Patent ID: 8878908

Claim:
A method of automatically converging a plurality of images for use in a stereoscopic camera system including a plurality of 2-D cameras, the method comprising: receiving a focal distance from each 2-D camera of the plurality of 2-D cameras, wherein each 2-D camera includes a lens and at least one image sensor; calculating a system focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system by averaging focal distances received from the plurality of 2-D cameras; determining a center of interest using the calculated system focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system; and moving the at least one image sensor in each 2-D camera by sliding the at least one image sensor in opposite directions while keeping the lens stationary in each 2-D camera to adjust directions of view of the plurality of 2-D cameras to converge the plurality of images at the center of interest, wherein sliding the at least one image sensor in opposite directions has a same effect as horizontally cropping each of the plurality of images on opposite sides of the plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images is projected onto the at least one image sensor.