Patent ID: 9025052
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to convert an optical image into an image signal; an object detection unit configured to detect an object from the image signal and output a size of the detected object; a manual input unit configured to enable manual change of the zoom magnification with a zoom speed determined based on a reference zoom speed; and a zoom control unit configured to perform control to automatically change a zoom magnification so that the size of the object detected by the object detection unit becomes a first size in relation to an angle of view in an automatic zoom mode, wherein the zoom control unit permits a change of the zoom magnification via the manual input unit while staying in the automatic zoom mode; wherein the zoom control unit, after the change via the manual input unit, automatically changes the zoom magnification so that the size of the object detected by the object detection unit becomes a second size in relation to an angle of view, wherein the second size is determined with the reference to the change result via the manual input unit, and wherein when the manual input is performed while staying in the automatic zoom mode, the zoom speed is controlled such that the reference zoom speed corresponds to a zoom speed at the time of the automatically changing the zoom magnification being changed to the manually changing the zoom magnification.