Patents by Inventor Yoko Tatara

Yoko Tatara 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: 20240108213
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA
  • Publication number: 20240099579
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA
  • Publication number: 20240090761
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA
  • Patent number: 11896307
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a refractive power measurement optical system, a fixation projection system, an inspection optical system, and a controller. The refractive power measurement optical system includes a first focusing element capable of changing a focal position, and is configured to project first light onto a subject's eye and to detect returning light of the first light from the subject's eye via the first focusing element. The fixation projection system is configured to project fixation light target onto the subject's eye. The inspection optical system includes a second focusing element capable of changing a focal position in conjunction with the first focusing element, and is used for a predetermined inspection in which second light is projected onto at least the subject's eye via the second focusing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Tatara, Michiko Nakanishi, Shunichi Morishima
  • Patent number: 11813022
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Takefumi Hayashi, Yoko Tatara
  • Publication number: 20230309822
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Makoto SAIKA, Yoko TATARA, Akio HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230309828
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Makoto SAIKA, Yoko TATARA, Akio HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230309814
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi YUKIMORI, Makoto SAIKA, Yoko TATARA, Akio HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230309819
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yoko TATARA, Makoto SAIKA, Takafumi YUKIMORI
  • Patent number: 11547294
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi Fukuma, Takefumi Hayashi, Yoko Tatara
  • Publication number: 20230000342
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Takefumi HAYASHI, Yoko TATARA
  • Patent number: 11497397
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an objective lens, a refractive power measurement optical system, an inspection optical system, and a corneal shape measurement optical system. The refractive power measurement optical system projects light onto a subject's eye via the objective lens and detects returning light from the subject's eye. The inspection optical system includes an optical scanner. The inspection optical system deflects light from a light source, projects the light deflected by the optical scanner onto the subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects returning light from the subject's eye. The corneal shape measurement optical system projects an arc-like or circumferential measurement pattern from an outer edge side of the objective lens onto the subject's eye and detects returning light from a cornea of the subject's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Tatara, Michiko Nakanishi, Shunichi Morishima
  • Publication number: 20220151486
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko TATARA, Suguru MIYAGAWA, Tatsuo YAMAGUCHI, Makoto SAIKA
  • Patent number: 11129529
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a refractometry optical system, an OCT optical system, a fixation projection system, and a controller. The refractometry optical system is configured to project light onto a subject's eye and to detect returning light from the subject's eye. The OCT optical system is configured to split light from an OCT light source into measurement light and reference light, to project the measurement light onto the subject's eye, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and the reference light. The fixation projection system is configured to simultaneously project a first fixation target and a second fixation target onto the subject's eye, a visual angle of the second fixation target being narrower than a visual angle of the first fixation target. The controller is configured to control the refractometry optical system and the OCT optical system to simultaneously perform a refractometry and an OCT measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoko Tatara
  • Patent number: 10980414
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an objective lens, a refractive power measurement optical system, an inspection optical system, and an optical path separating unit. The refractive power measurement optical system is configured to project light in a first wavelength range onto a subject's eye via the objective lens and to detect returning light from the subject's eye. The inspection optical system is configured to project light in a second wavelength range onto the subject's eye via the objective lens. The optical path separating unit that is arranged in an optical path of the refractive power measurement optical system and is configured to separate an optical path of the inspection optical system from the optical path of the refractive power measurement optical system by performing wavelength separation based on changeable wavelength separation characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi Hayashi, Yoko Tatara, Shunichi Morishima
  • Publication number: 20210038071
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko TATARA, Tatsuo YAMAGUCHI, Makoto SAIKA
  • Publication number: 20200352435
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a refractive power measurement optical system, a fixation projection system, an inspection optical system, and a controller. The refractive power measurement optical system includes a first focusing element capable of changing a focal position, and is configured to project first light onto a subject's eye and to detect returning light of the first light from the subject's eye via the first focusing element. The fixation projection system is configured to project fixation light target onto the subject's eye. The inspection optical system includes a second focusing element capable of changing a focal position in conjunction with the first focusing element, and is used for a predetermined inspection in which second light is projected onto at least the subject's eye via the second focusing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko TATARA, Michiko NAKANISHI, Shunichi MORISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200085292
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus of an exemplary aspect performs the first and second OCT scans on a subject's eye. The first OCT scan is performed on the first region including the first site of the subject's eye, and the second OCT scan is performed on the second region including the second site. The ophthalmic apparatus acquires the first deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the first OCT scan and performs alignment, and also acquires the second deviation information of the subject's eye prior to the second OCT scan and performs alignment. The ophthalmic apparatus calculates the distance between the first site and the second site based on the first data acquired through the first OCT scan and second data acquired through the second OCT scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Takefumi HAYASHI, Yoko TATARA
  • Publication number: 20200046220
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a refractometry optical system, an OCT optical system, a fixation projection system, and a controller. The refractometry optical system is configured to project light onto a subject's eye and to detect returning light from the subject's eye. The OCT optical system is configured to split light from an OCT light source into measurement light and reference light, to project the measurement light onto the subject's eye, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and the reference light. The fixation projection system is configured to simultaneously project a first fixation target and a second fixation target onto the subject's eye, a visual angle of the second fixation target being narrower than a visual angle of the first fixation target. The controller is configured to control the refractometry optical system and the OCT optical system to simultaneously perform a refractometry and an OCT measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoko TATARA
  • Publication number: 20190298168
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an objective lens, a refractive power measurement optical system, an inspection optical system, and a corneal shape measurement optical system. The refractive power measurement optical system projects light onto a subject's eye via the objective lens and detects returning light from the subject's eye. The inspection optical system includes an optical scanner. The inspection optical system deflects light from a light source, projects the light deflected by the optical scanner onto the subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects returning light from the subject's eye. The corneal shape measurement optical system projects an arc-like or circumferential measurement pattern from an outer edge side of the objective lens onto the subject's eye and detects returning light from a cornea of the subject's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko TATARA, Michiko NAKANISHI, Shunichi MORISHIMA