Patent ID: 11925415
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. An ophthalmic system comprising a slit lamp microscope and an information processing apparatus connected via a communication path, wherein
the slit lamp microscope includes:
an illumination system that includes a slit forming unit configured to form a slit for generating slit light from light output from a light source, and is configured to project the slit light onto an anterior segment of a subject's eye from a first direction;
a photographing system configured to photograph the anterior segment onto which the slit light is being projected, from a second direction different from the first direction;
a movement mechanism configured to be capable of moving a movable portion that includes at least the slit forming unit of the illumination system;
a controller configured to perform a first control for the movement mechanism to move the movable portion and a second control for the photographing system to photograph the anterior segment a plurality of times in parallel with each other; and
a first communication device configured to transmit a plurality of images acquired by the photographing system under the second control to the information processing apparatus via the communication path, and
the information processing apparatus includes:
a second communication device configured to receive the plurality of images transmitted by the first communication device, and
a three dimensional image construction unit configured to construct a three dimensional image based on the plurality of images received by the second communication device.