Patent ID: 9686464
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a plurality of frames and control the display unit to display a still image or a live view image obtained by an image pickup unit; a selection unit configured to select any one frame in response to a touch operation to an inside of any one of the plurality of displayed frames; a still image shooting unit configured to generate the still image by performing a predetermined image pickup process in response to a touch operation that selects the frame by the selection unit while the live view image is being displayed in the selected frame, wherein said display control unit switches content of the inside of the selected frame from the live view image to the still image generated by said still image shooting unit in response to the touch operation that selects the frame by the selection unit while the live view image is being displayed in the selected frame, and wherein said selection unit is configured to further designate a next frame in response to a touch operation to an inside of any other one of the displayed frames after said still image is generated by the still image shooting unit.