PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fundus photographing apparatus which maintains alignment of an eye and a photographing unit by suppressing the generation of a flare.SOLUTION: A fundus photographing apparatus includes: a photographing unit which comprises a fundus illuminating optical system illuminating the fundus of the eye, a visual target presentation optical system for projecting a fixation target for guiding a visual line and an examination target for performing a visual function examination of the retina onto the fundus of the eye, and a fundus photographing optical system comprising an imaging element for obtaining an fundus photographing image by photographing the fundus of the eye an alignment means for aligning the photographing unit and the eye on the basis of a predetermined alignment criterion and a flare extraction means for extracting a flare included in the fundus photographing image taken by the imaging element, by image processing. When the flare is extracted by the flare extraction means, the alignment means moves the photographing unit in an operation distance direction getting away from a patients eye, and restrains the flare from being generated by displacement between the eye and the photographing unit.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 フレアの発生を抑え眼と撮影部のアライメントを維持する眼底撮影装置を提供する。【解決手段】 眼底撮影装置は、眼底を照明する眼底照明光学系と,視線を誘導する固視標及び網膜の視機能検査を行う検査指標を眼底に投影する視標呈示光学系と,眼底を撮影して眼底撮影画像を得る撮像素子を備える眼底撮影光学系を備える撮影部と、所定のアライメント基準に基づき撮影部と眼を位置合わせするアライメント手段と、撮像素子で撮像された眼底撮影画像に含まれるフレアを画像処理で抽出するフレア抽出手段とを備え、アライメント手段は、フレア抽出手段でフレアが抽出されたときに,撮影部を患者眼から離れる作動距離方向へ移動させて眼と撮影部との位置ずれに伴うフレアの発生を抑える。【選択図】 図5
