Patents by Inventor Taeko Horino

Taeko Horino 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: 11871992
    Abstract: A subjective optometry system includes a plurality of subjective optometry devices and a database which stores at least any data of objective measurement data and previous glass data in association with each identifier. Each of the subjective optometry devices includes a calibration optical system, an information processor, and a reader which is connected to the information processor, reads an identifier prepared for each examinee, and outputs information about the read identifier to the information processor. The information processor acquires at least one of the objective measurement data and the previous glass data corresponding to the identifier from the database based on the identifier received from the reader, and sets an initial value of the calibration optical system used on an occasion of subjectively measuring optical characteristics of a subject eye based on at least one of the objective measurement data and the previous glass data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeko Horino, Hirohisa Terabe, Jouji Seko
  • Publication number: 20230284896
    Abstract: A non-transitory, computer readable, storage medium stores a self-optometry control program that is executed by a first information processing device and includes a self-optometry program. The self-optometry program causes the first information processing device to perform executing a calling operation based on a calling instruction and setting an examination timing for an assistance operation such that the assistance operation starts from an examination item that was performed at a timing the calling instruction was inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hirohisa TERABE, Taeko HORINO, Arisa SIMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230284895
    Abstract: A non-transitory, computer readable, storage medium stores an optometry control program including a self-optometry application program. The self-optometry application program, when executed by a first information processing device, causes the first information processing device to perform executing an assistance operation to assist in a progress of a self-optometry for an examinee when a problem occurs during the progress of the self-optometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Taeko HORINO, Hirohisa TERABE
  • Publication number: 20230143549
    Abstract: This optometry system, for presenting a test chart to an eye being tested and subjectively measuring an optical characteristic of the eye being tested, is provided with a setting means which sets a reference value based on the subject's reaction time to a test chart, a reaction input means which inputs the response of the subject reading the test chart, a control means which automatically advances the test on the basis of an input signal from the response input means, and a guidance information output means which, on the basis of the reference value set by the testing means, outputs guidance information for guiding the subject to input a response during testing of the eye being tested. Hereby, it is possible to accurately carry out a subjective test on the eye being tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD
    Inventors: Arisa SHIMAZAKI, Taeko HORINO, Yukito HIRAYAMA, Michihiro TAKII, Jouji SEKO
  • Patent number: 11330978
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeko Horino, Michihiro Takii, Noriji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20220095908
    Abstract: A first information processing device acquires an instruction signal for instructing an operation of a subjective optometry device, and transmits a drive signal for causing the subjective optometry device to operate as instructed by the acquired instruction signal to the subjective optometry device. When the first information processing device is remote-accessed by a second information processing device, the first information processing device can acquire the instruction signal input to the second information processing device by a user via a network. The first information processing device can further acquire a response input by an examinee who visually recognizes a presented target, and can further generate an instruction signal instructing the operation of the subjective optometry device based on the acquired response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Terabe, Taeko Horino
  • Publication number: 20220095910
    Abstract: A subjective optometry system includes a plurality of subjective optometry devices and a database which stores at least any data of objective measurement data and previous glass data in association with each identifier. Each of the subjective optometry devices includes a calibration optical system, an information processor, and a reader which is connected to the information processor, reads an identifier prepared for each examinee, and outputs information about the read identifier to the information processor. The information processor acquires at least one of the objective measurement data and the previous glass data corresponding to the identifier from the database based on the identifier received from the reader, and sets an initial value of the calibration optical system used on an occasion of subjectively measuring optical characteristics of a subject eye based on at least one of the objective measurement data and the previous glass data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeko HORINO, Hirohisa TERABE, Jouji SEKO
  • Patent number: 10470658
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiro Takii, Noriji Kawai, Taeko Horino, Hisashi Ochi, Kazunori Shibata
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6048064
    Abstract: An optometric apparatus for correcting the refraction of an eye to be examined, which allows even a person who is inexperienced and unfamiliar with optometry to easily obtain appropriate prescription values, and conduct analysis of the visual function. The optometric apparatus has a rotary prism for imparting a prism power to the eye to be examined. An appropriate examination is conducted by using the rotary prism in accordance with a program stored in a memory to obtain the prism power of an expected state, and a result of examination is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hosoi, Taeko Horino