Patents Assigned to Topcon Corporation
  • Patent number: 11592291
    Abstract: Detection of a target by a surveying device is automated to achieve simple work. A surveying method uses a surveying device for detecting and identifying a target device having an entire circumference reflection prism and a code display that is arranged in a vertical direction. The surveying device has a laser scanner configured to perform laser scanning along a vertical plane while horizontally rotating. The surveying method includes performing laser scanning by emitting laser scanning light along the vertical plane while making the surveying device horizontally rotate, and detecting the code display on the basis of the laser scanning light that is reflected back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: You Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11585900
    Abstract: In measurement with a surveying device having a surveying function and a laser scanner function, three-dimensional coordinates of a reflecting prism acquired with the surveying function and three-dimensional coordinates of a vertex of a polyhedron generated by processing point group data acquired with the laser scanner function are made to coincide with each other. The reflecting prism is used together with the surveying device having the surveying function and the laser scanner function, is provided to a measurement target object, and is disposed in such a position that the vertex position of the measurement target object coincides with or is considered to coincide with the optical center position of the prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nishita, Yasushi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230050680
    Abstract: An ophthalmic information processing apparatus includes a specifying unit and an image deforming unit. The specifying unit is configured to specify a three-dimensional position of each pixel in a two-dimensional front image depicting a predetermined site of a subject's eye, based on OCT data obtained by performing optical coherence tomography on the predetermined site. The image deforming unit is configured to deform the two-dimensional front image, by changing position of at least one pixel in the two-dimensional front image based on the three-dimensional position, to generate a three-dimensional front image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi HIROSE, Suguru MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230049076
    Abstract: A system includes: a device capable of surveying a measurement target or emitting laser light; an acceleration sensor capable of detecting an acceleration of the device; an output unit capable of outputting information; a storage unit configured to store: history information on the acceleration; and a correspondence table including a predetermined condition to be detected based on the acceleration and an operation detail in correspondence with each other; and a control unit configured to control output of the output unit based on the operation detail corresponding to the predetermined condition of the device associated in accordance with the history information, if the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor is determined to correspond to the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori NABETA
  • Patent number: 11580696
    Abstract: A surveying data processing device includes a point cloud data acquiring unit, a three-dimensional model acquiring unit, a first correspondence relationship determining unit, an extended three-dimensional data generating unit, and a second correspondence relationship determining unit. The point cloud data acquiring unit acquires first point cloud data obtained by laser scanning, at a first viewpoint, and acquires second point cloud data obtained by laser scanning, at a second viewpoint. The three-dimensional model acquiring unit acquires data of a three-dimensional model. The first correspondence relationship determining unit obtains a correspondence relationship between the first point cloud data and the three-dimensional model. The extended three-dimensional data generating unit generates extended three-dimensional data in which the first point cloud data is extended, on the basis of the correspondence relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: You Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11571123
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic processing apparatus according to embodiments acquires data of a fundus of a subject's eye optically. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes a fixation system, an image acquisition unit, a specifying unit, and a determination unit. The fixation system is configured to project fixation light onto an eye of a subject. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire an image of the fundus of the subject's eye in a state where the fixation light is projected by the fixation system. The specifying unit is configured to analyze the image acquired by the image acquisition unit to specify an image region corresponding to a predetermined site of the fundus. The determination unit is configured to determine whether or not the image region specified by the specifying unit is included within a predetermined range in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Ono
  • Publication number: 20230025194
    Abstract: Versatile and convenient safety management of a construction machine is achieved. Construction machines and workers are photographed by a camera of a surveying apparatus. The images of a construction machine and a worker are identified in the photographic image. The positions of the construction machine and the worker that are identified in the photographic image are measured by the surveying apparatus with the use of laser light. The separation distance between the construction machine and the worker in which the positions are measured is calculated. In the case in which the calculated separation distance is at a threshold or less, a warning is issued to the construction machines and the workers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: You SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230023425
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an illumination optical system including a slit in which a slit-shaped aperture is formed and an iris aperture in which two apertures are formed at positions away from an optical axis position, the iris aperture being arranged at a position substantially conjugate optically to an iris of a subject's eye between a light source and the slit, and configured to generate slit-shaped illumination light using light from the light source and to guide the illumination light to a fundus of the subject's eye; and an imaging optical system including an imaging aperture in which an aperture is formed, and configured to guide returning light of the illumination light to an image sensor, the returning light being guided from the fundus by pupil division and passing through the aperture formed in the imaging aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya SUZUKI, Kazuhiro YAMADA, Hitoshi SHIMIZU, Masashi NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230014194
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an illumination optical system that generates slit-shaped illumination light using a first light source; an optical scanner that deflects the illumination light to a fundus of a subject's eye; an imaging optical system that captures light from the fundus using a rolling shutter method; an acquisition unit that acquires a fundus image of the subject's eye using light from a second light source; a flare determination unit that determines whether or not flare occurs by analyzing the fundus image; a controller that performs flare optimization control by controlling at least one of the first light source, the illumination optical system, the optical scanner, the imaging optical system, and the image sensor based on a first determination result obtained by the flare determination unit; and an image forming unit that forms an image of the fundus when the flare does not occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIMOSAWA, Kazuhiro YAMADA, Masaya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230015894
    Abstract: The light wave distance meter is disclosed, including: a distance measuring light-emitting unit; a light-receiving signal generating unit; and a control arithmetic unit. A light-receiving signal includes a first intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a first distance measuring light, a second intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a second distance measuring light, a third intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a third distance measuring light, and a fourth intermittent light-receiving signal corresponding to a fourth distance measuring light. The control arithmetic unit executes an error determination control to acquire a shift signal generated by shifting at least a phase of any one of the first to fourth intermittent light-receiving signals by 2?·n??/2 or 2?·n+?/2, and compares the phase of the shift signal and the phase of the intermittent light-receiving signal at least between either the first frequencies or between the second frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masae MATSUMOTO, Naoki SHOJI, Jun ABE
  • Patent number: 11555898
    Abstract: Provided is a distance measuring device which allows the measurement accuracy to be improved while the memory size is reduced. A distance measuring device includes a light emitting element which emits range-finding light as pulse light, a light receiving element which receives reflected range-finding light obtained as the range-finding light is reflected on a measurement object, an AD converter which converts the light reception signal output from the light receiving element from an analogue signal to a digital signal, multiple memories which have different memory sizes from each other and store sampled data output from the AD converter, and a rough distance calculator which calculates a distance on the basis of the sampled data stored in the multiple memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11547294
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Takefumi Hayashi, Yoko Tatara
  • Patent number: 11550034
    Abstract: Provided is a target instrument including a pole, a prism provided on the pole, and a terminal device provided on the pole, wherein the terminal device comprises an image pickup module, a tilt sensor which detects tilts in two axial directions, and an arithmetic control module, wherein the image pickup module acquires an image which includes a reference object, the tilt sensor detects a tilt angle of a target instrument, and the arithmetic control module calculates a tilt direction of the target instrument from a position of the reference object in the image, calculates a tilt direction of the target instrument based on tilt angles in the two axial directions of the tilt sensor, acquires a deviation between the two tilt directions, and corrects the tilt angles in the two axial directions of the tilt sensor to tilt angles in directions parallel to an optical axis of the image pickup module and orthogonal to the optical axis based on the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Minoru Chiba, Akinobu Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11551411
    Abstract: Correspondence relationships between two laser scanning point clouds are easily determined with high accuracy. A data processor includes a laser scanning point cloud acquiring unit and a laser scanning point cloud correspondence relationship determining unit. The laser scanning point cloud acquiring unit acquires a first laser scanning point cloud that is obtained in a first time period and a second laser scanning point cloud that is obtained in a second time period. The laser scanning point cloud correspondence relationship determining unit determines correspondence relationships between the first laser scanning point cloud and the second laser scanning point cloud on the basis of a laser scanning point cloud relating to a fixed object. The fixed object is contained in both the first laser scanning point cloud and the second laser scanning point cloud and does not change between the first time period and the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Tadayuki Ito, Takeshi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20230000346
    Abstract: A slit lamp microscope of an aspect example includes a scanner and a data processor. The scanner is configured to scan an anterior segment of a subject's eye with slit light to collect a plurality of cross sectional images. The data processor is configured to generate opacity distribution information that represents a distribution of an opaque area in a crystalline lens, based on the plurality of cross sectional images collected by the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan LIU, Hitoshi SHIMIZU, Hisashi TSUKADA
  • Publication number: 20230000342
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Takefumi HAYASHI, Yoko TATARA
  • Patent number: 11540711
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus, includes: a first concave mirror and a second concave mirror having a concave surface-shaped first reflective surface and a concave surface-shaped second reflective surface; an SLO optical system configured to project light from an SLO light source onto a subject's eye via the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror, and to detect returning light from the subject's eye; a first optical scanner configured to deflect the light from the SLO light source to guide the light to the first reflective surface; a second optical scanner configured to deflect light reflected by the first reflective surface to guide the light to the second reflective surface; an OCT optical system including a third optical scanner, and configured to split light from an OCT light source into measurement light and reference light, to project the measurement light deflected by the third optical scanner onto the subject's eye, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hirose, Tatsuo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220415457
    Abstract: A computer-based method for medical support. A computer receives history data obtained from history taking of a patient, selects one or more first examination types for a first examination from a first examination type group stored in a storage device in advance based on the history data, and controls an output device to output information indicating the one or more first examination types. Further, the computer receives first examination data obtained from the first examination of the patient, wherein the first examination includes at least one of the one or more first examination types, selects one or more second examination types for a second examination from a second examination type group stored in the storage device in advance based on the history data and the first examination data, and controls the output device to output information indicating the one or more second examination types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriyasu TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220409046
    Abstract: In the ophthalmic imaging apparatus of an aspect example, the first image collecting unit collects a series of Scheimpflug images by performing scanning of a three dimensional region of a subject's eye with slit light. The second image collecting unit collects a series of time series images by performing repetitive photography of the subject's eye in parallel with the scanning of the three dimensional region performed by the first image collecting unit. The first image analyzing unit analyzes the series of time series images to determine time series shifts of the slit light during the scanning of the three dimensional region performed by the first image collecting unit. The image interpolating unit performs interpolation of the series of Scheimpflug images based on the time series shifts of the slit light determined by the first image analyzing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Shinnosuke AZUMA
  • Patent number: D977999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhito Haijima, Yasushi Tanaka, Mitsuru Ogawa, Nobuyuki Nishita, Yoshiyuki Daibo