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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Shioda, Chigasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmologic apparatus wherein auto alignment and manual alignment can be selectively used to enhance alignment accuracy between an eye to be inspected and an ophthalmic part includes an ophthalmic part that detects an eye to be inspected, a fixing part, a movable part on which the ophthalmic part is placed and configured to be movable with respect to the fixing unit in a horizontal direction, a drive part that transmits electric drive force for horizontal movement of the movable part, an alignment detection unit that detects a relative position between the eye to be inspected and ophthalmic part, a controller that controls the movable part based on a detection result from the alignment detection unit, and a drive force transmit switching unit that switches whether or not to execute transmission of the drive force from the drive part to the movable part.