Fundus camera
US7052134B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B3/12
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fundus camera capable of obtaining a fundus image while keeping a fixed field angle even if an eye is not emmetropia, and advantageously utilizing a photographed image for diagnosis. The camera includes a photographing optical system having a photographing optical axis, a focusing lens arranged movable along the axis in an optical-axis direction, and a first element which picks up a fundus image illuminated with illumination light for photographing via the lens, a unit which moves the lens, a unit which detects a position of the lens, a display, and a display control unit which synthesizes the fundus image picked up by the element within an opening of a display frame figure, a size of the opening determined by a detection result of the detecting unit, to display as an image keeping a fixed field angle regardless of visibility of the eye, and displays on the display.
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