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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:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
May. 13, 1998
Akinari Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmologic apparatus is provided which comprises a slit light projecting optical system (60) for projecting a slit beam of light from an oblique direction onto the cornea (C) of a subject's eye, a light receiving optical system (70) for receiving light reflected by the cornea (C), a corneal thickness measuring circuit (74) for measuring the thickness of the cornea from information on the received light of the light receiving optical system (70), an index light projecting optical system (90) for projecting from an oblique direction onto the cornea (C) an index beam of light having a larger width than the slit beam, and a line sensor (72) for receiving the index beam reflected by the cornea (C).