Patent ID: 9030578
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of optical systems, each having a different focal length; an image pickup element which picks up an image of an object as input to at least one of the plurality of optical systems; and a zoom control section which changes an angle of field of an image output by at least one optical system from among the plurality of optical systems, wherein a part of the angle of field which changes is same as an angle of field of another optical system, and the image pickup apparatus further comprising: a control section which changes a central position of a first display image at the time of a zooming operation toward an optical-axial center of the another optical system for which the part of the angle of field is same, wherein the first display image is derived from the image output by the at least one optical system, wherein after the control section changes the central position of the first display image, the image pickup apparatus automatically switches from the first display image to a second display image derived from an image output by the another optical system, and wherein the central position of the first display image at the time of the zooming operation is different from a central position of the second display image.