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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1997
Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Yono, JP;
Takashi Masuda, Yamato, JP;
Takeshi Kitamura, Utsunomiya, JP;
Motoya Takai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Nishihara, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tetsuji Ogawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an ophthalmologic phototaking apparatus having an illuminating system for illuminating an eye to be examined, a phototaking system for phototaking the image of the eye to be examined illuminated by the illuminating system, a digital signal converting system for converting the image of the eye to be examined phototaken by the phototaking system into a first data format of digital image data, and a data format converting system for converting the first data format of digital image data into a second data format of digital image data.