JPH11113844A - Ophthalmologic measuring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ophthalmologic measuring system which is low cost and saves an installation space. SOLUTION: This system is so instructed that a picture measured by an ophthalmologic measuring device 1 is incorporated by touching a screen of a monitor 6 arranged in a clinical laboratory 10. This instruction command is transmitted to a picture incorporating device 2 arranged in an examination room 12 via cable 7 so that the picture is incorporated. The incorporated picture can be confirmed by being displayed on a monitor 5 in the examination room 12 by operating a keyboard or a mouth and also confirmed by being displayed on a monitor 6 by touching a prescribed part of the screen 6a on the monitor 6 in the clinical laboratory. This constitution can incorporate the picture of the ophthalmologic measuring device in the picture incorporating device by just arranging a monitor of a panel touch type without arranging an expensive picture incorporating device in the clinical laboratory 10 and confirm the contents of the incorporated image on the monitor 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ophthalmic measurement system, and more particularly, to an ophthalmic measurement system capable of systemizing ophthalmic examination and diagnosis.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ophthalmic hospital room is usually provided with a diagnostic room and an examination room, and each room has an image processing system using a computer provided with a monitor so that ophthalmic diagnosis and examination can be performed. In that case, in the examination room, an image measured from an ophthalmologic measuring device such as a fundus camera is taken in, processed by a computer, and displayed on a monitor. In addition, the captured image is captured by the image processing system provided in the diagnostic room, and the image can be displayed on the monitor of the diagnostic room, enabling effective diagnosis in front of the patient. Has become.

[0003]

However, such an ophthalmic system requires an image processing apparatus having an expensive computer in both the diagnosis room and the examination room, which not only increases the system cost but also increases the system cost. There is a problem that a space for installing the device is required.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and has as its object to provide an ophthalmic measurement system which is inexpensive and can save installation space.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides an ophthalmologic measuring device, an image capturing device for capturing an image from the ophthalmic measuring device, and an image capturing device operated by touching a screen. A first monitor capable of displaying captured images, and a second monitor capable of displaying captured images connected to the image capturing device.
The ophthalmologic measuring apparatus and the first monitor are installed in the first ophthalmic room, the image capturing device and the second monitor are installed in the second ophthalmic room, and the ophthalmologic measuring apparatus and the first monitor are installed. A configuration for connecting to the image capturing device via a cable is employed.

With such a configuration, the image of the ophthalmologic measuring apparatus can be taken into the image taking apparatus by merely arranging the panel touch type monitor without placing an expensive image taking apparatus in the examination room. It is possible to check what the captured image looks like on the monitor.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an ophthalmologic measuring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an ophthalmologic measuring apparatus, for example, a slit having an image capturing function. Shows a lamp and fundus camera. This ophthalmic measurement device 1 is installed in an examination room 10,
It is connected to the image capturing device 2 disposed in the examination room 12 separate from the examination room via cables 3a and 3b.
The image capturing device 2 is a computer-controlled image capturing device, and can capture a measured image from the ophthalmologic measuring device 1, process the captured image, and perform various other data processing. The image capture, image processing, and data processing are performed by command input from the keyboard 4 or the mouse 8, and the input or processed data, the captured image, the image-processed image, and the like are displayed on the first RGB monitor 5. be able to.

Further, a second RGB monitor 6 of a touch panel type is arranged in the examination room 10, and this RGB monitor 6 is connected to the image capturing device 2 via cables 7a and 7b. The screen 6a of the RGB monitor 6 is a touch panel. By touching a predetermined portion of the screen 6a, various data input and processing, image capturing, and image processing can be instructed to the image capturing device 2,
The image captured by the image capturing device 2, the processed image, and the input or processed data can be displayed on the screen 6a. In this case, the cable 7b for transmitting a command from the RGB monitor 6 to the image capturing device 2 includes:
For example, an optical fiber cable is used and can be extended up to 40 m.

The RGB monitor 5 in the examination room 12 can be a touch panel type monitor like the RGB monitor 6 in the examination room. In this case, a keyboard or a mouse can be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the configuration of FIG. 1. The image capturing device 2 disposed in the examination room 12 includes a CPU, a recording unit (memory), a database unit, and an image processing operation unit. It comprises a processing unit 2a and an image capturing unit 2b. The processing unit 2a outputs various input or processed data, a captured image or an image processed image as a video signal. This video signal is sent to the RGB monitor 5 of the examination room 12 via the cable 9a using the RGB distributor 20, and the RGB monitor 6 of the examination room 10 is connected via the cable 7a.
And the same video image can be displayed on both the RGB monitors 5 and 6.

A command by touching each of the RGB monitors 5 and 6 (if the monitor 5 is constituted by a touch panel, otherwise, a command by the keyboard 4 or the mouse 8) is transmitted from the RS232 terminals 5b and 6b to the cable 9b. , 7b to the RS232 switch 21 and to the image capturing device 2 via the switch 21.

When the command from each of the RGB monitors 5 and 6 is an image capturing command, an image capturing trigger is output from the image capturing section 2b via the cable 3a, and the ophthalmologic measuring apparatus 1 measures according to the trigger. The captured image is captured by the image capturing unit 2b via the cable 3b as a video signal. In the examination room 12, an ophthalmologic measuring device (shown by a dashed line) similar to the ophthalmologic measuring device 1 in the examination room can be additionally arranged. Similarly, a measurement image is sent to the image capturing section 2b by triggering. Can be captured.

FIG. 3 shows a screen 6a of the RGB monitor 6. An operation touch panel 6c composed of a plurality of buttons is arranged at the right end 6c of the screen, and can input operation commands. An image processing touch panel 6d including a plurality of buttons is arranged at the end 6d.
The captured image can be processed.

In such a configuration, when registering a patient, the examiner in the examination room 10 inputs a command by operating a related button on the operation touch panel 6c on the screen 6a of the monitor 6. This command is for cable 7b
Is input to the image capturing device 2 via the interface, and an input screen as shown in FIG. 3A appears. The examiner can register the patient with an ID number. This data is registered in the database unit of the image capturing device 2.

Further, the examiner can give an instruction to capture an image (for example, a fundus image) measured by the ophthalmologic measuring apparatus 1 by operating a related button on the operation touch panel 6c. For example, patient information such as a patient ID number, an input mode, and the like are transmitted to the image capturing device 2 via the cable 7b in advance, and a capturing trigger signal generated by the subocular measurement device is transmitted to the image capturing device 2 via the cable 3a. This makes it possible to capture an image in a predetermined input mode or capture an image with predetermined information. The captured image can be displayed and confirmed on the monitor 5 of the diagnostic room 12 via the cables 9a and 7a, and can also be displayed and confirmed on the monitor 6 of the examination room 10. The captured image can be subjected to image processing such as edge enhancement and noise removal by operating the image processing touch panel 6d. An image captured or processed (fundus image) 6e thus captured is shown in FIG. 3B.

[0017]

As described above, in the present invention, the monitor arranged in the examination room is a touch panel type monitor, and this monitor is connected to the image capturing device arranged in the examination room via a cable. It is possible to capture images from the ophthalmic measurement device in the examination room and to display the acquired image or the processed image. By simply arranging the monitor, the image of the ophthalmologic measuring device can be captured by the image capturing device, and the captured image can be checked on the monitor disposed in the examination room.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of an ophthalmologic measurement system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an ophthalmologic measurement system according to the present invention in detail.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen image displayed on a monitor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ophthalmic measurement device 2 Image capture device 5, 6 Monitor 10 Examination room 12 Examination room

Claims (2)

[Claims] An ophthalmologic measuring device, an image capturing device for capturing an image from the ophthalmic measuring device, a first monitor capable of operating the image capturing device by touching a screen and displaying the captured image, A second monitor connected to the image capturing device and capable of displaying the captured image, wherein the ophthalmologic measuring device and the first monitor are in the first ophthalmic room, and the image capturing device and the second monitor are in the second ophthalmic room. An ophthalmologic measurement system, which is installed in an ophthalmic room, and connects an ophthalmologic measurement device and a first monitor to the image capturing device via a cable. 2. The ophthalmologic measurement system according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing device can be operated by touching a screen of the second monitor.