Patent ID: 7068914

Claim:
A picture apparatus for reading out first picture data from a recording medium and processing the first picture data to thereby derive second picture data for generating a zoomed-in picture on a screen by magnifying a partial area of a pre-zoom picture based on the first picture data, said picture apparatus comprising: a picture data processor dividing the pre-zoom picture into a total of M×N (where M and N are integers) partial areas indicative of selectable zoom-in areas; a plurality of M×N zoom-in area designating keys disposed at least on either one of a main body of said picture apparatus or a remote control unit; and a storage storing correspondence relations between said plurality of M×N zoom-in area designating keys and said M×N partial areas of the pre-zoom picture of the screen; wherein said picture data processor generating the second picture data corresponding to an operated one of said zoom-in area designating keys, and wherein relative locations of said plurality of M×N zoom-in area designating keys with respect to one another substantially correspond to relative locations of the M×N partial areas with respect to one another of the pre-zoom picture on the screen.