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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
David A Luce, Clarence Center, NY (US);
Donald E Miller, West Seneca, NY (US);
Leica Inc., Depew, NY (US);
Abstract
An alignment override control for effecting automatic vertical alignment of a test axis of an ophthalmic instrument with the center of an eye is disclosed. The test axis is associated with optical alignment means of the instrument vertically movable by an elevation motor controlled by a motor drive. A joystick and a pair of directional switches are connected to the motor drive for manual positioning of the test axis. When the eye comes within a field of view defined by the optical means, the override control disconnects the switches and automatically signals the elevation motor to effect automatic alignment using signal information originating from the optical means.