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US 8,967,804 · App. 13/744,529 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Ophthalmic apparatus, ophthalmic apparatus control method and storage medium

Inventor: Shigeaki Ono (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
A61B3/0091
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Patent No.
US 8,967,804
App. No.
13/744,529
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ophthalmic apparatus comprises: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a fundus image of an eye to be examined; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the fundus image, information about the eye to be examined; a fixation target display unit configured to display a fixation target pattern; and a change unit configured to change, in accordance with the information about the eye to be examined, the fixation target pattern displayed by the fixation target display unit.

Claims (29)

1. An ophthalmic apparatus comprising:

an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image and a second image of an eye to be examined;

an information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the first image and the second image, a moving amount of the eye to be examined;

a fixation target display unit configured to display a fixation target pattern;

a comparison unit configured to compare the moving amount with a predetermined threshold; and

a change unit configured to change the fixation target pattern displayed by the fixation target display unit in a case where the comparison unit determines that the moving amount is larger than the predetermined threshold.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first image and the second image are fundus images of the eye to be examined, and

wherein the information obtaining unit obtains, as the moving amount, a distance value between a feature point of a fundus on the first image and a feature point of the fundus on the second image.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit changes at least one of a shape, size, color, and brightness of the fixation target pattern into a corresponding one of a predetermined shape, size, color, and brightness in accordance with the moving amount.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit switches the fixation target pattern between blinking and lighting in accordance with the moving amount.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a display form representing a vision fixation state of the eye to be examined,

wherein the change unit changes, in accordance with the moving amount, the display form representing the vision fixation state of the eye to be examined.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information obtaining unit obtains an average value of moving amounts of a fundus from a plurality of first fundus images and a plurality of second fundus images, and

wherein the change unit changes, in accordance with the average value of the moving amounts, the fixation target pattern displayed by the fixation target display unit.

7. An ophthalmic apparatus control method comprising:

obtaining a first image and a second image of an eye to be examined;

obtaining, from the first image and the second image, a moving amount of the eye to be examined;

comparing the moving amount with a predetermined threshold; and

changing a fixation target pattern displayed by a fixation target display unit in a case where it is determined that the moving amount is larger than the predetermined threshold.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute each step of an ophthalmic apparatus control method defined in claim 7 .

9. An ophthalmic apparatus comprising:

an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image and second image of an eye to be examined;

an information obtaining unit configured to obtain a moving amount of the eye to be examined from the first image and the second image;

a fixation target display unit configured to display a fixation target pattern;

a comparison unit configured to compare the moving amount with a predetermined threshold; and

a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, information prompting a change of the fixation target pattern to be displayed by the fixation target display unit in a case where the comparison unit determines that the moving amount is larger than the predetermined threshold.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the information prompting a change of the fixation target pattern is a message.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit changes at least one of a shape, size, color, and brightness of the fixation target pattern.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit changes a lighting state of the fixation target pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2013
From: ONO, SHIGEAKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 030218/0533 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-014581 · Jan 26, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130194545A1 · Aug 1, 2013