Patent ID: 8547417

Claim:
A stereoscopic imaging apparatus comprising: a first imaging device configured to include a first imaging optical system with a first focus lens and to image a subject to generate a first image; a second imaging device configured to include a second imaging optical system with a second focus lens and to image the subject to generate a second image; a lens driving device configured to move the first and second focus lenses along a first optical axis of the first imaging optical system and a second optical axis of the second imaging optical system, respectively; a focus position detection device configured to detect a first focus position in an imaging space of the first focus lens and a second focus position in an imaging space of the second focus lens; a stereoscopic view possible range calculation device configured to calculate a stereoscopic view possible range where a parallax amount of the first imaging device and the second imaging device is within an acceptable range; a focus position determination device configured to determine whether the focus positions are within the stereoscopic view possible range; and a focus control device configured to cause the first focus lens and the second focus lens to focus on one focus position of the first focus position and the second focus position without adjusting a convergence angle formed by the first and second optical axes when the first focus position and the second focus position are different from each other, said one focus position determined to be within the stereoscopic view possible range.