IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING GPS FUNCTION AND INTERVAL PHOTOGRAPHING FUNCTION, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

An image pickup apparatus reduced in wasteful electric power consumption due to execution of a GPS function and capable of adding the newest position information measured by the GPS function to an image photographed by interval photographing. An image pickup section has a plurality of image pickup modes including an interval mode for performing image pickup at photographing intervals of interval photographing. A GPS module acquires position information indicative of a position of the image pickup apparatus at GPS positioning intervals. The GPS positioning interval is set according to a user's operation. In a case where the image pickup section is set to the interval mode, GPS positioning interval is changed from the interval set according to a user's operation to an interval synchronized with the photographing interval of interval photographing.

主权项

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image pickup unit configured to have a plurality of image pickup modes including an interval mode for performing image pickup in a case where a first time period elapses; a position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicative of a position of the image pickup apparatus in a case where a second time period elapses; and a setting unit configured to set the second time period according to a user's operation, wherein in a case where said image pickup unit is set to the interval mode, said setting unit changes the second time period from a time period set according to a user's operation to a time period determined based on the first time period.