An ophthalmic apparatus comprising an optometry device for examining or
measuring a patient's eye to obtain measurement data on the eye, a
photographing device for photographing the eye, an identification code
generating device for extracting a characteristic, which is inherently
unique to the eye, from an image of the eye photographed by the
photographing device and generating an identification code for the use of
eye identification based on the extracted characteristic, and an output
device for outputting obtained measurement data in association with the
generated identification code.