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Granted Patent B2
US 12,193,745 · App. 16/964,822 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Close-up imaging device

Inventors: Eisuke Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Yazu (Tokyo, JP); Naohiko Aketa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OUI INC.
A61B3/117A61B3/14A61B3/135
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Patent No.
US 12,193,745
App. No.
16/964,822
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a close-up imaging device whereby both imaging of an anterior eye and imaging of an eye ground can easily be performed by attaching the device to a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. The above-described problem is solved by a close-up imaging device ( 1 B) detachably mounted to a mobile terminal ( 9 ) equipped with a light source ( 92 ) and a camera lens ( 91 ) for imaging, comprising a color filter member ( 97 ) detachably provided above the light source ( 92 ), and a convex lens member ( 93 ) detachably provided above the camera lens ( 91 ). Imaging, of an anterior eye is performed by removing the color filter member ( 97 ) and attaching the convex lens member ( 93 ), and observation of an injury of the anterior eye is performed by attaching the color filter member ( 97 ) and the convex lens member ( 93 ). The close-up imaging device ( 1 B) may further detachably comprise a slit light forming member that forms light from the light source ( 92 ) into slit light by a cylindrical lens, and a tubular member including a convex lens at a tip end thereof.

Claims (33)

1. A close-up imaging device detachably mounted to a mobile terminal equipped with a light source and a camera lens for imaging, comprising:

a plate-shaped color filter member detachably provided above the light source; and

a plate-shaped convex lens member detachably provided above the camera lens for imaging are slidably fitted into rails of the close-up imaging device, wherein

the plate-shaped color filter member or the plate-shaped convex lens member being fitted into rails of the close-up imaging device is attached and detached from above the light source or camera lens for imaging, by sliding the leftward-rightward direction, and

imaging of an anterior eye being performed by sliding the rails for removing the color filter member and attaching the convex lens member, and

observation of an injury of the anterior eye being performed by sliding the rails for attaching the color filter member and the convex lens member; wherein

the rails comprise a front wall of the close-up imaging device and mounted to a convex peripheral edge portion of the front wall and a front surface plate provided inside the convex peripheral edge portion.

2. The close-up imaging device according to claim 1 , further detachably comprising:

a slit light forming member that forms light from the light source into slit light by a cylindrical lens.

3. The close-up imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein

the slit light forming member includes a first reflecting mirror and a second reflecting mirror that reflect the light from the light source, and a slit part that allows the light reflected by the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror to pass therethrough, and

the light that passes through the slit part becomes slit light by the cylindrical lens.

4. A close-up imaging device detachably mounted to rails of a mobile terminal equipped with a light source and a camera lens for imaging, comprising:

a color filter member detachably provided above the light source; and

a convex lens member detachably provided above the camera lens slidably fitted into rails of the close-up imaging device,

imaging of an anterior eye being performed by removing the color filter member and attaching the convex lens member, and

observation of an injury of the anterior eye being performed by attaching the color filter member and the convex lens member, further detachably comprising:

a slit light forming member that forms light from the light source into slit light by a cylindrical lens; wherein

the rails comprise a front wall of the close-up imaging device and mounted to a convex peripheral edge portion of the front wall and a front surface plate provided inside the convex peripheral edge portion.

5. The close-up imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein

the tubular member includes a color filter member and a polarizing filter in an optical path of outward light emitted from the light source, and another polarizing filter in an optical path of inward light reflected by the eye ground.

6. The close-up imaging device according to claim 1 further detachably comprising:

a tubular member including a convex lens at a tip end thereof.

7. The close-up imaging device according to claim 6 , wherein

the tubular member includes a color filter member and a polarizing filter in an optical path of outward light emitted from the light source, and another polarizing filter in an optical path of inward light reflected by the eye ground.

8. The close-up imaging device according to claim 4 , further detachably comprising:

a tubular member including a convex lens at a tip end thereof.

9. The close-up imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein

the slit light forming member includes a first reflecting mirror and a second reflecting mirror that reflect the light from the light source, and a slit part that allows the light reflected by the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror to pass therethrough, and

the light that passes through the slit part becomes slit light by the cylindrical lens.

10. The close-up imaging device according to claim 9 , wherein

the light that passes through the slit part becomes slit light by the cylindrical lens and is irradiated to the anterior eye portion, and

the light reflects by the anterior eye portion internal structure of the anterior eye portion is observed or imaged by irradiating from an angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2020
From: SHIMIZU, EISUKE; YAZU, HIROYUKI; AKETA, NAOHIKO
To: OUI INC.
Reel/Frame 053324/0967 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-011632 · Jan 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210059522A1 · Mar 4, 2021
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