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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuji Ogawa, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 ;
Abstract
In an ophthalmologic image pickup apparatus for taking an eye fundus image of an eye to be examined, when an image pickup switch is operated, it is detected whether an image pickup delay switch is operated or not. When it is detected that the image pickup delay switch is operated, light emission of a strobe light source and image pickup of the eye fundus by an image pickup device are delayed. Thus, error image pickup due to nictitation is prevented. Also, when nictitation is detected by a nictitation detector, image pickup of the eye fundus may be similarly delayed.