Patent ID: 8950863
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A61B,G01B,G02B

Abstract:
1. An image photographing apparatus comprising: a measuring unit for measuring a movement of an eye to be inspected; an acquiring unit for acquiring an image of a fundus of the eye to be inspected; a control unit for controlling an acquiring position of the acquiring unit at a time of acquiring the image of the fundus; and a predicting unit for predicting the movement of the eye to be inspected based on a periodical movement of the eye to be inspected with respect to a fixation target, which movement has been measured by the measuring unit, wherein the control unit controls the acquiring position based on the movement of the eye to be inspected which has been predicted by the predicting unit, wherein the movement of the eye to be inspected with respect to the fixation target includes (a) a leaving movement in which a gazing position of the eye to be inspected leaves from the fixation target and (b) a returning movement in which the gazing position returns to the fixation target, and wherein the predicting unit predicts the movement of the eye to be inspected based on the leaving movement and the returning movement.