Patent ID: 7853140

Claim:
An image reproducing apparatus comprising: a reading device for reading image data, which represents the image of a subject, from a recording medium; a face image detecting device for detecting a face image contained in the image of the subject represented by the image data that has been read by said reading device; an enlarging device for enlarging the face image that has been detected by said face image detecting device; a first display control device for controlling a display device in such a manner that the face image enlarged by the enlarging device is displayed on a display screen; a first determination device for determining whether portions outside the image of the subject represented by the image data that is output from said reading device will be displayed on the display screen owing to a fact that the enlarged face image by said enlarging device will be displayed on the display screen; and a first decision device for deciding a position of a center of the face image, which has been enlarged by said enlarging device, in such a manner that portions outside the image of the subject will not be displayed on the display screen, in response to a determination by said first determination device that the portions outside the image of the subject will be displayed on the display screen; a second determination device for determining whether a plurality of face images have been detected by said face image detecting device; a second decision device, responsive to a determination by said second determination device that there are plurality of face images, for deciding an order of the plurality of face images based upon at least one factor from among facial likelinesses of the face images, brightnesses of the face images and sizes of the face images; a second display control device for controlling the display device in such a manner that the order of the face images decided by said decision device is displayed on the display screen in correspondence with the plurality of face images; and a designating device for designating one face image among the plurality of face images, wherein said enlarging device enlarges a face image that has been designated by said designating device.