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US 12,478,252 · App. 17/623,629 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Slit lamp microscope, ophthalmic system, method of controlling slit lamp microscope, and recording medium

Inventors: Hitoshi Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Omori (Tokyo, JP); Hisashi Tsukada (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
A61B3/135A61B3/117A61B3/14
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Patent No.
US 12,478,252
App. No.
17/623,629
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slit lamp microscope of an aspect example includes a scanner, a controller, and an image set creation processor. The scanner is configured to scan an anterior segment of a subject's eye with slit light to collect an image group. The controller is configured to control the scanner to apply two or more scans to the anterior segment. The image set creation processor is configured to create an image set by selecting a series of images corresponding to a scan area from two or more image groups collected by the scanner in the two or more scans.

Claims (15)

1 . An ophthalmic system comprising a slit lamp microscope, an information processing apparatus, and an image interpretation computer terminal, wherein

the slit lamp microscope includes:

a scanner configured to scan an anterior segment of a subject's eye with slit light to collect an image group;

a controller configured to control the scanner to apply two or more scans to the anterior segment;

an image set creation processor configured to create an image set by selecting a series of images corresponding to a scan area from two or more image groups collected by the scanner in the two or more scans; and

a transmission device configured to transmit first transmission information including the image set to the information processing apparatus via a communication line,

the information processing apparatus includes:

a reception device configured to receive the first transmission information;

a memory configured to store the first transmission information; and

a transmission device configured to transmit second transmission information that includes at least the image set included in the first transmission information to the image interpretation computer terminal via a communication line, and

the image interpretation computer terminal includes:

a reception device configured to receive the second transmission information;

a user interface for a user to perform interpretation of the image set included in the first transmission information; and

a transmission device configured to transmit third transmission information that includes information input using the user interface to the information processing apparatus via a communication line,

wherein the information processing apparatus receives the third transmission information by the reception device, associates the third transmission information with the first transmission information, and stores the third transmission information in the memory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2021
From: SHIMIZU, HITOSHI; OMORI, KAZUHIRO; TSUKADA, HISASHI
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058496/0655 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-156253 · Aug 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220248953A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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