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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1998
Naoki Isogai, Nishio, JP;
Mikio Kurachi, Hazu-gun, JP;
Nidek Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus comprising a measuring device for inspecting or measuring a patient's eye, a moving device for moving the measuring device relative to the patient's eye, a designating device for designating an eye to be measured, photographing device capable of photographing a face including both eyes, first detecting device for detecting positional relationship between the measuring device and each of right and left eyes respectively based on an image signal from the photographing device, an alignment detecting device for detecting an alignment condition of the measuring device relative to the eye, and a leading device for leading the moving device so that the measuring device may be alined within the predetermined range relative to the eye based on results detected by the first detecting device and the alignment detecting device.