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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Masanao Fujieda, Toyohashi, JP;
Inventor:
Masanao Fujieda, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Nidek Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus comprising an optometry device for examining or measuring a patient's eye to obtain measurement data on the eye, a photographing device for photographing the eye, an identification code generating device for extracting a characteristic, which is inherently unique to the eye, from an image of the eye photographed by the photographing device and generating an identification code for the use of eye identification based on the extracted characteristic, and an output device for outputting obtained measurement data in association with the generated identification code.