JPH09276217A - Optometric system and data transfer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optometric system and a data transfer device which can transmit data measured by an optometric device to a plurality of other optometric devices and can print the data measured by the plurality of optometric devices using one printer. SOLUTION: This optometric system includes a plurality of ophthalmoscopes 1 to 4 for use in examining the eyes and a data transfer device 5. Each of the ophthalmoscopes 1 to 4 has a communications port for transmitting and receiving data to and from the data transfer device 5. The data transfer device 5 has a CPU 52 which transfers examination data, transmitted from each ophthalmoscope 1 to 4, to the ophthalmoscopes other than the one which transmitted the examination data, and which prints the examination data transmitted from each ophthalmoscope 1 to 4 using a built-in printer 54.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention also relates to an optometry system having a plurality of devices used for optometry and a data transfer device to which the plurality of devices are connected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A plurality of optometry devices such as a subjective optometer for interactively performing optometry with an examinee, an objective optometer for automatically performing optometry, and a lens meter for measuring the diopter power. There is an optometry system equipped with. Conventionally, in the optometry device that constitutes this type of optometry system, an inexpensive small printer is built in the device body because the amount of inspection data is relatively small, and the inspection data is printed in a predetermined format. ing.

Further, in the conventional optometry system, the data measured by the objective optometer or the lens meter is transmitted to the subjective optometer, and the optometry is started by using this examination data as an initial value, whereby the subjective optometry is performed. We are trying to shorten the measuring time with the instrument.

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional optometry system, since each optometry apparatus constituting the system has its own printer, a plurality of similar printers are present in the system. There was a waste of money and resources.

Further, in the conventional optometry system, for example, when the objective optometry apparatus transmits the examination data to a plurality of subjective optometry apparatuses, the objective optometry apparatus has a plurality of subjective optometry apparatuses. It was necessary to provide multiple corresponding communication ports.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and it is possible to transmit the data measured by the optometry apparatus to a plurality of other optometry apparatuses, and to obtain the data measured by the optometry apparatuses. An object of the present invention is to provide an optometry system and a data transfer device capable of printing with one printer.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is used for eye examination.
In an optometry system having a second optometry device, a data transmission unit that is provided in the first optometry device and that transmits the eye examination data, and a reception function that receives the examination data from the data transmission unit, A transfer device having a transfer function of transferring the received inspection data to the second optometry device, a transfer function of printing the received inspection data, and a transfer device provided in the second optometry device and transferred from the transfer device. And a receiving unit for receiving the inspection data thus obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the transfer device sets a transfer destination of the inspection data or necessity of printing, and a transfer set by the setting function. And a control function for controlling the transfer function or the print function based on the necessity of printing or printing.

According to a third aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, at least one of the first optometry device and the second optometry device determines whether a transfer destination of the inspection data or whether or not printing is necessary. A setting function for setting, and a setting signal output function for outputting a transfer destination signal or a printing necessity signal set by the setting function, the transfer device, the transfer device output from the at least one optometry device Based on the setting signal,
It has a control function for controlling the transfer function or the print function.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data transfer device connected to a plurality of optometry devices used for eye examination, wherein the optometry device transmits the examination data transmitted from the optometry device. It is characterized by having a transfer function of transferring to other optometry apparatus and a printing function of printing the inspection data transmitted from the optometry apparatus.

According to the present invention, the printing function of the transfer device prints the inspection data transmitted from the first and second optometry devices constituting the optometry system. This eliminates the need to incorporate a printer in each optometry apparatus. Since the amount of inspection data measured by each optometry device is relatively small, as a means for realizing the printing function of the transfer device,
An inexpensive small printer can be used.

Further, in the present invention, the transfer data of the transfer device transfers the inspection data transmitted from the first optometry device to the second optometry device. Thereby, for example, even when the test data is transmitted from the first optometry device to the plurality of second, third, and fourth optometry devices, each optometry device only needs to be provided with the communication port for the data transfer device. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide the first optometry device with the communication ports of the second to fourth optometry devices. In the present invention, means for realizing a setting function for setting a transfer destination of inspection data and necessity of printing, and a transfer function of a transfer device based on the transfer destination and the necessity of printing set by this setting function, When a means for realizing the control function for controlling the printing function is provided, the user can arbitrarily set the transfer destination of the inspection data according to the operating state of the optometry system.

When the present invention is provided with a storage means for storing inspection data and this storage means is used as a buffer for transfer data and print data, the memory can be effectively used.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an optometry system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the objective optometer shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of data transmitted from each optometer shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the optometry system according to the present embodiment includes an objective optometer 1 for automatically performing optometry and a subjective optometer 2 for interactively performing optometry with a subject. 4 to 4 and a data transfer device 5 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the objective optometer 1 includes a measuring section 11 for optometry, an operation panel 12, a data generating section 13 for generating transmission data, and a data transfer device 5. Communication port 14 for transmitting or receiving data
And.

The operation panel 12 is used by a user to input measurement start, inspection data transfer destination, and necessity of inspection data printing. FIG. 7 shows an example of the operation panel 12. In the example shown in FIG. 7, when the button 12a is pressed, a measurement start signal is output and the measuring unit 11 starts the optometry. When the button 12b is pressed, a print start signal is output, and the data measured by the measuring unit 11 is printed by the printer 54 of the data transfer device 5 described later. Further, the data measured by the measuring unit 11 is transferred together with the transfer destination signal to the subjective optometer 2 when the button 12c is pressed, and is transferred together with the transfer destination signal to the subjective optometer 3 when the button 12d is pressed. Then, when the button 12e is pressed, it is transferred together with the transfer destination signal to the subjective optometer 4. Also,
When the button 12b and any of the buttons 12c to 12e are pressed at the same time, the data measured by the measuring unit 11 is printed by the printer 54 of the data transfer device 5 described later and corresponds to the pressed button 12c to 12e. Transferred to the subjective optometers 2-4.

The data generator 13 is based on the measurement values measured by the measuring unit 11 and the setting signals of the transfer destination signal of the inspection data and the print necessity signal input from the operation panel 12.
Digital transmission data as shown in FIG. 4A is generated. In FIG. 4A, the identification data is data representing the transmission source (objective optometer 1) of this transmission data.
The inspection data is a digital signal of the measurement value measured by the measurement unit 11. The L / R added to the head of the inspection data is data indicating whether the measurement value measured by the measuring unit 11 is for the right eye or for the left eye. Further, the command is a digital signal of the setting signal of the transfer destination signal of the inspection data and the printing necessity signal input from the operation panel 12. In this embodiment, the following commands are generated based on the commands input to the operation panel 12.

Command A: Transfer destination: None, Print: Required Command B: Transfer destination: Subjective optometer 2, Printing: Required Command C: Transfer destination: Subjective optometer 3, Printing: Required Command D ... Transfer destination: subjective optometer 4, printing: required Command E: Transfer destination: subjective optometer 2, printing: No Command F ... Transfer destination: subjective optometer 3, print: No command G ... Transfer destination: subjective optometer 4, printing: no The subjective optometers 2 to 4 are, as shown in FIG. 3, a lens chamber 21 containing a lens to be set in front of the eye to be examined, Data is exchanged between the operation panel 22 for operating each lens housed in the lens chamber 21 to subjectively obtain the measurement value of the eye to be inspected, the data generation unit 23 for generating transmission data, and the data transfer device 5. Port 24 for sending and receiving data
And a display unit 25 that displays the inspection data input from the communication port 24.

The data generator 23 generates digital transmission data as shown in FIG. 4B based on the measured values obtained by operating the operation panel 22. In FIG. 4B, the identification data is data representing the transmission source (the subjective optometers 2 to 4) of this transmission data. The inspection data is a digital signal of a measurement value obtained by operating the operation panel 22. The L / R attached to the head of the inspection data is data indicating whether the measurement value input to the operation panel 22 is for the right eye or for the left eye.

The data transfer device 5, as shown in FIG.
Communication ports 51a to 51d, a central processor unit (CPU) 52, a memory 53, and a printer 54
And.

The communication ports 51a to 51d are for transmitting and receiving data to and from the objective optometer 1 and the subjective optometers 2 to 4. The communication port 51a is a communication port (not shown) of the objective optometer 1, the communication port 51b is a communication port (not shown) of the subjective optometer 2, and the communication port 51c is a communication port (not shown) of the subjective optometer 3. The communication port 51d is connected to a communication port (not shown) of the subjective optometer 4. The data communication method between the data transfer device 5 and each optometer (objective optometer 1, subjective optometers 2 to 4) is not limited to wired serial communication and parallel communication.
Wireless communication using infrared rays or the like may be used.

The CPU 52 centrally controls various operations of the data transfer device 5. Specifically, the data sent from each optometer is stored in the buffer 53 in the memory 53.
It is stored in a or transferred to the printer 54 or a predetermined optometer.

The printer 54 prints the data sent from the CPU 52 in a predetermined format. Since the amount of test data sent from each optometer is relatively small, an inexpensive small printer can be used as the printer 54.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

First, the CPU 52 has the communication ports 51a ...
It is determined whether or not the data transmitted from 51d is received (step 1). When the data is received, the received data is stored in the buffer 53a in the memory 53 (step 2).

Next, the CPU 52 determines whether the transmission source of this data is the objective optometer 1 based on the identification data included in the received data (step 3). When the transmission source is the objective optometer 1, the command included in the received data is determined (step 4), and the process is performed according to the determined command (step 5).

FIG. 6 shows a flow for explaining the processing in step 5 shown in FIG. In step 5, first, it is determined whether or not the command determined in step 4 is a request for printing (step 51). If printing is requested, after setting the print format according to the type of received data (objective ophthalmoscope or subjective ophthalmoscope, right eye or left eye, etc.) (step 52), The inspection data included in the received data is read from the buffer 53a and printed out (step 53), and the process proceeds to step 55. On the other hand, if printing is not required,
Immediately move to step 55. In step 55, it is determined whether or not the command determined in step 4 requests transfer. If the transfer is requested, the transfer destination is determined (step 56), the inspection data included in the received data is read from the buffer 53a and transmitted to the transfer destination (step 57), and the processing in step 5 is performed. To finish. On the other hand, if printing is not required,
Immediately end the processing in step 5. Therefore,
For example, if the command determined in step 4 is command A, the inspection data included in the received data is printed out. Further, for example, when the command determined in step 4 is the command B, the inspection data included in the received data is transferred to the subjective optometer 2 and printed out.

The examination data of the objective optometer 2 transferred to the subjective optometer 2 is displayed on the display unit 25 of the subjective optometer 2. Therefore, in the subjective optometer 2, the measurement time can be shortened by starting the optometry with the examination data of the objective optometer 1 as an initial value.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 3 that the transmission source is not the objective optometer 1, that is, when the transmission source is the subjective optometers 2 to 4, the type of received data (other After setting the print format according to whether the optometry or subjective optometry (right eye or left eye, etc.) (step 6), the inspection data included in the received data is read out from the buffer 53a and printed out ( Step 7).

In the present embodiment, the printer 54 built in the data transfer device 5 prints the inspection data of each optometer. This eliminates the need to incorporate a printer in each optometer. In addition, since the amount of inspection data sent from each optometer is relatively small, an inexpensive small printer can be used as the printer 54.

Further, in the present embodiment, the data transfer device 5
Allows the examination data of the objective optometer 2 to be converted into the subjective optometer 2
Transfer to ~ 4. As a result, since the objective optometer 1 only needs to be provided with a communication port for the data transfer device, the objective optometer 1 needs to be provided with a plurality of communication ports corresponding to the subjective optometers 2 to 4, respectively. Disappears.

Further, in this embodiment, the objective optometer 1 is used.
In addition, an operation panel 12 for setting the transfer destination of the inspection data and the necessity of printing is provided, and the data transfer device 5 transfers and prints the inspection data according to the transfer destination and the necessity of printing set on the operation panel 12. Have control. Thereby, the user can arbitrarily set the transfer destination of the examination data of the objective optometer 1 according to the operating states of the subjective optometers 2 to 4.

Further, in this embodiment, since the buffer 53a for storing the inspection data is provided and this buffer 53a is used for both the transfer and the printing of the inspection data, the memory can be effectively used. Further, for example, even when the test data is sent from the plurality of optometers to the data transfer device 5 at the same time, by storing each test data in the buffer 53a, these test data are sent to a predetermined transfer destination. Can be transferred or printed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist thereof. For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the one provided with one objective optometer 1 has been described, but a plurality of objective optometers having the same function as the objective optometer 1 may be provided. .

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the one provided with the objective type optometer and the subjective type optometer has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead of the objective optometer, or together with the objective optometer, a lens meter for measuring the diopter of the glasses may be provided so that the test data of the lens meter can be transferred to the subjective optometer. . In this case, the lens meter is provided with an operation panel for setting the transfer destination of the inspection data and the necessity of printing, and the inspection data is transmitted to the lens meter in the same manner as the transmission data from the objective optometer. Add a command about whether transfer or printing is required.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the command regarding the necessity of transferring the inspection data and the printing is added only to the data transmitted from the objective optometer 2; A command regarding whether or not the inspection data is transferred and printed may be added to the transmitted data.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the objective panel optometer 1 is provided with the operation panel for setting the transfer destination of the inspection data and the necessity of printing, but the present invention is not limited to this. Not a thing. An operation panel may be provided in the data transfer device so that the data transfer device can set the transfer destination of the inspection data sent from each optometer and the necessity of printing.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, with the above configuration, the data measured by the optometry device is transmitted to the other optometry devices without providing a plurality of communication ports on each optometry device. can do. In addition, since the data measured by each optometry device is printed by one printer, it is not necessary to provide a printer for each optometry device, and the cost and size of the optometry device can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an optometry system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the objective optometer shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of FIG.

4 is a diagram showing a configuration of data transmitted from each optometer shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the system shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the process in step 5 of FIG.

7 is a diagram showing an operation panel of the objective optometer shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Objective Optometer 2-4 Subjective Optometer 5 Data Transfer Device 11 Measuring Unit 12, 22 Operation Panel 13, 23 Data Generating Unit 14, 24, 51a-51b Communication Port 25 Display Unit 52 CPU 53 Memory 53a Buffer 54 Printer

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An optometry system having first and second optometry devices used for eye examination, wherein the first optometry device is provided with a data transmission unit for transmitting the eye examination data, and the data. A transfer device having a reception function of receiving the inspection data from a transmission unit, a transfer function of transferring the received inspection data to a second optometry device, and a printing function of printing the received inspection data; An optometry system comprising: a second optometry apparatus, and a receiving unit that receives the examination data transferred from the transfer apparatus. 2. The transfer device, wherein the transfer function or the transfer function of the inspection data is set based on a setting function for setting a transfer destination of the inspection data or a necessity of printing, and a transfer destination or a necessity of printing set by the setting function. The optometry system according to claim 1, further comprising a control function for controlling a printing function. 3. At least one of the first optometry apparatus and the second optometry apparatus has a setting function for setting a transfer destination of the inspection data or necessity of printing, and a transfer function set by the setting function. And a setting signal output function for outputting a preceding signal or a necessity signal for printing, the transfer device, based on the setting signal output from the at least one optometry device, the transfer function or the printing function. The optometry system according to claim 1, which has a control function of controlling. 4. A data transfer device connected to a plurality of optometry devices used for eye examination, wherein the examination data transmitted from the optometry device is transmitted to an optometry device other than the optometry device that transmitted the examination data. And a print function for printing the inspection data transmitted from the optometry apparatus.