IP Library Granted Patent US 10,842,375
Granted Patent B2
US 10,842,375 · App. 16/112,803 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Ophthalmologic apparatus and method of controlling the same

Inventor: Yusuke Ono (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,842,375
App. No.
16/112,803
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an image sensor that acquires first and second images of an anterior segment of a subject's eye at different timings, and processing circuitry that calculates a rotational movement amount between a partial image in the second image and a corresponding partial image in the first image. The processing circuitry performs registration between the partial images in a rotation direction based on the rotational movement amount and performs a phase only correlation processing to calculate a parallel movement amount. The processing circuitry controls an actuator that moves the subject's eye and the optical system relative to each other based on at least one of the rotational movement amount and the parallel movement amount, specifies the partial image in the second image based on the first image and the second image, and calculates the rotational movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the specified partial image.

Claims (28)

1. An ophthalmologic apparatus comprising:

an optical system for acquiring data of a subject's eye optically;

an image sensor that acquires a first image of an anterior segment of the subject's eye and a second image of the anterior segment at different timings from each other;

processing circuitry configured to calculate a rotational movement amount between a partial image in the second image and a corresponding partial image in the first image, the corresponding partial image corresponding to the partial image;

the processing circuitry further configured to calculate a misregistration between the corresponding partial image and the partial image in a rotation direction based on the rotational movement amount;

the processing circuitry further configured to perform a phase only correlation processing only on the corresponding partial image and the partial image based on the calculated misregistration to calculate a parallel movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the partial image;

an actuator that moves the subject's eye and the optical system relative to each other;

the processing circuitry further configured to control the actuator based on at least one of the rotational movement amount and the parallel movement amount;

the processing circuitry further configured to specify the partial image in the second image based on a difference between the first image and the second image; and

the processing circuitry calculates the rotational movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the specified partial image.

2. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to specify, as the partial image, an image of a region of in the second image for which a movement amount with respect the first image is equal to or larger than a first threshold value.

3. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to specify, as the partial image, an image of a predetermined region in the second image.

4. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 3 , wherein

the predetermined region includes a region corresponding to a pupil of the subject's eye, and is a region where upper eyelid, lower eyelid, and an eyelash of the subject's eye are not represented.

5. The ophthalmologic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to perform the phase only correlation processing on the corresponding partial image and the partial image to calculate the rotational movement amount.

6. A method of controlling an ophthalmologic apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring data of a subject's eye optically;

acquiring, using an image sensor, a first image of an anterior segment of the subject's eye and a second image of the anterior segment at different timings from each other;

moving the subject's eye and the optical system relative to each other using an actuator,

calculating a rotational movement amount between a partial image in the second image and a corresponding partial image in the first image, the corresponding partial image corresponding to the partial image;

calculating a misregistration between the corresponding partial image and the partial image in a rotation direction based on the rotational movement amount;

performing a phase only correlation processing only on the corresponding partial image and the partial image based on the calculated misregistration to calculate a parallel movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the partial image;

controlling the actuator based on at least one of the rotational movement amount and the parallel movement amount;

specifying the partial image as a region of the second image for which a movement amount with respect to the first image is equal to or larger than a first threshold value; and

the calculating further includes calculating the rotational movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the specified partial image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2018
From: ONO, YUSUKE
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046709/0351 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-163506 · Aug 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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