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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396 51 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an apparatus including an illuminating unit for illuminating an eyeball, a light-receiving unit for receiving light reflected by the eyeball to measure the state of an anterior eye portion, and a holding unit for holding the illuminating unit and the light-receiving unit. The apparatus can be easily assembled, and optical characteristics are properly determined to accurately detect the state of the anterior eye portion.