Patents by Inventor Yoshikiyo Moriguchi

Yoshikiyo Moriguchi 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: 11925411
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus according to the embodiments includes a search unit, a correction unit, and a display control unit. The search unit is configured to search for filter information for correcting an aberration in complex OCT data of a subject's eye so that a quality of the complex OCT data becomes a predetermined level. The correction unit is configured to correct the aberration in the complex OCT data based on the filter information searched by the search unit. The display control unit is configured to display, on a display means, aberration information on a pupil surface of the subject's eye corresponding to the filter information searched by the search unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Mino, Yoshikiyo Moriguchi, Akiko Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230277055
    Abstract: A fundus observation apparatus includes an illumination optical system, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a deflecting member. The illumination optical system is configured to illuminate a fundus of a subject's eye with line-shaped illumination light. The two-dimensional image sensor is configured to receive returning light of the illumination light from the fundus on a movable focal plane at a position substantially conjugate optically to the fundus. The deflecting member is configured to couple an optical path of the illumination light and an optical path of the returning light and to scan the fundus with the illumination light by deflecting the illumination light in synchronization with a movement of the focal plane. The deflecting member has a configuration that allows the returning light to be transmitted through a first region and to reflect the illumination light in a second region different from the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Yasufumi FUKUMA, Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230133949
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an interference optical system, an optical scanner controller, and a correction controller. The interference optical system includes an astigmatism correction optical member and an optical scanner, and is configured to split light from a light source into reference light and measurement light, to irradiate the measurement light onto the subject’s eye via the astigmatism correction optical member and the optical scanner, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject’s eye and the reference light. The optical scanner controller is configured to control the optical scanner so as to deflect the measurement light in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the interference optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI, Akiko ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220265135
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus according to the embodiments includes a search unit, a correction unit, and a display control unit. The search unit is configured to search for filter information for correcting an aberration in complex OCT data of a subject's eye so that a quality of the complex OCT data becomes a predetermined level. The correction unit is configured to correct the aberration in the complex OCT data based on the filter information searched by the search unit. The display control unit is configured to display, on a display means, aberration information on a pupil surface of the subject's eye corresponding to the filter information searched by the search unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro MINO, Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI, Akiko ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220175246
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an irradiation optical system, an optical scanner, an optical splitting and combining unit, and a detector. The irradiation optical system includes a light source and is configured to generate measurement light using light from the light source. The optical scanner is configured to deflect the measurement light and to guide the deflected measurement light to a subject's eye. The optical splitting and combining unit is configured to guide the measurement light to the optical scanner and to generate interference light between reference light that is generated from the light from the light source and returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye. The detector is configured to detect the returning light and the interference light via the optical splitting and combining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11073740
    Abstract: A terahertz-wave generation method of generating a terahertz wave in a direction satisfying a non-collinear phase-matching condition by making pump light incident on a nonlinear optical crystal capable of generating a terahertz wave by optical parametric effect, makes the pump light incident on the nonlinear optical crystal so that a peak excited power density is equal to or greater than a predetermined terahertz-wave lasing threshold and equal to or less than a predetermined laser damage threshold, and an average excited power density, is equal to or less than a predetermined photorefractive effect occurrence threshold, the pump light having a pulse width of 10 ps or more, the pulse width of 1 ns or less, and a repetition frequency of 1 kHz or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: TOPCON CORPORATION, RIKEN
    Inventors: Yoshikiyo Moriguchi, Hiroaki Minamide
  • Patent number: 10772498
    Abstract: An ophthalmological imaging device according to embodiments comprises an objective lens, an interference optical system, an optical scanner, a controller, and an image forming part. The interference optical system divides light from a light source into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light to become incident on a subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects interference light between the reference light and return light of the measurement light that has exited from the subject's eye and passed through the objective lens. The optical scanner deflects the measurement light. The controller controls the optical scanner such that a position away from an optical axis of the objective lens is set as a center to deflect the measurement light. The image forming part forms an image of the subject's eye based on a detection result of the interference light by the interference optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo Moriguchi
  • Patent number: 10765317
    Abstract: An ophthalmological imaging device comprising an objective lens, an interference optical system, an image forming unit, an optical member, and an analyzer. The interference optical system divides light from a light source into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light to become incident on a subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects interference light between the reference light and return light of the measurement light that has exited from the subject's eye and passed through the objective lens. The image forming unit forms an image of the subject's eye based on a detection result of the interference light which are acquired by the interference optical system. The analyzer analyzes a first detection result and a second detection result of the interference light to eliminate noise in the second detection result or in an image based on the second detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo Moriguchi
  • Publication number: 20200183251
    Abstract: A terahertz-wave generation method of generating a terahertz wave in a direction satisfying a non-collinear phase-matching condition by making pump light incident on a nonlinear optical crystal capable of generating a terahertz wave by optical parametric effect, makes the pump light incident on the nonlinear optical crystal so that a peak excited power density is equal to or greater than a predetermined terahertz-wave lasing threshold and equal to or less than a predetermined laser damage threshold, and an average excited power density is equal to or less than a predetermined photorefractive effect occurrence threshold, the pump light having a pulse width of 10 ps or more, the pulse width of 1 ns or less, and a repetition frequency of 1 kHz or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: TOPCON CORPORATION, RIKEN
    Inventors: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI, Hiroaki MINAMIDE
  • Publication number: 20180353067
    Abstract: An ophthalmological imaging device according to embodiments comprises an objective lens, an interference optical system, an optical scanner, a controller, and an image forming part. The interference optical system divides light from a light source into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light to become incident on a subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects interference light between the reference light and return light of the measurement light that has exited from the subject's eye and passed through the objective lens. The optical scanner deflects the measurement light. The controller controls the optical scanner such that a position away from an optical axis of the objective lens is set as a center to deflect the measurement light. The image forming part forms an image of the subject's eye based on a detection result of the interference light by the interference optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180303339
    Abstract: An ophthalmological imaging device comprising an objective lens, an interference optical system, an image forming unit, an optical member, and an analyzer. The interference optical system divides light from a light source into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light to become incident on a subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects interference light between the reference light and return light of the measurement light that has exited from the subject's eye and passed through the objective lens. The image forming unit forms an image of the subject's eye based on a detection result of the interference light which are acquired by the interference optical system. The analyzer analyzes a first detection result and a second detection result of the interference light to eliminate noise in the second detection result or in an image based on the second detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10016124
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing method is used for processing collected data acquired with respect to each A-line by swept-source OCT using a wavelength sweeping light source having a predetermined wavelength sweeping range. The data processing method detects a reference signal assigned in advance to a clock, the wavenumber of which linearly varies along the time axis, in a predetermined wavelength position within the predetermined wavelength sweeping range. Then, the data processing method sequentially performs sampling of the collected data based on the clock with reference to the predetermined wavelength position where the reference signal detected is assigned. Further, the data processing method forms an image of a corresponding A-line based on the sampled collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo Moriguchi
  • Patent number: 9486134
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus that can follow up imaging for acquiring a cross sectional image by referring to a front image of an eye acquired in the past and scanning the same position as before with light, includes: a photographing part configured to photograph the eye and acquire a front image thereof; a cross sectional image forming part configured to scan the eye with light and form a cross sectional image thereof; a storage configured to store a first front image of the eye and a second front image acquired in follow up imaging executed with referring to the first front image; an information obtaining part configured to analyze the first and second front images and obtain misregistration information between these front images; and a calculator configured to calculate an evaluation value of an error in a scanning position in the follow up imaging based on the misregistration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Yoshikiyo Moriguchi, Masahiro Akiba
  • Publication number: 20160106310
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing method is used for processing collected data acquired with respect to each A-line by swept-source OCT using a wavelength sweeping light source having a predetermined wavelength sweeping range. The data processing method detects a reference signal assigned in advance to a clock, the wavenumber of which linearly varies along the time axis, in a predetermined wavelength position within the predetermined wavelength sweeping range. Then, the data processing method sequentially performs sampling of the collected data based on the clock with reference to the predetermined wavelength position where the reference signal detected is assigned. Further, the data processing method forms an image of a corresponding A-line based on the sampled collected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160106312
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing method is used for processing collected data acquired with respect to each A-line by swept-source OCT using a wavelength sweeping light source having a predetermined wavelength sweeping range includes. The data processing method detects a reference signal assigned to a predetermined wavelength position within the predetermined wavelength sweeping range. The data processing method sequentially performs the sampling of the collected data based on a clock from a clock generator configured to operate independently of the wavelength sweeping light source with reference to the predetermined wavelength position where the reference signal detected is assigned. The data processing method forms an image of a corresponding A-line based on the collected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventor: Yoshikiyo MORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150138502
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus that can follow up imaging for acquiring a cross sectional image by referring to a front image of an eye acquired in the past and scanning the same position as before with light, includes: a photographing part configured to photograph the eye and acquire a front image thereof; a cross sectional image forming part configured to scan the eye with light and form a cross sectional image thereof; a storage configured to store a first front image of the eye and a second front image acquired in follow up imaging executed with referring to the first front image; an information obtaining part configured to analyze the first and second front images and obtain misregistration information between these front images; and a calculator configured to calculate an evaluation value of an error in a scanning position in the follow up imaging based on the misregistration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Yoshikiyo Moriguchi, Masahiro Akiba