Ophthalmic device, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9480395-B2
Application number	US-201414253667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	Apr 17, 2013
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

Provisioned is a selecting unit configured to select a bright spot image corresponding to a reflected light beam reflected by the cornea of the subject eye from among a plurality of bright spot images on the basis of a positional relationship between a first bright spot image formed from a plurality of bright spot images corresponding to a first light beam in a first direction and a second bright spot image corresponding to a second light beam in a second direction different than the first direction, and a calculating unit configured to calculate a state of alignment between the subject eye and a measuring unit using the bright spot image selected from the first bright spot images.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ophthalmic device comprising:
a measuring unit configured to measure information of a subject eye;
a first projecting unit configured to project a light beam onto the subject eye in a first direction;
a second projecting unit configured to project a light beam onto the subject eye from a second direction different from the first direction;
a selecting unit configured to select a bright spot image corresponding to the light beam which is projected by the first projecting unit and is reflected by the cornea of the subject eye from among a plurality of first bright spot images on the basis of a positional relationship between the first bright spot image and a second bright spot image corresponding to the light beam projected from the second projecting unit, the plurality of first bright spot images including a bright spot image corresponding to the light beam which is projected by the first projecting unit and is reflected by the cornea of the subject eye and a bright spot image corresponding to the light beam which is projected by the first projecting unit and is reflected by a portion other than the cornea of the subject eye; and
a calculating unit configured to calculate a state of alignment between the subject eye and the measuring unit using the bright spot image selected from the plurality of first bright spot images.

2. The ophthalmic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second projecting unit is configured to project a light beam to two symmetrical locations in relation to an optical path for the light beam projected by the first projecting unit; and
wherein the selecting unit is configured to select the first bright spot image in a position near the center of two of the second bright spot images as the reflected light beam reflected by the cornea of the subject eye.

3. The ophthalmic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a deflecting unit configured to divide the reflected light beam from the light beam projected by the first projecting unit into a plurality of reflected light beams to be deflected in different directions, and change the relative positions of the plurality of first bright spot images formed by the divided plurality of reflected light beams depending on the distance between the subject eye and the measuring unit;
wherein the measuring unit is located at a suitable distance to the subject eye for measuring the subject eye when the relative positions of the plurality of first bright spot images formed by the divided plurality of reflected light beams are at predetermined positions;
and wherein the calculating unit is configured to calculate the distance between the measuring unit and the subject eye as the state of alignment on the basis of the relative positions of the plurality of first bright spot images formed by the plurality of reflected light beams deflected by the deflecting unit.

4. The ophthalmic device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the deflecting unit comprises an alignment prism diaphragm including a plurality of alignment prisms configured to deflect the reflected light beam into the different directions.

5. The ophthalmic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detecting unit configured to detect first bright spot images, and a second bright spot image.

6. The ophthalmic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a drive unit configured to drive the measuring unit; and
an auto-alignment unit configured to perform alignment with the subject eye by controlling the drive unit based on the state of alignment calculated by the calculating unit.

7. The ophthalmic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the measuring unit is operable to measure information of an IOL-implanted eye implanted with an artificial lens as the subject eye.

8. The ophthalmic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display unit configured to display the direction of movement from the state of alignment calculated by the calculating unit to a proper state of alignment for the measuring unit.

9. A control method for an ophthalmic device including a measuring unit to measure information of a subject eye, the method comprising:
projecting a first light beam onto the subject eye in a first direction;
projecting a second light beam onto the subject eye by a second projecting unit from a direction different from the first direction;
selecting a bright spot image corresponding to a reflected light beam reflected by the cornea of the subject eye from among a plurality of first bright spot images on the basis of a positional relationship between the first bright spot image and a second bright spot image corresponding to the second light beam, the plurality of first bright spot images including a bright spot image corresponding to the reflected light beam reflected by the cornea of the subject eye and a bright spot image corresponding to a reflected light beam reflected by a portion other than the cornea of the subject eye; and
calculating a state of alignment between the subject eye and the measuring unit using the bright spot image, reflected light beam reflected by the cornea of the subject eye, selected from the plurality of first bright spot images.

10. The control method for an ophthalmic device according to claim 9 ,
wherein a light beam is projected to two symmetrical positions in relation to the optical path for the first light beam during projection of the second light beam; and
wherein the first bright spot image in a position near the center of two of the second bright spot images is selected as the reflected light beam reflected by the cornea of the subject eye during the selecting step.

11. The control method for an ophthalmic device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
dividing the reflected light beam from the first light beam into a plurality of reflected light beams to be deflected in different directions;
changing the relative positions of the plurality of first bright spot images formed by the divided plurality of reflected light beams depending on the distance between the subject eye and the measuring unit; and
calculating the distance between the measuring unit and the subject eye as the state of alignment on the basis of the relative positions of the plurality of first bright spot images formed by the plurality of reflected light beams deflected by the deflecting unit;
wherein the measuring unit is at a suitable distance to the subject eye for measuring the subject eye when the relative positions of the plurality of first bright spot images formed by the divided plurality of reflected light beams are at predetermined positions.

12. The control method for an ophthalmic device according to claim 11 , further comprising:
deflecting the plurality of reflected light beams using an alignment prism diaphragm including a plurality of alignment prisms to deflect the reflected light beam into different directions.

13. The control method for an ophthalmic device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
detecting first bright spot images, and a second bright spot image.

14. The control method for an ophthalmic device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
performing alignment with the subject eye by controlling a drive unit which is operable to drive the measuring unit, based on calculation results of the calculated state of alignment.

15. The control method for an ophthalmic device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the measuring unit is operable to measure an IOL-implanted eye implanted with an artificial lens as the subject eye.

16. The control method for an ophthalmic d

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Umekawa Kazuaki

Classifications

• A61B3/107

  for determining the shape or measuring the curvature of the cornea · CPC title

• A61B3/1025 Primary

  for confocal scanning · CPC title

• A61B3/0008

  provided with illuminating means (A61B3/117, A61B3/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61B3/102

  for optical coherence tomography [OCT] · CPC title

• A61B3/14

  Arrangements specially adapted for eye photography · CPC title