IP Library Granted Patent US 9,579,054
Granted Patent B2
US 9,579,054 · App. 14/980,077 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Diagnosis supporting device and diagnosis supporting method

Inventors: Katsuyuki Shudo (Yokohama, JP); Masaru Ninomiya (Yokohama, JP); Shuji Hakoshima (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,579,054
App. No.
14/980,077
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A diagnosis supporting device includes a display, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, an eye gaze detector configured to detect an eye gaze direction of the subject from a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a gaze point detector configured to detect a gaze point of the subject in a display region of the display, based on the eye gaze direction, an output controller configured to display, on the display, a diagnosis image that includes a person image and a geometric pattern image, and in which at least one of contrast, color density, and a degree of transmittance of the person image or the geometric pattern image is changed over time, and an evaluator configured to calculate an evaluation value of the subject, based on the gaze point detected by the gaze point detector when the diagnosis image is displayed.

Claims (29)

1. A diagnosis supporting device comprising:

a display;

an imaging unit configured to capture a subject;

an eye gaze detector configured to detect an eye gaze direction of the subject from a captured image captured by the imaging unit;

a gaze point detector configured to detect a gaze point of the subject in a display region of the display, based on the eye gaze direction;

an output controller configured to display, on the display, a diagnosis image that includes a person image and a geometric pattern image, and in which at least one of contrast, color density, and a degree of transmittance of the person image or the geometric pattern image is changed over time; and

an evaluator configured to calculate an evaluation value of the subject, based on the gaze point detected by the gaze point detector when the diagnosis image is displayed.

2. The diagnosis supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the output controller displays, on the display the diagnosis image in which at least one of the contrast, the color density, and the degree of transmittance of the geometric pattern image are changed in a contradictory manner over time.

3. The diagnosis supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the output controller displays, on the display, the diagnosis image in which a ratio of change of at least one of the contrast, the color density, and the degree of transmittance becomes a fixed value or less.

4. The diagnosis supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the gaze point detector detects the gaze point, based on the eye gaze direction, after elapse of a predetermined time from start of display of the diagnosis image.

5. The diagnosis supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the output controller displays a first diagnosis image on the display, and then displays a second display image which is different from the first diagnosis image in a position of the person image and a position of the geometric pattern image, and

the evaluator calculates the evaluation value, based on the gaze point detected by the gaze point detector when the first diagnosis image is displayed, and the gaze point detected by the gaze point detector when the second diagnosis image is displayed.

6. The diagnosis supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the evaluator calculates the evaluation value, based on at least one of a first dwell time that indicates a time when the gaze point is detected in a region including the person image, and a second dwell time that indicates a time when the gaze point is detected in a region including the geometric pattern image.

7. The diagnosis supporting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an illuminator including a light source configured to perform irradiation of light;

a plurality of imaging units;

a position detector configured to calculate a first position that indicates a center of a pupil, and a second position that indicates a center of a corneal reflection, from an image of an eye ball of a subject irradiated with the light by the illuminator and captured by the imaging units; and

a calculator configured to calculate a fourth position that indicates a curvature center of a cornea, based on a position of the light source, a third position on the display, the first position, and the second position, wherein

the eye gaze detector detects an eye gaze of the subject, based on the first position and the fourth position.

8. A diagnosis supporting method comprising:

an eye gaze detection step of detecting, from a captured image captured by an imaging unit that captures a subject, an eye gaze direction of the subject;

a gaze point detection step of detecting a gaze point of the subject in a display region on a display, based on the eye gaze direction;

an output control step of displaying, on the display, a diagnosis image including a person image and a geometric pattern image, and in which at least one of contrast, color density, a degree of transmittance of the person image or the geometric pattern image is changed over time; and

an evaluation step of calculating an evaluation value of the subject, based on the gaze point detected in the gaze point detection step when the diagnosis image is displayed.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE APPLICATION NUMBER IS 10149643 TO 10149643 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 70543 FRAME: 402. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 20, 2025
From: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
To: SYSMEX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070583/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2025
From: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
To: SYSMEX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070543/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: SHUDO, KATSUYUKI; NINOMIYA, MASARU; HAKOSHIMA, SHUJI
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037366/0783 →
Priority Claims (10)
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Continuity (2)
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