Subjective optometric apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299672-B2
Application number	US-201715827023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2017
Priority date	Dec 1, 2016
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

A subjective optometric apparatus includes: a projection optical system that includes a target presenting unit configured to emit a target light flux, the projection optical system being configured to project, onto an examinee's eye, the target light flux emitted from the target presenting unit; a housing configured to accommodate the projection optical system; a presentation window configured to project the target light flux onto the examinee's eye by transmitting the target light flux emitted from the projection optical system and outputting the target light flux from an inside of the housing to an outside of the housing; and an observation unit configured to observe, via the presentation window, a positional relationship between the examinee's eye and an eye refractivity measuring unit configured to change an optical property of the target light flux output from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A subjective optometric apparatus comprising:
a projection optical system that includes a target presenting unit configured to emit a target light flux, the projection optical system being configured to project, onto an examinee's eye, the target light flux emitted from the target presenting unit;
a housing configured to accommodate the projection optical system;
a presentation window configured to project the target light flux onto the examinee's eye by transmitting the target light flux emitted from the projection optical system and outputting the target light flux from an inside of the housing to an outside of the housing;
an eye refractivity measuring unit configured to change an optical property of the target light flux output from the inside of the housing to outside of the housing and
an observation unit configured to permit observation by an examiner from an observation window or by an imaging device, via the presentation window, a positional relationship between the examinee's eye and the eye refractivity measuring unit; and
wherein the eye refractivity measuring unit is disposed outside of the housing facing the presentation window.

2. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the observation unit is disposed outside of an optical path through which the target light flux passes.

3. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the observation unit further includes a shielding portion configured to shield the target light flux emitted from the projection optical system.

4. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the observation unit further includes:
a cover that is openable and closeable with respect to the observation window; and
a detector configured to detect opening and closing of the cover, and

wherein the subjective optometric apparatus includes a controller configured to perform switching between a first mode for performing subjective examination on an examinee and a second mode for checking a pupil position of the examinee, based on detected results from the detector.

5. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the observation unit further includes:
a cover that is openable and closeable with respect to the observation window; and
a detector configured to detect opening and closing of the cover, and

wherein the subjective optometric apparatus includes a controller configured to perform switching between a first mode for performing subjective examination on an examinee and a second mode for checking a pupil position of the examinee, based on detected results from the detector.

6. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the observation unit includes an imaging optical system provided with an imaging element configured to image the eye refractivity measuring unit and the examinee's eye via the presentation window.

7. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising the eye refractivity measuring unit,
wherein the target light flux is projected onto the examinee's eye via the eye refractivity measuring unit.

8. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cornea position alignment optical system that is disposed in the eye refractivity measuring unit and is used to check an inter-vertex distance between a lens wearing reference position and a cornea vertex of the examinee's eye;
a checking window for checking the cornea position alignment optical system from the outside of the eye refractivity measuring unit; and
a light guiding unit configured to observe the checking window.

9. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the observation window is disposed on a side of the housing opposite to a side of the housing on which the presentation window is disposed.

10. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the observation unit is configured to permit the examiner to observe the positional relationship between the examinee's eye and the refractivity measuring unit when viewing the observation window from outside a space between the presentation window and the refractivity measuring unit.

11. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when observing the positional relationship between the examinee's eye and the eye refractivity measuring unit, the distance between the eye refractivity measuring unit and the presentation window is 1 meter or less.

12. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the distance is about 500 mm or 135 mm or 70 mm.

13. A subjective optometric apparatus comprising:
a projection optical system that has a target presenting unit configured to emit a target light flux and configured to project, onto an examinee's eye, the target light flux emitted from the target presenting unit;
a housing that accommodates the projection optical system;
a presentation window configured to project the target light flux onto the examinee's eye by transmitting the target light flux emitted from the projection optical system and outputting the target light flux from an inside of the housing to an outside of the housing;
an eye refractivity measuring unit configured to change an optical property of the target light flux output from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing and that includes a pair of right and left lens chamber units that dispose optical elements in a test window in a switchable manner;
a cornea position alignment optical system that is disposed in the eye refractivity measuring unit and is used to check an inter-vertex distance between a lens wearing reference position and a cornea vertex of the examinee's eye;
a checking window for checking the cornea position alignment optical system disposed outside of the eye refractivity measuring unit; and
a light guiding unit configured to observe the checking window; and
wherein the eye refractivity measuring unit is disposed outside of the housing facing the presentation window and the housing comprises an observation window or an imaging device that permits observation by an examiner of a positional relationship between the examinee's eye and the eye refractivity measuring unit.

14. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the housing and the eye refractivity measuring unit are disposed to be close to each other.

15. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the housing and the eye refractivity measuring unit are disposed to be close to each other.

16. The subjective optometric apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the housing and the eye refractivity measuring unit are disposed to be close to each other.

Assignees

• Nidek Kk

Inventors

• Shibata Kazunori
• Suzuki Ryoji
• Hirayama Yukito
• Kanda Hidenori

Classifications

• A61B3/0285

  Phoropters · CPC title

• A61B3/152

  for aligning · CPC title

• A61B3/0075

  provided with adjusting devices, e.g. operated by control lever · CPC title

• A61B3/028 Primary

  for testing visual acuity; for determination of refraction, e.g. phoropters · CPC title

• A61B3/14

  Arrangements specially adapted for eye photography · CPC title