Patents by Inventor Kazuhisa Nomura
Kazuhisa Nomura 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).
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Patent number: 10485703Abstract: Operations of a laser treatment apparatus are facilitated. A laser treatment apparatus of an embodiment includes an illumination system, observation system, irradiation system, illumination-area changing part, irradiation-condition setting part and controller. The illumination system illuminates an eye fundus. The observation system is used for observing the fundus illuminated. The irradiation system irradiates aiming light of a preset pattern and treatment light consisting of laser light of a pattern determined based on the preset pattern onto the fundus. The illumination-area changing part is used for changing an illumination area of the fundus by the illumination system. The irradiation-condition setting part sets irradiation condition of the aiming light and/or treatment light from the irradiation system. The controller controls the illumination-area changing part based on the set irradiation condition to change the illumination area.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Hideharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 9968483Abstract: Safety of ophthalmologic laser treatment is improved. A laser treatment apparatus of an embodiment includes: a photographing system that photographs an eye; an irradiation system that irradiates aiming light of a preset pattern and treatment laser light onto a fundus of the eye; an irradiation-pattern determining part that determines an irradiation pattern of the treatment laser light based on a photograph image of the eye acquired by the photographing system and the preset pattern; and a controller that controls the irradiation system so as to irradiate the treatment laser light of the determined irradiation pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Takanori Takeda, Kazuhisa Nomura
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Publication number: 20150202083Abstract: Safety of ophthalmologic laser treatment is improved. A laser treatment apparatus of an embodiment includes: a photographing system that photographs an eye; an irradiation system that irradiates aiming light of a preset pattern and treatment laser light onto a fundus of the eye; an irradiation-pattern determining part that determines an irradiation pattern of the treatment laser light based on a photograph image of the eye acquired by the photographing system and the preset pattern; and a controller that controls the irradiation system so as to irradiate the treatment laser light of the determined irradiation pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Takanori Takeda, Kazuhisa Nomura
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Publication number: 20150173952Abstract: Operations of a laser treatment apparatus are facilitated. A laser treatment apparatus of an embodiment includes an illumination system, observation system, irradiation system, illumination-area changing part, irradiation-condition setting part and controller. The illumination system illuminates an eye fundus. The observation system is used for observing the fundus illuminated. The irradiation system irradiates aiming light of a preset pattern and treatment light consisting of laser light of a pattern determined based on the preset pattern onto the fundus. The illumination-area changing part is used for changing an illumination area of the fundus by the illumination system. The irradiation-condition setting part sets irradiation condition of the aiming light and/or treatment light from the irradiation system. The controller controls the illumination-area changing part based on the set irradiation condition to change the illumination area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Hideharu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130027661Abstract: A microscope for ophthalmologic surgery according to an embodiment comprises: an optical system that photographs a patient's eye; a main body part that stores at least part of the optical system; an attachment that is attached to the main body part and has multiple bright points arranged in a ring; a determination part that determines whether the eyelids of the patient's eye are open or closed by determining whether or not bright point images are depicted within a prescribed region in the frame of a first image obtained by using the optical system to photograph the patient's eye while the multiple bright points are projected thereto; and a calculation part that calculates astigmatism information of the patient's eye based on a second image obtained by using the optical system to photograph the patient's eye while the multiple bright points are projected thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Kazuhisa NOMURA, Nobuaki KITAJIMA, Toshiaki SATO
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Publication number: 20050027288Abstract: There is provided a laser operation apparatus capable of emitting suitable laser light having a uniformed light intensity distribution. A fiber vibrating device is fit to a portion of an optical fiber that guides laser light oscillated (for treatment) by a treatment laser light source to a slit lamp. The fiber vibrating device itself is vibrated by rotating a weight provided eccentric about a rotational shaft by a motor, thereby vibrating the optical fiber in a direction substantially orthogonal to an axial line direction thereof. When the optical fiber is vibrated by the fiber vibrating device, the laser light guided through the optical fiber is mixed to uniform the light intensity distribution of the laser light. The laser light having the uniformed light intensity distribution is emitted to an eye to be operated by the slit lamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCONInventors: Wataru Oyagi, Kazuhisa Nomura, Iori Nemoto, Hideo Sagehashi
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Patent number: 6742496Abstract: The butterfly valve of the invention is provided with a valve shaft to which a valve body is mounted, and a pair of slide bearings which rotatably support both ends of the valve shaft. Inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings being in contact with the valve shaft are formed in a convex curved surface protruding to an inner peripheral side, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings are formed in a circular arc shape in cross section along an axial direction. The inner peripheral surfaces in the slide bearings in both sides being in contact with the valve shaft are formed in a convex curved shape protruding to the inner peripheral side, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings are formed in a circular arc shape in cross section along the axial direction. Accordingly, the inner peripheral surfaces of the bearings are in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the valve shaft in a substantially line contact manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Hattori, Kazuhisa Nomura
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Patent number: 6722335Abstract: Air intake manifolds (32) for vehicle engines (50) may include a plate-shaped short runner valve (16) that is rotatably disposed within an aperture (19) of a wall partition (42). The valve (16) may be operated to open and close the aperture. A flange (22) may extend from an inner surface of the aperture and the flange may define a sealing face (22b). An elastic sealing member (21) may be disposed along a peripheral edge of the valve. The sealing member may include first and second projections (21a, 21b) extending from the peripheral edge of the valve. The first and second projections may be arranged in a substantially V-shape. Further, the terminal ends of the first and second projections are preferably disposed so as to closely contact the sealing face when the valve is rotated to the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Satoshi Hattori
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Publication number: 20030111036Abstract: Air intake manifolds (32) for vehicle engines (50) may include a plate-shaped short runner valve (16) that is rotatably disposed within an aperture (19) of a wall partition (42). The valve (16) may be operated to open and close the aperture. A flange (22) may extend from an inner surface of the aperture and the flange may define a sealing face (22b). An elastic sealing member (21) may be disposed along a peripheral edge of the valve. The sealing member may include first and second projections (21a, 21b) extending from the peripheral edge of the valve. The first and second projections may be arranged in a substantially V-shape. Further, the terminal ends of the first and second projections are preferably disposed so as to closely contact the sealing face when the valve is rotated to the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2002Publication date: June 19, 2003Applicant: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Satoshi Hattori
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Publication number: 20030101966Abstract: The butterfly valve of the invention is provided with a valve shaft to which a valve body is mounted, and a pair of slide bearings which rotatably support both ends of the valve shaft. Inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings being in contact with the valve shaft are formed in a convex curved surface protruding to an inner peripheral side, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings are formed in a circular arc shape in cross section along an axial direction. The inner peripheral surfaces in the slide bearings in both sides being in contact with the valve shaft are formed in a convex curved shape protruding to the inner peripheral side, and the inner peripheral surfaces of the slide bearings are formed in a circular arc shape in cross section along the axial direction. Accordingly, the inner peripheral surfaces of the bearings are in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the valve shaft in a substantially line contact manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Satoshi Hattori, Kazuhisa Nomura