical plane containing the reflective prism and an optical axis for the laser positioning to obtain a laser scanned point cloud. The distance calculator calculates a distance between the ground surface and the reflective prism on the basis of one or multiple points, which are extracted from the laser scanned point cloud and in proximity to a straight line connecting the reflective prism and a specific plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Nishita
  • Publication number: 20230133949
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an interference optical system, an optical scanner controller, and a correction controller. The interference optical system includes an astigmatism correction optical member and an optical scanner, and is configured to split light from a light source into reference light and measurement light, to irradiate the measurement light onto the subject’s eye via the astigmatism correction optical member and the optical scanner, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject’s eye and the reference light. The optical scanner controller is configured to control the optical scanner so as to deflect the measurement light in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the interference optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI, Akiko ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230137777
    Abstract: A portable display terminal for survey assistance includes: a screen unit and a selection unit of the portable display terminal; a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire design information including an identifier of a design drawing, and a plan view, a longitudinal sectional view, and a transverse sectional view that are associated with the identifier; a design information summarization unit configured to generate summary drawings of the design drawing; a design information selection display unit configured to line up and display a plurality of combinations of the summary drawings in a selectable manner; and a screen display unit configured to display an image of at least one of the plan view, the longitudinal sectional view, or the transverse sectional view of the design drawing associated with the combination of the summary drawings selected by a selection unit on a screen unit of the portable display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke NAKAMURA, Umihiro ICHIRIYAMA, Motohiro MIYAJIMA, Yoshihiro NISHI, Ryosuke SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11630186
    Abstract: A target device, which allows a sufficient amount of reflected light to be obtained from an end portion, is provided and includes a measurement section. In the target device, a retroreflective layer in which a plurality of retroreflective elements are arranged on the entire circumference in a circumferential direction about an axis is formed on at least part of the outer peripheral surface of the measurement section. The retroreflective layer is formed into an uneven shape in which a distance from the axis changes along the entire circumference in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Nishita
  • Patent number: 11629959
    Abstract: A surveying instrument includes a distance measuring module for measuring a distance to the object, in which the distance measuring module includes a light projecting optical system configured to project a distance measuring light and a light receiving optical system configured to receive a reflected distance measuring light, the light receiving optical system includes a prism having a quadrangular shape and a photodetector, the prism includes a first plane, a second plane, a third plate and a fourth plane, configured to enter the reflected distance measuring light in the first plane, sequentially internally reflect on the second plane, the first plane, and the third plane, transmit through the fourth plane, and project, and the reflect distance measuring light projected from the prism configured to be received by the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Yuasa
  • Patent number: 11630208
    Abstract: A measurement system includes: a storage configured to store design information including at least a dimension and a designed position of each of building components at a construction site; a component identifier configured to identify at least one of the building components constructed at the construction site as an identified building component, based on the designed position stored in the storage; a scanner configured to measure a distance and/or angle from the identified building component identified by the component identifier; a point cloud data generator configured to generate three-dimensional point cloud data, based on a result of the distance and/or angle measured by the scanner; and an actually measured position calculator configured to calculate an actually measured position of the identified building component, based on the three-dimensional point cloud data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nishita, Tetsuji Anai
  • Patent number: 11629957
    Abstract: A surveying apparatus has a combined structure of a total station and a laser scanner. The surveying apparatus includes a point cloud data acquiring unit, an abnormal part detecting unit, an abnormal part position acquiring unit, and an automatic sighting controller. The point cloud data acquiring unit acquires first point cloud data and second point cloud data obtained by laser scanning that is performed on an object to be inspected at a time interval. The abnormal part detecting unit calculates a difference between the first and second point cloud data to detect a part of the object to be inspected, at which position information varies, as a detailed-inspection target part. The abnormal part position acquiring unit acquires a position of the detailed-inspection target part. The automatic sighting controller controls to make the total station sight the detailed-inspection target part, based on the position of the detailed-inspection target part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: You Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230115056
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an aspect example includes an image acquiring unit, a first image region identifying processor, and a second image region identifying processor. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire an anterior segment image constructed based on data collected from an anterior segment of a subject's eye by OCT scanning. The first image region identifying processor is configured to identify a first image region corresponding to a predetermined part of the anterior segment by analyzing a first part of the anterior segment image acquired by the image acquiring unit. The second image region identifying processor is configured to identify a second image region corresponding to the predetermined part based on the first image region identified by the first image region identifying processor, the second image region being inside a second part that includes the first part as a proper subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori ASANUMA, Yusuke ONO
  • Publication number: 20230105247
    Abstract: A medical diagnostic apparatus includes a receiver circuit that receives three-dimensional data of a subject's eye, and a processor configured to separate portions of the three-dimensional data into separate segments, perform processing differently on each of the separate segments, and combine the separately processed segments to produce a segmented three-dimensional data set. The processor is further configured to generate at least one diagnostic metric from the segmented three-dimensional 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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: Topcon Corporation, Osaka University
    Inventors: Kohji NISHIDA, Atsuya MIKI, Kazuichi MARUYAMA, Ryo KAWASAKI, Song MEI, Zaixing MAO, Zhenguo WANG, Kinpui CHAN, Xin SUI
  • Patent number: 11619741
    Abstract: Point cloud data relating to a matching target is efficiently eliminated after completion of a process of matching between sets of point cloud data obtained at different viewpoints. The surveying data processing device includes a target detecting unit, a location acquiring unit, a point cloud data eliminating region setting unit, and a point cloud data eliminating unit. The target detecting unit detects a target in point cloud data. The point cloud data is obtained by emitting laser light on an object having the target and by detecting the light reflected back from the object. The target location acquiring unit acquires a location of the detected target. The point cloud data eliminating region setting unit sets a point cloud data eliminating region containing the target, based on the location of the target. The point cloud data eliminating unit eliminates point cloud data contained in the point cloud data eliminating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: You Sasaki