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

Claim 0:
1. A slit lamp microscope comprising:
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 first 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 first 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 first movement mechanism to move the movable portion and a second control for the first photographing system to photograph the anterior segment a plurality of times in parallel with each other; and
a second photographing system configured to photograph the anterior segment,
wherein the controller performs a third control for the second photographing system to photograph the anterior segment a plurality of times in parallel with the first control and the second control.