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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Tetsuyuki Miwa, Nukata-gun, JP;
Tetsuyuki Miwa, Nukata-gun, JP;
Nidek Co., Ltd., Gamagori, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus comprising: an illuminating optical system which projects light to an examinee' eye; an image pickup unit which color-photographs an interference image caused by interference of light reflected by a tear layer of the eye; and an analyzing part which dissolves the photographed interference image to a plurality of color components, determines an appearance of interference stripes of each color component based on a signal of each color component, and obtains a value indicating a dry eye symptom based on at least one of the number of interference stripes of each color component and changes in signal level of each color component.