Ophthalmic device and method for operating ophthalmic device

A method for operating an ophthalmic device comprising

• an examination head configured to examine subject eyes, and
• a displacement mechanism configured to displace the examination head with respect to the subject eyes,
• wherein the ophthalmic device is configured to use the examination head to examine a first eye that is one of left and right ones of the subject eyes and then examine a second eye that is the other of the left and right subject eyes, the method comprising:
• a drive controlling step of driving the displacement mechanism to displace the examination head to an examination position for the subject eye under examination along an axis of tilt, wherein the axis of tilt is an axis obtained by tilting, around a center of one subject eye under examination, a reference axis that extends along an eye direction of the subject eye in parallel with a front-back direction serving as an operating distance direction of the examination head, outward away from a subject's nose;
• and
• a retraction controlling step of, when examination on the first eye by the examination head is completed, driving the displacement mechanism to retract the examination head in a direction away from a face of the subject.