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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Shigeaki Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeaki Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fundus camera includes an imaging unit configured to capture a fundus image formed via a photographic optical system, a portion information detection unit configured to detect information about a predetermined portion of a fundus from image data acquired from the imaging unit, and an image generation unit configured to generate an image according to a tone curve which is changed according to a result of a detection performed by the portion information detection unit of the fundus image.