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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2013
Nidek Co., Ltd., Gamagori-shi, Aichi, JP;
Kenichiro Makino, Gamagori, JP;
Hirokazu Nakamura, Nishio, JP;
Daisuke Baba, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiya Kobayashi, Kariya, JP;
NIDEK CO., LTD., Gamagori-shi, JP;
Abstract
An ophthalmic apparatus includes: a main unit including a unit for observing or photographing an examinee's eye; a movable part in which the main unit is mounted; a vertical movement mechanism provided with a drive part to move the movable part up and down; an operating member to be operated by an examiner to move the movable part up and down; a sensing part to detect an operation signal of the operating member; and a driving control part to convert the operation signal detected by the sensing part to a drive signal to move the movable part up and down, and drive the drive part based on the drive signal, wherein the drive part includes a motor having a hollow portion about a rotation axis thereof, the motor being controlled by the driving control part to rotate.