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US 10,349,827 · App. 15/524,374 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Vision testing device and head-mount type display device

Inventors: Satoshi Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Kenzo Yamanaka (Tokyo, JP); Shinji Kimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,349,827
App. No.
15/524,374
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head mount-type vision testing device, which is a head-mount type vision testing device mounted on a testee's head, including: a device main body having display devices for displaying a visual target for the testee and imaging devices for imaging eyeballs of the testee; a mounting fixture for mounting the device main body on the testee's head; and a controller that displays images of the eyeballs imaged by the imaging devices on the display devices, so that the testee can recognize a positional displacement state of the eyeballs caused by a positional displacement of the device main body mounted on the testee's head using the mounting fixture.

Claims (57)

1. A vision testing device, which is a head-mount type vision testing device mounted on a testee's head, comprising:

a device main body having a display device for displaying a visual target for the testee and an imaging device for imaging an eyeball of the testee;

a mounting fixture for mounting the device main body on the testee's head; and

a controller that displays an image of the eyeball imaged by the imaging device on the display device, so that the testee can recognize a positional displacement state of an eyeball caused by a positional displacement of the device main body mounted on the testee's head using the mounting fixture.

2. The vision testing device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets a display frame on a display surface of the display device and displays an image of the eyeball imaged by the imaging device on the display frame.

3. The vision testing device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller displays a mark in the display frame for aligning a position of a pupil of the eyeball.

4. The c testing device according to claim 3 comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation optical system provided on an optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position he display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror is shared with the display optical system.

5. The vision testing device according to claim 2 , comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation optical system provided on an optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position to the display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror shared with the display optical system.

6. The vision testing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display device and the imaging device are separately provided for a left eye and a right eye of the testee,

the controller synthesizes an image of the left eye imaged by the imaging device for the left eye, and an image of the right eye imaged by the imaging device for the right eye so as to be arranged side by side, and the synthesized images of the left and right eyes are displayed on the display device for the left eye and the display device for the right eye, respectively.

7. The vision testing device according to claim 6 , wherein the controller sets two display frames side by side on the display surface of the display device for the left eye and the display surface of the display device for the right eye respectively, and displays the image of the left eye on a left-side display frame, and displays the image of the right eye on a right-side display frame viewed from the testee.

8. The vision testing device according to claim 7 , wherein the controller displays a fixation target to be gazed by the testee between the image of the left eye and the image of the right eye.

9. The vision testing device according to claim 8 , comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation optical system provided on optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position to the display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror is shared with the display optical system.

10. The vision testing device according to claim 7 , wherein the controller displays a mark in the display frame for aligning a position of a pupil of the eyeball.

11. The vision testing device according to claim 10 , comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation system provided on an optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position to the display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror is shared with the display optical system.

12. The vision testing device according to claim 7 , comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation optical system provided on an optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position to the display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror is shared with the display optical system.

13. The vision testing device according to claim 6 , wherein the controller displays a fixation target to be gazed by the testee between the image of the left eye and the image of the right eye.

14. The vision testing device according to claim 13 , comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation optical system provided on an optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position to the display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror is shared with the display optical system.

15. The testing device according to claim 6 , comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation optical system provided on an optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position to the display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror is shared with the display optical system.

16. The vision testing device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a display optical system provided on an optical axis between an eyeball position where the eyeball of the testee is placed and the display device; and

an observation optical system provided on an optical axis between the eyeball position and the imaging device,

wherein the display optical system is formed by arranging a first lens, a mirror having wavelength selectivity, and a second lens group sequentially on an optical axis from the eyeball position to the display device, and

the observation optical system is formed by arranging the first lens, the mirror, and a third lens sequentially on an optical axis form the eyeball position to the imaging device, and the optical axis from the eyeball position to the mirror is shared with the display optical system.

17. A head-mount type display device, which is a head-mount type vision testing device mounted on a user's head, comprising:

a device main body having a display device for displaying an image for the user, and an imaging device for imaging an eyeball of the user;

a mounting fixture for mounting the device main body on the user's head; and

a controller that displays an image of the eyeball imaged by the imaging device on the display device, in order that the user can recognize a positional displacement state of an eyeball caused by a positional displacement of the device main body mounted on the user's head using the mounting fixture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: INOUE, SATOSHI; YAMANAKA, KENZO; KIMURA, SHINJI
To: CREWT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-224181 · Nov 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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