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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Akinari Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus having a main unit detects the alignment of the main unit with the subject's eye with respect to vertical and lateral directions by an XY-alignment detecting means on the basis of an index light beam projected on the eye and reflected from the cornea of the eye, detects the alignment of the main unit with the eye with respect to horizontal directions parallel to the optical axis of the eye by a Z-alignment detecting means on the basis of a Z-alignment index light beam projected obliquely on the eye and reflected from the cornea of the eye, and permits a display means to display the results of detection made by the Z-alignment detecting by a display permitting means when a predetermined condition is satisfied.