Patents by Inventor Mutsutaka Ishihara

Mutsutaka Ishihara 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: 10251543
    Abstract: An optometry apparatus includes an eye chart presentation optical system that presents an optometric chart to an eye to be examined as a subjective eye chart for subjective measurement and a control unit that controls the eye chart presentation optical system to present the optometric chart. The control unit executes an instant presentation of the optometric chart by controlling the eye chart presentation optical system to finish presenting the optometric chart when an instant presentation time has elapsed after starting presenting the optometric chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Robert Foster, Mutsutaka Ishihara, Wataru Umeji
  • Publication number: 20150342454
    Abstract: An optometry apparatus includes an eye chart presentation optical system that presents an optometric chart to an eye to be examined as a subjective eye chart for subjective measurement and a control unit that controls the eye chart presentation optical system to present the optometric chart. The control unit executes an instant presentation of the optometric chart by controlling the eye chart presentation optical system to finish presenting the optometric chart when an instant presentation time has elapsed after starting presenting the optometric chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Foster, Mutsutaka Ishihara, Wataru Umeji
  • Patent number: 7377642
    Abstract: A fundus camera which includes an illumination optical system for projecting an illumination light to a fundus of a subject's eye: a photographing device for photographing the fundus; and light-receiving optical systems, which include a focus lens disposed in a light-receiving optical path for focusing the photographing devices with respect to the fundus and diopter compensation lenses disposed for being inserted into or withdrawn from the light-receiving optical path for guiding reflected light from the fundus to the photographing devices; a controlling device for determining whether a feasible focusing range of the focus lens is surpassed; and driving devices for inserting the diopter compensation lenses into or withdrawing them from the light-receiving optical path. The controlling device controls the driving devices in a defined manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kasisha Topcon
    Inventors: Mutsutaka Ishihara, Taisaku Kogawa
  • Publication number: 20070030451
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fundus camera which comprises an illumination optical system (10) for projecting an illumination light to a fundus (Ef) of a subject's eye; photographing devices (6a, 6b) for photographing the fundus (Ef); and light-receiving optical systems (20, 30), which include a focus lens (21) disposed in a light-receiving optical path for focusing the photographing devices (6a, 6b) with respect to the fundus (Ef) and diopter compensation lenses (200, 201) disposed for being inserted into or withdrawn from the light-receiving optical path, for guiding reflected light from the fundus (Ef) to the photographing devices (6a, 6b); and a controlling device (9) for determining whether a feasible focusing range of the focus lens (21) is surpassed; and driving devices (200a, 201a) for inserting the diopter compensation lenses (200, 201) into or withdrawing them from the light-receiving optical path, wherein the controlling device (9) controls the driving devices (200a, 201a) to insert into the li
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Mutsutaka Ishihara, Taisaku Kogawa