Fundus observation and photographing optical system

Claim 2

A fundus observation and photographing optical system having an objective lens for forming a primary image of the fundus of an eye to be examined, an apertured mirror disposed rearwardly of said objective lens and obliquely with respect to the optic axis of said objective lens and having an opening on the optic axis, said mirror being substantially conjugate with the cornea of said eye with respect to said objective lens during the observation or photographing of the fundus, an illuminating optical system having a light source and a first and a second relay lens, said illuminating optical system being adapted to supply illuminating light to said eye via said apertured mirror and through said objective lens, and an image forming relay lens for forming a secondary image from the primary image of said fundus by the light passing through the opening of said apertured mirror, the improvement residing in that said objective lens has, in succession form the side of said eye, a first group including a biconvex lens having its more curved surface facing said apertured mirror, and a second group including a doublet positive meniscus lens component convex to the eye to be examined whose cemented surface convex to said apertured mirror, the two lens surfaces of said biconvex lens, namely the first surface (r 1 ) and the second surface (r 2 ) counted from the side of the eye, and the convex surface of said doublet positive meniscus lens component facing the eye, namely the third surface (r 3 ) counted from the side of the eye having convergent refractive power, respectively.

Claim 3

The optical system according to claim 1, wherein said illuminating optical system further has a first and a second transparent black point plate disposed between said first and said second relay lens, said first and second black point plates have first and second black points, respectively, on the optic axis, said first and second black points are projected onto the vicinity of said objective lens by said second relay lens and said apertured mirror and the images of said first and second black points are formed in such a manner that the image of said first black point is conjugate with the opening of said apertured mirror with respect to the reflected light on the second surface (r 2 ) of said objective lens, of the illuminating light provided by said illuminating optical system and that the image of said second black point is conjugate with the opening of said apertured mirror with respect to the reflected lights on the first surface (r 1 ), the third surface (r 3 ) and the fourth surface (r 4 ) as the cemented surface, of said objective lens, of the illuminating light provided by said illuminating optical system.

Claim 4

The optical system according to claim 2, wherein the image of said first black point is formed on that side of the first group of said objective lens which is adjacent to said eye and the image of said second black point is formed within the biconvex lens of the second group of said objective lens.

Claim 5

The optical system according to claim 3, wherein the third surface (r 3 ) of said objective lens is an aspherical surface.

Claim 6

A fundus observation and photographing optical system having an objective lens for forming a primary image of the fundus of an eye to be examined, an apertured mirror disposed rearwardly of said objective lens and obliquely with respect to the optic axis of said objective lens and having an opening on the optic axis, said mirror being substantially conjugate with the cornea of said eye with respect to said objective lens during the observation or photographing of the fundus, an illuminating optical system having a light source and a first and a second relay lens, said illuminating optical system being adapted to supply illuminating light to said eye via said apertured mirror and through said objective lens, and an image forming relay lens for forming a secondary image from the primary image of said fundus by the light passing through the opening of said apertured mirror, the improvement residing in that said objective lens has, in succession from the side of said eye, a first group including a biconvex lens having first surface (r 1 ) and second surface (r 2 ) as counted from the side of said eye, said first and second surfaces, respectively having convergent refractive power and the second surface being more sharply convex than said first surface, and a second group including a doublet positive meniscus lens component convex to the eye whose cemented surface (r 4 ) convex to said apertured mirror and having foremost convex surface (r 3 ) which has a convergent refractive power and rearmost concave surface (r 5 ) whose center of curvature lies in the vicinity of the opening of said apertured mirror.

Claim 7

A fundus observation and photographing optical system having an objective lens for forming a primary image of the fundus of an eye to be examined, an apertured mirror disposed rearwardly of said objective lens and obliquely with respect to the optic axis of said objective lens and having an opening on the optic axis, said mirror being substantially conjugate with the cornea of said eye with respect to said objective lens during the observation or photographing of the fundus, an illuminating optical system having a light source and a first and a second relay lens, said illuminating optical system being adapted to supply illuminating light to said eye via said apertured mirror and through said objective lens, and an image forming relay lens for forming a secondary image from the primary image of said fundus by the light passing through the opening of said apertured mirror, the improvement residing in that said objective lens has, in succession from the side of said eye, a first group including a biconvex lens having first surface (r 1 ) and second surface (r 2 ) as counted from the side of said eye, said first and second surfaces, respectively having convergent refractive power and the second surface being more sharply convex than said first surface, and a second group including a doublet positive meniscus lens component convex to the eye whose cemented surface (r 4 ) convex to said apertured mirror and having foremost convex surface (r 3 ) which has a convergent refractive power and rearmost concave surface (r 5 ) whose center of curvature lies in the vicinity of the opening of said apertured mirror.

Claim 8

The optical system according to claim 5, wherein said first and second groups are composed in such a manner that the image position of the opening of said apertured mirror formed by the reflected light on said first surface (r 1 ) of said first group coincides with the image position of the opening of said apertured mirror formed by the reflected light on said cemented surface (r 4 ) of said second group.

Claim 9

The optical system according to claim 6, wherein said opening image formed by the light reflected on said first surface (r 1 ) and said opening image formed by the light reflected on said cemented surface (r 4 ) coincide within said biconvex lens of said second group.

Claim 10

The optical system according to claim 7, wherein the image of the opening of said apertured mirror formed by the reflected light on said second surface (r 2 ) of said first group is formed at the position between said eye to be examined and said first group.

Claim 11

The optical system according to claim 8, wherein said illuminating optical system further has a first and a second transparent black point plate disposed between said first and said second relay lenses, said first and second black point plates have first and second black points, respectively, the image of said first black point is projected on the image position of said opening of said apertured mirror formed by the reflected light on said second surface (r 2 ) of said first group, and the image of said second black point is projected on the image position of said opening of said apertured mirror formed by the reflected light on said first surface (r 1 ).

Claim 12

The optical system according to claim 9, wherein the image of said opening of said apertured mirror formed by the reflected light on said foremost convex surface (r 3 ) of said second group and the image of said opening of said apertured mirror formed by the reflected light on said cemented surface (r 4 ) of said second group coincide at the projected image position of said second black point.

Claim 13

The optical system according to claim 10, wherein said objective lens satisfies the following conditions: 0.7f<|r.sub.2 |<2.0f 0.6f<|r.sub.3 |<2.0f wherein r 2 represents the curvature radius of said second surface of said first group, r 3 represents the curvature radius of said foremost convex surface of said second group and f represents the total focal length of the objective lens.

Claim 14

The optical system according to claim 11, wherein said objective lens has the numerical data substantially as set forth in the following table: ______________________________________ r.sub.1 = 380.0 d.sub.1 = 14.0 nd.sub.1 = 1.62041 νd.sub.1 = 60.3 G.sub.1 r.sub.2 = -38.0 d.sub.2 = 0.5 r.sub.3 = 33.8 d.sub.3 = 32.6 nd.sub.2 = 1.62041 νd.sub.2 = 60.3 G.sub.2 r.sub.4 = -30.0 d.sub.4 = 2.0 nd.sub.3 = 1.75520 νd.sub.3 = 27.5 r.sub.5 = 98.5 Total focal length f = 30.5 (unit: mm) ______________________________________ wherein, r 1 , r 2 , r 3 , . . . represent the curvature radii of the respective lens surfaces in succession from the eye to be examined, d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , . . . represent the center thicknesses of and the air spaces between the successive lenses, and nd and vd represent the refractive indices and Abbe numbers, respectively, of the successive lenses.