Patent ID: 9566003
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus comprising: an index projecting unit configured to project an index onto an anterior ocular segment of an eye to be inspected; an image pickup element configured to capture a common index image for alignment states in both (a) horizontal and vertical directions and (b) a working distance direction, the common index image corresponding to the index projected by the index projecting unit; a contrast evaluation unit configured to evaluate a contrast of the common index image; a detecting unit configured to detect a first alignment state between the eye to be inspected and an apparatus in the working distance direction based on the evaluated contrast of the common index image; and a control unit configured to control a display unit to display (1) a fundus image of the eye to be inspected, (2) the common index image, based on output of the image pickup element, and (3) a detection result of the first alignment state, wherein the common index image is also used for a second alignment state in the horizontal and vertical directions.