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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
Applicant:
Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoyuki Iwanaga, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/12 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fundus camera according to the present invention includes a light metering unit configured to change a light metering area within an image captured by an imaging unit based on one of a position and a size of a light blocking member, and a controlling unit configured to control an amount of light emission from a light source based on a light metering value corresponding to the light metering area.