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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Takashi Mizuno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takayoshi Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yutaka Mizukusa, Chofu, JP;
Kowa Company Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An imaging system is provided that is capable of controlling a photographic operation to provide favorable images of a fundus of an eye to be examined. When a normal photographic mode is selected, a single operation of a shutter button causes a single trigger signal to be generated. On the other hand, when a stereo photographic mode is selected, a single operation of a shutter button causes two trigger signals to be generated in succession. The generated trigger signal triggers a switching device so that a position of a photographic stop is automatically switched to a position predetermined for the photographic mode, and the photographic light source is caused to emit light a number of times that corresponds to the selected photographic mode. In such a configuration, fundus images are automatically produced a set number of times by a single operation of the shutter. Therefore, a high-quality fundus image can be obtained without concerns that an appropriate moment to capture an image will be missed.