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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Hirohiko Hanaki, Gamagori, JP;
Nidek Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus for photographing an anterior part of an eye to be examined, the apparatus comprising a sectional image photographing optical system for photographing a sectional image of the anterior part of the eye, a rotating device for rotating the sectional image photographing optical system, a retroillumination image photographing optical system for photographing a retroillumination image of the anterior part of the eye, a determining device for obtaining a rotation angle that the sectional image photographing optical system is to be rotated by the rotating device based on the retroillumination image photographed by the retroillumination photographing optical system and a controlling device for controlling operation of the rotating device based on the rotation angle obtained by the determining device.