Patent ID: 8040419
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reproducing device comprising: an image acquiring device configured to acquire an image; an image displaying device configured to display the image; a face image detecting device configured to detect a face image included in the image; a zooming-in instruction device configured to give a zooming in instruction; a first image zooming in device configured to zoom in the face image detected by the face image detecting device in response to the zooming in instruction given by the zooming in instruction device; a first display controlling device configured to control the image display device so that the face image zoomed by the first image zooming in device is displayed; a second image zooming in device configured to zoom in a predetermined region of the image according to the zooming in instruction given by the zooming in instruction device when the face image detecting device does not detect a face image in the image, wherein the second image zooming in device zooms in a region including a center part of the image or a focused object in the image, and, when the region including the focused object is zoomed in, the focused object is only zoomed in so as to be the biggest size to be in the image displaying device based on a detected color of the focused object; a second display controlling device configured to control the image display device so that the predetermined region zoomed by the second image zooming in device is displayed; an operation member; and a function switching device configured to switch functions of the operation member between a first function of adjusting a scaling factor for zooming in the region and a second function of moving the region to be zoomed in, according to an instruction inputted by a user, wherein: an indication of function of the operation member is displayed on the image displaying device, and a first indication indicating that the function switching device is configured to switch the function of the operation member to the second function when the function of the operation member is switched to the first function is displayed on the image displaying device, and a second indication indicating that the function switching device is configured to switch the function of the operation member to the first function when the function of the operation member is switched to the second function is displayed on the image displaying device.