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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Michihiro Takii, Aichi, JP;
Naoto Honda, Okazaki, JP;
Michihiro Takii, Aichi, JP;
Naoto Honda, Okazaki, JP;
Nidek Co., Ltd., Gamagori-shi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus including: a main unit including a system for irradiating illumination light from a light source to a cornea of an eye from an oblique direction and a system for obtaining a corneal endothelial cell image by receiving reflection light from the cornea by a first imaging element; an anterior segment observation optical system including a second imaging element, the anterior segment observation optical system configured to pick up an anterior segment image of the eye by the second imaging element to observe the anterior segment image from front; a controller adapted to turn on the light source and obtain a plurality of picked-up images output from the first imaging element; and a unit adapted to detect an alignment state of the main unit with respect to the eye based on a picked-up image output from the second imaging element during obtaining of the picked-up images by the controller.