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US 7,029,120 B2Granted
Ophthalmic image pickup apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkihiro Kushida
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Abstract
To provide an ophthalmic image pickup apparatus capable of setting a fixation target in a position suitable for image pickup in accordance with a selection of an image pickup purpose (group medical examination such as an adult disease examination or a glaucomatous examination). In addition, it can be determined whether operation of the fixation target is inhibited or allowed in accordance with the selected image pickup purpose.
Claims2
An ophthalmic image pickup apparatus comprising:
- a fixation target for leading a line of sight of an eye to be examined;
- purpose setting means for setting an image pickup purpose of the ophthalmic image pickup apparatus;
- fixation target moving method storing means for storing a moving method of the fixation target corresponding to the image pickup purpose set by the purpose setting means;
- fixation target movement control means for controlling a movement of the fixation target;
- and
- manual operation means for manually operating the movement of the fixation target,
- wherein the fixation target movement control means
- controls the movement of the fixation target in accordance with the moving method of the fixation target which corresponds to the set image pickup purpose and is stored in the fixation target moving method storing means:
- and
- makes operation of the manual operation means effective or ineffective in accordance with the set image pickup purpose.
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An ophthalmic image pickup apparatus comprising:
- a fixation target for leading a line of sight of an eye to be examined;
- purpose setting means for setting an image pickup purpose of the ophthalmic image pickup apparatus;
- fixation target setting position storing means for storing a setting position of the fixation target corresponding to the image pickup purpose set by the purpose setting means;
- fixation target movement control means for controlling a movement of the fixation target;
- and
- manual operation means for manually operating the movement of the fixation target;
- wherein the fixation target movement control means
- controls the movement of the fixation target in accordance with the setting position of the fixation target which corresponds to the set image pickup purpose and is stored in the fixation target setting position storing means;
- and
- makes operation of the manual operation means effective or ineffective in accordance with the set image pickup purpose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.