Patent ID: 8724870

Claim:
An ophthalmic observation apparatus comprising: an optical system that divides light output from a light source unit into a signal light and a reference light, overlaps said signal light that has passed through a subject eye and the reference light that has passed through a reference light path, and generates and detects interference light; an image forming means that, based on the detection results of said interference light by said optical system, forms an image of said subject eye; an analysis means that analyzes said formed image; an output means that outputs examination-results information including the image analysis results by said analysis means; a storage means that preliminarily stores operation mode information in which each of a plurality of operation modes corresponding to examination types is associated with the operational details of at least one of said optical system, said image forming means, said analysis means, and said output means; a designating means that designates one of said plurality of operation modes; and a control means that refers to the operation mode information stored in said storage to identify the operational details associated with said designated operation mode, and controls said optical system, said image forming means, said analysis means, and/or said output means based on said identified operational details, wherein said optical system includes a fixation optical system that present said subject eye with a fixation target for fixating said subject eye in a prescribed fixation direction, in said operation mode information, fixation directions by said fixation optical system are associated with each of said plurality of operation modes, and said control means refers to said operation mode information to identify the fixation direction associated with said designated operation mode, and also controls said fixation optical system to present said fixation target for fixating in the identified fixation direction.