Patents by Inventor Makoto SAIKA
Makoto SAIKA 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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Publication number: 20240108213Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a target projection system that presents an eye chart to a subject eye, an objective measurement optical system that objectively measures an eye characteristic of the subject eye, and a control portion that controls the target projection system and the objective measurement optical system, wherein the control portion presents the target for a predetermined time at a predetermined presentation position with the target projection system, and objectively measures the eye characteristic with the objective measurement optical system in a time series to control an operation of each portion based on a measurement result of the objective measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA
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Publication number: 20240099579Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an anterior segment image of a subject eye, an optotype projection system configured to present an optotype to the subject eye in at least two presentation positions different from each other, and a line-of-sight direction detection unit configured to extract a feature point from the anterior segment image that has been acquired by the image acquisition unit when the optotype has been presented in each of the at least two presentation positions, detect positional information on the anterior segment image of the feature point that has been extracted, and detect a line-of-sight direction of the subject eye on a basis of the positional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA
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Publication number: 20240090761Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an objective measurement optical system that measures an objective refraction characteristic of a subject eye and a control portion that performs total control including control of the objective measurement optical system, wherein the control portion analyzes a characteristic amount of a ring image obtained by measuring the objective refraction characteristic of the subject eye to feedback to a subjective examination content of the subject eye according to an analysis result of the characteristic amount of the ring image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA
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Publication number: 20230309822Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a subjective measurement optical system configured to measure a subjective refractive value of a subject eye, an objective measurement optical system configured to measure objective refractive characteristics of the subject eye, and a controller configured to control the subjective measurement optical system and the objective measurement optical system. The controller is further configured to measure the objective refractive characteristics of the subject eye by the objective measurement optical system and perform objective monitoring to monitor objective measurement information obtained by the measurement of the objective refractive characteristics during an RG test for checking whether or not corrected power is overcorrected or undercorrected by the subjective measurement optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Makoto SAIKA, Yoko TATARA, Akio HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230309828Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a subjective measurement optical system configured to measure a subjective refractive value of a subject eye; an objective measurement optical system configured to measure objective refractive characteristics of the subject eye; and a controller configured to control the subjective measurement optical system and the objective measurement optical system. The controller is further configured to perform measurement of the objective refractive characteristics of the subject eye by the objective measurement optical system and perform objective monitoring to monitor objective measurement information obtained by the measurement of the objective refractive characteristics during a weakest power test in which a weakest point is being obtained by the subjective measurement optical system, a maximum visual acuity value or a set predetermined visual acuity value being readable from the weakest point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Makoto SAIKA, Yoko TATARA, Akio HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230309819Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an optotype presentation mechanism that presents an optotype to a left subject eye and a right subject eye, and is capable of changing a brightness difference between the optotype presented to the left subject eye and the optotype presented to the right subject eye, a convergence adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a convergence distance, an eye information obtaining portion configured to obtain eye information on the left subject eye and the right subject eye, and a controller configured to control the optotype presentation mechanism, the convergence adjustment mechanism, and the eye information obtaining portion, wherein the controller sets the convergence distance to a distance different from a optotype presentation distance, gradually increases a brightness difference, and detects a visual line direction of the left subject eye and a visual line direction of the right subject eye based on the eye information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA, Takafumi YUKIMORI
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Publication number: 20230309814Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an objective measurement optical system that is configured to objectively measure eye characteristics of a subject eye; an optotype projection system that is configured to present a fixation target to the subject eye at a predetermined presentation position and apply fog to the subject eye; and a controller that is configured to control the objective measurement optical system and optotype projection system. The controller is further configured to objectively measure the eye characteristics over time by changing a presentation position of the fixation target from the predetermined presentation position in a direction to increase an amount of fog and presenting the fixation target.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Makoto SAIKA, Yoko TATARA, Akio HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11363948Abstract: An ophthalmologic device includes: a visual target presenting unit configured to present a common visual target to be viewed with both subject's eyes; a presenting distance changing unit configured to change a presenting distance of the visual target presented by the visual target presenting unit from a predetermined far vision distance to a predetermined near vision distance; an ocular characteristic acquiring unit configured to objectively acquire an optical characteristic of the subject's eyes; an addition power adding unit configured to add the addition power to the both subject's eyes; and a control unit configured to cause the presenting distance changing unit to change the presenting distance and the ocular characteristic acquiring unit to continuously acquire the optical characteristic, in a state in which an addition power is added to the both subject's eyes by the addition power adding unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Fujikado, Yoko Hirohara, Makoto Saika, Suguru Miyagawa
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Publication number: 20220151486Abstract: The ophthalmologic device to be coupled to a correcting device for correcting subject eyes, the correcting device including a right-left pair of two examination windows and a right-left pair of arrangement mechanisms that each arrange first optical elements, includes: a coupling member configured to be detachably coupled to each of coupled members provided on a side surface of the correcting device on a side opposite to an eyepiece side for each subject eye; a second optical element arranged at a position facing a second examination window opposite to a first examination window which is an eyepiece window, when the coupling member is coupled to the coupled member, the second optical element configured to branch a second optical path from a first optical path along the optical axes; and an objective measuring system arranged on the second optical path and configured to acquire ocular characteristics of each subject eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Topcon CorporationInventors: Yoko TATARA, Suguru MIYAGAWA, Tatsuo YAMAGUCHI, Makoto SAIKA
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Patent number: 11185221Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an OCT measurement unit, a corneal shape measurement unit, an eyeball model generator, and a site specifying unit. The OCT measurement unit is configured to acquire data of a subject's eye by deflecting measurement light using an optical scanner to project onto the subject's eye and detecting interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and reference light. The corneal shape measurement unit is configured to obtain curvature radius distribution on a cornea by detecting returning light of a measurement pattern projected onto a cornea of the subject's eye. The eyeball model generator is configured to generate an eyeball model using the curvature radius distribution on the cornea.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Saika, Tsutomu Kikawa
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Patent number: 11089956Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus is configured to control an optical scanner so as to perform a scan by measurement light in an intersecting direction which intersects a traveling direction of the measurement light, to specify a scan length based on a detection result of interference light corresponding to the scan, the detection result being acquired by an interference optical system, the scan length being a length of a scan range in the intersecting direction within a characteristic region in an anterior segment of the subject's eye, and to specify a movement amount of the subject's eye based on a reference value of the characteristic region and the scan length.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto Saika
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Patent number: 11013400Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary embodiment is capable of applying OCT to the fundus of a subject's eye, and includes an optical system, an optical scanner, an optical path length changing device, and a controller. The optical system splits light output front a light source into measurement light and reference light, projects the measurement light onto the fundus, generates interference light by superposing returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye on the reference light, and detects the interference light. The optical scanner deflects the measurement light for scanning the fundus. The optical path length changing device changes at least one of an optical path length of the measurement light and an optical path length of the reference light. The controller controls the optical scanner based on at least the optical path length.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kouta Fujii, Makoto Saika, Jun Sakai
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Patent number: 10959615Abstract: An eye-fatigue examining device and an eye-fatigue examining method capable of examining eye fatigue of a subject's eye regardless of an age of a patient are provided. The eye-fatigue examining device includes: a light quantity difference adjusting unit that increases a light quantity difference between lights respectively incident on right and left subject's eyes; a gaze direction detecting unit that detects gaze directions of the respective subject's eyes while the light quantity difference adjusting unit increases the light quantity difference; and a light quantity difference deciding unit that decides a specific light quantity difference at which a change in the gaze directions due to the increase in the light quantity difference occurs, based on the detection result of the gaze direction detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: TOPCON CORPORATION, OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Takashi Fujikado, Masakazu Hirota, Kohji Nishida, Makoto Saika, Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Suguru Miyagawa
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Publication number: 20210038071Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an aspect example applies optical coherence tomography (OCT) to an eye, and includes an interferometer, an OCT data generating unit, an optical path length changing unit, and a processing unit. The interferometer includes a measurement arm and a reference arm. The OCT data generating unit is configured to generate OCT data based on an output from the interferometer. The optical path length changing unit is configured to change at least one of the optical path length of the measurement arm and the optical path length of the reference arm. The processing unit is configured to control the optical path length changing unit to place partial data of the OCT data corresponding to a predetermined part of the eye at a standard depth level. The standard depth level is set based on a predetermined ocular parameter value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoko TATARA, Tatsuo YAMAGUCHI, Makoto SAIKA
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Patent number: 10881294Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an embodiment include a data acquisition device, distribution data generator, correction value calculator, magnification corrector, and data comparator. The data acquisition device acquires three dimensional data by applying OCT to the fundus of a subject's eye. The distribution data generator generates distribution data of a predetermined measurement value in the fundus based on the three dimensional data. The correction value calculator calculates a magnification correction value based on a predetermined condition for acquiring the three dimensional data. The magnification corrector changes at least one of the size of standard distribution data generated in advance for the predetermined measurement value and the size of the distribution data, based on the magnification correction value. The data comparator compares the distribution data with the standard distribution data, at least one of whose sizes has been changed by the magnification corrector.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kouta Fujii, Makoto Saika, Jun Sakai
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Patent number: 10634582Abstract: A lens characteristic evaluation device includes: a scanning optical system configured to scan a surface of a test lens with a linear luminous flux; a Hartmann plate provided on a side opposite to the scanning optical system with respect to the test lens and having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pinholes, the Hartmann plate being configured to transmit the linear luminous flux which has passed through the test lens and radiated on the pinholes by the scanning performed by the scanning optical system; a screen on which the linear luminous flux having passed through the Hartmann plate is projected; and a photographing optical system provided on a side opposite to the Hartmann plate with respect to the screen and configured to photograph the screen while the scanning with the linear luminous flux is being performed by the scanning optical system.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto Saika
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Publication number: 20200093363Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an OCT measurement unit, a corneal shape measurement unit, an eyeball model generator, and a site specifying unit. The OCT measurement unit is configured to acquire data of a subject's eye by deflecting measurement light using an optical scanner to project onto the subject's eye and detecting interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and reference light. The corneal shape measurement unit is configured to obtain curvature radius distribution on a cornea by detecting returning light of a measurement pattern projected onto a cornea of the subject's eye. The eyeball model generator is configured to generate an eyeball model using the curvature radius distribution on the cornea.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto SAIKA, Tsutomu KIKAWA
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Publication number: 20200085293Abstract: An ophthalmologic device includes: a visual target presenting unit configured to present a common visual target to be viewed with both subject's eyes; a presenting distance changing unit configured to change a presenting distance of the visual target presented by the visual target presenting unit from a predetermined far vision distance to a predetermined near vision distance; an ocular characteristic acquiring unit configured to objectively acquire an optical characteristic of the subject's eyes; an addition power adding unit configured to add the addition power to the both subject's eyes; and a control unit configured to cause the presenting distance changing unit to change the presenting distance and the ocular characteristic acquiring unit to continuously acquire the optical characteristic, in a state in which an addition power is added to the both subject's eyes by the addition power adding unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi FUJIKADO, Yoko HIROHARA, Makoto SAIKA, Suguru MIYAGAWA
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Publication number: 20190099076Abstract: An eye-fatigue examining device and an eye-fatigue examining method capable of examining eye fatigue of a subject's eye regardless of an age of a patient are provided. The eye-fatigue examining device includes: a light quantity difference adjusting unit that increases a light quantity difference between lights respectively incident on right and left subject's eyes; a gaze direction detecting unit that detects gaze directions of the respective subject's eyes while the light quantity difference adjusting unit increases the light quantity difference; and a light quantity difference deciding unit that decides a specific light quantity difference at which a change in the gaze directions due to the increase in the light quantity difference occurs, based on the detection result of the gaze direction detecting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi FUJIKADO, Masakazu HIROTA, Kohji NISHIDA, Makoto SAIKA, Tatsuo YAMAGUCHI, Suguru MIYAGAWA
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Publication number: 20190090735Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary embodiment is capable of applying OCT to the fundus of a subject's eye, and includes an optical system, an optical scanner, an optical path length changing device, and a controller. The optical system splits light output front a light source into measurement light and reference light, projects the measurement light onto the fundus, generates interference light by superposing returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye on the reference light, and detects the interference light. The optical scanner deflects the measurement light for scanning the fundus. The optical path length changing device changes at least one of an optical path length of the measurement light and an optical path length of the reference light. The controller controls the optical scanner based on at least the optical path length.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventors: Kouta FUJII, Makoto SAIKA, Jun SAKAI