An image pickup apparatus capable of preventing degradation of user-friendliness during execution of automatic bounce drive control. A strobe device can change an irradiation direction of light from a strobe head. The automatic bounce drive control determines an irradiation direction of the light based on a result of ranging of a target object, and drives the strobe head in the determined irradiation direction. When a switch unrelated to the automatic bounce drive control is operated during execution of the control, out of control related to an operation of the switch and the automatic bounce drive control, the automatic bounce drive control is preferentially executed, whereas when a switch related to the automatic bounce drive control is operated during execution of the control, out of the control related to an operation of the switch and the automatic bounce drive control, control related to the operation of the switch is preferentially executed.

Disclosed is a flashlight. The flashlight includes a rotating shaft assembly, a lamp head assembly, a control assembly and a damping member. The lamp head assembly is rotatably installed on the rotating shaft assembly; the control assembly is connected to the rotating shaft assembly; and the damping member is provided between the lamp head assembly and the rotating shaft assembly. The damping member is configured to increase a resistance to a rotation of the lamp head assembly relative to the rotating shaft assembly.

Disclosed are a flashlight and a rotating shaft assembly. The flashlight includes a rotating shaft assembly, a lamp head assembly and a control assembly. The rotating shaft assembly includes a rotating shaft body and a rotating member, the rotating member is rotatably provided on an end surface of the rotating shaft body, and the rotating member can rotate around a central axis of the rotating shaft body. The lamp head assembly is arranged in front of the rotating shaft assembly, the lamp head assembly is connected to the rotating member, and the lamp head assembly can rotate around the central axis of the rotating shaft body through the rotating member. The control assembly is arranged under the rotating shaft assembly and connected to a peripheral surface of the rotating shaft body.

Disclosed are a flashlight and a rotating shaft assembly. The flashlight includes a rotating shaft assembly, a lamp head assembly and a control assembly. The rotating shaft assembly includes a rotating shaft body and a rotating member, the rotating member is rotatably provided on an end surface of the rotating shaft body, and the rotating member can rotate around a central axis of the rotating shaft body. The lamp head assembly is arranged in front of the rotating shaft assembly, the lamp head assembly is connected to the rotating member, and the lamp head assembly can rotate around the central axis of the rotating shaft body through the rotating member. The control assembly is arranged under the rotating shaft assembly and connected to a peripheral surface of the rotating shaft body.

An image pickup device (10) includes: an image pickup section (11) that captures an image of an object (16); an illumination section (12) that irradiates the object (16) with light to cast a shadow over the object (16); and a calculator that calculates an illumination optical path (25) extending from a virtual illumination (20). Furthermore, the image pickup device (10) includes: a first conveyer (14) that moves the image pickup section (11) and the illumination section (12) in a first direction when the image pickup section (11) scans the object (16) to capture the image of the object (16); and a second conveyer (15) that moves the light from the illumination section (12) into a plane containing the illumination optical path (25), in accordance with the movement of the image pickup section (11) and the illumination section (12) in the first direction.

A setting unit does not set a limit angle of rotating a second housing by a driving unit with respect to a first housing in accordance with information output from a sensor configured to output information related to whether or not an object exists in a predetermined range until an elapsed time since an operation unit is operated exceeds a predetermined time, and the setting unit sets the limit angle in accordance with the information output from the sensor after the elapsed time since the operation unit is operated exceeds the predetermined time.

An illumination device includes a first housing, a second housing having a light source, capable of rotating with respect to the first housing, a driving unit configured to rotate the second housing about a first axis in a first direction and/or a second axis orthogonal to the first axis in a second direction, with respect to the first housing, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, information indicating an irradiation direction of light from the light source, wherein the display control unit changes information about the first direction included in the information indicating the irradiation direction displayed on the display unit, according to a rotation angle of the second housing in the second direction.

A case system includes an electronic device and the electronic device has a charge port. A case is provided and the electronic device is removably positioned in the case. The case is in electrical communication with the electronic device when the electronic device is positioned within the case. A pair of lights is provided and each of the lights is movably coupled to the case. Thus, each of the lights is positionable between a deployed position and a stored position. Each of the lights selectively emits light when the lights are positioned in the deployed position thereby facilitating the electronic device to take a picture. A charging unit is coupled to the case. The charging unit is in electrical communication with the electronic device when the electronic device is positioned within the case. Thus, the charging unit charges the electronic device.

A setting unit sets a smaller limitation angle for rotation of a second case rotated by a driving unit relative to a first case when information output from a sensor disposed in a back surface of a first case indicates that an object does not exist in a certain range when compared with a case where the information output from the sensor indicates that an object exists in the certain range.

A camera system includes a lighting device comprising a movable unit including a flash unit, an imaging apparatus, a setting unit, an operation unit, and a control unit. The setting unit sets an irradiation position which is to be irradiated with light from the flash unit. The operation unit accepts an operation for starting photographing preparation operation. The control unit performs driving control of the movable unit. When the operation unit accepts an operation for starting photographing preparation operation, the control unit performs driving control of the movable unit for irradiating the set irradiation position with light from the flash unit. When the operation unit does not accept an operation for starting photographing preparation operation, the control unit does not perform driving control of the movable unit for irradiating the set irradiation position with light from the flash unit.