Patent ID: 7193629

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: means for detecting from a moving image a first object as an object of attention adapted to garner the attention of a viewer of said display apparatus, said moving image including a plurality of other objects, said detecting of said object of attention being based on object information representing said first object and said plurality of other objects; an image processor operable to perform a first amount of predetermined image magnification/reduction processing to said object of attention and to perform a second amount of said predetermined image magnification/reduction processing to said plurality of other objects, such that when said predetermined image magnification/reduction processing is performed to magnify said moving image, a magnified image of said object of attention is formed more quickly than corresponding magnified images of said plurality of other objects are formed and when said predetermined image magnification/reduction processing is performed to reduce said moving image, a reduced image of said object of attention is formed more slowly than corresponding reduced images of said plurality of other objects are formed; an input interface operable to receive: a) user control input given by a user for controlling movement of said moving image; and b) user modification input given by the user for modifying said first amount; and a storage unit operable to store information representative of a modified first amount after said first amount is modified in accordance with said received user modification input to produce said modified first amount, wherein said image processor is operable to perform said modified first amount of said predetermined image magnification/reduction processing to said object of attention when rendering said moving image whose movement is controlled in accordance with said user control input.