A video signal processing apparatus, comprising: an image pickup unit, having a focus lens; an evaluation value calculator unit, which is configured to specify a region, in which brightness exceeds a predetermined value, from within a region to be a target, for which a focal point estimation value is calculated to be used for moving said focus lens to a focal point, and to calculate the focal point estimation value by excluding the region, in which said brightness exceeds the predetermined value, from a focal point estimation value calculation target; and a system controller unit, which is configured to control the focus lens to be focused upon the basis of the focal point estimation value calculated by said evaluation value calculator unit; characterized in that said system controller unit: controls said focus lens to move to a focal point, upon the basis of the focal point estimation value calculated by said evaluation value calculator unit, when a ratio of region(s), in which a brightness equals or exceeds the predetermined value, to the region(s) to be the target, for which the focal point estimation value is calculated, is less than or equal to a threshold value; and controls said focus lens to move to a position, which is determined in advance, when the ratio of the region(s), in which said brightness exceeds the predetermined value, to the region(s) to be the target, for which the focal point estimation value is calculated, is greater than the threshold value, without referring to information of the focal point estimation value(s) from said evaluation value calculation unit. an image pickup unit, having a focus lens; an evaluation value calculator unit, which is configured to specify a region, in which brightness exceeds a predetermined value, from within a region to be a target, for which a focal point estimation value is calculated to be used for moving said focus lens to a focal point, and to calculate the focal point estimation value by excluding the region, in which said brightness exceeds the predetermined value, from a focal point estimation value calculation target; and a system controller unit, which is configured to control the focus lens to be focused upon the basis of the focal point estimation value calculated by said evaluation value calculator unit; characterized in that said system controller unit: controls said focus lens to move to a focal point, upon the basis of the focal point estimation value calculated by said evaluation value calculator unit, when a ratio of region(s), in which a brightness equals or exceeds the predetermined value, to the region(s) to be the target, for which the focal point estimation value is calculated, is less than or equal to a threshold value; and controls said focus lens to move to a position, which is determined in advance, when the ratio of the region(s), in which said brightness exceeds the predetermined value, to the region(s) to be the target, for which the focal point estimation value is calculated, is greater than the threshold value, without referring to information of the focal point estimation value(s) from said evaluation value calculation unit. controls said focus lens to move to a focal point, upon the basis of the focal point estimation value calculated by said evaluation value calculator unit, when a ratio of region(s), in which a brightness equals or exceeds the predetermined value, to the region(s) to be the target, for which the focal point estimation value is calculated, is less than or equal to a threshold value; and controls said focus lens to move to a position, which is determined in advance, when the ratio of the region(s), in which said brightness exceeds the predetermined value, to the region(s) to be the target, for which the focal point estimation value is calculated, is greater than the threshold value, without referring to information of the focal point estimation value(s) from said evaluation value calculation unit.