PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ophthalmic examination method for making the acceleration of an auto-focusing operation and the accuracy maintenance of AE compatible when an automatic focus is repeated for the eyes of the same person to be examined.SOLUTION: An ophthalmic examination method comprises: a first control step of driving focusing means on the basis of the index image which has been obtained by projecting an eye to be tested, while the quantity of a light for illuminating the eye to be tested being a first one a second control step of driving the focusing means on the basis of the index image which has been obtained while the light quantity being at a second quantity more than the first quantity and a storage step of storing the intrinsic information of the tested eye for the time period between the first control step and the second control step. When the intrinsic information is stored again after once stored, the second control step is performed after the focusing means was driven to the position which has been stored at the storage step.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 同一人物の被検眼に対して、自動合焦を繰り返して行う際、自動合焦処理の高速化とAEの精度維持とを両立する。【解決手段】 眼科検査方法において、被検眼を照明する光量を第一光量とした状態で被検眼に指標を投影して得られた指標像に基づいて合焦手段を駆動させる第一制御工程と、光量を第一光量よりも大きい第二光量とした状態で得られた指標像に基づいて合焦手段を駆動させる第二制御工程と、第一制御工程および前記第二制御工程の間に被検眼の前記固有情報を記憶する記憶工程と、を配し、固有情報を記憶させた後に再度固有情報を記憶させる場合、合焦手段を記憶工程において記憶された位置に駆動させた後、第二制御工程を行うこととする。【選択図】 図2
