Imaging apparatus, imaging control method, and recording medium

An imaging control method, comprising the steps of:

• controlling a first imaging by an imaging unit;
• acquiring movement distance of the imaging unit required to generate a three-dimensional image of the imaged subject after the imaging in the first imaging controlling step;
• determining whether or not the imaging unit has moved the movement distance acquired in the acquiring step;
• controlling a second imaging by the imaging unit in the case where it is determined in the determining step that the imaging unit has moved the movement distance;
• and
• generating a three-dimensional image from the image acquired in the first imaging controlling step and the image acquired in the second imaging controlling step.

A recording medium recording a program that causes a computer provided in an imaging apparatus to function as:

• a first imaging controller configured to control imaging by an imaging unit;
• a movement distance acquirer configured to acquire movement distance of the imaging unit required to generate a three-dimensional image of the imaged subject after imaging by the first imaging controller;
• a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the imaging unit has moved the movement distance acquired by the movement distance acquirer;
• a second imaging controller configured to control imaging with respect to the imaging unit in the case where it is determined by the determining unit that the imaging unit has moved the movement distance;
• and
• a three-dimensional image generator configured to generate a three-dimensional image from the image acquired by the first imaging controller and the image acquired by the second imaging controller.