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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090246 | Image acquisition system A system having a sensor and variable focus lens for iris image standoff acquisition. The sensor may capture a sequence of images at a high frame rate of a person for getting an eye or an iris in a window within the images. Even if the eye moves around in the image,... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7933507 | Single lens splitter camera A camera system may be used to capture iris images of targeted people who may be unaware of being targeted and hence their movement may not be constrained in any way. Iris images may be used for identification and/or tracking of people. In one illustrative embodimen... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7848625 | Imaging system An imaging system is provided that is capable of controlling a photographic operation to provide favorable images of a fundus of an eye to be examined. When a normal photographic mode is selected, a single operation of a shutter button causes a single trigger signal... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7835633 | Face image capturing apparatus A face image capturing apparatus includes a camera, an on-axis illuminator, an off-axis illuminator, an illumination control device, an image capturing control device, and a luminance calculation process device. The camera repeatedly captures an image of a face of a... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831136 | Opthalmic photography apparatus An ocular fundus is photographed as an electronic image via photographic stops, and the image of the photographed ocular fundus is recorded in a recording apparatus. The photographic stops are selected by moving a movable stop unit. Alignment observation or monocula... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7702225 | Devices to facilitate alignment and focusing of a fundus camera A fundus camera is provided with a focus aid mark projection system (5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) that includes a focus aid mark focussing lens (10) and other optical components such that the focus aid mark focussing lens (10) is attached to the focuss... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7650064 | Ophthalmic apparatus An ophthalmic apparatus which is easy to operate. The ophthalmic apparatus includes a measurement unit which measures characteristics of an examinee's eye, an image-pickup optical system for picking up an image of an anterior segment of the eye, a monitor having a s... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7499634 | Ophthalmic camera, ophthalmic camera adaptor and methods for determining a haemoglobin and glucose level of a patient Provided is an ophthalmic camera comprising: a camera having a camera lens; at least one illumination means; and an ophthalmic lens. The centres of the ophthalmic lens and camera lens are aligned to form an alignment axis. The at least one illumination means is capa... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7369759 | Eye image pickup apparatus, iris authentication apparatus and portable terminal device having iris authentication function An iris authentication apparatus includes a camera for obtaining the image of an eye; a display panel arranged on the same plane as where the lens of the camera is arranged; and guide character generation means, wherein a guide character is displayed on a display pa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364297 | Digital documenting ophthalmoscope The invention is an eye viewing device having an eyepiece at an observer end thereof and an imaging element at an observation port thereof. Light that is reflected from an imaged eye of a patient is provided to either or both of the eyepiece and the imaging element.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362887 | Face identification apparatus, face identification method, and face identification program A face identification apparatus for identifying a face is designed to have a face region expectation measure for expecting his/her face region within the image; a pupil-candidate-point detection measure for converting the face region to an image of a standard size, ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360895 | Simplified ocular fundus auto imager An ocular fundus imager automatically aligns fundus illuminating rays to enter the pupil and to prevent corneal reflections from obscuring the fundus image produced. Focusing the produced fundus image is automatically performed using a pair of video sensors and is b... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354154 | Ophthalmic image taking apparatus and ophthalmic image taking method A technique preferable for ophthalmic image taking having an image taking optical system for imaging an image on an image sensing element at different imaging magnifications is disclosed which includes an image sensing element for converting the eye-to-be-examined f... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7320519 | Ophthalmic apparatus An ophthalmic apparatus allows a fixation-target projecting unit for fundus observation to project a fixation target for fundus observation onto a position not coinciding with a center of a light path of an observation optical system but corresponding to a position ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7296894 | Fundus camera having scanned illumination and pupil tracking An apparatus (100) for obtaining an image of the eye, has an alignment section (160) for aligning the pupil of the eye along an optical axis and a pupil sensor (170) for identifying pupil location and dimensions. An illumination section (112 | 11/20/2007 |
| 7272306 | Bionic automatic vision and line of sight control system and method The present invention presents a bionic automatic vision and line of sight control system and method, wherein the system comprises multiple camera sets, wherein each camera set comprises one or more parallel camera with different shooting range, wherein each camera ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264353 | Ophthalmologic image-taking apparatus A fixed target position which is synthesized and outputted is shifted to a correct position of a display device in accordance with an image pickup magnification of an eye to be examined. A state in which the imaging lens is moved to change an imaging magnification o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252661 | Method and system for patient optical fixation A method and system for patient optical fixation are disclosed. One embodiment of the system comprises: a light source operable to provide a fixation light beam; a filter optically coupled to the light source and operable to attenuate the fixation light beam to prov... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245784 | Image processing for correcting defects of read image An image reading apparatus having a visible light source for emitting visible light, an invisible light source for emitting invisible light, an imaging optical system for irradiating a document by these light sources to form optical images of the document, and a CCD... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241011 | Fundus imaging system An apparatus (220) for obtaining a scanned image of an eye has a reference locator for pupil alignment apparatus along an optical axis. A pupil profiling apparatus for obtaining an outline of the pupil has a pupil profiling light source (176), a sensor... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239909 | Imaging system using diffuse infrared light An imaging system illuminates body tissue with infrared light to enhance visibility of subcutaneous blood vessels, and generates a video image of the body tissue and the subcutaneous blood vessels based on reflected infrared light. The system includes an infrared li... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7219996 | Fundus camera A fundus camera capable of performing accurate and easy focusing in photographing a peripheral portion of a fundus has a photographing optical system including a photographing optical axis, a focusing lens movable in a direction of the photographing optical axis and... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215881 | Mobile communications equipment with built-in camera A portable communication apparatus having a camera module with a camera lens. The apparatus comprises a correction lens arranged to facilitate for said camera module to register a sharp image of an object which is in an immediate vicinity of said correction lens. Th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210781 | Ophthalmic image pickup apparatus To provide an ophthalmic image pickup apparatus capable of setting a fixation target in a position suitable for image pickup in accordance with a selection of an image pickup purpose (group medical examination such as an adult disease examination or a glaucomatous e... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7174094 | System and method for reflex-free coaxial illumination A system is provided for reflex-free coaxial illumination that includes an objective lens group having an optical axis. An illumination source is axially disposed from the objective lens. The illumination source provides at least one light beam. The light beam is di... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156518 | Cataract imaging apparatus A method is disclosed for quantifying the extent a cataract impairs vision in an eye having a pupil, an ocular lens, and a retina. The method includes illuminating a localized region of the retina such that light is reflected from the localized region and is transmi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147328 | Ophthalmologic photographing apparatus An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus including: an apparatus main body having an illumination system for illuminating an eye to be examined and an observation system for observing an image of the eye to be examined which is illuminated by the illumination syste... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7123751 | Ophthalmic apparatus, ophthalmic system and method for managing ophthalmic data An ophthalmic apparatus comprising an optometry device for examining or measuring a patient's eye to obtain measurement data on the eye, a photographing device for photographing the eye, an identification code generating device for extracting a characteristic, which... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7070276 | Apparatus and method for accommodative stimulation of an eye and simultaneous ipsilateral accommodative imaging An apparatus comprising an accommodative stimulation device, an electromagnetic wave exposure device, and an imaging device. The apparatus acquires imaging information about an eye by means of the electromagnetic wave exposure device and the imaging device as the ap... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071971 | Apparatus for identifying the scene location viewed via remotely operated television camera An apparatus for identifying location of a scene which is viewed via a remotely operated system includes a first TV camera operated to observe a scene through a narrow angle lens and a second TV camera to observe the scene through a wide angle lens. At least the fir... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052134 | Fundus camera A fundus camera capable of obtaining a fundus image while keeping a fixed field angle even if an eye is not emmetropia, and advantageously utilizing a photographed image for diagnosis. The camera includes a photographing optical system having a photographing optical... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043152 | Eye image pickup device An object of the invention is to precisely guide the position of an eye in order to acquire an excellent eye image which is suitable for an authentication. The invention provides an eye image pick-up apparatus including an image pick-up unit for picking up an... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036934 | Wavefront sensor having multi-power modes, independent adjustment camera, and accommodation range measurement An improved wavefront sensor is provided that enhances the initial focus and precision of imaged spots used to determine the monochromatic wave aberrations of the eye. The wavefront sensor includes an adjustment camera that is independent of a lenslet camera. A lase... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029120 | Ophthalmic image pickup apparatus To provide an ophthalmic image pickup apparatus capable of setting a fixation target in a position suitable for image pickup in accordance with a selection of an image pickup purpose (group medical examination such as an adult disease examination or a glaucomatous e... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025459 | Ocular fundus auto imager An ocular fundus imager (8) automatically aligns fundus illuminating rays to enter the pupil (P) and to prevent corneal reflections from obscuring the fundus image produced. Focusing the produced fundus image is automatically performed and is based upon the f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6983106 | Synchronizer for fundus camera A synchronizer is provided to establish a mechanical switching interface between an electronic digital color camera and a fundus camera for appropriately coordinating the complete opening of the color camera shutter with the energization of fundus camera flash unit,... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6968127 | Fundus camera A fundus camera being capable of moving a fixation target surely and precisely to a position intended for photographing with an adequate degree of freedom for moving the fixation target. The fundus camera is provided with an observation optical system having an obje... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6921169 | Digital eye camera A digital camera that combines the functions of the retinal camera and corneal camera into one, single, small, easy to use instrument. The single camera can acquire digital images of a retinal region of an eye, and digital images of a corneal region of the eye. The ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6832835 | Fundus image-taking apparatus and method A fundus image-taking and recording apparatus emits an appropriate amount of light at the time of taking an image by determining an appropriate light exposure from the amount of observation light during observation. In particular, even when the brightness varies dur... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6832044 | Iris imaging apparatus The present invention provides an iris imaging apparatus is configured of a platform; a wide angle camera for imaging an image of a person to be authenticated; wide angle camera lighting devices controlled to emit light when the wide angle camera shoots; a telephoto... | 12/14/2004 |
