Patent ID: 9008497
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus capable of performing still image photographing with light emission of a light emission unit, comprising: an image pickup device configured to store charges generated according to a received amount of light; a scanning unit configured to perform scanning for sequentially starting charge accumulation in respective image pickup regions of said image pickup device from one end to another end of said image pickup device; a detection unit configured to detect that the scanning for a predetermined image pickup region of said image pickup device has been performed by said scanning unit after the scanning by the scanning unit is started; and a light emission control unit configured, in a case where still image photographing with light emission of the light emission unit is performed, to cause the light emission unit to start light emission in response to the fact that said detection unit detects that the scanning for the predetermined image pickup region has been performed.