Patent ID: 7515321

Claim:
An ophthalmic apparatus comprising: an intraocular pressure measurement part including a blowing unit which blows a fluid to a cornea via a nozzle which is movable to a retreat position and to a measurement position for measuring intraocular pressure of an eye of an examinee; an eye characteristic measurement part in which a measurement optical system, which photo-receives reflection light from the eye for measuring an eye characteristic of the eye, is arranged; a main body in which the intraocular pressure measurement part and the eye characteristic measurement part are arranged; a mobile base on which the main body is movably arranged; a first moving unit, having a movement operating member, which moves the mobile base with respect to the eye in a horizontal direction including a working distance direction through manual operation of the operating member; a second moving unit, having a first motor, which moves the main body with respect to the mobile base in the horizontal direction including the working distance direction; a third moving unit, having a second motor, which moves the intraocular pressure measurement part with respect to the main body only in the working distance direction; mode switching means for emitting a switching signal to switch between a first mode for measuring the eye characteristic and a second mode for measuring the intraocular pressure; a detection unit which detects that the mobile base is located at a rear reference position set in a direction away from the eye with respect to a position of the mobile base at the time of measuring in the first mode to emit a detection signal; and a movement control unit which controls driving of the third moving unit so as to move at least a nozzle of the intraocular pressure measurement part from the retreat position to the measurement position in the working distance direction so that the nozzle gets near to the eye by a predetermined distance with respect to the main body, based on the detection signal of the detection unit obtained after emission of the switching signal from the first mode to the second mode.