Patents by Inventor Michihiro Takii

Michihiro Takii 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).

  • Publication number: 20190269318
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes a light projecting optical system that has a visual target presenting portion for emitting a target light flux and projects a target light flux emitted from the visual target presenting portion toward a subject eye, a calibration portion that is disposed in an optical path of the light projecting optical system and changes optical characteristics of the target light flux, an acquisition portion that acquires a near distance objective eye refractive power that is an eye refractive power of the subject eye objectively measured in a near distance viewing state, and a control portion that controls an operation for acquiring a near distance subjective eye refractive power that is a subjective eye refractive power of the subject eye measured in a near distance viewing state, based on the near distance objective eye refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Hirohisa TERABE
  • Patent number: 10264967
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes subjective measurement unit for subjectively measuring an optical characteristic of a subject eye, the subjective measurement unit including a calibration optical system that is disposed in an optical path of a light projecting optical system projecting a visual target luminous flux toward the subject eye and changes an optical characteristic of the visual target luminous flux. The subjective optometry apparatus includes objective measurement unit for objectively measuring the optical characteristic of the subject eye, the objective measurement unit including a measurement optical system that emits measurement light to a fundus of the subject eye and receives reflected light of the measurement light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Masaaki Hanebuchi, Noriji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20190099073
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes a subjective measurement portion which subjectively measures optical characteristics of an subject eye, an objective measurement portion which objectively measures optical characteristics of the subject eye, a control portion which causes the objective measurement portion to objectively measure the optical characteristics during the measurement by the subjective measurement portion, and a display control portion which performs a control to display an eye diagram representing the subject eye and an imaging position of a target light flux incident on the subject eye. The display control portion performs a control to display the imaging position based on the objectively measured optical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Masaki TANAKA, Masaaki HANEBUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190099072
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an anterior ocular segment photographing unit, a fixation target display unit, and a processor. The anterior ocular segment photographing unit captures an anterior ocular segment image of at least one of a left eye and a right eye of a subject. The fixation target display unit displays a fixation target with respect to the at least one of the left eye and the right eye of the subject. The processor measures an eye position of the at least one of the left eye and the right eye of the subject by processing the anterior ocular segment image captured by the anterior ocular segment photographing unit. The processor generates eye position state information, which indicates a state of the eye position of the subject, based on measurement results of the eye position at least two timings including a post-switch timing and a pre-switch timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Sasagu TACHIBANA, Masaki TANAKA, Yujiro TOCHIKUBO
  • Patent number: 10188282
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes: a subjective measurer including a light projecting optical system, a corrective optical system including a right-eye corrective optical system and a left-eye corrective optical system, and an optical member for guiding the target light flux corrected by the corrective optical system to an examinee's eye, the subjective measurer subjectively measuring an optical characteristic of the examinee's eye; and an objective measurer including a measurement optical system for emitting measurement light to a fundus of the examinee's eye and for receiving reflected light from the fundus, the objective measurer objectively measuring the optical characteristic of the examinee's eye via the optical member disposed on an optical path of the measurement optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Masaaki Hanebuchi, Hisashi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20180296085
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes a light projecting optical system which projects a target light flux toward an examinee's eye to project a visual target onto the examinee's eye, a calibration optical system which is disposed in an optical path from the light projecting optical system to the examinee's eye and changes optical characteristics of the target light flux, an optical member which guides the target light flux of which the optical characteristics is changed by the calibration optical system to the examinee's eye, a light deflection section being different from the calibration optical system, which includes light deflection members provided in a left and right pair and a driving section which rotationally drives the light deflection members, and deflects the target light flux by rotating the light deflection members, and a control section which controls the light deflection section based on prism information to deflect the target light flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Masaaki HANEBUCHI, Hisashi OCHI
  • Publication number: 20180256022
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes a light projecting optical system that projects a target light flux to an examinee's eye, a fixed optical element that guides an image of the target light flux to the examinee's eye so as to have an optically predetermined examination length, a calibration optical system disposed in an optical path of the light projecting optical system to change optical characteristics of the examinee's eye, a measurement unit that accommodates the light projecting optical system; a positional information acquiring portion that acquires positional information of the measurement unit, a correction amount setting portion that sets a correction amount for correcting a projection magnification of the target light flux projected to the examinee's eye, based on the positional information, and a correction portion that corrects the projection magnification of the target light flux based on the correction amount set by the correction amount setting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Masaaki HANEBUCHI, Hisashi OCHI, Sasagu TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20180192867
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes: a subjective measurer which has a corrective optical system disposed on an optical path of a light projecting optical system configured to project a target light flux toward an examinee's eye and configured to change an optical characteristic of the target light flux and which is configured to subjectively measure an optical characteristic of the examinee's eye; an acquisitor configured to acquire position information on at least one of examinee's right and left eyes; a determiner configured to determine, based on the position information acquired by the acquisitor, whether or not subjective measurement can be implemented in a binocular open state of the examinee's right and left eyes, thereby acquiring determination information; and a determination information output unit configured to output the determination information acquired by the determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Taeko HORINO, Michihiro TAKII, Noriji KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20180078135
    Abstract: An optometry apparatus includes: an optical characteristic measurement device configured to measure an optical characteristic of right and left subject eyes in a both-eye opened state by projecting a visual target onto the subject eyes; an anterior ocular segment acquisition device configured to acquire anterior ocular segment images of the right and left subject eyes by the optical characteristic measurement device during the measurement of the optical characteristic of the subject eye in the both-eye opened state; and a controller configured to execute: an analysis instruction for performing analysis processing on the anterior ocular segment images acquired by the anterior ocular segment acquisition device to acquire both-eye opened state information; a determination instruction for determining whether the both-eye opened state information acquired by the analysis instruction is favorable or not, to acquire determination information; and an output instruction for outputting the determination information acq
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Noriji KAWAI, Taeko HORINO, Hisashi OCHI, Kazunori SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20180064339
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes subjective measurement unit for subjectively measuring an optical characteristic of a subject eye, the subjective measurement unit including a calibration optical system that is disposed in an optical path of a light projecting optical system projecting a visual target luminous flux toward the subject eye and changes an optical characteristic of the visual target luminous flux. The subjective optometry apparatus includes objective measurement unit for objectively measuring the optical characteristic of the subject eye, the objective measurement unit including a measurement optical system that emits measurement light to a fundus of the subject eye and receives reflected light of the measurement light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Masaaki HANEBUCHI, Noriji KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20180055356
    Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical microscope includes an observation optical system configured to guide observation luminous fluxes for a right eye and a left eye from an observation object to an imaging device, an actuator configured to move a position of the observation optical system in at least a direction intersecting with the observation luminous fluxes, a processor, and a memory storing computer-readable instructions. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the ophthalmic surgical microscope to cause a stereoscopic image display to display an observation image to be observed with a right eye of a user and an observation image to be observed with a left eye of the user, detect a position of the observation object with respect to the observation optical system, and correct a deviation in a relative position of the observation optical system with respect to the observation object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi SHIBATA, Michihiro TAKII, Shinya IWATA
  • Patent number: 9655507
    Abstract: A corneal imaging device provided with an optical system for photographing a corneal portion of an eye, the optical system including an illumination optical system configured to irradiate illumination light toward a cornea and a light receiving optical system placed in a position inclined with respect to an optical axis of the illumination optical system configured to receive reflection light from the cornea by a photodetector, wherein the corneal imaging device includes light-limiting means provided in an optical path of the optical system for photographing the corneal portion of the eye and configured to limit light asymmetrically with respect to an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michihiro Takii
  • Publication number: 20170135572
    Abstract: A subjective optometry apparatus includes: a subjective measurer including a light projecting optical system, a corrective optical system including a right-eye corrective optical system and a left-eye corrective optical system, and an optical member for guiding the target light flux corrected by the corrective optical system to an examinee's eye, the subjective measurer subjectively measuring an optical characteristic of the examinee's eye; and an objective measurer including a measurement optical system for emitting measurement light to a fundus of the examinee's eye and for receiving reflected light from the fundus, the objective measurer objectively measuring the optical characteristic of the examinee's eye via the optical member disposed on an optical path of the measurement optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Masaaki HANEBUCHI, Hisashi OCHI
  • Patent number: 9615972
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser surgery apparatus includes an irradiation optical system and including an objective lens, and treats a patient's eye by using a laser beam. The ophthalmic laser surgery apparatus includes a delivery unit that includes an irradiation end unit, includes at least a portion of the irradiation optical system, and optically guides the laser beam, a first movement unit that includes a first drive section and integrally moves the irradiation end unit and an eyeball fixing unit which is connected to the delivery unit and fixes the patient's eye, a second movement unit that includes a second drive section and moves the eyeball fixing unit by driving the second drive section, and drive control means for controlling driving of the first drive section and driving of the second drive section, and individually moving the first movement unit and the second movement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Shibata, Masakazu Endo, Tomohiro Miyagi, Michihiro Takii, Masaaki Hanebuchi
  • Patent number: 9560966
    Abstract: A non-contact type tonometer includes: a measurement unit including a first measuring unit for measuring an eye pressure of an examinee's eye in a non-contact manner and a second measuring unit for measuring a corneal thickness of the examinee's eye in a non-contact manner; a moving mechanism for causing relative movement of the measurement unit with respect to the examinee's eye; a drive controller for driving the moving mechanism for aligning the measurement unit; and a setting switch controller for switching an alignment reference on the cornea used for aligning the measurement unit between first and second alignment references. The first alignment reference is a reference for measuring the eye pressure with the first measuring unit and the second alignment reference is a reference for measuring the corneal thickness with the second measuring unit and set closer to a corneal rear surface than the first alignment reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michihiro Takii
  • Patent number: 9480396
    Abstract: There is provided an ophthalmic measurement apparatus 1 including: a keratoscopic projection optical system 10 that projects a pattern target toward a cornea Ec of a subject eye E; and an imaging optical system 20, the imaging device 27 of which captures second Purkinje images Rp1 and Rp2 that are target images formed due to the pattern target being reflected from a posterior corneal surface of the subject eye E. In the ophthalmic apparatus 1, a controller 100 executes a process (S9) of detecting the second Purkinje images Rp1 and Rp2 based on an imaging signal output from the imaging device 27, and an anterior chamber information acquisition process (S10) of acquiring information of the posterior corneal surface of the subject eye E based on the detected result of the detecting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Noriji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20150335479
    Abstract: An ophthalmic laser surgery apparatus includes an irradiation optical system and including an objective lens, and treats a patient's eye by using a laser beam. The ophthalmic laser surgery apparatus includes a delivery unit that includes an irradiation end unit, includes at least a portion of the irradiation optical system, and optically guides the laser beam, a first movement unit that includes a first drive section and integrally moves the irradiation end unit and an eyeball fixing unit which is connected to the delivery unit and fixes the patient's eye, a second movement unit that includes a second drive section and moves the eyeball fixing unit by driving the second drive section, and drive control means for controlling driving of the first drive section and driving of the second drive section, and individually moving the first movement unit and the second movement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takayoshi SHIBATA, Masakazu ENDO, Tomohiro MIYAGI, Michihiro TAKII, Masaaki HANEBUCHI
  • Patent number: 9138138
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes: an input unit configured to obtain corneal incision information that is information on a corneal incision to be formed on a cornea of an examinee's eye; an imaging device configured to image an examinee's eye image; and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate first wavefront aberration distribution that is wavefront aberration distribution of the cornea before incision on the examinee's eye based on the examinee's eye image, obtain incision aberration information corresponding to the corneal incision information; calculate second wavefront aberration distribution that is wavefront aberration distribution after formation of the incision based on the first wavefront aberration distribution and the incision aberration information, and output guide information that guides an intraocular lens surgery based on the second wavefront aberration distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hanebuchi, Michihiro Takii, Masakazu Endo
  • Publication number: 20150223689
    Abstract: A corneal endothelial cell photographing apparatus comprises: a main unit including: an illumination optical system for illuminating illumination light from an illumination light source toward a cornea of an examinee's eye from an oblique direction; an imaging optical system for obtaining a corneal endothelial cell image by receiving, through an imaging element, reflection light from the cornea including corneal endothelial cells; and a fixation optical system including a plurality of fixation targets and for guiding a fixation direction of the examinee's eye; a drive unit to relatively move the main unit with respect to the examinee's eye; a serial photographing unit to obtain endothelial images in series at different photographing positions in previously set up-and-down and right-and-left directions; and a monitor to display the obtained endothelial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Naoto HONDA, Michihiro TAKII
  • Publication number: 20150150448
    Abstract: There is provided an ophthalmic measurement apparatus 1 including: a keratoscopic projection optical system 10 that projects a pattern target toward a cornea Ec of a subject eye E; and an imaging optical system 20, the imaging device 27 of which captures second Purkinje images Rp1 and Rp2 that are target images formed due to the pattern target being reflected from a posterior corneal surface of the subject eye E. In the ophthalmic apparatus 1, a controller 100 executes a process (S9) of detecting the second Purkinje images Rp1 and Rp2 based on an imaging signal output from the imaging device 27, and an anterior chamber information acquisition process (S10) of acquiring information of the posterior corneal surface of the subject eye E based on the detected result of the detecting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro TAKII, Noriji KAWAI