Patent ID: 6779890
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An ophthalmic photographic apparatus comprising:illumination means for illuminating a fundus of an eye to be examined; image capturing means for capturing an image of the fundus illuminated by the illumination means; guiding means for guiding the line of view of the eye to be examined; mark projecting means for projecting a mark for alignment onto a cornea of the eye to be examined; a reference mark for permitting a reflected image of the mark to be aligned therewith; observation means for observing the reflected image of the mark and the reference mark along with the image of the fundus of the eye to be examined; left-right detecting means for detecting whether the eye to be examined is the left eye or the right eye; and control means for displaying the position of the reference mark on the observation means in accordance with information detected by the left-right detecting means.