Patent ID: 8144234

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a captured image containing face detection information, which is information related to a face of an object detected during image capture, and information related to a focus detection area utilized during the image capture; an extraction unit configured to extract an area, which is different from the focus detection area, based on the information related to the focus detection area and the face detection information from the captured image when the focus detection area is determined based on a detected object's face, and to extract an area, which is same as the focus detection area, based on the information related to the focus detection area from a captured image when the focus detection area is not determined based on a detected object's face; and a display unit configured to enlarge and display an image of a partial area of the captured image on a display device, wherein (i) the display unit enlarges and displays an image of the partial area corresponding to the extracted area, which is different from the focus detection area, on the display device when the focus detection area is determined based on the detected object's face, and (ii) the display unit enlarges and displays an image of the partial area corresponding to the extracted area, which is same as the focus detection area, on the display device when the focus detection area is not determined based on the detected object's face.