Contrast sensitivity measuring device and contrast sensitivity measuring method

• US 20030147048A1
• Filed: 01/07/2003
• Published: 08/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Topcon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Topcon Corporation
• Inventors: Mihashi, Toshifumi
• Granted Patent: US 6,899,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 351/211
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/022 for testing contrast sensitivity
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/06 for testing light sensitivity, e.g. adaptation; for testing colour vision
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/1015 for wavefront analysis

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device and methods for contrast sensitivity measurement. The device and the methods make it possible to precisely measure the contrast sensitivity of a subject within a short period of time. The device comprises a contrast target display part 100 for displaying contrast targets for a contrast sensitivity test, a contrast target data determination part 320 for determining contrast targets to be displayed on the contrast target display part 100 according to data on optical characteristics of an eye of a subject to be examined, a contrast target display control part 330 for instructing the contrast target display part 100 to display contrast targets based on contrast target data created in the contrast target data determination part 320 according to a predetermined procedure, and a display part 600 for displaying the results of contrast measurement of the subject using data on a history of responses of the subject to displayed contrast targets.

Claims

1. A contrast sensitivity measuring device comprising:

a contrast target display part for displaying contrast targets;

a contrast target data determination part for determining contrast targets to be displayed on said contrast target display part according to data on optical characteristics of an eye of a subject to be examined;

a contrast target display control part for instructing said contrast target display part to display contrast targets based on contrast target data created in said contrast target data determination part according to a predetermined procedure; and

a display part for displaying the results of contrast measurement of said subject using data on a history of responses of said subject to displayed contrast targets.

2. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said contrast target determination part is adapted to determine said contrast targets to be displayed on said contrast target display part based on the results of the contrast measurement which has been already performed on said subject in addition to said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined.

3. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said contrast target determination part is configured to determine at least one of an initial value of said contrast targets to be displayed and a changing rate of said contrast targets to be displayed based on said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined.

4. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claims 3, wherein said display part is adapted to display said results of the contrast measurement of said subject such that said data on optical characteristics of said subject are reflected in said results.

5. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claims 4, wherein said display part is configured to perform, for the reflection of said data on optical characteristics of said subject, at least one of display of a permissive range by which said result of measurement-of contrast of said subject can be judged to be normal or not, display of a measurement area corresponding to an abnormal eye with respect to said result of measurement of contrast of said subject, and display of the fact that said result of measurement of contrast of said subject falls out of a permissive range.

6. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined is a modulation transfer function calculated from wavefront information obtained by a wavefront sensor in a spatial frequency region including spatial frequencies displayed on said contrast target display part.

7. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined is a modulation transfer function calculated from wavefront information obtained by a wavefront sensor in a spatial frequency region including spatial frequencies displayed on said contrast target display part.

8. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said contrast target determination part is configured to determine at least one of an initial value of said contrast targets to be displayed and a changing rate of said contrast targets to be displayed based on said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined.

9. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claims 8, wherein said display part is adapted to display said results of the contrast measurement of said subject such that said data on optical characteristics of said subject are reflected in said results.

10. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claims 9, wherein said display part is configured to perform, for the reflection of said data on optical characteristics of said subject, at least one of display of a permissive range by which said result of measurement of contrast of said subject can be judged to be normal or not, display of a measurement area corresponding to an abnormal eye with respect to said result of measurement of contrast of said subject, and display of the fact that said result of measurement of contrast of said subject falls out of a permissive range.

11. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined is a modulation transfer function calculated from wavefront information obtained by a wavefront sensor in a spatial frequency region including spatial frequencies displayed on said contrast target display part.

12. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined is a modulation transfer function calculated from wavefront information obtained by a wavefront sensor in a spatial frequency region including spatial frequencies displayed on said contrast target display part.

13. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claims 1, wherein said display part is adapted to display said results of the contrast measurement of said subject such that said data on optical characteristics of said subject are reflected in said results.

14. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claims 13, wherein said display part is configured to perform, for the reflection of said data on optical characteristics of said subject, at least one of display of a permissive range by which said result of measurement of contrast of said subject can be judged to be normal or not, display of a measurement area corresponding to an abnormal eye with respect to said result of measurement of contrast of said subject, and display of the fact that said result of measurement of contrast of said subject falls out of a permissive range.

15. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined is a modulation transfer function calculated from wavefront information obtained by a wavefront sensor in a spatial frequency region including spatial frequencies displayed on said contrast target display part.

16. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined is a modulation transfer function calculated from wavefront information obtained by a wavefront sensor in a spatial frequency region including spatial frequencies displayed on said contrast target display part.

17. A contrast sensitivity measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said data on optical characteristics of said eye to be examined is a modulation transfer function calculated from wavefront information obtained by a wavefront sensor in a spatial frequency region including spatial frequencies displayed on said contrast target display part.

18. A contrast sensitivity measuring method comprising the steps of:

determining contrast targets to be displayed on a contrast target display part according to data on optical characteristics of an eye of a subject to be examined, displaying contrast targets on said contrast target display part based on contrast target data created in a contrast target data determination part according to a predetermined procedure; and

displaying the result of measurement of a contrast of a subject using data on a history of responses of said subject to displayed contrast targets.