Image pickup apparatus that drives movable unit so as to be displaced relatively to fixed unit, electronic apparatus that drives movable unit so as to be displaced relatively to fixed unit, and control methods therefor

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus capable of judging that the image pickup apparatus has fallen down unintentionally is provided. The image pickup apparatus comprising a movable unit having an image pickup unit, a fixed unit configured to support the movable unit in a manner being relatively displaceable, a drive unit configured to drive the movable unit so as to be displaced relatively to the fixed unit, a first detector configured to detect an inclination angle of the image pickup apparatus, a second detector configured to detect movement of the image pickup apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform control at the time of falling down of the image pickup apparatus in accordance with the inclination angle detected by first detector and frequency information and amplitude information of the movement detected by the second detector.