Patent ID: 9571707
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens unit configured to have a lens assembly that is arranged at a front side of an apparatus body, and an image pickup device that photoelectrically converts subject light that is incident on the lens assembly; a circuit board unit provided in the apparatus body and configured to be arranged so as to surround a rear side and right and left sides of the lens unit in a direction approximately parallel to an optical axis of the lens assembly within the range of the height of the lens unit in a vertical direction; and a microphone, wherein at least one of a right region or a left region of the circuit board unit surrounding the right or left side of the lens unit is extended toward the front side of the apparatus body to form an extended region, and wherein the extended region includes a sound signal processing unit configured to process a sound signal collected by the microphone.