IMAGE PICKUP CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

An image pickup control device, comprising: a first obtainment unit configured to obtain a picked-up image picked up by an image pickup unit; a display control unit configured to display the picked-up image on a display; a detection unit configured to detect a viewpoint region which is a region viewed by a user in the display; a second obtainment unit configured to obtain a feature amount relating to the picked-up image; and a control unit configured to switch between a first mode, in which a focus of the image pickup unit is controlled such that a subject displayed on the viewpoint region is focused, and a second mode, in which control is executed such that the focus is not changed, on a basis of the viewpoint region and the feature amount.