KR20040067532A - Device for remotely diagnosing eyeball and method for diagnosing eyeball using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An eyeball inspection apparatus for performing a remote medical examination and treatment and a method for inspecting an eyeball are provided to consult a user's convenience by diagnosing and treating an eyeball without visiting a hospital. CONSTITUTION: An eyeball inspection apparatus for performing a remote medical examination and treatment includes a main body frame(10) and an eyeball enlargement part(20). The main body frame includes a couple of ocular parts(12). The ocular parts are close to a user's eyes. The main body frame is adhered on the user's face. The eyeball enlargement part includes an eyeball enlargement frame(22) and an enlargement lens(26). The eyeball enlargement frame is inserted into one of the ocular parts. The eyeball enlargement frame includes a through-hole(24). The enlargement lens is inserted into the through-hole.

Description

Device for remote medical examination and eye examination using the same {Device for remotely diagnosing eyeball and method for diagnosing eyeball using the same}

The present invention relates to an eye examination apparatus using image transmission, and more particularly, by sending a photograph or file photographing the eye to a doctor at a remote location using a camera or the like, the eye examination is performed without the patient visiting the hospital directly. The present invention relates to an eye examination apparatus for receiving.

The eye (or eye) is one of the most valuable body organs, so if a problem occurs in the eye it must be processed quickly and accurately. Therefore, eye doctors should make an accurate prescription through examinations and should not be handled arbitrarily by non-specialists such as themselves or their neighbors. However, in the prior art, when a doctor wants to receive a doctor's examination, the patient has to go to the hospital directly, and even when visiting the hospital in this way, it takes a considerable time for the patient to see the doctor and when there is doubt about the eye Even every minor case comes with the inconvenience of having to go to the hospital.

Despite the above inconvenience, the eye is an important part that can not be handled carelessly, it is necessary to see a doctor every time a doubt. In addition, when the doctor checks up, it is not necessary to face the patient directly, and only the eye of the patient is to be observed. Therefore, information about the eye of the patient may be transmitted to the doctor. In this way, when you want to check your eyes, only by delivering information about your eyes to your doctor, you can get a quick check-up, accurate checks, and patients to avoid having to go to the hospital directly Will be.

On the other hand, the best way to convey information about the eye to the doctor, the best way is to send a picture or image file of the current eye condition to the doctor. However, there are few cases where an individual possesses a large amount of eyeball photographing equipment that is usually provided in a hospital. Thus, after photographing eyeballs with a mobile phone camera or a digital camera, a doctor or a doctor may photograph the image or image file. Will send to.

However, when the eyeball is directly photographed with a mobile phone camera or a digital camera, the cornea, iris, pupil, and conjunctiva constituting the eyeball on the picture or file may not be accurately identified.

On the other hand, there is a patent registration No. 252632 "eye inspection apparatus" as a conventional technology that allows to photograph their own eyes directly. The "eye test apparatus" is a kind of self-diagnostic apparatus which is connected to a computer, and directly photographs one's own eyes and compares the eyes of the present state with those of a healthy eye. However, in the case of the “eye inspection device”, as in the case of a mobile phone camera or a digital camera, the eye needs to be photographed directly, so that it is difficult to accurately photograph the eyeball so that the cornea or the iris can be identified.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, it is possible to send a picture or video file of the eyeball to the doctor so that the patient can receive a quick and accurate medical examination of the eye doctor without going directly to the hospital In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide an eye examination apparatus capable of photographing an eyeball so that the cornea, iris, pupil, etc. constituting the eyeball in a photograph or a file can be accurately identified.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an eye test apparatus and an eye test method according to the present invention,

2 is a circuit diagram showing an eye enlargement of the eye test apparatus according to the present invention,

3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of an eye examination apparatus and an eye examination method according to the present invention,

4 is a schematic diagram showing an eye test apparatus and an eye test method according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10 ... body frame 12 ... eyepiece

14 .... nose support 16 .... glasses leg

20 .... eye enlargement 22 .... eye enlargement frame

24 .... Through hole 26 .. Magnifying lens

28..Light bulb 28a ... On / off switch

28 b ... light control switch 29 ... power supply

30..Sliding frame 32 .... Electric wire

100.Video Input 200 ... Video Delivery

300 Image processing unit 310 Image storage unit

320.Video output

In the remote examination eye examination apparatus according to the present invention for solving the technical problem as described above, in the remote examination eye examination apparatus for remote examination of the eye, provided with a pair of eyepieces in contact with the eyes of the user, A body frame formed to be worn on the face of the body; And an eye enlargement unit including an eye enlargement unit frame inserted into one side of the pair of eyepieces and having a through hole at a center thereof, and an enlarged lens inserted into the through hole.

The eye enlargement unit further includes a plurality of lighting bulbs installed in the eyeball expansion unit frame, an on / off switch for turning on / off the lighting bulb, and an illumination control switch for adjusting the degree of illumination of the lighting bulb. It is done.

The eye inspection apparatus may further include a sliding frame installed in the main body frame and sliding the eye enlargement part to the other eyepiece.

The eye test apparatus may further include a geared motor for sliding the eye enlargement unit along the sliding frame, and a motor driving switch for driving the geared motor.

And in the eye test device, the body frame is characterized in that the molded in the form of glasses.

And in the eye inspection device, the magnifying lens is characterized in that 20 diopters.

The eye inspection apparatus may include an image transmission unit for photographing and transmitting an enlarged image of an eyeball appearing in the magnifying lens; And an image processing unit including an image storage unit for storing the image of the eyeball received from the image transmitting unit, and an image output unit for outputting the image of the eyeball stored in the image storage unit.

In the eye test apparatus, the image transmitting unit is any one of a mobile phone camera, a digital camera, a camcorder, and a webcam.

On the other hand, the telemedicine eye examination method according to the present invention, the telemedicine eye examination method using the telemedicine eye examination device, the step of appearing an enlarged image of the eye on the magnifying lens; Imaging the eyeball to generate an image file; Transmitting the image file to an image processor; And diagnosing the eye by outputting the transmitted image file.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an eye test apparatus and an eye test method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 shows an embodiment of an eye examination apparatus according to the present invention.

An eye examination apparatus according to the present invention includes a main body frame 10 molded to be worn on the face, and an eye enlargement unit 20 installed on the main body frame 10 to contact one eye of the user.

As shown, the body frame 10 may be shaped like a general eyeglass, and in this case, to support the body frame 10 and the pair of eyepieces 12 on which both eyes of the user are located. Concavely formed between the pair of eyepieces 12 so as to extend rearward from both ends of each eyepiece 12 to support the nose support 14 and the body frame 10 contacting the user's nose. It can be composed of a pair of glasses 16 to be worn over the user's ear. In addition, the main body frame 10 may be molded in a form such as goggles that the user can wear on the face even if molded in a shape other than glasses. That is, the nose support 14 may be omitted, and may be configured to include a hair band for fixing the body frame 10 to the head instead of the glasses leg 16.

The eye enlargement unit 20 is inserted into the eyepiece 12 of the eye to be captured for diagnosis, the eye enlargement is inserted into the inner circumference of the one eyepiece 12 while forming the outer appearance of the eyeball expansion unit 20. The sub-frame 22, an illumination bulb 28 for increasing the degree of illumination of the eyeball to be imaged, an enlargement lens 26 fixed by the eye-expansion frame 22, and an enlarged lens 26 representing an enlarged image of the eyeball, Supply power to the on / off switch 28a for turning on / off the lighting bulb 28, the light control switch 28b for adjusting the degree of illumination of the lighting bulb 28, and the lighting bulb 28. It includes a power supply 29 for.

On the other hand, since the eye enlargement frame 22 can cover the eyes to be diagnosed as a whole, it may be molded like a semi-spherical shape, or may be molded in any other form. In addition, a through hole 24 is formed in the center of the eye enlargement frame 22 constituting the external shape of the eye enlarged part 20, and the magnifying lens 26 is inserted into the through hole 24. do. In addition, since the lighting bulb 28 is for illuminating the eyeball, it is preferable that at least one or more are installed inside the eyeball expanding unit frame 22, and in order to increase the brightness of the lighting for the eyeball and apply uniform illumination. It is preferred that a number of bulbs be installed. In addition, the on / off switch 28a for turning on / off the lighting bulb 28 and the lighting control switch 28b for adjusting the degree of illumination of the lighting bulb 28 may include the eyeball expanding unit frame 22 or It may be installed in the body frame 10. In addition, the power supply unit 29 is a device for supplying power for operating the lighting bulb 28, for example, may be composed of a plurality of batteries, it is preferable to be installed on the body frame 10.

2 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of an eye enlargement unit 20 according to the present invention. As shown, the eyeball enlarger 20 may be configured to include two lighting bulbs 28, a power supply 29, and two switches 28a, 28b.

In addition, the magnification lens 26 inserted into the through hole 24 of the eye magnification part frame 22 identifies the eye's iris, pupil, cornea, etc. when the eye is photographed by a camera or the like from the outside. As a function of enlarging the eyeball image as much as possible, it is preferable that a lens of about 20 diopters is usually used. In addition, the magnification adjustment of the magnifying lens 26 may be performed by replacing and inserting a lens having an appropriate magnification into the through hole 24 of the eye enlargement frame 22.

3 shows another embodiment of an eye examination apparatus according to the present invention.

The eye test apparatus according to the present invention may be configured to insert the eye enlargement unit 20 into the eyepiece 12 where the eye is located, after selecting a eye to be diagnosed by the user, or as shown in FIG. 3. Likewise, the sliding frame 30 for the movement of the eyeball expansion unit 20 may be installed on the body frame 10. As described above, when the sliding frame 30 is installed on the main body frame 10, the user moves the eyeball enlargement unit 20 by hand, and the eyepiece of the eyeball to be diagnosed by the eyeball enlargement unit 20 ( It can be configured to move to 12). In addition, when the sliding frame 30 is installed on the main body frame 10 as described above, the eye expanding portion 20 is automatically moved along the sliding frame 30, on the sliding frame 30 A geared motor (not shown) may be installed, and a motor driving switch (not shown) for driving the geared motor may be installed on the sliding frame 30 or the main body frame 10. When the geared motor and the motor driving switch are installed as described above, when the user presses the motor driving switch, the eye expanding portion 20 is automatically moved along the sliding frame 30 by the geared motor. Will be moved to).

4 schematically shows the configuration of an eye test apparatus and an eye test method according to the present invention.

As shown, the eye inspection apparatus according to the present invention, the image input unit 100, in addition to the image input unit 100 composed of the body frame 10, the eye enlargement unit 20, the sliding frame 30 and the like. After capturing the image of the eyeball enlarged by the image transmission unit 200 for storing the image file of the captured eyeball, and storing and outputting the image of the eyeball transmitted through the image transmission unit 200 It may be configured to further include an image processing unit 300 for.

That is, when the enlarged image of the eyeball is displayed on the magnifying lens 26 of the eyeball expanding unit 20 through the image input unit 100, the image of the eyeball is captured by the image transmitting unit 200. Done. As described above, the image transmitting unit 200 for capturing the image of the eyeball includes a mobile phone camera, a digital camera, a camcorder, and the like that can make the captured image into a photograph or an image file. In particular, when a web camera installed in a specific space is connected to a computer and a webcam showing the image captured by the camera in real time via the Internet is used as the image transmitting unit 200, the state of the eye is real-time doctor or eye tester It can be used for diagnosis of the eye.

As described above, the image transmitting unit 200 which captures the enlarged image of the eyeball shown in the magnifying lens 26 transmits an image file of the eyeball image to the image processing unit 300. The transmission method includes a method of directly inputting a photo or a file into the image processing unit 300 or sending a file to the image processing unit 300 using wired or wireless communication. For example, you can send a picture of an eyeball image via fax, convert it into a file format using a scanner, and then send it using the Internet, or use an internet or wireless communication to send an image file of eyeball images. Can be sent to the image processing unit 300.

The image processor 300 that receives the image file for the image of the eye through the image transmitter 200, the image storage unit 310 for storing the received image file and the image for outputting the stored image file. It may be configured to include an output unit 320. Meanwhile, a general computer may be used for the image storage unit 310, and a monitor, a printer, or the like may be used for the image output unit 320.

Hereinafter, a detailed description will be given of an eye examination method using an eye examination apparatus having the above configuration.

A user who wants to be diagnosed with the eye performs a task on the image input unit 100. That is, after the user wears the body frame 10 on the face, the user moves the eye enlarged part 20 to the eyepiece 12 of the eye to be diagnosed. In this case, the eyeball expanding unit 20 may be automatically moved by operating the motor driving switch. Then, the magnifying lens 26 having an appropriate magnification is inserted into the through hole 24 of the eye enlargement unit frame 22. Then, the on / off switch 28a is operated to turn on the lighting bulb 28 of the eyeball expanding unit 20, and the lighting control switch 28b is operated to appropriately adjust the degree of illumination of the lighting bulb 28.

As described above, when the operation on the image input unit 100 is completed, the enlarged lens 26 is shown in detail so that the enlarged image of the eye can be diagnosed. Then, when the operation of the image input unit 100 is completed and the enlarged image of the eye appears on the magnifying lens 26 as described above, the image transmitting unit 200 captures the image of the eyeball shown on the magnifying lens 26. do. At this time, the image transmission unit 200 for capturing the image of the eyeball as described above, directly sends a picture of the image of the image of the eyeball to the image processing unit 300, or converts the captured image of the eyeball into a file form After the transmission, the image file is transmitted to the image processor 300 using wired or wireless communication means. The image file transmitted to the image processing unit 300 as described above is stored in the image storage unit 310, and then output through the image output unit 320, such as a monitor or a printer. In addition, the doctor or eye examiner diagnoses the eyeball by looking at the image of the eyeball output through the image output unit 320. In particular, when the file transmitted to the image processor 300 is a real-time video file, the eyeball test is performed. The eye can be diagnosed in real time.

According to the remote examination eye examination apparatus and the eye examination method using the same according to the present invention having the technical configuration as described above, the patient can quickly receive a professional diagnosis for the eye without going to the hospital, the lighting bulb ( 28) and the enlarged lens 26 can be identified to the extent that the image of the eye can be diagnosed so as to be diagnosed more accurately, and in particular, the image input unit 100 according to the present invention is relatively simple in its construction cost of production Inexpensive, easy to carry, and portable equipment such as a mobile phone or a digital camera is used as the image transmission unit 200, so that the user can receive a real-time diagnosis of experts on the eye regardless of the place do.

Claims (9)

In the remote examination eye examination device for remotely treating the eye, A main body frame 10 having a pair of eyepieces 12 in contact with the eyes of the user, the main body frame 10 being configured to be worn on the user's face; An eyeball having an eye expanding portion frame 22 inserted into one side of the pair of eyepieces 12 and having a through hole 24 in a central portion thereof, and a magnifying lens 26 inserted into the through hole 24. Remote examination eye examination device comprising an enlarged portion (20). According to claim 1, The eye magnification unit 20, On / off to turn on / off at least one lighting bulb 28 and the lighting bulb 28 provided in the eye magnification frame (22). Telescope eye examination device further comprises a switch (28a) and an illumination control switch (28b) for adjusting the degree of illumination of the light bulb (28). The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising a sliding frame (30) installed on the main body frame (10) for sliding the eye expansion portion (20) to the other eyepiece (12). Medical eye examination device. The medical examination of claim 3, further comprising a geared motor for sliding the eye enlargement unit 20 along the sliding frame 30, and a motor drive switch for driving the geared motor. Eye Examination Device. According to claim 1, wherein the main body frame 10 is a remote examination eye examination device, characterized in that molded in the form of glasses. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the magnifying lens is 20 diopters. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an image transmitting unit (200) for capturing and transferring an enlarged image of an eyeball appearing in the magnifying lens (26); An image processing unit having an image storage unit 310 for storing the image of the eyeball received from the image transmission unit 200, and an image output unit 320 for outputting the image of the eyeball stored in the image storage unit 310 Telemedicine eye examination device further comprises a 300. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the image transmitting unit is any one of a cell phone camera, a digital camera, a camcorder, and a webcam. In the telemedicine eye examination method using the telemedicine eye examination device of claim 7, An enlarged image of the eye appears in the magnifying lens 26; Imaging the eyeball to generate an image file; Transmitting the image file to an image processor 300; And a step of diagnosing an eye by outputting the transmitted image file.