Ophthalmic apparatus
US6257722A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B3/165
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus comprises an ophthalmic device having an observation optical system for observing a patient's eye and treating or examining the patient's eye, a moving device for relatively moving the ophthalmic device relative to the patient's eye, a photographing optical system including a plurality of photoelectric photographing elements for photographing the patient's eye, image capturing device which captures image signals of different ranges from the plurality of photoelectric photographing elements to obtain supplemental image data, a detecting device which analyzes the obtained image data to detect a position of the patient's eye, and a control device which controls the moving device based on the results detected by the detecting device to move the ophthalmic device to a desired position relative to the patient's eye.
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