Patent ID: 7839448
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: split means for splitting an optical path of light of an object; a plurality of image pickup elements respectively positioned at different optical path lengths from the split means; optical path length change means for independently changing respective optical path lengths of respective light of an object image incident on the plurality of image pickup elements; focus position information storing means for storing plural shooting scenes and a plurality of different focus position information items corresponding to each shooting scene; a shutter button enabling a halfway depression operation and a full depression operation; first judgment means for judging whether the shutter button has been halfway depressed; second judgment means for judging whether the shutter button has been fully depressed within a predetermined time after the judgement by the first judgment means that the shutter button has been halfway depressed; acquisition means for, when the second judgment means judges that the shutter button has been fully depressed within the predetermined time, acquiring the plurality of different focus position information items corresponding to an automatically judged shooting scene at the time of the judgement by the second judgement means, the automatically judged shooting scene being one of the stored plural shooting scenes; and focus control means for focusing on the object by controlling the independent changing of the respective optical path lengths of the respective light incident on the respective image pickup elements using the optical path length change means, based on the plurality of different focus position information items acquired by the acquisition means.