Patents by Inventor Junpei NISHIYAMA

Junpei NISHIYAMA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11883100
    Abstract: Provided are ophthalmologic image processing method, including an acquisition step of acquiring OCT data of an eye to be examined based on a spectral interference signal output from an OCT optical system, a setting step of setting a depth region including an image position of a tissue as an extraction region for data on one-direction side from a zero delay position in the OCT data, and a display control step of extracting extracted OCT data corresponding to the extraction region from the OCT data and displaying the extracted OCT data in a display region set in advance on a monitor, and an OCT apparatus that executes the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiba, Yukihiro Higuchi, Shinya Iwata, Junpei Nishiyama, Hideki Aono, Hirofumi Yogo
  • Publication number: 20220319052
    Abstract: This invention stores necessary OCT data and reduces unnecessary OCT data. The OCT device includes: an OCT optical system that captures an image of a subject eye in accordance with a measurement action; a data obtaining section that obtains OCT data; a subject data determining section that determines non-reduction-subject data or reducing process section; a reducing process section that reduces a data amount of the reduction subject data or delete the reduction subject data; and a storage executing section that stores the non-reduction-subject data and after-reduction data in a storage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hisanari TORII, Kenshiro FUJIU, Ryosuke SHIBA, Yukihiro HIGUCHI, Tetsuya KANO, Junpei NISHIYAMA, Kenji NAKAMURA, Norimasa SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20220039650
    Abstract: A fundus imaging apparatus includes an OCT optical system for acquiring OCT data based on measurement light irradiated on a fundus of a subject eye and reference light, and a front imaging optical system for capturing a front image of the fundus of the subject eye by scanning light on the fundus. The scanning light scanned on the fundus of the subject eye in the front imaging optical system has a wavelength, which is longer than ?=850 nm, in a wavelength region in which a scanning light is unlikely to be visible for the subject eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya IWATA, Junpei NISHIYAMA, Norimasa SATAKE
  • Publication number: 20210093186
    Abstract: Provided are ophthalmologic image processing method, including an acquisition step of acquiring OCT data of an eye to be examined based on a spectral interference signal output from an OCT optical system, a setting step of setting a depth region including an image position of a tissue as an extraction region for data on one-direction side from a zero delay position in the OCT data, and a display control step of extracting extracted OCT data corresponding to the extraction region from the OCT data and displaying the extracted OCT data in a display region set in advance on a monitor, and an OCT apparatus that executes the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiba, Yukihiro Higuchi, Shinya Iwata, Junpei Nishiyama, Hideki Aono, Hirofumi Yogo
  • Patent number: 10242467
    Abstract: An optical tomography apparatus has a measurement unit that divides light output from a light source into measurement light and reference light, that repeatedly scans a subject with the measurement light, and that causes a detector to detect interference between reflected light of the measurement light and the reference light, and a processor. The processor performs an acquisition process of are temporally sequentially acquiring tomographic images at the same transverse position in the subject based on a signal output from the detector. The processor performs a video image generation process of generating a synthetic image on a real time basis by synthesizing a new tomographic image frequently and one or more past images, and causing a monitor to display a real time video image formed from the synthetic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Nishiyama, Seigo Ueda
  • Publication number: 20170256078
    Abstract: An optical tomography apparatus has a measurement unit that divides light output from a light source into measurement light and reference light, that repeatedly scans a subject with the measurement light, and that causes a detector to detect interference between reflected light of the measurement light and the reference light, and a processor. The processor performs an acquisition process of are temporally sequentially acquiring tomographic images at the same transverse position in the subject based on a signal output from the detector. The processor performs a video image generation process of generating a synthetic image on a real time basis by synthesizing a new tomographic image frequently and one or more past images, and causing a monitor to display a real time video image formed from the synthetic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei NISHIYAMA, Seigo UEDA
  • Patent number: 9591967
    Abstract: An optical tomographic imaging device configured to acquire a tomographic image of a tissue of an object, includes: a dividing device configured to divide a light beam emitted from a light source into measurement light and reference light; a combining device configured to combine the measurement light, which is separated by the dividing device and is reflected from the tissue, with the reference light so as to generate interference light for acquiring the tomographic image; a plurality of irradiation devices, each of the plurality of irradiation devices being configured to guide the measurement light and irradiate the tissue with the measurement light: and a switching device configured to switch the plurality of irradiation devices from one to another and select one of the plurality of irradiation devices to cause the selected irradiation device to irradiate the measurement light output from the dividing device with tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Nishiyama, Yukihiro Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9560962
    Abstract: An optical tomographic image photographing apparatus for acquiring information on a tissue inside a specimen, the apparatus includes: a synthesis unit configured to generate a interference beam by synthesizing a measuring beam reflected from the tissue and a reference beam; and a detector configured to detect the generated first interference beam as a first interference signal, the first interference beam being detected for each scanning position of the measuring beam. The optical tomographic image photographing apparatus acquires tomographic information for each scanning position of the specimen by using the detected first interference signal and acquiring tomographic image data of the specimen expressed by polar coordinates by using the tomographic information; and converts the tomographic image data of the specimen expressed by the acquired polar coordinates into image data expressed by rectangular coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajimi Namiki, Junpei Nishiyama, Natsuru Misaki
  • Publication number: 20160128561
    Abstract: An optical tomography device is an optical tomography device that includes a first light source; and an optical device configured to guide first light from the first light source to a measurement target eye and detect interference light obtained from reflected light from the measurement target eye. The optical tomography device further includes: a second light source configured to emit aiming light indicative of a position to which the first light is applied; and an optical probe having an opening at a distal end and configured capable of being inserted in an eyeball. The optical probe applies the first light, into the measurement target eye through the opening, guides the reflected light to the optical device, and applies, through the opening, the aiming light to the position to which the first light is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko TERASAKI, Masahiko KOBAYASHI, Junpei NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160113485
    Abstract: An optical tomographic imaging device configured to acquire a tomographic image of a tissue of an object, includes: a dividing device configured to divide a light beam emitted from a light source into measurement light and reference light; a combining device configured to combine the measurement light, which is separated by the dividing device and is reflected from the tissue, with the reference light so as to generate interference light for acquiring the tomographic image; a plurality of irradiation devices, each of the plurality of irradiation devices being configured to guide the measurement light and irradiate the tissue with the measurement light: and a switching device configured to switch the plurality of irradiation devices from one to another and select one of the plurality of irradiation devices to cause the selected irradiation device to irradiate the measurement light output from the dividing device with tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Junpei NISHIYAMA, Yukihiro HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150272431
    Abstract: There is provided an observation attachment and a display apparatus achieving reduction in a burden of visual line movement of a user. The observation attachment is mounted on a surgical microscope having an eyepiece. The observation attachment includes a mounting member attached to the surgical microscope and a display holding member which holds a display provided with a display screen displayed with information for assisting a work of a user in using the surgical microscope, the information being different from an object's image directly observed through the eyepiece, and places the display screen of the display around the eyepiece of the surgical microscope in an attached state that the mounting member is attached to the surgical microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hironori FUJII, Junpei NISHIYAMA, Naoki ISOGAI, Masahiko KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150182111
    Abstract: An optical tomographic image photographing apparatus for acquiring information on a tissue inside a specimen, the apparatus includes: a synthesis unit configured to generate a interference beam by synthesizing a measuring beam reflected from the tissue and a reference beam; and a detector configured to detect the generated first interference beam as a first interference signal, the first interference beam being detected for each scanning position of the measuring beam. The optical tomographic image photographing apparatus acquires tomographic information for each scanning position of the specimen by using the detected first interference signal and acquiring tomographic image data of the specimen expressed by polar coordinates by using the tomographic information; and converts the tomographic image data of the specimen expressed by the acquired polar coordinates into image data expressed by rectangular coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime NAMIKI, Junpei NISHIYAMA, Natsuru MISAKI