US Patent 7416304 Ophthalmic observation apparatus

An apparatus for observing an eye of an examinee, comprises: an irradiation optical system for irradiating and two-dimensionally scanning a laser beam onto an observational objective part of the eye; an observation optical system having a photo-receiving element, for photo-receiving the laser beam reflected by the objective part to obtain an image of the objective part, the observation optical system sharing at least a part of the irradiation optical system; a display which displays the obtained image; a polarizing member arranged on an optical axis of the observation optical system, an arrangement angle of the polarizing member with respect to the optical axis being changeable to change a polarized component to be transmitted by the polarizing member.