Patents by Inventor Wataru Umeji

Wataru Umeji 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: 20220095916
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus that measures a value of intraocular pressure of an examinee's eye, based on a state of deformation of a cornea in applanation due to air blowing includes an air blowing unit that puffs air to the cornea and a control unit that controls an operation of the air blowing unit, wherein the control unit has a preliminary puffing mode in which preliminary puffing is executed such that the air blowing unit puffs the air in non-measurement of the value of intraocular pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhisa ISHIKURA, Wataru UMEJI
  • 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