US 7,566,130 B2
Ophthalmologic image taking apparatus
Satoru Okinishi, Tochigi (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 03, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/833,539.
Application 11/833539 is a continuation of application No. 10/916266, filed on Aug. 11, 2004, granted, now 7,347,550.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-207471 (JP), filed on Aug. 13, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0273829 A1, Nov. 29, 2007
Int. Cl. A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 351—206  [351/221] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ophthalmologic image taking apparatus, comprising:
an optical system used for taking an optical image of an eye to be examined;
an image taking portion for taking the optical image obtained through the optical system;
an input portion for inputting an attention area in the optical image taken by the image taking portion and a magnifying power used for magnifying the taken optical image;
an image handling portion for storing a plurality of optical images by associating each of the plurality of optical images with a position of the attention area in the respective optical images and the magnifying power of the respective optical images;
a selection portion for selecting the optical image among the plurality of the optical images stored in the image handling portion;
a processing portion for conducting a magnifying process on the attention area in the selected optical image by using the associated magnifying power; and
an image display portion for displaying the taken optical image and an image processed by the processing portion.