Eyeball Imaging Device Multi-Angle Optical Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eye imaging systems, such as the ophthalmological treatment system disclosed in Patent Literature 1, require highly skilled medical specialists for operation and are not cost-effective or convenient for widespread use, especially in settings like mass merchandisers, mail-order sales, and Internet sales of contact lenses, where proper examinations and guidance are often lacking.
Innovation Solution
An eye imaging device with a housing that includes multiple photographic optical systems for capturing images of the eyes from different angles, combined with a diagnostic support system that allows for image storage, transmission, and display on terminals, enabling remote medical specialist guidance and examination support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a slit-lamp microscope system is used for ophthalmological examination, then diagnostic accuracy is improved, but device complexity and operational difficulty increase, requiring highly skilled medical specialists
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses photographic optical systems (cameras) to capture images of the eyeball instead of requiring direct observation through a slit-lamp microscope. Multiple images from different angles are taken and transmitted to a medical specialist for remote diagnosis, replacing the need for complex optical examination equipment and skilled operators at the examination site.
2Reliability
If a slit-lamp microscope system with medical specialist operation is used, then examination quality is improved, but cost and accessibility worsen, making it unsuitable for mass merchandisers and mail-order sales
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an image transmission system as an intermediary between the examination device and the medical specialist. The device captures images locally using simple photographic optical systems, transmits them via communication networks to remote specialists for diagnosis, and returns results. This mediator enables high-quality examinations without requiring specialists to be physically present or for customers to visit clinics.
3Loss of information
If multiple photographic optical systems are arranged to capture images from different angles, then image coverage and diagnostic information are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the imaging function into multiple separate photographic optical systems, each capturing images from different angles (front, left side, right side). Each optical system is relatively simple in structure, but together they provide comprehensive coverage of the eyeball from multiple perspectives, enabling complete diagnostic information without requiring a single complex optical system.
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AI summary
An eye imaging device including a housing with an opening that can be in contact with a head of an observer, a first photographic optical system arranged in the housing and configured to image a left eyeball of the observer from a side, a second photographic optical system arranged in the housing opposite to the first photographic optical system and configured to image a right eyeball of the observer from a side, a third photographic optical system arranged slidable in the housing in a direction in which the first photographic optical system and the second photographic optical system face each other and configured to image the left eyeball and the right eyeball of the observer from a front, and a storage unit configured to store images captured by the first photographic optical system, the second photographic optical system, and the third photographic optical system is provided.