Patent ID: 11921925
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image pickup apparatus that is configured to, when a position where autofocus is performed in a screen on which a shot image is displayed is selected by a user, perform the autofocus at the selected position, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
a first operation device;
a second operation device configured to hold the first operation device;
at least one memory that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when being executed, causing the image pickup apparatus to:
display, on the screen, a display object indicating the selected position;
by the first operation device, detect sliding movement of a finger of the user, and perform a first moving operation of moving a position of the display object displayed on the screen based on a movement amount and a movement direction of the sliding movement;
by the second operation device, when the second operation device swings by the user, perform a second moving operation of moving, on a unit basis, the position of the display object displayed on the screen based on a direction of the swing of the second operation device; and

move the position of the display object displayed on the screen by the first operation device and the second operation device when autofocus is performed in a shooting scene of a moving subject,
wherein the second operation device is a joystick operation member,
the first operation device is formed on a top surface of the second operation device, and
by the user swinging the top surface of the second operation device while touching the first operation device with the finger of the user, the second moving operation is performed.