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).

  • Patent number: 10485703
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Hideharu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9968483
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Takanori Takeda, Kazuhisa Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150202083
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Takanori Takeda, Kazuhisa Nomura
  • Publication number: 20150173952
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Hideharu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130027661
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Kazuhisa NOMURA, Nobuaki KITAJIMA, Toshiaki SATO
  • Publication number: 20050027288
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Wataru Oyagi, Kazuhisa Nomura, Iori Nemoto, Hideo Sagehashi
  • Patent number: 6742496
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Hattori, Kazuhisa Nomura
  • Patent number: 6722335
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Satoshi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20030111036
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Nomura, Satoshi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20030101966
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Hattori, Kazuhisa Nomura