Patent ID: 8235528

Claim:
A fundus photographing apparatus for photographing a fundus of an examinee's eye, the apparatus comprising: a first photographing unit arranged to obtain a first fundus image, the first photographing unit comprising: a first illumination optical system arranged to project illumination light to the fundus, the first illumination optical system comprising: a first light source arranged to emit the illumination light; and a scanning unit arranged to two-dimensionally scan the illumination light on the fundus, the scanning unit comprising: a first scanning unit arranged to set a scanning area to scan the illumination light on the fundus; and a second scanning unit arranged to move the scanning area, which is set by the first scanning unit, on the fundus; a first photographing optical system comprising a first photo-receiving element arranged to photo-receive the illumination light reflected from the fundus and obtain the first fundus image; and a wavefront compensating unit comprising: a wavefront sensor arranged to photo-receive light reflected from the eye and detect wavefront aberration of the eye; and a wavefront compensating device disposed on an optical path of the first photographing optical system and arranged to compensate the wavefront aberration based on a detection result by the wavefront sensor; a second photographing unit arranged to obtain a second fundus image of a wide area that includes a scanning area by the scanning unit of the first illumination optical system, the second photographing unit comprising: a second illumination optical system comprising a second light source arranged to emit illumination light, and arranged to project the illumination light to the fundus; and a second photographing optical system comprising a second photo-receiving element arranged to photo-receive the illumination light reflected from the fundus and obtain the second fundus image with a view angle wider than the first fundus image under magnification lower than the first fundus image; a monitor; a display control unit arranged to display on the monitor the first fundus image and the second fundus image in a comparable manner, and display an indicator in a superimposing manner on the second fundus image displayed on the monitor, the indicator indicating a photographed portion of the first fundus image; and a unit arranged to move the position of the indicator displayed on the monitor; wherein the display control unit drives and controls the scanning unit based on information on the position of the indicator displayed on the monitor that is moved by the unit.