Patent ID: 11924552
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a movable unit including an image pickup unit;
a base configured to support the movable unit in a manner being relatively displaceable;
a driver configured to drive the movable unit so as to be displaced relatively to the base;
a first detector configured to detect an inclination angle of the image pickup apparatus;
a second detector configured to detect movement of the image pickup apparatus; and
at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
a control unit configured to perform control at the time of falling down of the image pickup apparatus in accordance with the inclination angle detected by first detector and frequency information and amplitude information of the movement detected by the second detector,

wherein in a case that the inclination angle of the image pickup apparatus exceeds a first inclination angle and the image pickup apparatus is rolling, the control unit performs the control at the time of falling down, and
wherein in a case that the inclination angle of the image pickup apparatus exceeds the first inclination angle, and the image pickup apparatus is not rolling and is not stationary, the control unit does not perform the control at the time of falling down.