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

Claim 15:
16. A control method for an image pickup apparatus that comprises
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; and
a second detector configured to detect movement of the image pickup apparatus,
the control method comprising:
a step of performing 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 the control at the time of falling down is performed in a case that the inclination angle of the image pickup apparatus exceeds a first inclination angle and the image pickup apparatus is rolling, and
wherein the control at the time of falling down is not performed 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.