Patent ID: 9742987
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup display apparatus comprising: a communication section that is capable of receiving a picked-up image from an image pickup unit; a display section that displays the picked-up image received by the communication section; an operation section for controlling image pickup by the image pickup unit; a posture determination section that determines a posture of a case housing the communication section, the display section, and the operation section of the image pickup display apparatus; and a control section that changes a user interface provided by the display section and the operation section based on a result of the determination, performed by the posture determination section, of the posture of the case, wherein the image pickup unit and the case housing the communication section, the display section, and the operation section, are capable of being separated from each other, wherein the posture determination section determines whether the case is placed or hand held, and wherein the control section provides a first user interface via the display section and the operation section responsive to a determination by the posture determination section that the case is placed, but provides a second user interface via the display section and the operation section responsive to a determination by the posture determination section that the case is hand held, and wherein the posture determination section determines that the case is placed responsive to a determination that both (1) the operation section has a touch surface facing upward with respect to gravity, and (2) a vibration amount in a vertical direction normal to the touch surface of the operation section is less than a predetermined amount, and otherwise determines that the case is hand held.