Patent ID: 11857260
Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for recovering retinal image quality responsive to eye movements during an imaging process, the method comprising:
determining, by an ophthalmic imaging apparatus, a location of an eye being imaged by the ophthalmic imaging apparatus;
positioning, by the ophthalmic imaging apparatus, an optical stop that collects light traveling along a path toward a capturing medium for purposes of imaging the eye at a specified location along a vertical plane that corresponds to the determined location,
wherein the vertical plane intersects but is substantially orthogonal to the path;

monitoring, by the ophthalmic imaging apparatus, the location of the eye while the ophthalmic imaging apparatus is imaging; and
responsive to a determination that the location of the eye has changed,
automatically moving, by the ophthalmic imaging apparatus, the optical stop to a new location along the vertical plane that corresponds to the location of the eye, so as to align the optical stop with the eye without moving the ophthalmic imaging apparatus.