Patent ID: 8547468

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a finder having an eyepiece; an approach detection unit configured to detect an object approaching the eyepiece; a touch-panel type display unit; a control unit configured to, when said approach detection unit detects the object approaching, provide control to reduce a light emission luminance of said display unit or turn off display on said display unit; a display control unit configured to, in a state in which said approach detection unit has not detected the object approaching, provide control so that first-type display objects that execute assigned functions in response to touch operations are displayed farther from said approach detection unit on a display surface of said display unit than second-type display objects that do not execute assigned functions even when touched; an execution unit configured to, when a touch on any of the first-type display objects is detected, execute a function assigned to the first-type display object; a first housing provided with said approach detection unit, and a second housing rotatably mounted on said first housing and having said display unit; and a position detection unit configured to detect a position of said second housing to said first housing, wherein based on the position of said second housing detected by said position detection unit, said display control unit provides control to display information, which is displayed as the second-type display objects when said second housing is closed relative to said first housing so as to make the display surface of said display unit viewable, and as the first-type display objects when said second housing is opened relative to said first housing.