Patent ID: 8955971
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A fundus photographing apparatus for photographing a fundus of an examinee's eye, the apparatus comprising: a fundus photographing optical system including a visible light source and being arranged to image a fundus illuminated with visible light emitted from the visible light source and receive reflection light of the visible light reflected from the fundus to obtain a visible fundus image; a display controller arranged to cause a monitor to display an image of an anterior segment of the examinee's eye obtained by an observation image obtaining part; a photographing controller arranged to turn on the visible light source based on a photographing start signal from a photographing switch or a photographing start signal generated automatically, and to store in a memory the visible fundus image obtained by the fundus photographing optical system; and a time informing part arranged to inform an elapsed time beginning at input of the photographing start signal to cause the photographing controller to turn on the visible light source and store the visible fundus image, the elapsed time being a waiting time to next operation of the photographing controller to turn on the visible light source and store the visible fundus image, or an elapsed time beginning at turn-on of the visible light source by the photographing controller, the elapsed time being a waiting time to next operation of the photographing controller to turn on the visible light source and store the visible fundus image, the elapsed time being an elapsed time needed for a pupil constricted by the visible light to dilate naturally, and the display controller causing the monitor to simultaneously display the elapsed time and the anterior segment image of the examinee's eye.