Patent ID: 7561202

Claim:
An image pickup device, comprising: a movable image pickup member which configures an image pickup section for performing an image pickup of a subject; an actuator which deforms by being supplied with electric power to move the image pickup member and in which an operating property for the supply of the electric power is varied in response to use environmental conditions of the image pickup device; and a controlling section for controlling an operation of the actuator; a storing section for storing stop position information comprising attitude operation amount information in which an operation amount of the actuator for moving the image pickup member to a predetermined stop position is defined based on an operating property of the actuator, which corresponds to at least one of the use environmental conditions of the image pickup device; a use environmental condition specifying section for specifying the at least one of the use environmental conditions of the image pickup device, the use environmental condition specifying section comprising an attitude specifying section for specifying an attitude of the image pickup section in a case of the image pickup of the subject; and an operation amount obtaining section for obtaining the operation amount of the actuator from the stop position information stored in the storing section based on the operating property of the actuator, the operating property of the actuator corresponding to the at least one of the use environmental conditions specified by the use environmental condition specifying section, the operation amount of the actuator corresponding to the operating property of the actuator in the attitude of the image pickup section, the attitude being specified by the attitude specifying section, from the attitude operation amount information of the stop position information; wherein the controlling section controls an operation of the actuator so that the actuator moves the image pickup member to the predetermined stop position in accordance with the operation amount of the actuator, which is obtained by the operation amount obtaining section.