Patent ID: 8730367

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus capable of displaying images in parallel on a first display unit, which is movable relative to an image pickup apparatus main body having an image pickup unit and includes a touch panel function, and a second display unit, comprising: a detection unit configured to be capable of detecting a position of the first display unit with respect to the image pickup apparatus main body; a determination unit configured to determine whether the second display unit is in use; and a control unit configured to perform control to produce displays on the first display and disable at least a part of the touch panel function when said detection unit detects a display surface of the first display unit being at such a position as to face a subject taken by the image pickup unit, and said determination unit determines that the second display unit is in use, wherein said detection unit comprises a first detection unit that detects a position of the first display unit around a first axis that is a rotation axis about which the first display unit rotates from a closed position to an opened position relative to the image pickup apparatus main body in opening and closing directions, and a second detection unit that detects a position of the first display unit around a second axis that is a rotation axis about which the first display unit rotates from a normal position to an inverted position relative to the image pickup apparatus main body, and wherein the position at which the surface of the first display unit faces the subject is a position in a case where the position of the first display unit around the first axis detected by the first detection unit is outside a range of a first predetermined angle in a direction from the closed position toward the opening position, and the position of the first display unit around the second axis detected by the second detection unit is outside a range of a second predetermined angle in a direction from the normal position toward the inverted position.