IP Library Granted Patent US 7,147,328
Granted Patent B2
US 7,147,328 · App. 10/413,571 · Granted Dec 12, 2006

Ophthalmologic photographing apparatus

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
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Patent No.
US 7,147,328
App. No.
10/413,571
Granted
Dec 12, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus including: an apparatus main body having an illumination system for illuminating an eye to be examined and an observation system for observing an image of the eye to be examined which is illuminated by the illumination system; a photographing device for taking a light flux from the eye to be examined from an optical path of the observation system, photographing the image of the eye to be examined and recording the image; a storage unit for storing a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing device for each of plural kinds of photographing processing modes in photographing and storing the eye to be examined; a designating unit for designating a photographing processing mode for the eye to be examined; and a setting unit for reading out a photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and a photographing processing condition related to the photographing device for a corresponding photographing processing mode from the storage unit according to designation by the designating unit and setting the photographing condition related to the apparatus main body and the photographing processing condition related to the photographing device.

Claims (6)

1. An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus comprising:

an apparatus main body having a light source, an illumination system for irradiating an eye to be examined with illumination light and photographing light from the light source, and an observation system for observing an image of the eye to be examined which is illuminated by the illumination system;

a photographing device having a color image pickup device, for receiving a light flux from the eye to be examined from an optical path of the observation system by the color image pickup device, photographing the image of the eye to be examined and recording the image;

a mode switch for designating a cataract mode to the eye to be examined;

an opacity switch for designating a degree of opacity of a cataract of the eye to be examined; and

a gain control section for sending a blue gain control signal to a gain controller according to the degree of opacity based on a designation setting of the opacity switch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2003
From: SUGINO, YUICHI; ABE, TOMOYOSHI; TAKEDA, TAKANORI; KOGAWA, TAISAKU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-118229 · Apr 19, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040004694A1 · Jan 8, 2004