Patent ID: 8872965

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup processing unit adapted to be operated in a plurality of operation modes, and having an image sensor composed of image pickup pixels and a processing unit that processes image pickup signals outputted from the image pickup pixels; a first interval control unit adapted to control, by using a first control signal, the image sensor to switch between a standby state and a normal state alternately; a second interval control unit adapted to control, by using a second control signal, the processing unit to switch between the standby state and the normal state alternately; and a system control unit adapted to output, to each of said first interval control unit and said second interval control unit, a third control signal for controlling the each of said first interval control unit and said second interval control unit, according to an operation mode of said image pickup processing unit, wherein said first interval control unit connects to the image sensor and said second interval control unit connects to the processing unit, and wherein in a case where the operation mode of said image pickup processing unit is a predetermined operation mode, said system control unit outputs the third control signal to each of said first interval control unit and said second interval control unit so as to cause said first interval control unit and said second interval control unit to carry out the switching control, individually.